FabOps Customer Story

How Montego unified Microsoft Fabric governance with FabOps

How Montego unified Microsoft Fabric governance, cost, and performance

Animal Food Manufacturing Mid-Market (100-999)
Customer
Montego
Industry
Animal Food Manufacturing
Organisation
Mid-Market (100-999)
Country
South Africa
Use case
Microsoft Fabric Governance
Products
FabOps™, Microsoft Fabric
Partner
Onyx Data

Montego unified Microsoft Fabric governance, cost, and performance oversight with FabOps — achieving 63% governance efficiency improvement and actionable insights in under 60 minutes.

The Challenge

Montego is a global leader in pet health and wellness, offering premium treats made with A-grade ingredients and sustainable practices. Montego required a single, unified tool that could provide comprehensive visibility into governance, cost management, and performance monitoring within Microsoft Fabric.

FabOps™ was implemented as a one-stop-shop solution to simplify and centralise operational oversight. Being a small, centralised data team, they required a unified monitoring, governance and administration tool for their Fabric Capacity as capacity planning is critical for central visibility.

  • No unified visibility across governance, cost, and performance
  • Manual capacity planning consuming team bandwidth
  • Native Fabric tooling required stitching multiple admin centres
  • Difficulty surfacing cost optimisation opportunities at scale

The Solution

FabOps™, developed by Onyx Data and now available on Azure Marketplace, delivers a unified, AI-powered platform that helps Fabric admins regain control — turning chaos into clarity in minutes, not months.

FabOps™ acts as a control tower for Microsoft Fabric, offering real-time governance scoring, performance monitoring, and cost optimisation. With AI-driven recommendations and Copilot-powered insights, it simplifies oversight and empowers data teams to make faster, smarter decisions.

“The UI is intuitive, performance is snappy, and admin controls are well thought-out.”

— Nico Botes, Data Team Manager, Montego

Governance Scoring

AI-powered assessment with actionable recommendations

Copilot for Fabric

Natural language queries for performance and cost insights

Model Optimisation

Automated tuning of underperforming models and refresh patterns

Refresh Analysis

Deep visibility into data refresh failures and bottlenecks

User Access Governance

Permission monitoring across the Fabric estate

Cost Optimisation

Real-time analysis of resource spend and savings opportunities

The Results

Up to 63% Governance efficiency improvement
99.9% Refresh reliability
<60 min To actionable insights
24/7 Continuous monitoring

FabOps™ was rapidly deployed and delivered immediate value, delivering actionable insights in under 60 minutes. With no setup fees and full Azure verification, FabOps™ ensured Montego’s implementation had seamless integration and enterprise-grade reliability.

“Alerts on outages and scoring functionality helped us make faster decisions and hit our KPIs. I’d recommend FabOps™ to any Fabric user — it’s lightweight, centralised, and packed with tools that simplify oversight.”

— Nico Botes, Data Team Manager, Montego

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“We were looking for a single, unified tool to manage governance, cost, and performance in Microsoft Fabric. FabOps™ stood out as a one-stop-shop solution.”

Nico Botes Nico Botes Data Team Manager, Montego
Trusted Credentials
Microsoft Solutions Partner - Data & AI Forbes Technology Council Microsoft MVP Oxford Saïd Business School Gartner Microsoft Certified Trainer LinkedIn Top Voice Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Microsoft Certified: Data Platform Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals Microsoft Solutions Partner - Digital App Innovation Microsoft Solutions Partner - Infrastructure Training Excellence

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