[Tool]: Fabric Archive Bot

[JamesDBartlett3]

Name

Fabric Archive Bot

Primary URL

https://github.com/JamesDBartlett3/Fabric-Archive-Bot

Documentation URL

https://github.com/JamesDBartlett3/Fabric-Archive-Bot/blob/main/README.md

Source repository URL

https://github.com/JamesDBartlett3/Fabric-Archive-Bot

Description

Fabric Archive Bot is an open-source PowerShell tool that automatically backs up Microsoft Fabric and Power BI tenant assets, including reports, semantic models, notebooks, and Spark job definitions, across all workspaces. It supports unattended service principal authentication, configurable retention policies, and scheduled exports for disaster recovery, source control, and governance scenarios. A major V2 release is currently in development and will introduce substantial enhancements to the tool's capabilities and architecture.

Category

governance-admin

Type

cli

Tags

microsoft-fabric, power-bi, backup, bcdr, cicd, dataops

Pricing

free

Source

open-source

Maintainer

community

Author

James D. Bartlett III

Primary language

PowerShell

Status

preview

Submitter notes

Fabric Archive Bot has received recognition within the Microsoft Fabric community beyond its GitHub repository. It is featured in the Fabric Essentials Community Repositories catalog as a community-recommended Fabric tool, was highlighted in the Fabric Essentials listings highlight reel shared on the Microsoft Fabric subreddit), and was presented as a breakout session ("Automate Your Power BI and Fabric Backups with Fabric Archive Bot") at the Power BI Next Step 2025 conference. These community endorsements demonstrate both real-world adoption and relevance to Microsoft Fabric administrators, developers, and governance teams.

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