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Microsoft Fabric DP-600 Exam Prep Resources

A frequently updated collection of information, training and exam preparation resources for those preparing to pass the Microsoft DP-600 exam leading to the Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate certification

Reading & Writing Fabric Data Between Lakehouses in a Jupyter Notebook

When processing Fabric files and tables in a Medallion architecture, often we need to move data between Lakehouses. This post covers how to easily read & write data between Lakehouses in the same Workspace.

Using the On-premises data gateway with Microsoft Fabric

At the 2024 Fabric Community Conference Microsoft announced support in the On-premises data gateway for Microsoft Fabric Data Pipelines and Data Flows (Gen2). This post explains how this feature works and demonstrates how to access On-Prem SQL Server data from a Fabric Workspace

Updating an Azure AI Search Index from Fabric

Microsoft Fabric includes a rich set of Data Science features, including Jupyter notebooks and the Synapse ML library, enabling scalable machine learning features. In this post we'll use Synapse ML to update an Azure AI Search index from a Jupyter notebook.

Should I use Azure ML or Fabric Data Science?

Microsoft is a leader in enterprise-focused AI and Data Science tools and platforms. However, it can be confusing to choose between services that have overlapping feature sets. What factors are important to consider when choosing between Fabric and Azure Machine Learning?

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