Microsoft Fabric - Role of the Silver Layer in the Medallion Architecture

The Silver layer is where we apply standardization to our source datasets. This standardization aligns field names across sources, applies common data cleaning operations and organizes the data into a well known structure. The Silver layer, which is generally stored at full-fidelity (i.e. the granularity of the data is the same in the Silver layer as it is in the Bronze layer) provides the foundation for the Gold layer, where we may have many projections of the Silver data in different forms and at different granularities, depending on the downstream need.

In this video we're going to talk about the role the Silver Lakehouse plays in the Medallion architecture, including what it's used for and whom it benefits. The full transcript is available below.

The talk contains the following chapters:

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:13 Architecture diagram recap
• 01:18 Silver Lakehouse principles
• 04:10 Why is the Silver Lakehouse useful?
• 04:38 Who is the Silver Lakehouse for?
• 05:48 Roundup & Outro

Useful links:

• 📖 Microsoft Fabric Medallion Architecture official docs

Microsoft Fabric End to End Demo Series:

• Part 1 - Lakehouse & Medallion Architecture
• Part 2 - Plan and Architect a Data Project
• Part 3 - Ingest Data
• Part 4 - Creating a shortcut to ADLS Gen2 in Fabric
• Part 5 - Local OneLake Tools
• Part 6 - Role of the Silver Layer in the Medallion Architecture
• Part 7 - Processing Bronze to Silver using Fabric Notebooks

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• Perspectives on Microsoft Fabric
• Introduction to Microsoft Fabric
• A Tour Around Microsoft Fabric

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• Hedging your Fabric Bet
• Microsoft Fabric and Generative AI
• The Pace of Innovation

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