How to integrate data into Microsoft Fabric with Windsor.ai

Microsoft Fabric is an all-in-one analytics platform designed to unify data movement, data engineering, data science, real-time analytics, and business intelligence. Built on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) foundation, it enables organizations to manage and analyze data across multiple sources efficiently using a single, integrated environment. Microsoft Fabric leverages the power of Microsoft’s cloud ecosystem, including Azure Data Lake, Power BI, and OneLake, making it a scalable and high-performance solution for enterprise data needs.

Key benefits of Microsoft Fabric include centralized data governance, streamlined workflows, and seamless collaboration between data engineers, analysts, and business users. It supports a wide range of data formats and tools, and ensures data security through built-in compliance, identity management, and encryption features. 

By integrating Microsoft Fabric with the Windsor.ai data movement platform, you can:

• Aggregate data from multiple sources, such as marketing platforms, CRMs, and other business applications, into a unified analytics environment for a comprehensive and real-time view of your business data.
• Automate data workflows and schedule updates within Microsoft Fabric, enabling the creation of customizable data pipelines that align with your organization’s specific reporting and analytics needs.

Explore our step-by-step guide to automatically integrate your data into Microsoft Fabric with the Windsor.ai no-code ELT connector.

1. Create a Windsor.ai account and log in.
2. Select the data source from which you want to stream data, e.g., Facebook Ads. Grant Facebook Ads access and select the ads account, click “Next Step”.

3. You’ll see your Facebook Ads data displayed in your Windsor.ai account. You can select the required fields and apply filters.

4. Scroll down to data destinations, select Microsoft Fabric.

5. Now, copy the connector URL for your data.

Now, you have gathered the required URL from Windsor.ai. Let’s move to Microsoft Fabric to integrate the data.

6. Open your Microsoft Fabric account and go to your workbook. Click “New Item” and select “Dataflow Gen2”. Give it a name (you can enter anything you want) and click “Create”.

7. Click on the “Get Data Icon” in the top left.

8. Search “web” and select “Web API” as the data source.

9. Enter the connector URL you copied from Windsor.ai in the URL field and click “Next”.

Cheers! Your Facebook Ads data is now integrated into the Microsoft Fabric and ready for detailed analysis.