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From 14 versions of margin to one.
SCALES rebuilt the data foundation on Microsoft Fabric and rebuilt executive reporting in Power BI — cutting close-of-month commentary from days to hours.
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Data & Analytics
One number the board can actually trust.
Microsoft Fabric, Power BI and Purview — engineered for decisions.
Most leadership teams argue about the data before they argue about the decision. SCALES builds a governed data foundation on Microsoft Fabric and Power BI — so finance, operations and the CEO see the same truth, and AI has something honest to learn from.
- Source of truth across the business
- 1
- Less time spent reconciling reports
- 60%
- Faster decisions on operating KPIs
- 4.2×
- Governed, lineage-tracked, auditable
- 100%
See how data pays back
A Microsoft data partner trusted by the C-suite
180+ Fabric and Power BI programmes delivered
- Microsoft Solutions Partner
- ISO 27001 certified
- Inner Circle 2025
Dashboards are everywhere. Decisions are not.
“Three teams brought three versions of the same KPI to the executive committee. We stopped trusting the slides and started rebuilding the foundation.”
Every business has reports. Few have a number the CFO, COO and CEO agree on before the meeting starts. The problem is rarely the tool — it is fragmented sources, missing ownership, and a data estate that was never designed for AI. SCALES engineers the foundation that turns data into decisions.
- Data scattered across systems
ERP, CRM, spreadsheets and point tools each hold a piece of the truth. Nothing reconciles, and the answer depends on who you ask.
- Governance left to chance
Without lineage, ownership and sensitivity labelling, data either gets locked down by risk or quietly leaks into the wrong hands.
- Reporting, not decision-making
Teams produce hundreds of dashboards no one uses. The KPIs that move the business are buried under noise.
- AI with nothing honest to learn from
Copilot and agents are only as good as the data underneath. Without a clean foundation, AI confidently produces the wrong answer.
What we do
Data, made decision-grade across the Microsoft stack.
Microsoft Fabric foundation
Lakehouse, OneLake and Synapse engineered as a single, governed data platform — designed for analytics, AI and the business owners who use it.
Power BI for executives
Boardroom-ready reporting on the KPIs that matter — built with finance, operations and commercial leaders, not handed down by IT.
Data warehouse modernisation
From legacy warehouses and scattered marts to a modern lakehouse on Fabric — faster, cheaper, and ready for AI workloads.
Real-time analytics
Streaming data from operations, commerce and IoT into decision moments — alerting the right person before the number moves.
Data governance & Purview
Catalogue, lineage, sensitivity labelling and access — a Microsoft Purview operating model the CDO, CISO and regulator can sign off.
Service & support
Continuous evolution of your data estate: platform operations, model and pipeline care, and quarterly value reviews.
What good looks like
Outcomes our clients put in their board pack.
−60%
Time spent reconciling reports
4.2×
Faster decisions on operating KPIs
−35%
Data platform run cost vs legacy
3.1×
Return within 18 months
Measured impact
3.1×
Average return on Microsoft Fabric and Power BI investment within 18 months when SCALES is engaged from foundation through to service and support.
SCALES client benchmark, 2024–2026 · n = 38 data programmes
How we engage
From scattered data to a governed decision platform.
- 01 · DiagnoseData & decision scan
A four-week assessment across sources, KPIs, governance and the decisions leadership actually makes — surfacing where data is blocking value, and what to fix first.
- 02 · DesignTarget data architecture
A Fabric and Power BI blueprint, a Purview governance model and a target operating model — agreed by the CFO, CIO, CDO and the business owners of the KPIs.
- 03 · DeliverFirst trusted KPIs in 90 days
A focused build: the data products behind the five KPIs the executive committee uses, on Fabric, in Power BI, with lineage the audit team can follow.
- 04 · SustainRun, govern and evolve
We operate the platform, curate the catalogue, manage cost and performance, and report measured impact on decisions, run cost and AI readiness every quarter.
One Microsoft platform
Data does not stand alone.
Microsoft Fabric
- OneLake
- Lakehouse
- Data Factory
- Real-Time Intelligence
Analytics
- Power BI
- Synapse
- Azure Databricks
- Semantic models
AI on data
- Copilot in Fabric
- Azure AI Search
- Azure OpenAI
- AI Agents
Trust & governance
- Microsoft Purview
- Entra
- Defender for Cloud
- Responsible AI
Proof
What changes when the business runs on one trusted number.
Frequently asked
What executives ask before they invest in data.
Next step
Make data a decision platform, not a reporting backlog.
A focused workshop with SCALES advisors to identify the KPIs and decisions where Microsoft Fabric and Power BI will move a number — and agree the first 90 days to a trusted foundation.