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Fabric Planning Training

Two ways to learn Fabric Planning. Watch short video episodes, or work through hands-on labs with real datasets. Both are free to start, and you can switch between them at any point.
Choose your path
2
learning paths
10
hands-on labs
10
video episodes, and more seasons on the way
Free
guides and videos

Choose how you want to learn Fabric Planning

Pick the format that fits how you learn. Both cover the same product: Planning, PowerTable and Intelligence Sheets.
Watch · Video series

Skills Hub

Learn Fabric Planning one short episode at a time.
Episodes of about 2–4 minutes each, grouped into modules and seasons. Each episode covers one task, such as creating a Plan work item, adding a formula measure or managing aggregations. Watch the episodes in order and build up the full workflow step by step.
Format
Short videos in seasons
Time
About 30 minutes per season
Best for
Getting a quick overview, or looking up a single task
Available now
Planning, Season 1: The Introductory Voyage (10 episodes)
Coming soon 
Intelligence and PowerTable modules
Episodes are open to all. Any datasets for an episode need a free account.
Build · Guided exercises

Hands-on Labs

Go from an empty Fabric workspace to a working planning environment.
Ten guided exercises that take you through budgeting, forecasting, scenarios, PowerTable and Intelligence Sheet reporting, using real datasets. Each exercise includes an introduction, a step-by-step guide, a companion video and an FAQ.
Format
Step-by-step guides, videos and data files
Time
About 5 hours in total. Each exercise takes 12–60 minutes.
Best for
Building something real in your own Fabric workspace
Levels
Foundation and Advanced
Includes
3 datasets (6 files across 3 bundles)
Guides and videos are open to all. Data files need a free account.

Skills Hub or Hands-on Labs: which one fits you?

If you're not sure, start with the Skills Hub for the overview, then move to the labs when you're ready to build.
Compare Skills Hub Hands-on Labs
How you learnWatchBuild
FormatShort video episodesGuides, videos, FAQs and data files
Time needed~30 min per season~5 hours in total
PaceOne task per episodeOne exercise at a time, self-paced
Best forQuick overview, single-task referenceHands-on practice with real data
You’ll needA Fabric workspace to follow along (optional)A Fabric workspace and a Fabric SQL database
Data filesWhere provided, free account neededFree account needed
Guides and videosOpen to allOpen to all

What you'll learn in Fabric Planning training

Both paths are organized around the same three parts of Fabric Planning. Use this map to move between them.

PowerTable

Edit and write back tabular data, with approvals and access control.
Skills Hub
In production
Coming soon

Intelligence

Report on, analyze and explain your plans with Intelligence Sheets.
Skills Hub
In production
Coming soon
All together:  Exercise 10, Planning, PowerTable, and Intelligence on One Canvas 
Advanced
 Brings all three into a single view

A suggested route if you're new

1

Watch the basics

Watch Skills Hub Planning Season 1 (about 30 minutes) to see how a planning app comes together.
Watch Season 1
2

Build your first plan

Work through Hands-on Labs Exercises 1–3 with the sample datasets.
Start Exercise 1
3

Go further

Move on to PowerTable, Intelligence Sheets and the Advanced exercises when you're ready.
See all exercises

Before you start

What you'll need
A Microsoft Fabric workspace where you have Member or Admin access
Access to create a Plan work item in that workspace
A Power BI semantic model to plan against (Skills Hub)
A Fabric SQL database (Hands-on Labs)
A supported browser
Download the setup guide (PDF)
What's open and what needs an account
Open to everyone: all guides, PDFs, FAQs and videos in both paths.
Free account needed: datasets and data files.

Fabric Planning training FAQ

No. All guides, videos and FAQs in both paths are open. You only need a free community account to download datasets and data files.
If Fabric Planning is new to you, start with Skills Hub Planning Season 1. It takes about 30 minutes and gives you the full picture. If you already know your way around Fabric and want to build, go straight to Hands-on Labs Exercise 1.
A Skills Hub season takes about 30 minutes. The full Hands-on Labs take about 5 hours, with each exercise running 12–60 minutes. You can stop after any exercise or episode and come back later.
A Fabric workspace where you have Member or Admin access. The Hands-on Labs also need a Fabric SQL database. The setup guide PDF goes through everything step by step. For capacity questions, see Capacity & Pricing.
We recommend it for Exercises 1–3, because they build the foundation. After that you can pick the module you need: PowerTable (6–7), Intelligence Sheets (8–9) or the Advanced exercises (4, 5 and 10).
Intelligence and PowerTable modules are in production. New seasons will be announced in the community forums.

Stuck on a step?

Ask other planners working through the same exercises. Post your question in the Training forum, and mention the exercise or episode number so people can find it quickly.

More ways to learn

Documentation

Reference for every Fabric Planning feature.
Read the docs

Video library

All community videos in one searchable place.
Browse videos

Blog

Practical write-ups on planning in Microsoft Fabric.
Read the blogs
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