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The Fabric admin portal is one interface over the governance model, not the model itself. How to build governance-as-automation on the same admin, scanner (WorkspaceInfo), and REST APIs a service principal can call directly — with least-privilege identity separation as a first-class design constraint.
I worked on smoothing the handoff between data engineering and AI teams—standardizing feature contracts, embedding validation, and adding lightweight…
I worked on smoothing the handoff between data engineering and AI teams—standardizing feature contracts, embedding validation, and adding lightweight…
I worked on smoothing the handoff between data engineering and AI teams—standardizing feature contracts, embedding validation, and adding lightweight…
I focused on making delivery decisions auditable and repeatable—documenting intent, success criteria, and rollback paths to reduce tribal knowledge.
I focused on making delivery decisions auditable and repeatable—documenting intent, success criteria, and rollback paths to reduce tribal knowledge.
I focused on making delivery decisions auditable and repeatable—documenting intent, success criteria, and rollback paths to reduce tribal knowledge.
I spent the day reducing cognitive overhead for engineers and analysts—introducing clearer table contracts, simpler failure modes, and concise runbooks that…
Computational governance scales where manual review cannot. Embed policies in CI/CD pipelines to catch issues before they reach production.
An AI CoE serves as the central hub for AI expertise, governance, and best practices. It prevents siloed implementations and ensures consistent quality…
Comprehensive AI governance ensures responsible and compliant AI deployment.
AI governance is not bureaucracy - it's enablement with guardrails. Build governance that enables innovation while managing risk appropriately.
The EU AI Act is complex but manageable with systematic approach. Start your inventory now, prioritize high-risk systems, and build compliance into your…
Regulation is here to stay. Treat compliance as a feature, not a burden, and build it into your AI development process.
AI safety is no longer optional. Build safety into your AI systems from the start, not as an afterthought.
Effective Microsoft Fabric governance requires attention to access control, data quality, cost management, and lifecycle management. This month's…
1. Collect comprehensively : Gather data from all sources 2. Aggregate appropriately : Different audiences need different views 3. Automate distribution :…
1. Tag everything : Consistent tagging enables accurate allocation 2. Use multiple methods : Combine direct, shared, and overhead allocation 3. Document…
1. Start with showback : Build understanding before chargeback 2. Keep it simple : Complex models create disputes 3. Automate collection : Manual processes…
1. Start with visibility : You can't optimize what you can't see 2. Allocate costs : Enable accountability through showback/chargeback 3. Automate policies…
Security is foundational to any data platform. Today I'm exploring the security architecture and best practices in Microsoft Fabric.
A data marketplace enables data discovery, sharing, and consumption across your organization. Today I'm exploring how to build one using Microsoft Fabric.
Data contracts formalize the agreement between data producers and consumers. Today I'm exploring how to implement effective data contracts in your data…
Federated governance balances domain autonomy with organizational standards. Today I'm exploring how to implement effective federated governance in…
1. Clear domain boundaries Define ownership clearly 2. Product thinking Treat data as a product 3. Self serve enablement Empower domain teams 4.…
Workspaces are the containers for collaboration in Fabric. Effective governance ensures organization, security, and efficiency. Today I'm covering workspace…
Tenant settings control what users can do in your Fabric environment. Today I'm covering the essential settings every admin should configure.
Fabric administration has matured significantly. Today I'm covering the latest admin capabilities for managing your Fabric environment effectively.
Unity Catalog extends governance to machine learning assets. Manage models, features, and experiments with the same rigor as your data.
1. Define clear policies What's allowed, what's not 2. Implement review Human approval for external use 3. Track everything Full audit trail 4. Disclose…
AI introduces risks that cut across data, models, operations and people. Over the past year I've helped teams map those risks to concrete controls — from…
Governance isn't a checkbox — it's what lets organisations scale AI safely. The frameworks I use combine risk tiers, model lifecycle controls, and pragmatic…
Fabric endorsement — the Promoted and Certified badge system for Fabric items — is a lightweight but important trust signal in a self-service analytics…
Fabric governance is where the platform's SaaS architecture creates both an advantage and a complication for enterprise security teams. The advantage…
Item permissions provide the flexibility to share specific artifacts securely. Tomorrow, I will cover Row-Level Security in Fabric.
Proper role management is essential for secure and efficient collaboration. Tomorrow, I will cover Item Permissions in more detail.
Security is an ongoing responsibility. Tomorrow, I will cover Workspace Roles in more detail.
A Fabric workspace is the collaboration boundary in Microsoft Fabric—the container where Fabric items (Lakehouses, Warehouses, Notebooks, Pipelines, KQL…
1. Start early : Include ethics from project inception 2. Involve stakeholders : Get diverse perspectives 3. Document everything : Decisions, trade offs,…
AI governance must balance: Innovation : Enabling teams to use AI effectively Risk : Managing security, privacy, and compliance risks Consistency : Ensuring…
Microsoft's framework provides a solid foundation: 1. Fairness : AI should treat all people fairly 2. Reliability & Safety : AI should perform reliably and…
Approvals and checks ensure deployments meet organizational requirements.
A well-planned environment strategy enables teams to move fast while maintaining governance and security.
Understanding solution layering prevents deployment issues and ensures predictable behavior across environments.
Proper ALM ensures Power Platform solutions are reliable, maintainable, and can be safely deployed across environments.
The move away from Blueprints leads to more flexible, testable, and maintainable infrastructure governance.
Azure Policy as Code ensures consistent, auditable governance across your entire Azure estate.
Managed Environments represent a significant maturation of Power Platform governance. For enterprises that want to enable citizen development while…
Databricks cluster policies are the governance layer that prevents the classic enterprise data platform problem: data scientists spinning up 64-node GPU…
Activity Logs include several categories: Administrative : Resource management operations (create, update, delete) Security : Security Center alerts and…
Set up the data sharing infrastructure: Configure datasets to be shared: Invite consumers to access shared data: Set up automated data synchronization: On…
Create and configure an Azure Purview account: Register various data sources for lineage tracking: Set up scans to discover and catalog data: Azure Data…
Effective cost management requires proactive monitoring and automated responses. Azure Cost Management budgets provide the foundation for cost governance,…
Multi-tenant Azure management is the architecture problem I've spent more time on this year than any other. The patterns matter because the wrong choice…
Azure Management Groups are the first thing I help clients set up when their Azure estate starts involving more than two or three subscriptions. Without…
Azure Resource Graph is the query service that answers "what do we actually have in Azure?" at enterprise scale in milliseconds. The ARM APIs query each…
Power Platform governance is the problem that doesn't announce itself until it's already serious. I've walked into tenants where three hundred flows were…
Cloud bills have a way of arriving late and being everyone's problem at once. Cost Management is the tool that moves that conversation from quarterly shock…
The first time I helped a platform team stand up a new environment from scratch, we got it right on the third try. The first two tries had a RBAC assignment…
The tagging policy conversation is the one I have in every landing zone engagement. Someone inevitably says "we'll just ask people to tag resources…
Every cloud bill story I've heard starts the same way: "we didn't realise it was running." A test VM left on over a long weekend, a Premium SSD attached to…
Blueprints ensure every environment starts from a known, compliant state.
Every Azure environment I've inherited from someone else has the same three problems: storage accounts created without encryption-at-rest configuration…