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Azure Synapse → Microsoft Fabric Migration

A consolidated Microsoft Fabric estate with Direct Lake performance, right-sized capacity, and no break in business reporting.

Microsoft FabricV-Order ParquetDirect LakeOneLake
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The challenge

Synapse workloads were fragmented across pools with inconsistent performance and an unclear capacity bill. The business needed Direct Lake performance without going dark during the move.

Our approach

How we structured the work, end to end.

01
Audited Synapse usage — pools, workloads, semantic models — to identify what to consolidate and what to retire.
02
Migrated data to OneLake with V-Order parquet for Direct Lake performance.
03
Right-sized Fabric capacity against the actual workload profile, not the worst-case estimate.
04
Cut over reporting in waves so the business never lost a working day.

The architecture

From source to insight, in one governed flow.

01
Synapse Pools
02
OneLake Delta
03
Fabric Capacity
04
Direct Lake

Outcome

What changed
One consolidated Fabric estate with Direct Lake performance, predictable capacity costs, and a reporting layer the business trusts more than the one it replaced.

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