Production-Ready Fabric in 4 Weeks
A fixed-scope accelerator that takes you from strategy to governed, production workloads -- with your team trained to run it.
The Fabric Accelerator is a fixed-scope, 4-week programme that takes your Microsoft Fabric deployment from pilot to governed production. Onyx Data delivers a live Fabric use case, a governance framework with FabOps, executive dashboards, and team enablement training — all for a single transparent price.
THE PROBLEM
Escape Pilot Purgatory
Most Fabric pilots stall at week 6. Yours does not have to.
THE 4-WEEK SPRINT
Four Weeks. Four Milestones. Zero Ambiguity.
Every week has a clear objective, defined deliverables, and a milestone your stakeholders can see.
Week 1: Discovery
Identify the use case with the highest business impact and the clearest path to production.
- Stakeholder alignment workshop — agree use case and success metrics
- Data source mapping and access validation
- Architecture decision: lakehouse, medallion, workspace strategy
- 4-week delivery plan with named owners and milestones
Signed delivery plan with use case, success metrics, architecture decisions, and named owners.
Data Leader: "I can show my boss exactly what we're building and when it ships."
Week 2: Architecture
Stand up the Fabric foundation using proven templates — not from scratch.
- Fabric workspace deployment (Dev → Test → Prod environments)
- OneLake + Lakehouse with Medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold)
- Data pipelines configured with CDC and quality checks
- Security model: RLS, workspace permissions, sensitivity labels
- Workspace governance per Onyx Governance Starter Kit
Fabric infrastructure live with governed workspaces, pipeline running, and security applied.
CFO: "The architecture is governed from day one. No surprise bills."
Week 3: Build
Ship the executive dashboard your CFO can trust.
- Star schema semantic model with calculation groups for priority KPIs
- Executive dashboard with data freshness indicator and change log
- Copilot-in-Power BI pilot: narrative summaries and insights
- Team review and iteration — validate against real data
- Deployment pipelines with automated governance gates
Executive dashboard live with real data. Your CFO can open it and ask a business question.
Data Leader: "This is the moment it stops being a pilot and starts being production."
Week 4: Handover
Hand over a production-grade capability — not a prototype.
- FabOps governance baseline score across 8 dimensions
- Monitoring and alerting configured across workspaces
- Operational runbook: refresh SLAs, ownership, escalation paths
- Full handover documentation and knowledge transfer
- 90-day roadmap for scaling to additional use cases
Governed production workload with FabOps baseline, handover complete, and 90-day roadmap agreed.
CFO: "I can see the Governance Score, cost attribution, and a roadmap for the board."
What You Get: 5 Production Artefacts
Concrete outputs, not PowerPoint promises.
Governed Fabric Tenant
Workspaces, security groups, and capacity sized for your organisation. Not a demo -- your production environment.
Production Data Pipelines
Automated refresh schedules pulling from your actual data sources. Tested, monitored, documented.
Semantic Model with RLS
A single source of truth with row-level security so every user sees only their data. No more spreadsheet chaos.
Executive Dashboard Suite
Board-ready reports that answer the questions your leadership actually asks. Designed with your stakeholders, not for your stakeholders.
Operations Runbook
Step-by-step guide for your team to manage, monitor, and extend everything we built. You own it completely.
FOR THE CFO
What the Board Sees After 4 Weeks
Every deliverable is designed for board-level scrutiny. At the end of Week 4, your CFO opens a dashboard and sees:
How Elcome International Went Live in 4 Weeks
The client’s existing data systems were slow and siloed, leading to significant data latency, measured in minutes. This inefficiency created a major bottleneck for their business, preventing them from providing the fast, reliable broadband connectivity their customers needed at sea. Their engineering team was bogged down by a system that was years behind their business needs.
Read the Full Case StudyWe've been able to reduce the latency on the data we act on from minutes to seconds, all without increasing the number of people involved in providing support to our customers.
Jimmy Grewal Managing Director, Elcome International
One Price. Everything Included.
No hidden costs. No phase 2 surprises. The price covers all 4 weeks and all 5 deliverables.
| Category | Typical Consultancy | Onyx Accelerator |
|---|---|---|
| Timeline | 3-6 months | 4 weeks |
| Pricing model | T&M (open-ended) | Fixed price |
| Deliverables | Assessment report | Production environment |
| Team training | Optional extra | Included |
| Ongoing support | New SOW required | FabOps from GBP0/mo |
| Procurement | Traditional PO | Azure Marketplace |
All Onyx engagements are available on Azure Marketplace. Use your existing Microsoft committed spend, ECIF funding, or co-funding programmes. Procurement through Marketplace means consolidated billing and pre-approved vendor status.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Does the Fabric Accelerator Include?
Do we need to complete Strategy & Enablement first?
What if our environment is more complex?
What happens after the 4 weeks?
Can we purchase through Azure Marketplace?
How many people from our team need to be involved?
YOUR JOURNEY
Your Journey with Onyx
The Accelerator is Step 2. Here is where you came from and where it leads.
Fabric Accelerator
Build and govern
From £25,000
Ready to Go Live in 4 Weeks?
Book a 30-minute scoping call with a Microsoft MVP. We will map your environment and confirm the 4-week plan.
Book Your Accelerator CallOr explore Step 1: Strategy & Enablement