The Ultimate Fabric “NO ETL” Showdown: Shortcuts vs Mirroring vs Copy Job

Every hour spent wiring pipelines is an hour not spent on insights. Microsoft Fabric promises to end that tax with three powerful “No ETL” features – but which one fits YOUR architecture?

In this session, we put Shortcuts, Mirroring, and Copy Job head-to-head. You’ll see how Shortcuts create zero-copy pointers to external storage, how Mirroring continuously replicates databases into OneLake using CDC (with free compute!), and how Copy Job gives you scheduled, flexible data movement with 80+ connectors. Through live demos, real-world scenarios, and a decision framework you can screenshot and use on Monday, you’ll leave knowing exactly when to use each approach – and why the best architectures use all three together.