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Modernizing Medallion Architecture

A leading EdTech SaaS provider relied on Azure Synapse for processing vast educational datasets, including student performance, enrollment trends, and institutional metrics. Performance bottlenecks and rising costs made scaling increasingly difficult. To modernize analytics and remain competitive, the organization partnered with NeenOpal to migrate seamlessly to Microsoft Fabric using a Medallion (Bronze–Silver–Gold) architecture, ensuring scalability, cost efficiency, and faster insights

Modernizing Medallion Architecture

Customer Challenges

As the organization expanded, its existing data infrastructure struggled to keep up with evolving business needs. Key challenges revolved around performance, scalability, and ensuring a risk-free migration process.

Solutions

To streamline analytics at scale, the organization implemented the Medallion architecture, structuring data into Bronze (raw), Silver (cleaned), and Gold (business-ready) layers to ensure consistency, reliability, and improved performance.

Services Used

Why choose NeenOpal?

NeenOpal offers end-to-end expertise in Fabric migration, specializing in mapping complex data pipelines into the Medallion architecture (Bronze–Silver–Gold) with Spark and Delta Lake. We focus on driving optimized performance by improving query speeds, lowering costs, and enabling seamless reporting through Fabric’s Direct Lake and auto-scaling capabilities. With a secure, phased migration approach, we ensure zero data loss, high availability, and minimal downtime. Our proven track record spans modernizing large-scale analytics platforms, helping organizations achieve greater efficiency and scalability.

Benefits

By modernizing its data ecosystem, the organization unlocked tangible improvements in cost efficiency, performance, and decision-making. The migration to Fabric not only streamlined analytics but also built a strong foundation for long-term scalability and reliability.

Conclusion

By migrating from Synapse to Microsoft Fabric using a Medallion architecture, the organization transformed its analytics ecosystem into a scalable, cost-effective, and high-performance platform. This approach delivered measurable improvements in speed, cost, and agility while ensuring seamless continuity and zero data loss.

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