Microsoft Fabric Notebooks - Showcase with advanced features

Welcome back to another episode of Fabric Espresso DE&DS series. In this episode, we introduce and explore the nuances of Fabric Notebooks, a web-based interactive surface that's rapidly becoming the go-to tool for data scientists and engineers for writing big data analytic jobs using Apache Spark.

Key points presented by Jene:

What are Fabric Notebooks? Microsoft Fabric notebook is a primary code item for developing Apache Spark jobs and machine learning experiments. It's a web-based interactive surface used by data scientists and data engineers to write code benefiting from rich visualizations and Markdown text.

Distinctive Features and Focus Area: Unlike its counterparts, Fabric Notebooks are tailored for developers working in data scenarios, providing a seamless experience for tasks like data ingestion, data preparation, data transformation, and data analytics.

Comparison to Synapse and Jupyter Notebooks: Compared to Synapse Notebooks, Fabric Notebooks are built on a SaaS platform, offering various SaaS-like features including low-code experience and enhanced collaborative features. They facilitate easier interaction with PowerBI report/dashboard.

Unlike Jupyter Notebooks, Fabric Notebooks are integrated tightly with the lakehouse and other Fabric key features and functionalities and are rich in spark specific features like high concurrency mode to share a spark session, spark job inline monitoring, spark job diagnostics, and built-in Microsoft Spark Utilities.

Advanced Features: The notebooks also support advanced features like IPywidgets and reference run which significantly enhance functionality, although at the time of this interview, there are some compatibility issues with IPywidgets which are being addressed.



🎙 Meet the Speakers:

👤 Guest from Microsoft Fabric Product Group: Jene Zhang, Senior Program Manager of Fabric Notebooks

Jene is a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft with a passion for developing advanced developer tools and AI technology. Currently, she is spearheading the creation of a specialized Spark notebook aimed at enabling data engineers and scientists to excel in their domains.

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👤 Host: Estera Kot, Senior Product Manager at Microsoft and a member of the Fabric Product Group. She holds the role of Product Owner for Apache Spark-based runtimes in Microsoft Fabric and Synapse Analytics. Estera is a Data & AI Architect and is passionate about computer science.
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