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Implementing Fabric Apps by Rayfin SDK
- Anonymous3 months ago
Hi pmscorca ,
Thanks for reaching out to the Microsoft Fabric Community forum.Rayfin is intended to be the foundation for building data-driven applications directly on Microsoft Fabric, rather than just dashboards or reports. Fabric Apps combines data models, generated APIs, authentication, and hosting into a single development workflow, allowing developers to define their application backend in code and deploy it directly to Fabric.
For organizations looking to build resellable Fabric solutions, Rayfin appears to address a gap that traditionally existed between analytics and application development. Instead of delivering only semantic models, reports, and dashboards, solution providers could potentially package complete applications with:
- A managed backend
- Authentication and authorization
- APIs
- Operational and analytical data
- Power BI/Fabric reporting experiences
all running within the Fabric ecosystem.
The long-term goal seems to be enabling developers (and AI coding agents) to move from a data model to a production-ready application more quickly, while inheriting Fabric's governance, security, and scalability. In that sense, Rayfin could become a key enabler for creating reusable and distributable Fabric-based business applications rather than delivering data assets alone.
Regarding availability, Fabric Apps and the Rayfin-based development experience are currently in preview, so capabilities and timelines may evolve before general availability. The latest Microsoft documentation and announcements have not yet published a firm GA date.
Reference: What is Fabric Apps (Preview)? - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn
GitHub - microsoft/rayfin: Backend-as-a-Service with built-in auth, data, and more · GitHub
I hope this information helps. Please do let us know if you have any further queries.
Thank you
Hi pmscorca,
Here's a list of ressources that can help you understand 🙂
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-fabric/features/rayfin