Cole Tramp's Microsoft Insights

With the rise of Microsoft Fabric as a next-generation data platform, many organizations that currently rely on Azure Synapse Analytics are wondering how the two platforms compare and what the future holds. Are they competing products? Is Synapse being phased out? And if you're already invested in Synapse, can you migrate to Fabric?

The short answers: they're built differently, Synapse is here to stay (for now), and some migration paths do exist. Let’s explore what that means in practice.

A Tale of Two Platforms

At a high level, both Microsoft Fabric and Azure Synapse aim to solve the same fundamental challenge: helping organizations turn raw data into actionable insights. But the way they go about it is fundamentally different.

Microsoft has officially announced that Copilot in Power BI is now supported across all Microsoft Fabric capacities, marking a major milestone in the integration of generative AI with business intelligence. This expansion empowers users to harness AI-driven insights and report generation, no matter what capacity their organization is operating within, eliminating prior limitations and making this powerful feature universally accessible within the Fabric ecosystem.

Although this update rolled out a few months ago, it's a game-changing shift that still deserves attention today especially for organizations now fully embracing Copilot’s capabilities.

What This Means for Power BI Users