Microsoft Fabric Implementation for Telecommunications
EdgeRed partnered with a fast-growing Australian telecommunications business to build their data analytics capability from scratch — delivering an audit-compliant Microsoft Fabric platform across two structured phases in under 60 days, with the internal team fully self-sufficient on handover.
The Challenge
A fast-growing Infrastructure & Telecommunications business needed to build an analytics capability from the ground up. Data was fragmented across multiple source systems with no unified platform and limited internal data expertise — the organisation couldn’t scale its reporting or support data-driven decisions at the pace the business was growing. They needed a strategic partner to define the right platform, prove value quickly, and set the business up for long-term self-sufficiency — without creating ongoing dependency on external consultants.
What We Built
EdgeRed partnered with the client’s leadership team to define and deliver the strategy in two phases — both within a unified Microsoft Fabric-native solution.
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Platform strategy & technology selection
Assessed the client's existing Microsoft environment and defined a data strategy aligned to their growth trajectory — validating Microsoft Fabric as the right fit before any build began -
Phased value delivery
Phase 1 delivered a working report on Fabric with medallion architecture and Power BI integration — proving value quickly. Phase 2 matured the platform to audit-compliant, production-ready standard with full Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines and a complete Salesforce data model -
Audit compliance & governance
DEV/TEST/PROD environments, version control and deployment workflows established to meet audit requirements — giving the business a defensible, auditable data platform -
Internal capability & self-sufficiency
Documentation, runbooks and structured knowledge transfer delivered — enabling the client's internal data engineer to independently manage, extend and scale the platform after handover
Technology Used
- Microsoft Fabric — unified analytics platform; OneLake, Lakehouse, Data Factory pipelines
- Power BI — reporting and self-service analytics layer
- Azure DevOps — CI/CD pipelines, version control, DEV/TEST/PROD deployment workflows
- Salesforce — source system; full data model ingested and modelled
- Medallion Architecture — Bronze/Silver/Gold data layers for structured, audit-compliant data quality
The Outcome
The business went from no analytics capability to an audit-compliant, production-grade Microsoft Fabric platform in under 60 days. Governed pipelines, full CI/CD infrastructure, and DEV/TEST/PROD environments were delivered across two structured phases — with a self-sufficient internal team able to independently manage, extend, and scale the platform from day one. No ongoing dependency on external consultants.
EdgeRed is a certified Microsoft Partner in Australia
EdgeRed is an Australian AI and data consultancy, part of The Omnia Collective group, with teams in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Our Microsoft certifications span Data & AI and Digital & App Innovation. In practice, that means we’ve done the migrations, built the lakehouses, connected the semantic layers, and put agentic workflows on top of real enterprise data. 250+ projects. 100+ clients. 100% Australian onshore team.
