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A global manufacturing company uses Microsoft Fabric across several regions. They have a central data engineering team responsible for creating and maintaining core data models and pipelines, which are then deployed to regional workspaces. These regional workspaces are managed by local teams. The central team needs to ensure that changes to the core items are propagated consistently and reliably to all regional workspaces, with proper version control and approval workflows. Which Fabric feature is best suited for this scenario?
- AWorkspace sharing
- BPowerShell cmdlets for Fabric administration
- CDeployment pipelines
- DGit integration
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Correct answer: C. Deployment pipelines
Deployment pipelines in Microsoft Fabric are specifically designed for managing the lifecycle of Fabric items across different environments (e.g., development, test, production). They provide stages, deployment rules, and version control capabilities, making them ideal for consistent and controlled propagation of changes to regional workspaces.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Workspace sharing allows granting access to a workspace, but doesn't provide structured deployment, version control, or approval workflows.
- B. PowerShell cmdlets can automate administrative tasks but don't provide a comprehensive solution for structured content deployment with version control and approval stages.
- D. Git integration provides version control for code (notebooks, scripts) but doesn't inherently manage the deployment of all Fabric items (like lakehouses, warehouses, reports) across stages with approval workflows.
Fabric Deployment Pipelines
Deployment pipelines in Microsoft Fabric streamline the development lifecycle by enabling content creators to develop, test, and deploy content across different environments (stages) with built-in governance.
- Supports multiple stages (e.g., Dev, Test, Prod).
- Enables consistent content deployment.
- Provides version control and deployment rules.
- Facilitates approval workflows.
Memory trick: Pipelines take your Fabric items on a journey from dev to production, stage by stage.