Microsoft Fabric Blog showcases how the new Maps feature brings geospatial analytics to Real-Time Intelligence workloads, allowing organizations to visualize, monitor, and share spatial data seamlessly.

Maps in Microsoft Fabric – Geospatial Insights for Real-Time Operations

Overview

Microsoft Fabric introduces Maps within its Real-Time Intelligence workload, enabling users to infuse geospatial context directly into their analytics. By integrating Maps, organizations can:

  • Visualize where events happen in addition to when they occur
  • Combine structured, unstructured, and streaming data for richer insights
  • Empower analysts and business users to explore location data without code

Why Maps in Fabric?

Maps are designed to help organizations shift from reactive to proactive decision-making by:

  • Adding Spatial Context: Understand and optimize operations with geospatial awareness—key for supply chains, logistics, and business performance.
  • Integrated Experience: Seamless combination with other Fabric features like Eventhouse (real-time monitoring) and Lakehouse (historical analysis).
  • Accessibility: No-code map building for data citizens and analysts, enabling widespread adoption and collaboration.

Use Cases Highlight – Zava’s Journey

At FabCon Europe, Zava leveraged Maps in Fabric to unify business intelligence:

  • Global Visualization: Display worldwide store locations and supply chains using Lakehouse data
  • Revenue Analysis: Overlay sales by district to identify regional patterns
  • Real-Time Monitoring: Visualize live online order streams from Eventhouse
  • Fleet Tracking: Monitor delivery routes and vehicles with real-time telemetry
  • In-Store Analytics: Analyze footfall and dwell time for optimizing store layouts

How to Build Maps in Fabric

  1. Connect Your Data: Plug in historical data (Lakehouse) or streaming data (Eventhouse)
  2. Select Layers: Combine multiple datasets, customize map appearance
  3. Optimize for Scale: Efficient vector tile creation for large data volumes
  4. Visualize & Explore: Use clustering, aggregation, and styling tools to discover patterns
  5. Monitor in Real Time: Watch events unfold live on your maps
  6. Share Solutions: Distribute map-centric analytics across teams

Map editor screenshot

Getting Started

To try out Maps in Fabric:

  • Connect your business data sources
  • Design map visualizations with intuitive controls
  • Explore geospatial trends and share findings

Further step-by-step instructions are available in the Create a map documentation.

Conclusion

Location context empowers organizations to uncover hidden patterns and react to events as they happen. With Maps in Microsoft Fabric, turning data into actionable, location-aware intelligence has never been easier.

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