New OneLake data lake offers an integrated unified data platform
Microsoft Fabric and its core component, OneLake, are truly revolutionizing the way organizations manage their data. With a focus on providing a unified data platform that can handle data of any size, shape, and source, OneLake simplifies data storage, access, and processing.
Elizabeth Oldag, a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft, shared her excitement about OneLake with the San Francisco Fabric Meetup Group. Here is her high level overview of OneLake and its long list of features and benefits.
OneLake is a SaaS product that provides a single logical data lake for your entire organization. It is integrated with the Microsoft Fabric AI-powered analytics platform. Microsoft Fabric is a comprehensive platform that brings together a variety of Azure tools and services under one unified umbrella.
With a single logical data lake, OneLake simplifies data storage, access, and processing, eliminating the need to navigate through multiple storage accounts and formats. The Delta Lake open standard format is a high-performance and reliable format for storing structured and semi-structured data. By leveraging the Delta Lake open standard format, you can seamlessly interact with their data using various analytics engines without the hassle of duplicating or moving it. You can store, access, and process all your data in one place, without having to worry about the underlying storage accounts, formats, or locations. This gives you the flexibility to choose the best tool for the job, and ensures that your data is always consistent and fresh.
Another benefit of OneLake is that it is lake-centric and open, meaning that you can access data from any source, whether it's in Azure, other clouds, or on-premises. The ability to share data across an organization promotes collaboration and data-driven insights.
Check out the list of OneLake benefits:
Lake Centric and Open Platform
Its lake-centric and open data platform allows you to store and access data of any format and from any source, including other clouds and on-premise locations. Shortcuts can virtualize data across domains and clouds, which could be incredibly useful for multi-cloud organizations.
Works on the Delta Lake format
With OneLake you can use one copy of data for multiple analytics engines, such as Spark, SQL, and Power BI, without having to duplicate or move the data. All the engines are optimized to work on the Delta Lake format, an open standard for data storage and processing.
Offers an SaaS Version of Data Lakes
It provides a SaaS version of data lakes, which means you don't have to provision or manage storage accounts or resources. OneLake handles the scaling, performance, and availability of your data for you.
Supports the Data Mesh Pattern
The data mesh pattern empowers different teams and domains to manage and govern their own data, while also enabling data sharing and discovery across the organization. You can use domains and shortcuts to organize and access data in OneLake.
Integrates Security and Governance Features
OneLake integrates security and governance features such as data protection labels, data lineage, and fine-grained access control, to help you protect and manage your data.
Patty Schinzing is VP, Marketing at DesignMind.