Fabric Monitoring Made Simple: Built-In Tools and Custom Solutions
2025TL; DR
Discover how to optimize Fabric tenant management with built-in tools like the Monitoring Hub and custom solutions using Data Factory and Spark. Learn to track system health, ensure compliance, and gain insights to boost efficiency and reliability in your data platform.
Session Details
As organizations increasingly rely on Microsoft Fabric for their data needs, effective monitoring becomes essential—not just for performance optimization, but also for ensuring security, tracking adoption, and maintaining compliance.
In this session, we’ll explore the full spectrum of monitoring options in Fabric. You’ll learn how to leverage Microsoft’s built-in tools—such as the Monitoring Hub, Admin Monitoring workspace, and Workspace Monitoring—to gain valuable insights and improve operational efficiency.
We’ll also introduce the Fabric Unified Admin Monitoring (FUAM) solution—a powerful, open-source framework developed by the community and supported by Microsoft. FUAM bridges the gap between built-in tools and fully custom monitoring by offering a scalable, extendable approach to tenant-wide visibility.
Finally, we’ll demonstrate how to take things further by building your own monitoring pipelines using Fabric Data Factory and Fabric Spark, tailored to meet specific organizational requirements.
By the end of this session, you’ll have a solid understanding of what’s available out of the box, how FUAM can accelerate your admin insights, and how to develop custom solutions when you need maximum flexibility. Whether your goal is to save time, reduce costs, or strengthen your data governance, this session will equip you with the knowledge to succeed.
In this session, we’ll explore the full spectrum of monitoring options in Fabric. You’ll learn how to leverage Microsoft’s built-in tools—such as the Monitoring Hub, Admin Monitoring workspace, and Workspace Monitoring—to gain valuable insights and improve operational efficiency.
We’ll also introduce the Fabric Unified Admin Monitoring (FUAM) solution—a powerful, open-source framework developed by the community and supported by Microsoft. FUAM bridges the gap between built-in tools and fully custom monitoring by offering a scalable, extendable approach to tenant-wide visibility.
Finally, we’ll demonstrate how to take things further by building your own monitoring pipelines using Fabric Data Factory and Fabric Spark, tailored to meet specific organizational requirements.
By the end of this session, you’ll have a solid understanding of what’s available out of the box, how FUAM can accelerate your admin insights, and how to develop custom solutions when you need maximum flexibility. Whether your goal is to save time, reduce costs, or strengthen your data governance, this session will equip you with the knowledge to succeed.
3 things you'll get out of this session
Learn to use Fabric’s built-in monitoring tools effectively.
Explore custom monitoring solutions with Data Factory and Spark.
Optimize performance, compliance, and reliability.
Speakers
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