Let’s be honest, Microsoft Fabric is 🔥, and it’s not because it’s a unified-full-stack-analytics platform that reduces redundancy, increases collaboration, and streamlines the whole process. Well (😅)… actually that’s exactly why this new platform is amazing! The best part is that Microsoft is giving you access to learn the full scale implementation completely for free from qualified sources! Let’s dive in.
Limited Time
Microsoft has been clear in their marketing that they are allowing users to try Fabric for free until a certain time. According to this Fabric Blog Post, Fabric’s free trial will be available until October 31st, 2023. So act quick!
Free Microsoft School or Work Account
To use Fabric, you will need a Microsoft School or Work account (outlook users, sorry!). Microsoft makes this easy by giving you access to a free trial version, a E3 version or higher is needed. You can find and sign up for your trial account here.
Free Fabric (Trial)
This portion has been spoken to and blogged about numerous times. The official Microsoft document on the subject can be found here. Those looking for a ‘walk-through-video’ can find a great resource from Guy in a Cube here.
Free Microsoft Learning Resources
Microsoft has already published excellent certified guides for learning the Microsoft Fabric platform:
- Microsoft: Getting Started with Microsoft Fabric
- Microsoft: Implement a Lakehouse with Microsoft Fabric
As Microsoft continues to develop their guides, follow Shannon Lindsay to stay up-to-date on latest releases. Also follow the official Microsoft Fabric Blog for the latest release information.
Free Expert Learning
James Serra shares a wealth of learning on his website. He is also publishing an O’Reilly book titled, “Deciphering Data Architectures, Choosing Between a Modern Data Warehouse, Data Fabric, Data Lakehouse, and Data Mesh”. You can sign up for a free O’Reilly trial to read the first nine chapters that he has out so far!
Conclusion:
Microsoft Fabric is an amazing, unified analytics platform that spans the spectrum in terms of marrying Data Analytics, Data Engineering, Data Science, and Data Administration. I hope this post and resources aids your journey to learn qualified/certified material before time runs out!
Original LinkedIn Article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/learn-microsoft-fabric-free-limited-time-analytical-ants-llc
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