Most Medallion Architectures in Microsoft Fabric Are Overbuilt

Most teams implement Bronze, Silver, Gold in Microsoft Fabric without asking a simple question: Is this dataset actually complex enough to justify three physical layers? In this video, Patrick walk through a realistic retail dataset and show: • A common medallion implementation using notebooks • The resulting lineage and physical artifact sprawl • A collapsed structure using Materialized Lake Views • How to encode data quality directly at the curated boundary This isn’t anti-medallion. Medallion is powerful at scale! But architecture should respond to stability, ownership, and risk. Not habit. Layers should represent responsibility boundaries. If they don’t, they become ceremony. What do you think? Is Patrick way off or is he on to something? 📢 Become a member: https://guyinacu.be/membership ******************* Want to take your Power BI skills to the next level? We have training courses available to help you with your journey. 🎓 Guy in a Cube courses: https://courses.guyinacube.com/ ******************* LET'S CONNECT! ******************* -- https://bsky.app/profile/guyinacube.b... --   / guyinacube   --   / guyinacube   #PowerBI #GuyInACube