The demand for "instant data" in Microsoft Fabric presents a critical architectural choice: Real-Time Intelligence, Mirroring, or Shortcuts? Each option carries a different meaning of "real-time", with major implications for latency, cost, and complexity. We'll examine end-to-end latency from source to dashboard - because to your business users, data isn't "real-time" until they can actually see it.

Too often the decision gets made based on what sounds most impressive rather than what the data and the use case actually need.

This session gives you a practical framework for matching each option to the right scenario based on your data characteristics, your latency requirements, and how much complexity you're actually willing to maintain.