Get your Microsoft Fabric environment ready for real-time analytics with this RTIIAD setup session. Manuel guides you through workspace configuration, data source connections, and ingestion pipelines.
Real-Time Intelligence in a Day – Setup is your essential first step toward working with live data in Microsoft Fabric. In this recorded session, Manuel Quintana walks you through everything you need to prepare your environment before the main RTIIAD event. You’ll learn how to configure your workspace, connect to real-time data sources, and set up ingestion pipelines that ensure a smooth experience for live analytics. This setup course focuses on best practices, security considerations, and troubleshooting tips so you can start the main training with a fully operational environment. By completing this session, you’ll be ready to focus on analysis and insights without being slowed down by configuration issues.
Course Outline ( Free Preview)
Module 01 - Class Setup Introduction
In this opening module, you’ll get an overview of what the RTIIAD setup course will cover and why each step is important for the main event. Manuel Quintana will walk through the objectives, required accounts, and resources you’ll need in place before beginning your real-time analytics journey. This session sets the expectations for the configuration process and ensures you’re prepared to follow along with the upcoming technical modules.
Module 02 - Provisioning Azure Event Hubs
Learn how to provision Azure Event Hubs, a key service for ingesting and managing streaming data in real time. Manuel will explain the role Event Hubs plays in the Real-Time Intelligence architecture and guide you through creating an Event Hub namespace, configuring access policies, and ensuring security best practices. By the end, you’ll have a fully provisioned Event Hub ready to receive data for analysis in Fabric.
Module 03 - Getting Your Fabric Capacity
This module focuses on setting up the necessary Fabric capacity so your workspace can handle real-time analytics workloads. You’ll learn about different capacity options, how to provision them through the Microsoft 365 admin portal, and how capacity impacts performance and scalability. Manuel will also share tips for monitoring and optimizing your capacity allocation for long-term efficiency.
Module 04 - Setting Up a Workspace and Configuring Notebooks
Finish your setup by creating a dedicated Fabric workspace and configuring a notebook for real-time data ingestion and processing. Manuel will walk through workspace creation, permissions management, and notebook initialization. You’ll see how to connect the notebook to your Event Hub and verify that data is flowing as expected—ensuring you’re ready for hands-on analysis during the main RTIIAD event.
Manuel Quintana has been teaching and developing training content for Pragmatic Works for the past 6 years. The areas of knowledge he has worked with includes the Microsoft SQL BI Stack (T-SQL, SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS), the Power Platform (Power BI, Power Automate, and PowerApps), and other various Azure services. Manuel has also authored a couple of books around Power BI and the Power Platform and participates within the community by presenting topics at various SQL Server or Power BI User groups.
