Target Audience: DevOps Engineers, Platform Engineers, and Delivery Leads
Estimated Read Time: 11 min01Git Integration & Branching Strategy
Connect Fabric workspaces to Azure DevOps Repos or GitHub repositories. Establish a structured branching strategy (e.g. feature branches -> main -> release). Treat workspace artifacts (Notebooks, Dataflows, Reports, Semantic Models) as version-controlled code, enabling pull request code reviews before merging into production.
Implementation & Verification Checklist
- Connect Development workspaces to feature branches in Azure DevOps / GitHub
- Enforce mandatory peer code reviews and automated linting on pull requests
- Protect production branches and prevent direct manual edits in production workspaces
- Maintain automated rollback runbooks in case of deployment failures
02Fabric Deployment Pipelines & Release Automation
Utilize Fabric Deployment Pipelines for governed environment promotion between Dev, Test, and Production workspaces. Configure parameter rules to dynamically swap connection strings, database names, and Key Vault endpoints during pipeline promotion without editing artifact code.
Implementation & Verification Checklist
- Configure deployment pipeline parameter rules for environment-specific endpoints
- Require two-person approval before promoting changes from Test to Production
- Run automated integration tests over Silver and Gold data products prior to cutover
- Retain deployment logs and evidence hashes for audit compliance