Connect to any data with Shortcuts, Mirroring and Data Factory using Microsoft Fabric

Mar 3, 2025

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Easily access and unify your data for analytics and AI—no matter where it lives. With OneLake in Microsoft Fabric, you can connect to data across multiple clouds, databases, and formats without duplication. Use the OneLake catalog to quickly find and interact with your data, and let Copilot in Fabric help you transform and analyze it effortlessly.

Eliminate barriers to working with your data using Shortcuts to virtualize external sources and Mirroring to keep databases and warehouses in sync—all without ETL. For deeper integration, leverage Data Factory's 180+ connectors to bring in structured, unstructured, and real-time streaming data at scale.

Maraki Ketema from the Microsoft Fabric team shows how to combine these methods, ensuring fast, reliable access to quality data for analytics and AI workloads.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Access data wherever it lives

00:42 - Microsoft Fabric background

01:17 - Manage data with Microsoft Fabric

03:04 - Low latency

03:34 - How Shortcuts work

06:41 - Mirroring

08:10 - Open mirroring

08:40 - Low friction ways to bring data in

09:32 - Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric

10:52 - Build out your data flow

11:49 - Use built-in AI to ask questions of data

12:56 - OneLake catalog

13:36 - Data security & compliance

15:10 - Additional options to bring data in

15:42 - Wrap up

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