If you ask your favorite large language model, Microsoft Fabric appears to be the ultimate solution for any data challenge you can imagine. That’s also the impression many people get from Microsoft’s sales teams. But is it really the silver bullet it’s made out to be? This article takes a closer look. 

The first part explores the glossy marketing and sales definition of the platform. The second part looks at Fabris’s layers and deconstructs it from a more practical perspective. The third part uncovers what Microsoft Fabric is truly built for, and how it fits into the wider data landscape, especially in comparison to other major players in the data analytics market like Databricks and Snowflake.