Introduction to Fabric Pipelines

In Introduction to Fabric Pipelines, Nick Lee walks you through how data pipelines work in Microsoft Fabric and why they’re a core building block for reliable analytics. You’ll learn what pipelines are designed to do, how they compare to other Fabric experiences, and where they fit in an end-to-end workflow, moving data from source to destination, preparing it for modeling, and keeping everything refreshable and repeatable. This course focuses on the practical foundation, understanding what pipelines are, what they’re good at, and how to approach them with confidence. You’ll also learn how to build and run a basic pipeline, step by step. Nick covers core concepts like activities, sequencing, connections, and monitoring so you can understand what’s happening when a pipeline runs and how to troubleshoot when it doesn’t. Along the way, you’ll pick up best practices for organizing pipeline work, keeping it maintainable, and avoiding common mistakes that lead to broken refreshes or inconsistent outputs. By the end, you’ll have a strong starting framework for building dependable pipelines in Fabric.