Microsoft Fabric Consulting Australia

Microsoft Fabric Consulting: One Platform for Your Entire Data Estate

Microsoft Fabric brings data engineering, data science, real time analytics, data warehousing, and business intelligence into a single SaaS platform built on OneLake. Evocate helps Australian organisations design, deploy, and govern Fabric environments so your teams spend less time wrangling pipelines and more time extracting value from data.

The challenge with most analytics environments is fragmentation. Data sits in a dozen systems, pipelines break silently, and teams build duplicate datasets because they cannot find what already exists. Fabric solves this by giving every workload a shared storage layer and a unified governance model. But getting there requires architecture decisions that fit your data volumes, team structure, licensing, and existing Microsoft investments.

Evocate starts every Fabric engagement with a discovery workshop. We map your current data sources, consumption patterns, and reporting needs. Then we design a lakehouse architecture, build the ingestion pipelines, configure workspace security, and connect your Power BI reports to the new semantic models. The result is an environment where data flows from source to dashboard without manual intervention and with full lineage visibility.

For organisations already running Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, or standalone Power BI Premium, we handle the migration path into Fabric. We assess what moves, what stays, and what needs to be rebuilt, then execute the transition with minimal disruption to your reporting consumers. Call 1300 386 228 to talk about your data platform needs.

Fabric lakehouse architecture

Evocate designs lakehouse architectures in Microsoft Fabric that consolidate your structured and unstructured data into OneLake. We configure medallion layers (bronze, silver, gold), set up shortcuts to existing Azure storage, and build the transformation logic that prepares data for consumption by analysts and data scientists.

Data engineering and pipelines

Our data engineers build Fabric pipelines that ingest from your operational systems (Dynamics 365, SQL Server, APIs, file drops) and land data in OneLake on schedule or in real time. We use Fabric Data Factory and Spark notebooks depending on the complexity and volume of each source, and we monitor pipeline health so failures are caught before they reach your reports.

Real time intelligence

Fabric’s Real Time Intelligence workload lets organisations stream events from IoT devices, application logs, and transactional systems into KQL databases for immediate analysis. Evocate configures eventstreams, builds KQL querysets, and connects real time dashboards so your operations team sees what is happening now, not what happened overnight.

Data warehousing in Fabric

For organisations that need traditional SQL warehousing alongside lakehouse workloads, Evocate deploys Fabric warehouses with T-SQL endpoints. We design star schemas, build stored procedures, and configure cross-database queries so your BI analysts can work in the language they already know while benefiting from Fabric’s unified storage and compute.

Power BI on Fabric

Fabric’s Direct Lake mode connects Power BI reports directly to lakehouse tables without needing import or DirectQuery. Evocate migrates your existing Power BI models to Direct Lake, optimises semantic models, and configures workspace permissions so your reporting is faster, cheaper to run, and governed from a single control plane.

Governance and security

Evocate configures Fabric workspaces, domains, and capacity rules to match your organisation’s data ownership model. We implement sensitivity labels via Purview integration, set up endorsement workflows for certified datasets, and build monitoring dashboards so your data governance team maintains visibility as usage scales.

Unified data platform

Data engineering, warehousing, real time analytics, data science, and business intelligence all operate on a single shared foundation rather than separate disconnected services.

OneLake storage

One data lake for the entire organisation. All Fabric workloads read from and write to the same storage layer, eliminating data duplication and movement.

Integrated governance

Sensitivity labels, endorsement, lineage tracking, and access controls apply across all workloads from a single governance model connected to Microsoft Purview.

Direct Lake for Power BI

Power BI reports connect directly to lakehouse tables without import or DirectQuery, providing fast performance with no data duplication or scheduled refresh.

Lakehouse Architecture

Evocate designs Fabric lakehouse environments that consolidate structured and unstructured data into OneLake. We configure medallion layer patterns, set up shortcuts to existing Azure storage, and build transformation logic that prepares data for downstream consumption.

Medallion architecture design (bronze, silver, gold layers)
Shortcut configuration to existing Azure Data Lake and S3 storage
Spark notebook development for data transformation
Delta table optimisation and maintenance scheduling
Schema design for analytical and reporting workloads

Data Engineering and Pipelines

Evocate builds Fabric pipelines and notebooks that ingest data from operational systems and prepare it for analytics. We handle batch and real time ingestion patterns depending on your data freshness requirements.

Fabric Data Factory pipeline development
Spark notebook orchestration for complex transformations
Incremental and full load patterns for source systems
Pipeline monitoring and failure alerting
Connection to Dynamics 365, SQL Server, APIs, and file sources

Real Time Intelligence

Evocate configures Fabric's Real Time Intelligence workload for organisations that need streaming analytics from IoT devices, application logs, and transactional systems.

Eventstream configuration for data ingestion
KQL database design and query development
Real time dashboard creation
Alerting rules for operational thresholds
Integration with Azure Event Hubs and IoT Hub

Data Warehousing

Evocate deploys Fabric warehouses for organisations that need traditional SQL analytics alongside lakehouse workloads. T-SQL endpoints let your BI analysts work in familiar language while benefiting from Fabric's unified platform.

Star schema design and implementation
Stored procedure and view development
Cross database and cross warehouse queries
Performance tuning and capacity management
Migration from Azure Synapse dedicated SQL pools

Governance and Managed Services

Evocate configures Fabric workspace security, domain boundaries, and capacity governance to match your organisation's data ownership model. We provide ongoing managed services to keep the platform healthy as usage grows.

Workspace and domain design aligned with data ownership
Sensitivity label integration via Microsoft Purview
Dataset endorsement and certification workflows
Capacity monitoring and usage analytics
Monthly governance reviews and optimisation recommendations

Eliminate analytics tool fragmentation

Replace separate services for data engineering, warehousing, and BI with one platform that shares storage, governance, and billing.

Remove data duplication

OneLake provides a single storage layer so every workload reads the same data without copying it between systems.

Faster time to insight

Direct Lake connectivity and integrated pipelines mean data flows from source to dashboard without complex staging and scheduled refresh.

Simplified governance

One governance model across all analytics workloads with sensitivity labels, lineage, endorsement, and access controls.

Predictable cost model

Fabric capacity billing consolidates compute costs instead of managing separate billing meters across multiple Azure analytics services.

Government

Fabric lakehouse and reporting for government agencies consolidating program data, grants tracking, and operational dashboards.

Utilities & Energy

Real time Fabric analytics for utilities monitoring grid performance, asset telemetry, outage response, and regulatory reporting.

Defence

Secured Fabric environments for defence organisations with workspace isolation, sensitivity labels, and audit-ready lineage.

Transport & Logistics

Fabric pipelines and dashboards for transport operators analysing fleet telemetry, route performance, and supply chain visibility.

Healthcare & Aged Care

Fabric data integration for healthcare organisations unifying clinical, operational, and financial data across systems.

NDIS & Community Services

Fabric analytics for NDIS and community service providers combining participant outcomes, funding, utilisation, and compliance data.

Mining & Resources

Fabric real time intelligence for mining operations monitoring production output, safety events, and equipment health.

Professional Services

Fabric analytics for professional services firms combining project, financial, and workforce data into a unified reporting layer.

Engage

Map your current data sources, analytics workloads, reporting requirements, and governance maturity through technical discovery and stakeholder workshops.

Validate

Assess migration complexity from existing platforms, confirm capacity sizing, evaluate licensing model, and identify governance prerequisites.

Optimise

Design lakehouse architecture, pipeline patterns, workspace security, and governance framework aligned with your data volumes and team structure.

Launch

Build and deploy Fabric workloads iteratively, migrating data sources, building pipelines, and connecting reports with validation at each stage.

Verify

Confirm data accuracy, pipeline reliability, report performance, and governance coverage against agreed success criteria.

Evolve

Ongoing managed services including capacity monitoring, pipeline health checks, governance reviews, and alignment with Fabric's monthly release cadence.

Power BI

Direct Lake mode connects Power BI reports to lakehouse tables for fast performance without import refresh or DirectQuery latency.

Microsoft Purview

Sensitivity labels, lineage tracking, and data cataloguing extend governance from Microsoft 365 into your Fabric analytics environment.

Azure Data Lake

OneLake shortcuts reference existing Azure Data Lake Storage without copying data, providing immediate access from Fabric workloads.

Dynamics 365

Dataverse integration brings CRM and ERP data into Fabric for unified analytics without manual export and import.

Azure Synapse

Migration path from Synapse dedicated pools, serverless SQL, and Spark pools into Fabric's unified compute model.

Microsoft Copilot

Fabric's semantic models provide the data foundation for Copilot in Power BI to answer natural language questions about your data.

Delivery that fits your business

Microsoft Partner

Practical guidance across Microsoft 365, Azure, SharePoint, Teams, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, security, and governance.

Certified Consultants

Senior specialists who can move from strategy into delivery, adoption, migration, support, and continuous improvement.

Australian Business

Local consulting for Australian organisations, backed by national experience and a delivery record across the country.

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2,437 Projects Delivered

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Frequently Asked Questions

Microsoft Fabric is a unified SaaS analytics platform that brings together data engineering, warehousing, real time analytics, data science, and Power BI under one roof with shared OneLake storage. Azure Synapse remains available but Microsoft is investing its analytics roadmap in Fabric. Evocate helps organisations assess whether to migrate and builds the transition plan when ready.

Evocate offers Fabric architecture design, lakehouse implementation, pipeline development, real time intelligence configuration, warehouse builds, Power BI migration to Direct Lake, and ongoing governance and optimisation. Our consultants work with organisations of all sizes from initial strategy through to managed operations.

Costs depend on scope, data volume, and complexity. Evocate provides fixed price proposals after an initial discovery workshop. Contact our team on 1300 386 228 for a tailored estimate.

A Fabric implementation typically runs 6 to 16 weeks depending on the number of data sources, transformation complexity, and reporting requirements. Evocate provides detailed project plans during the proposal stage.

No. Power BI is a workload within Fabric. Fabric enhances Power BI by providing Direct Lake connectivity, unified governance, and integrated data engineering. Your existing Power BI reports continue to work and can be progressively migrated to take advantage of Fabric capabilities.

Evocate is a Microsoft Solutions Partner for Modern Work with consultants who have delivered Microsoft outcomes since 2009. We have completed 2,437 projects and delivered 3,276 total engagements for 326 clients across Australia. Our team understands local business conditions in every major Australian market.

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