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Azure Modern Data Platform with Microsoft Fabric

🎯 Overview

Production-ready, enterprise-scale modern data platform built on Microsoft Fabric and Azure services, designed for real-time fraud detection, IoT predictive maintenance, and customer analytics. This platform leverages infrastructure as code for complete automation and reproducibility.

🚀 Key Use Cases

1. Real-Time Fraud Detection

  • Sub-second transaction scoring
  • ML-powered anomaly detection
  • Real-time alerting and case management
  • Historical pattern analysis

2. IoT Predictive Maintenance

  • High-volume sensor data ingestion
  • Real-time equipment health monitoring
  • Predictive failure analysis
  • Maintenance scheduling optimization

3. Customer Analytics

  • Customer segmentation
  • Sales forecasting
  • Marketing campaign effectiveness
  • Customer lifetime value prediction

🏗️ Architecture Overview

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                              DATA SOURCES                                    │
├───────────────────┬──────────────────┬──────────────────┬────────────────────┤
│ 🏦 Transaction    │ 🏭 IoT Sensors   │ 📊 Sales/CRM     │ 🌐 External APIs   │
│ • Banking Core    │ • Temperature    │ • Salesforce     │ • Weather Data     │
│ • Payment Gateways│ • Vibration      │ • Dynamics 365   │ • Market Data      │
│ • POS Systems     │ • Pressure       │ • Marketing Hub  │ • Social Media     │
└────────┬──────────┴───────┬──────────┴───────┬──────────┴──────────┬──────────┘
         │                  │                  │                     │
         ▼                  ▼                  ▼                     ▼
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                           INGESTION LAYER (Azure)                             │
├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐ ┌───────────────┐ │
│ │ 📡 Event Hub    │ │ 🔌 IoT Hub      │ │ 🔄 Data Factory │ │ 📥 Storage    │ │
│ │ • Streaming     │ │ • Device Mgmt   │ │ • Batch ETL     │ │ • Blob/ADLS   │ │
│ │ • Partitioned   │ │ • Twin Support  │ │ • Scheduled     │ │ • Landing Zone│ │
│ │ • Auto-scale    │ │ • Edge Process  │ │ • Triggered     │ │               │ │
│ └────────┬────────┘ └────────┬────────┘ └────────┬────────┘ └───────┬───────┘ │
└──────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼──────────────────┼─────────┘
           │                   │                   │                  │
           ▼                   ▼                   ▼                  ▼
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    MICROSOFT FABRIC WORKSPACE                                │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                              │
│  ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  │
│  │                         🗄️ ONELAKE (Unified Storage)                   │  │
│  ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤  │
│  │  ┌──────────────────┐   ┌──────────────────┐   ┌──────────────────┐    │  │
│  │  │ 🥉 BRONZE Layer  │   │ 🥈 SILVER Layer  │   │ 🥇 GOLD Layer    │    │  │
│  │  │ • Raw Data       │   │ • Cleansed Data  │   │ • Business Ready │    │  │
│  │  │ • Immutable      │──▶│ • Validated      │──▶│ • Aggregated     │    │  │
│  │  │ • Partitioned    │   │ • Deduplicated   │   │ • Optimized      │    │  │
│  │  │ • Delta Format   │   │ • Standardized   │   │ • Star Schema    │    │  │
│  │  └──────────────────┘   └──────────────────┘   └──────────────────┘    │  │
│  └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘  │
│                                                                              │
│  ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  │
│  │                    🔧 PROCESSING & ANALYTICS                           │  │
│  ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤  │
│  │                                                                        │  │
│  │  ┌─────────────────────────┐  ┌─────────────────────────────────┐      │  │
│  │  │ ⚡ Real-Time Analytics   │  │ 🏗️ Data Engineering             │      │  │
│  │  │ • KQL Database          │  │ • Spark Processing              │      │  │
│  │  │ • Stream Processing     │  │ • Data Pipelines                │      │  │
│  │  │ • Hot Path Analytics    │  │ • Transformation Jobs           │      │  │
│  │  └─────────────────────────┘  └─────────────────────────────────┘      │  │
│  │                                                                        │  │
│  │  ┌─────────────────────────┐  ┌─────────────────────────────────┐      │  │
│  │  │ 🏢 Data Warehouse       │  │ 🤖 Data Science & ML            │      │  │
│  │  │ • Synapse SQL           │  │ • ML Notebooks                  │      │  │
│  │  │ • Dimensional Models    │  │ • Model Training                │      │  │
│  │  │ • Business Logic        │  │ • Feature Engineering           │      │  │
│  │  └─────────────────────────┘  └─────────────────────────────────┘      │  │
│  └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘  │
│                                                                              │
│  ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  │
│  │                        📊 SEMANTIC LAYER                               │  │
│  ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤  │
│  │  • Business Metrics     • Data Models      • Calculated Measures       │  │
│  │  • KPIs & Scorecards   • Relationships    • Row-Level Security         │  │
│  └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘  │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                                       │
                                       ▼
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                          CONSUMPTION & SERVING LAYER                         │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                              │
│  ┌──────────────────┐  ┌──────────────────┐  ┌──────────────────────────┐    │
│  │ 📈 Power BI      │  │ 🔌 API Gateway   │  │ 🎯 Applications          │    │
│  │ • Dashboards     │  │ • REST APIs      │  │ • Fraud Alert System     │    │
│  │ • Reports        │  │ • GraphQL        │  │ • Maintenance Portal     │    │
│  │ • Real-time      │  │ • Rate Limiting  │  │ • Customer 360 View      │    │
│  └──────────────────┘  └──────────────────┘  └──────────────────────────┘    │
│                                                                              │
│  ┌──────────────────┐  ┌──────────────────┐  ┌──────────────────────────┐    │
│  │ 🤖 ML Endpoints  │  │ 📱 Mobile Apps   │  │ 🔔 Alerting & Actions    │    │
│  │ • Model Serving  │  │ • iOS/Android    │  │ • Email/SMS/Teams        │    │
│  │ • A/B Testing    │  │ • Offline Sync   │  │ • Automated Workflows    │    │
│  │ • AutoML APIs    │  │ • Push Notif.    │  │ • Incident Management    │    │
│  └──────────────────┘  └──────────────────┘  └──────────────────────────┘    │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

                        ┌─────────────────────────┐
                        │   🔐 SECURITY LAYER     │
                        ├─────────────────────────┤
                        │ • Azure AD / Entra ID   │
                        │ • RBAC & Permissions    │
                        │ • Data Encryption       │
                        │ • Network Security      │
                        │ • Compliance (GDPR/PCI) │
                        └─────────────────────────┘

📊 Data Flow by Use Case

1️⃣ Real-Time Fraud Detection Flow

Credit Card Transaction → Event Hub → KQL Database (Hot Path)
                                   ↓
                        Real-time Scoring (< 1 sec)
                                   ↓
                        Alert Generation → Case Management
                                   ↓
                        Historical Analysis → ML Model Update

2️⃣ IoT Predictive Maintenance Flow

Sensor Data → IoT Hub → Stream Analytics → Time Series Database
                              ↓
                    Anomaly Detection Model
                              ↓
                    Maintenance Prediction → Work Order System
                              ↓
                    Historical Pattern Analysis → Model Retraining

3️⃣ Customer Analytics Flow

CRM/Sales Data → Data Factory → Bronze Layer → Silver Layer
                                      ↓
                            Customer Segmentation
                                      ↓
                            Gold Layer (Aggregated)
                                      ↓
                    Power BI Dashboards → Business Insights

📁 Repository Structure

azure-fabric-data-platform/
├── infrastructure/          # Infrastructure as Code
│   ├── terraform/          # Terraform configurations
│   │   ├── environments/   # Environment-specific configs
│   │   ├── modules/       # Reusable Terraform modules
│   │   └── scripts/       # Deployment scripts
│   ├── bicep/             # Bicep templates (alternative)
│   └── arm/               # ARM templates (legacy support)
├── pipelines/             # Data pipeline definitions
│   ├── ingestion/        # Data ingestion pipelines
│   ├── transformation/   # Data transformation logic
│   └── orchestration/    # Orchestration workflows
├── ml-models/            # Machine Learning models
│   ├── fraud-detection/  # Fraud detection models
│   ├── predictive-maintenance/  # Maintenance models
│   └── customer-analytics/      # Customer models
├── notebooks/            # Data science notebooks
├── apis/                 # API definitions and code
├── monitoring/           # Monitoring and alerting configs
├── governance/           # Data governance policies
├── tests/               # Testing frameworks
├── docs/                # Documentation
└── .github/             # CI/CD workflows

🛠️ Technology Stack

Core Platform

  • Microsoft Fabric: Unified analytics platform
  • Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2: OneLake storage backend
  • Azure Synapse Analytics: Data warehousing and big data analytics
  • Azure Databricks: Advanced analytics and ML (optional alternative)

Real-Time Processing

  • Azure Event Hubs: High-throughput event streaming
  • Azure IoT Hub: IoT device connectivity and management
  • Azure Stream Analytics: Real-time stream processing
  • Fabric Real-Time Analytics: KQL-based real-time analytics

Machine Learning

  • Azure Machine Learning: ML model development and deployment
  • Fabric Data Science: Integrated ML workflows
  • Azure Cognitive Services: Pre-built AI models

Integration & Orchestration

  • Azure Data Factory: Data movement and orchestration
  • Azure Logic Apps: Workflow automation
  • Azure Functions: Serverless compute

Monitoring & Governance

  • Azure Monitor: Infrastructure and application monitoring
  • Microsoft Purview: Data governance and compliance
  • Azure Key Vault: Secrets management
  • Azure Security Center: Security posture management

🚦 Getting Started

Prerequisites

  • Azure subscription with appropriate permissions
  • Microsoft Fabric capacity (F64 or higher recommended for production)
  • Azure DevOps or GitHub account for CI/CD
  • Terraform >= 1.5.0 or Bicep CLI
  • Azure CLI >= 2.50.0
  • PowerShell 7+ or Bash

Quick Start

  1. Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/azure-fabric-data-platform.git
cd azure-fabric-data-platform
  1. Configure environment
cd infrastructure/terraform/environments
cp dev.tfvars.example dev.tfvars
# Edit dev.tfvars with your settings
  1. Deploy infrastructure
cd ../
terraform init
terraform plan -var-file=environments/dev.tfvars
terraform apply -var-file=environments/dev.tfvars
  1. Deploy pipelines
cd ../../pipelines
./deploy-pipelines.sh dev
  1. Deploy ML models
cd ../ml-models
./deploy-models.sh dev

📊 Data Flow Patterns

Pattern 1: Real-Time Fraud Detection

Transaction → Event Hub → Stream Analytics → ML Scoring → Alert/Block
     ↓
  OneLake → Batch Training → Model Update

Pattern 2: IoT Predictive Maintenance

Sensors → IoT Hub → Time Series Insights → Anomaly Detection
    ↓
OneLake → Feature Engineering → Predictive Model → Maintenance Schedule

Pattern 3: Customer Analytics

CRM/Sales → Data Factory → OneLake → Transformation → Data Warehouse
                                ↓
                          ML Pipeline → Segmentation/Forecasting

🔒 Security & Compliance

  • Network Security: Private endpoints, VNet integration
  • Data Security: Encryption at rest and in transit
  • Access Control: Azure AD integration, RBAC
  • Compliance: PCI DSS, GDPR, HIPAA ready
  • Data Governance: Purview integration for lineage and cataloging

📈 Performance & Scalability

  • Auto-scaling: Dynamic resource allocation
  • Partitioning: Optimized data partitioning strategies
  • Caching: Intelligent caching layers
  • CDN Integration: Global content delivery for APIs

💰 Cost Optimization

  • Reserved Capacity: Fabric capacity reservations
  • Lifecycle Management: Automated data archival
  • Resource Tagging: Cost allocation and tracking
  • Auto-pause: Development environment auto-shutdown

🔄 CI/CD Pipeline

  • Infrastructure: Terraform/Bicep deployment pipelines
  • Data Pipelines: Automated pipeline deployment
  • ML Models: MLOps pipeline for model deployment
  • Testing: Automated testing at all layers

📚 Documentation

🤝 Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for details on our code of conduct and the process for submitting pull requests.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🆘 Support

🏆 Acknowledgments

  • Microsoft Fabric Product Team
  • Azure Architecture Center
  • Community contributors

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