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Fabric Runtime 2.0 Is GA but Not Default: An Upgrade Plan
Fabric Runtime 2.0 is GA and set to become the default in late September. A plan to inventory, test libraries and Delta features, and pin runtimes first.
Migration
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Semantic Kernel Apps in February 2026: Stay, Bridge, or Rewrite
Agent Framework is still in preview and Semantic Kernel is in fix-and-stabilise mode: how to decide whether to stay, bridge, or rewrite in February 2026.
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Leaving ADF and Databricks for Fabric: What Held Up
What consolidating Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Azure SQL and Power BI onto Microsoft Fabric delivered in production, and where the seams still show.
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Synapse to Fabric Migration: 5 Things I Wish I'd Known
Our Synapse to Fabric migration took twice as long as planned. Five lessons on scope, notebook refactoring, Direct Lake, capacity monitoring and training.
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Migrating from LangChain to Semantic Kernel: A Practical Guide
Many teams that started with LangChain in 2024 are now evaluating Semantic Kernel for its tighter Azure integration and production-ready features. Having…
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Fabric Migration Stories: Real-World Experiences
There is no substitute for learning from real migrations: the patterns we reuse (lift-and-shift for bulk data, iterative modernization for dependent…
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Microsoft Fabric Adoption: Strategies for Success
A practical Fabric adoption roadmap balances fast wins with platform work — start with a high-impact pilot, instrument the value stream, and invest in a…
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Migrating to Microsoft Fabric: Strategies and Best Practices
The fastest approach uses OneLake shortcuts to reference existing data without copying. Run Fabric alongside existing platform during transition.
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SSRS to Power BI Migration: A Practical Guide
Self service analytics : Users can create their own reports Modern visualizations : Interactive, mobile friendly reports Cloud first : Scales without…
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SSIS to Azure Migration: Strategies and Tools
Lift and shift existing SSIS packages with minimal changes: Convert SSIS logic to native Azure Data Factory: SSIS Component Data Flow Equivalent OLE DB…
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Synapse Pathway: Accelerating Data Warehouse Migration
Synapse Pathway translates SQL code from various sources to Azure Synapse Analytics SQL syntax: Teradata to Synapse Netezza to Synapse Snowflake to Synapse…
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Azure SQL Managed Instance Updates - September 2022
Instance pools allow you to host multiple Managed Instances with shared resources, optimizing costs for smaller workloads.
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Log Analytics Agent Deprecation: Migration Planning
Plan your migration early to ensure a smooth transition before the deprecation deadline.
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Cloud Adoption Framework: The Half That Isn't Landing Zones
How to use the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for strategy, planning, governance and operations, not just as a landing zone template library.
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Offline Data Transfer with Azure Data Box
Azure offers several Data Box options: Data Box Disk : Up to 40 TB per order (8 TB per disk) Data Box : 100 TB storage capacity Data Box Heavy : Up to 1 PB…
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Azure SQL Managed Instance: Migration Patterns and Best Practices
Azure SQL Managed Instance is the SQL Server target I recommend most for lift-and-shift migrations from on-premises SQL Server. It's PaaS—no OS to patch…
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SQL Server to Azure SQL Migration - A Complete Guide
SQL Server to Azure SQL migration is the database journey I've been on more times than any other, and the first decision that shapes everything else is…
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Azure Migrate - Planning and Executing Cloud Migrations
Azure Migrate is the tool that turns a migration conversation from "we think we have about 300 servers" to "we have 287 servers, here's the dependency map…
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Azure VMware Solution - Running VMware Workloads in Azure
Private Cloud Dedicated VMware environment Clusters Groups of ESXi hosts (minimum 3) vSAN Software defined storage NSX T Software defined networking HCX…
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Azure Migrate: Cloud Migration Made Simple
Every migration project I've run has the same first two weeks: spreadsheet hell. What's running, what does it talk to, what's the dependency graph, what…
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Azure Data Box: Physical Data Transfer at Scale
Data Box: when the network isn't fast enough, ship it.
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Azure SQL Managed Instance: SQL Server in the Cloud
Things you can't do in Azure SQL Database but can in Managed Instance. Real-time replication from on-premises SQL Server to Managed Instance - useful for…