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Three stacked layers showing where access is decided in Microsoft Fabric: a dashed domain box that labels and delegates but controls no access, a solid workspace layer where roles decide who gets in, and an item and data layer covering permissions and row and column security
Microsoft Fabric

Fabric governance: domains do not control access

Fabric governance is built on domains and endorsement, but a domain never decides who can see data. Certification is the control that changes behaviour.
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Azure management group hierarchy: tenant root above platform, landing zones and sandbox, with vended subscriptions beneath
Azure

Azure landing zone accelerator or custom build: which path fits your team

An Azure landing zone accelerator deploys Microsoft’s reference architecture as code. When that is the right call, when a custom build is, and what
The three stages of a Copilot readiness assessment, with nine in ten tenants failing at least one
Copilot & AI

What a Copilot readiness assessment checks, and why most tenants fail it

A Copilot readiness assessment checks three things: licence and tenant blockers, oversharing exposure, and network readiness. What each one actually finds.
AI Builder seeded credits running level then dropping to zero on 1 November 2026
Power Platform

AI Builder credits end on 1 November 2026, and most estates have not checked

Seeded AI Builder credits are removed on 1 November 2026 and new customers can no longer buy the add-on. What it costs, and how
Fabric workspace items with a Git status column, two marked unsupported
Microsoft Fabric

Fabric Git integration: what actually syncs, and where the gap shows up

Fabric Git integration versions your workspace, but not every item. What syncs, where the gap is flagged, and why nobody looks at the column
Forty Copilot licence seats with only fourteen shown as in regular use
Copilot & AI

Why 74% of enterprises cannot show a return on Copilot, and what the other 26% did first

Primary and paired Microsoft Fabric regions: OneLake data replicates while workspaces, pipelines and semantic models do not
Microsoft Fabric

Microsoft Fabric disaster recovery: what is and is not replicated

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