Building Near Real-time Data Solutions in Microsoft Azure & Fabric
2025TL; DR
Explore scalable architectures in Azure & Microsoft Fabric for high throughput data ingestion and real-time analytics. Use Event Hub, Stream Analytics, SQL, and KQL to blend stream and batch data for rapid insights and competitive advantage.
Session Details
The velocity of data is getting faster across many industries, fuelled by the business demand to gain insights and value from sources in near real-time. This necessity is then allowing decision makers to pivot and ultimately stay ahead of the competition. Furthermore, the growth of the internet of things and ‘smart’ devices now means the volume of that high velocity data has exploded. Meeting this demand requires new concepts and new designs for data/solution architects, with high throughput ingestion endpoints and query stream tools that can perform aggregations ‘on the fly’.
In this session, we will address the above head on. Discussing and designing architectures that can scale and burst for high throughput events. Querying using both SQL and KQL to blend stream and batch data feeds for downstream reporting.
As a platform, in Azure we’ll explore Event Hub and Stream Analytics to ingest and handle that initial data stream. Before applying the same patterns to other resources in Microsoft Fabric with and Event Handler and Real-time Dashboards through the Event House. Understanding the patterns to apply as an architect vs the tooling available for delivery.
In this session, we will address the above head on. Discussing and designing architectures that can scale and burst for high throughput events. Querying using both SQL and KQL to blend stream and batch data feeds for downstream reporting.
As a platform, in Azure we’ll explore Event Hub and Stream Analytics to ingest and handle that initial data stream. Before applying the same patterns to other resources in Microsoft Fabric with and Event Handler and Real-time Dashboards through the Event House. Understanding the patterns to apply as an architect vs the tooling available for delivery.
3 things you'll get out of this session
• Explore and design scalable architectures in Azure and Microsoft Fabric for high throughput data ingestion and real-time analytics.
• Utilize Event Hub and Stream Analytics to manage initial data streams, and apply similar patterns to other resources with Event Handler and Real-time Dashboards.
• Blend stream and batch data using SQL and KQL for rapid insights and competitive advantage in downstream reporting.
Speakers
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