Medallion architecture

Concept

A data design pattern that organizes lakehouse data into bronze (raw), silver (cleaned) and gold (consumption-ready) layers.

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Key points about Medallion architecture

The medallion architecture is a hard contract: bronze as immutable evidence, silver as validated truth, gold as curated meaning. · Eliminate Data Silos with Microsoft Fabric and…

Episodes about Medallion architecture

Build a Bronze-Silver-Gold Data Pipeline in Microsoft…

2025-12-19 · Video on YouTube

You think Power BI performance problems are a dashboard issue? Think again — the real problem is hiding upstream. In this episode, we break down Microsoft Fabric as a living data ecosystem and explain why Power BI only thrives when the entire architecture…

Microsoft Fabric End-to-End

2026-08-25 · Video on YouTube

Many organizations run too many analytics tools and too many copies of the same data. In this interview, Mirko Peters and Microsoft Data Platform MVP Amit Chandak walk data engineers and BI teams through an end-to-end Microsoft Fabric architecture. You learn…

Microsoft Cowork IQ Knowledge Graph Architecture

2026-05-29 · Video on YouTube

In this episode of the Microsoft 365-focused podcast from m365.fm, the discussion explores how organizations can implement intelligent knowledge graph architectures to support modern hybrid work environments. The episode examines how Microsoft technologies…

Everyone Wants Copilot—but Is Your Data Ready

2026-08-15 · Video on YouTube

Everyone wants Copilot and agents, but fragmented data and weak governance undermine trustworthy answers. Mirko Peters talks with Walter Calcagno about Microsoft Fabric, semantic models, ontology layers, metadata and his AI readiness approach. Data…

Eliminate Data Silos with Microsoft Fabric and OneLake

2025-12-06 · Video on YouTube

Your data platform isn’t a platform – it’s a staged illusion. In this episode, I break down why your “modern stack” of Power BI, ad hoc pipelines, shadow CSVs and seven conflicting dashboards is really entropy in disguise. We dissect the real reason Microsoft…

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Articles about Medallion architecture (3)

Mastering Lakehouse Architecture: Bronze, Silver, and Gold in Microsoft Fabric
2026-08-28 · Mirko Peters
Welcome back to the podcast companion blog! In our latest episode, we took a deep dive into the practical realities of machine learning engineering within the Micro…
Why Microsoft Fabric Copilot Gives You Wrong Numbers (And How to Fix Them)
2026-08-28 · Mirko Peters
Welcome back to the podcast blog! If you have ever stared at a report generated by Microsoft Fabric Copilot and wondered why the numbers look entirely disconnected …
Mastering the Bronze-Silver-Gold Architecture in Microsoft Fabric
2026-08-28 · Mirko Peters
Welcome back to the blog! If you have been following our podcast journeys, you know how obsessed we are with finding ways to streamline data management, break down …

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What is the medallion architecture?

It layers data as bronze, silver and gold, treated in the episode as a hard contract rather than a vibe. Bronze is immutable evidence, silver is validated truth and gold is curated meaning for consumption. · From the episode: Eliminate Data Silos with Microsoft Fabric and…

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