Next-Gen Digital Twins on Microsoft Fabric: Real-Time, AI-Driven, Cloud-Scale
Proposed session for SQLBits 2026TL; DR
Next-generation digital twins require more than static models—they need real-time data, AI-driven insight, and cloud-scale architectures. This session demonstrates how to design and build operational digital twins using Microsoft Fabric, combining streaming IoT data, real-time analytics, and AI enrichment to keep twins continuously accurate, intelligent, and responsive. You’ll walk away with proven architectural patterns and practical examples for moving from dashboards to living, learning systems.
Session Details
Modern digital twins demand real-time context, elastic scale, and AI-ready data. This session shows how to build next-generation twins on Microsoft Fabric—from streaming ingestion to actionable intelligence—so your virtual models stay accurate and responsive as conditions change. We’ll design an end-to-end reference architecture that blends IoT telemetry, Eventstreams/Eventhouse, Lakehouse/OneLake, semantic models, and real-time analytics, and we’ll connect these to twin graphs (e.g., Azure Digital Twins) for stateful reasoning. You’ll see patterns for low-latency processing, AI/ML enrichment, and closed-loop automations, plus how to secure, govern, and cost-optimize at scale. Expect live samples that cover device-to-dashboard flows, anomaly detection for predictive maintenance, and event-driven actions that improve reliability and efficiency. If you’re ready to move beyond dashboards to continuously learning, operational twins, this talk gives you the templates, code, and operating practices to do it—fast.
3 things you'll get out of this session
1. Design a real-time digital twin architecture
Learn how to build an end-to-end reference architecture using streaming ingestion, Eventstreams/Eventhouse, Lakehouse/OneLake, and semantic models, integrated with twin graphs (e.g., Azure Digital Twins).
2. Apply AI and analytics for operational intelligence
Understand patterns for low-latency processing, anomaly detection, predictive maintenance, and AI/ML enrichment that turn raw telemetry into actionable insights.
3. Operate digital twins at cloud scale
Discover best practices for security, governance, cost optimization, and closed-loop automations that enable reliable, scalable, and production-ready digital twin solutions.
Speakers
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