What skills, tools, and certifications should a freelance Microsoft Fabric Consultant have?
Practical experience in Lakehouse design (OneLake, Lakehouse/Warehouse), data modeling, and the orchestration and monitoring of pipelines is essential. In terms of tools, Microsoft Fabric (Data Factory, Notebooks/Spark, SQL), Power BI (semantic models, DAX, RLS/OLS), and ideally Azure fundamentals (Entra ID, Key Vault, Storage, Networking) are relevant. Useful credentials include, for example, Microsoft certifications such as Azure Data Engineer or Power BI Data Analyst; however, project experience in production environments remains crucial.