Why switch to a new platform if your current data architecture with traditional Microsoft Analytics solutions is still performing well?
In this article, we outline five reasons why transitioning to Microsoft Fabric in 2025 might still be a valuable move for organizations.
Daniel Langstraat provides a brief explanation of what Microsoft Fabric is and where its potential lies.
1. Centralized storage in OneLake
Consolidate all your data in one place for easier management and access.
Microsoft Fabric introduces OneLake, a unified storage platform that helps organizations easily store data from various sources, both structured and unstructured.
Instead of managing multiple data lakes or storage structures, OneLake centralizes everything, making data more accessible and easier to manage. This not only reduces operational complexity but also enables faster and more efficient data-driven workflows.
2. Scalable and fast data analysis
Efficiently analyze large datasets without performance issues.
With Microsoft Fabric, you can process significantly larger datasets than was previously possible in a data warehouse.
Thanks to the Delta Lake format, built for scalability, and powerful tools like Synapse Data Engineering and Spark, your organization can transform and analyze data more quickly. This is essential for companies collecting data from IoT devices, manufacturing systems (MES, PLC, SCADA), or other complex ecosystems.
3. Built-in AI capabilities
Develop and train custom AI models tailored to your organization.
For organizations looking to invest in AI, Fabric is a natural choice. The platform offers seamless integration of AI functionalities, enabling you to train and apply complex AI models using data directly from OneLake.
Whether you aim to make predictions or automate processes, Fabric provides the tools to embed AI into your data analysis workflows.
For many small and medium-sized businesses, this may not seem immediately relevant or feasible. However, even if AI isn’t currently on your roadmap, this platform ensures you’re prepared for the future—equipping you with the data and tools to explore AI whenever the time is right.
4. Deeper integration with Power BI
Faster insights with fewer technical hurdles.
Microsoft Power BI, one of the most widely used and advanced data analysis tools, integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Fabric. With Power BI’s direct access to data in OneLake and Delta Lake, you can build dashboards and reports faster without extensive ETL processes.
Although Power BI is now fully integrated into Microsoft Fabric and no longer a standalone service, it’s still crucial to design a custom architecture within Fabric.
This ensures that data is effectively organized in a usable way within a Power BI data model.
Consider how you store, process, enrich, and structure your data, transforming it into facts and dimensions for use in Power BI reports.
5. Future-proofing and innovation
Prepare your data infrastructure for tomorrow’s challenges.
Microsoft has made it clear that Fabric will be the centerpiece of their data platform strategy in the years to come. By investing in Fabric, you ensure access to a solution aligned with future innovations and updates within the Microsoft ecosystem.
While the standalone Microsoft services that were previously the only option will still be supported for now, all technological advancements will now be exclusively developed within Microsoft Fabric.
technologische ontwikkelingen zullen zich voortaan uitsluitend binnen Microsoft Fabric afspelen.
The transition to Fabric is just the beginning
Switching to Microsoft Fabric unlocks countless opportunities for businesses facing complex data challenges and aiming to steer their organization with complete and reliable data.
Keep in mind that Microsoft Fabric is not a plug-and-play solution, and your current Microsoft setup cannot be transferred one-to-one. Setting up the architecture within Fabric requires new knowledge and a different approach.
Daniel Langstraat on Birds BI and the complete architecture for processing data in Fabric.
- Do you have the resources to fully configure Microsoft Fabric to meet your organization’s specific needs?
- And can you do so in a way that allows for both ongoing maintenance and future development?
Birds BI can take this burden off your shoulders with a proven data platform that operates within Fabric as an end-to-end solution. It enables the analysis of large volumes of data from Microsoft Dynamics, seamlessly combined with data from other essential business software.
