# FabricForge

> Enterprise workspace governance for Microsoft Fabric. Built by Datachain Consulting.

FabricForge is a native Microsoft Fabric workload that gives data platform teams templates, compliance evidence, and operational controls to govern Fabric workspaces at enterprise scale. It runs entirely inside your Fabric tenant — zero external data plane.

## Key Facts

- Product: FabricForge
- Category: Data Governance / Workspace Management Software
- Platform: Microsoft Fabric (native workload via Extensibility Toolkit)
- Publisher: Datachain Consulting Pty Ltd (Sydney, Australia)
- Contact: michael@datachainconsulting.com
- Website: https://getfabricforge.com
- Documentation: https://getfabricforge.com/docs

## Three Workload Items

### FabricForge Setup
Installs the control plane. Your team configures capacity tiers, environment rings, and DevOps connections without any consulting engagement.

### Template Factory
Publishes governed workspace templates. Engineers self-service provision compliant workspaces from pre-approved blueprints — no tickets, no waiting.

### Request Hub
Runs workspace requests, approval routing, and audit trail workflows inside Fabric. Replaces months of consulting with a native approval engine your team owns.

## Value Proposition

- Self-service workspace governance for platform teams
- Enterprise-grade controls without enterprise consulting fees
- 100% native to Microsoft Fabric — no external infrastructure
- Governed provisioning from approved templates
- Continuous drift detection against baselines
- Immutable audit trail in Fabric SQL Database
- Multi-environment ring promotion (dev → test → production)
- Azure DevOps repository fork and branch mapping

## Requirements

- Microsoft Fabric capacity (F-SKU or P-SKU)
- Modern web browser (Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox)

## Links

- [Home](https://getfabricforge.com/)
- [Documentation](https://getfabricforge.com/docs)
- [Datachain Consulting](https://datachainconsulting.com)