CITE & Microsoft: Unlocking the Value of K12 Data - Analytics and AI with Microsoft Fabric

This session provides an executive‑to‑technical overview of Microsoft Fabric and how it helps K‑12 organizations modernize their data platforms to support analytics, reporting, and AI‑driven insights. Participants will learn why Microsoft Fabric was created, how it simplifies fragmented K‑12 data environments (SIS, finance, HR, learning, and assessment data), and the value of a unified, SaaS‑based data platform. Through architecture overviews, real‑world education examples, and a live demonstration, the session shows how Fabric accelerates data‑driven decision‑making, strengthens data governance and security, enables AI use cases such as student success and operational insights, and delivers scalable, cost‑effective analytics for school districts and education systems. 

Topics covered will include:

• Why Microsoft Fabric:  Market drivers, data challenges, and the need for a unified data platform
• Business Challenges and Opportunities: Common data, analytics, governance, and AI readiness challenges
• Introducing Microsoft Fabric: What Fabric is and how it unifies data engineering, analytics, BI, and AI
• Business Value of Fabric: How Fabric drives efficiency, insight, and AI outcomes
• Use Cases and Customer Examples
• Fabric Architecture Overview: OneLake, core workloads, and ecosystem integration
• Key Capabilities: Analytics, governance, AI, Power BI, and Copilot experiences
• Data Mirroring: Near real-time data replication options and scenarios
• Fabric Demo
• Cost and Billing Model