The Olympics 100m sprint, the tortoise and the hare and the data load showdown of this session will go down in history as some of the greatest races of all time. We need the right tools and platforms to load our data efficiently, and this race will put our main competitors to the test: Team Azure with ADF and Team Fabric with Real-Time Intelligence. To keep things fair, we’ll use the medallion architecture in both approaches to load, clean and transform our sample dataset to make it reporting-ready. You don’t want to miss this ultimate showdown of the data platforms!

We’ll show you how Azure Data Factory best practices and how to optimise your PaaS pipelines and storage to load your data in a robust manner. We’ll then introduce Fabric Real-Time Intelligence and how you can use its components to replicate the medallion pattern. You'll understand why Real-Time Intelligence offers highly performant data integration in Fabric.

However, speed isn’t everything! We’ll discuss considerations that need to be made when designing these ETL solutions, such as cost, robustness and overall simplicity of development. We’ll also cover how to further analyse and visualise your transformed data, whether it is through PowerBI or Fabric’s Real-Time Dashboards or more to truly have an end-to-end comparison of both approaches.

By the end of this session, you’ll have all the information required to be an expert on building medallion solutions in Azure or Fabric. No matter who wins the race, it’s bound to be a thrilling showdown!