This document provides details on how our Birds BI workload complies with the requirements for publishing in the Microsoft Fabric Workload Hub. The information outlined here will be kept up-to-date and linked in the Workload metadata manifest.
Business Requirements
Value to Customers
Our workload provides significant value to customers by enhancing their operational efficiency, offering innovative features, and strategic advantages. It is designed to ensure the learning curve is justified by the benefit gained. Our workload Birds BI together with an integrated Birds BI Python Framework allows users to roll out a medallion architecture in an opinionated way. It provides customer the following benefits:
- Streamlined processing with simplified processing notebooks.
- Content editor: Used to define the gold lakehouse tables using metadata and SQL SparkSQL or Python scripts.
- Access to quickstart semantic models for a diverse set of ERP source systems including D365FO, CE and BC.
Trial
When installing the trial version of the Birds BI Workload you get access to a trial version of the content editor where you see how to develop gold tables for the semantic model.
Monetization
We provide an initial Trial experience with the workload. A customer can purchase a full license through Contact Us link provided in the Azure Marketplace.
Technical Requirements
Microsoft Entra Access
The Birds BI workload leverages Microsoft Entra authentication and authorization to ensure secure access and integration within the Microsoft Fabric ecosystem. This enables centralized identity management and streamlined security, adhering to Microsoft’s guidelines.
OneLake Integration
The workload integrates with OneLake to store data in supported standard formats. This ensures interoperability with other Fabric services, allowing customers to leverage the platform's shared data capabilities. Any data changes by the workload is stored in the customer's Onelake. No customer data is accessed or stored outside the customer's tenant.
Microsoft Entra Conditional Access
The Birds BI workload fully supports Microsoft Entra Conditional Access by relying on the capabilities of the Microsoft Azure platform. This ensures centralized control and management of identities and credentials, providing enterprise customers with enhanced security and the ability to enforce conditional access policies seamlessly within their environment.
Admin REST API
We do not require / support Admin REST API.
Customer Facing Monitoring & Diagnostics
We store health telemetry data, including activity IDs, for a 30-day period for customer support purposes. This ensures transparency and effective customer troubleshooting.
Design/UX Requirements
Common UX
The workload complies with the Fabric UX guidelines, ensuring consistency and familiarity for users across different Fabric workloads.
Item Creation Experience
The workload adheres to the Item creation experience standards as defined by the Fabric UX System.
Monitoring Hub Integration
Currently we don't support any Long-Running operations within the workload.
Item Settings
We currently do not save any additional settings for our work items included in the product.
Security & Compliance Requirements
General Security
The Birds BI workload is designed with the protection of customer data and metadata in mind. The following measures are in place to ensure security and compliance:
- All metadata stored and create with the workload is stored in the tenant of the customer.
Data Residency
Any data used by the customer does not leave the geography of the tenant.
Privacy
The workload complies with privacy requirements, including a privacy review. It uses HTTP-only cookies, with cookie usage restricted to after user authentication.
Fabric Features
Export Functionality
Our workload items do not include export functionality.