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OneLake Data Architecture

One copy of the data, every workload on top: medallion Lakehouse design, shortcuts instead of copies, domain organization, and Direct Lake serving Power BI, architected before habits calcify.

What You Get

1 CopyShortcuts replacing data duplication
MedallionBronze, silver, gold with rules
Direct LakeBI on the lake, no refresh windows
DomainsMesh-style ownership that scales
What's Included

OneLake Data Architecture: the full scope

Target architecture design
Workspaces, domains, and capacity mapped to your organization.
Medallion implementation
Bronze, silver, gold layers with clear promotion rules.
Shortcut strategy
OneLake, ADLS, and S3 shortcuts replacing copy pipelines.
Direct Lake enablement
Semantic models on Delta tables, tuned for it.
Security and governance
Workspace roles, item permissions, and sensitivity labels.
Migration onto OneLake
Existing lakes, marts, and warehouse data brought in with lineage.
How We Work

Structured delivery, every engagement

The same disciplined framework behind our enterprise migrations: documented, validated, and led by senior expertise from start to finish.

1

Assess

Inventory every report, data source, and dependency. Usage analysis identifies what actually matters.

2

Rationalize

Retire duplicates and unused reports. Typically 30 to 50 percent never need migrating.

3

Modernize

Rebuild on Power BI and Fabric with governed semantic models and validated outputs.

4

Govern

Workspaces, row-level security, certified datasets, and documented standards.

5

Enable

Training and handover so your team owns the platform, not a vendor.

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Common Questions

OneLake Data Architecture FAQ

What does OneLake actually change?

It is one logical lake for the whole tenant: every Fabric workload reads the same Delta files, and shortcuts make external storage appear in place without copying. The architecture question becomes organization and governance, not plumbing.

Do we need a medallion architecture?

You need explicit layers with promotion rules; medallion is the vocabulary. Without it, the lake becomes a swamp with better marketing. We implement it with the rigor sized to your estate.

When is Direct Lake the right choice?

Large models with fresh-data demands are the sweet spot: warehouse-scale volumes served to Power BI without import refresh. We benchmark your workloads and use import or DirectQuery where they genuinely fit better.

Can OneLake include data outside Fabric?

Yes, via shortcuts to ADLS Gen2, S3, and Dataverse: data stays where it is, appears in the lake, and feeds Fabric workloads without duplication. Often the fastest first win.

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