With its Fabric end-to-end data platform, Microsoft provides numerous options for where to store your data and how to manage and query it. Your choices: data lakehouses, data warehouses and -- new to the game -- SQL databases. All of them have relational tables and are queryable with SQL, but the one you select will impact whether you’ll be using SQL Server technology for the tech stack, leveraging open table formats for storage, and doing your data modeling work in Power BI Desktop, SQL Server tools, or in Fabric’s cloud environment. Come to this Fast Focus session to learn when to use which type of repository, how open table formats are leveraged, and where you'll get the best time-to-value.

You will learn:

• The basics of data lakehouses, warehouses, SQL Analytics Endpoints and SQL databases
• How to choose the right platform for the right job
• Aligning platform choice with your organization's current skillsets