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Get Fabric-Ready in Days, Not Months

A focused strategy sprint that gives you a governance framework, adoption roadmap, and executive business case -- so you skip the 6-month pilot that never ends.

5-10 Days From £5,000 Azure Marketplace
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BEFORE
  • No agreed use case
  • Competing dashboards
  • No governance
  • Can't attribute spend
  • Months of experimentation
AFTER
  • Aligned first use case
  • Trained Fabric team
  • Architecture reviewed
  • Governance baseline
  • 90-day roadmap

Strategy & Enablement is a focused consulting engagement that aligns your Microsoft Fabric investment with business outcomes before a single pipeline is built. In as little as half a day, Onyx Data assesses your data maturity, maps stakeholder needs, and delivers an actionable governance roadmap.

THE PROBLEM

The £250,000 Mistake

What happens when organisations rush into Fabric without a strategy.

What Happens Without Strategy
  • 3–6 months of undirected experimentation before anyone asks "what are we actually building?"
  • Multiple teams building competing dashboards from different data sources — nobody trusts any of them
  • Governance bolted on after the fact — costing 3× more than building it in from the start
  • Executive sponsor loses patience: "What am I getting for this Fabric investment?"
  • The CFO freezes budget because nobody can attribute spend to business outcomes

Average cost of a failed Fabric pilot: £150K–£250K in wasted capacity, team time, and political capital.

What Happens With Strategy
  • Executive alignment on the first use case, success metrics, and a 90-day timeline — in one session
  • Your team trained on Fabric and Copilot by Microsoft MVPs who build on it daily
  • Architecture review reveals gaps before they become expensive problems
  • Reference architectures you can use immediately — templates, not theory
  • A clear recommendation on what to build next — and what not to build yet

Average time from Enablement to first production use case: 6–8 weeks (with Accelerator as Step 2).

DELIVERABLES

What You Walk Away With

Every Enablement engagement delivers concrete outputs — not a slide deck of recommendations you'll never open.

1

Executive Alignment Workshop

Your leadership team agrees on the first Fabric use case, success metrics, and a 90-day timeline. One session. One outcome. No ambiguity.

Data Leader hears: “I can tell the board exactly what we're building and when they'll see results.”

Half-day
2

Fabric & Copilot Training

Your data team trained on Microsoft Fabric and Copilot by MVPs who build on it daily. Hands-on labs, real scenarios, governance patterns included.

Data Leader hears: “My team can actually build on Fabric after this — not just watch demos.”

1–3 days
3

Current-State Architecture Review

Gap analysis of your existing data estate: report sprawl, duplication, refresh failures, security gaps, and governance blind spots. The diagnostic that prevents expensive mistakes.

Data Leader hears: “I finally know what we're working with — and what needs fixing first.”

1 day
4

Reference Architectures

Governed Fabric workload templates — workspace structures, security models, pipeline patterns, and deployment configurations. Templates, not theory.

Data Leader hears: “We don't have to figure out the architecture from scratch.”

Included
5

Clear Next Step Recommendation

We'll tell you where the Fabric Accelerator (Step 2) or FabOps (Step 3) makes sense — and where they don't. If you don't need us, we'll say so.

Data Leader hears: “They're honest about what I actually need — they're not just selling the next thing.”

Included

Is This Right for You?

FOR DATA LEADERS

You've Got Fabric Licenses — Now What?

Your organisation committed to Fabric. The licenses are purchased, the exec sponsor is on board, but there's a gap between having access and knowing how to deploy it governed, scalable, and aligned to actual business outcomes.

Best if: You have Fabric/Copilot licenses but haven't deployed a production workload yet.
2–3 days — executive workshop + team training £8,000–£12,000

Available on Azure Marketplace

FOR DATA LEADERS + CFOs

Moving from Power BI, Synapse, or Databricks?

You're running analytics on legacy platforms and need to evaluate what Fabric replaces, what it doesn't, and how to build a migration roadmap that doesn't break production workloads.

Best if: You're evaluating Fabric against existing investments and need a clear business case for leadership.
3–5 days — architecture review + migration roadmap + exec alignment £12,000–£15,000

Available on Azure Marketplace

FOR CFOs

The Board Needs to Understand Before They Invest

Your technical team knows Fabric is the right move. But your CFO and board need to understand what Fabric governance means, what it costs, and what the 90-day path looks like before they sign off on a six-figure commitment.

Best if: You need executive buy-in before starting technical work.
Half-day executive workshop £5,000

Available on Azure Marketplace

THE PROCESS

How It Works: 5 Steps to Fabric-Ready

1

Book a Strategy Call

30 minutes with a Microsoft MVP. We scope your challenge and recommend engagement length.

2

Scope & Proposal

We send a tailored proposal with deliverables, timeline, and investment — within 48 hours.

3

Azure Marketplace Procurement

Order through Azure Marketplace using existing Microsoft committed spend. Simple, fast, compliant.

4

Deliver

MVP-led sessions — executive workshops, technical training, architecture review. On-site or remote.

5

Next Steps & Roadmap

You leave with deliverables, recommendations, and a clear path — whether that includes us or not.

Transparent Pricing. No Surprises.

Transparent pricing. Available on Azure Marketplace with Microsoft funding options for qualifying organisations.

Executive Alignment

£5,000
Half-day
  • Executive outcomes workshop
  • Use case prioritisation
  • 90-day timeline with milestones
  • Written summary & recommendation

Best for: Board-level buy-in before technical investment

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MOST POPULAR

Team Enablement

£8,000–£12,000
2–3 days
  • Everything in Executive Alignment
  • Hands-on Fabric & Copilot training
  • Current-state architecture review
  • Reference architectures & templates
  • Next step recommendation

Best for: Teams starting their Fabric journey

Book a Call to Scope

Comprehensive Assessment

£12,000–£15,000
3–5 days
  • Everything in Team Enablement
  • Deep architecture & migration review
  • Legacy platform comparison
  • Business case document for leadership
  • Detailed migration roadmap

Best for: Migrating from Power BI, Synapse, or legacy platforms

Book a Call to Scope

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.

YOUR JOURNEY

Where Strategy & Enablement Leads

Most clients move from Enablement into the Fabric Accelerator, delivered in 4 weeks. It's the natural next step — and the Enablement output gives your team everything they need to scope it.

YOU ARE HERE 1

Strategy & Enablement

Half-day to 5 days • From £5,000

90% of clients progress
NATURAL NEXT STEP 2

Fabric Accelerator

4 weeks, fixed scope • From £25,000

3

FabOps Safe Consumption

Ongoing SaaS • Azure Marketplace

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Frequently Asked Questions

How long does a typical engagement take?
Half-day for a focused executive alignment session, up to 5 days for comprehensive team training and architecture review. Most clients choose 2–3 days. We'll recommend the right scope during the strategy call.
Do we need Fabric licenses before starting?
No. We can run the strategic alignment workshop before procurement. If you're evaluating Fabric, this is the ideal starting point — we'll help you build the business case.
Is this available through Azure Marketplace?
Yes. All Onyx engagements are available on Azure Marketplace, which means you can use existing Microsoft committed spend and ECIF co-funding programmes. This often makes procurement faster and simpler than traditional PO processes.
Who delivers the training?
Microsoft MVPs and certified Fabric practitioners. Not junior consultants reading slides — practitioners who build on Fabric daily and contribute to the 15,000-member Fabric UK User Group.
What if we already have Fabric in production?
If you're already running Fabric workloads, you likely need the Fabric Accelerator (Step 2) or FabOps (Step 3) rather than Enablement. We'll tell you during the strategy call — even if it means we recommend a smaller engagement.
Can this be delivered remotely?
Yes. Executive workshops and technical training work well via Teams or Zoom. Architecture reviews can be fully remote. Some clients prefer an on-site Day 1 with the remainder remote.

Fantastic and insightful training full of tips and tricks. I strongly recommend!

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