Shadowing Practice: Microsoft Fabric Apps Explained (The SaaS Killer?) - Learn English Speaking with Video

Can fabric apps replace SaaS tools?

Now in this video we're going to build a desk booking app totally from scratch.

We go from idea to a fully up and running app that's secure, has a database behind it and can be scaled within the company.

Now let's see how long it takes me.

From FabCon Barcelona it's very clear that Microsoft is doubling down on fabric apps.

Now the whole development experience will be nicely integrated inside of Power BI Desktop

so that every Power BI developer is going to play around with it.

Plus pro and premium users they will also be able to create

and deploy these apps

and get up to a one gigabyte database inside of fabric for each app now that's super exciting and

that made me wonder will we soon be in a situation

where each company is just developing their own applications instead of

having tons of different SaaS subscriptions for different pricing tools hr tools etc now

let's put it to the test all right now we're going

to do it as follows first we're going to set up the front end

so how it's going to look like the functionalities that we need

and once we have that then we set up the back -end using the Raven SDK CLI

which basically allows us to in an agentic way set up

the databases the authentication all the back -end plumbing all right now let's get to action

so I googled a few desk booking apps

and I found for example sieti .com then there's another one

that's called desk booking app then another one that's called flexi pass

so I'm just going to say to either Claude or ChatGPT, create me an app just like these ones.

Now here's the prompt, create an HTML mock -up of an office desk booking app like ciat .co or desk booking app.

All right, now I'm doing this in ChatGPT.

Of course, you can also do this in Claude, Gemini, whatever you prefer.

However, I chose quite a good model.

So here we have GPT6 Astra, put the effort on high because I want it to be a high quality app.

All right, now let's see what it comes up with now maybe one

more detail i set over here approval to approve for me instead of ask for approval

so that i can just go for coffee relax

while it's building it for me oh now look at this we are now five minutes

and 52 seconds later boom and i already have an app

and it says it includes interactive floor plan desk filters teammate locations

and booking cancellation flows now let's see

if this works now i'm just going to click around

and here i can choose a day for

which I want to book a desk

and over here you see we have different floors we have location

and over here we have the floor plan

and everything that's in green that's available everything that's gray I

cannot book anymore that's already reserved shows me by who

and here on the right hand side there we see more information about the selected task

and we have some filters over here that's pretty cool

so i can now just click on it book this desk for a certain time period of the day

and let's see what happens all right now of course this

just happens in the browser nothing is written to a database

just yet now you're on the left hand side you see

oh there's my booking popping up i can also cancel it that's working

and over here we have an overview of all the teammates

now this is pretty good however i think it would be

nice for example to show you here real images real photos of people also over here in the tooltip

when i hover over it then also the look

and feel is maybe not on brand just yet

because i didn't tell anything about our brand okay

so i'm going to play around with this just a little bit going back

and forth until we have a version that i'm happy with

so that we take that version

and then start building the back end all right now here

we are i made it look a little bit more on

my brand for the company data training io now here we can now also choose different locations

so that's working nicely you see the floor plan nicely changing now the look

and feel has been updated just a little bit

but all the main functionalities are still there yeah i can also switch between a map

and a list i added some pictures just a little bit prettier

and over here when we go to my bookings now i have no booking yet

so let me just go back now the meeting room functionality

that was not working yet so i fixed that along the way

and over here also

when i now make a booking for where it is already

something books now let's let's give this a try let's see

you see nicely says okay time is already reserved not possible all right

so let's maybe go for a standing desk in a quiet

zone ah this is the only one available i choose my time period all right book this desk boom okay

and it goes to my bookings now it also pays attention to

if I already have something booked during

that time you see you have already a booking at this time

so that's pretty amazing now you're probably wondering how long did

it actually take to get to this result well I just went back

and forth a little bit for half an hour and

so over here I give it our design system I could also just have pointed it to our website

that would also have been enough

but I just wanted it to be a bit more precise

and a little bit further I also asked it to generate

those images for people to make it a little bit more realistic for

demo purposes and that's basically it that's it

and then a few questions about the functionalities now then i

asked it how long did it really take you most of

the time it was actually taken for generating these images

but it took half an hour

and you see over here how many tokens it used the real question is how much did it cost

and it cost about 15 dollars now i think that's pretty cheap to get to a fully well front end

that actually is pretty close to what i want it to be

and what most sas products look like

and here it's fully customizable you can make it exactly like

you want now think about a few years ago where companies

were developing their own internal products it would take months

or maybe even years a lot of meetings going back and forth then prototypes, then the actual building,

but now within half an hour I have an app at least the front end of the app

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that is pretty nice with the functionalities that I'm looking for.

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So really impressive and that's what makes people also super excited to see this how quickly they can generate something like this.

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However it's not really working yet so we need that backend, we need it secure and we need to have it scalable and that's exactly the gap that Fabric Apps is filling.

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Okay so now let's take what we have

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which is just an html file and build the backend all right

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and but before we do that we also have to create a workspace

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so i'm gonna log into power bi

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and inside of power bi we're going to create a new workspace i'm going to call this one desk booking

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app for youtube all right now then we can choose over

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here our fabric capacity you can also work the trial

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that should also be fine

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and click on apply now soon hopefully it will also be possible with pro

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and premium we will see this very soon hopefully all right

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so the app is there now we just have to create this fabric app

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so new item for me it's already under reasons otherwise i

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just look for app also notice it's still in preview

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so important to know it's probably not perfect just yet however

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it's super exciting to play around with now give it a

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nice name this is then our desk booking app that's going to live in this workspace okay

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and then click on create all right there it is it

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is already deployed now here on the left hand side we

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have our menu where we will later be able to explore

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database the functions documentation we can put right next to it

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and of course we can track the usage metrics okay now how can we build the app well for

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that i'm going to use visual studio code

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but you can use any coding agent

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that you like okay now i'm going to do it from visual studio code let's open it up

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if you don't have it yet you can just go to code .visualstudio .com

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and download it from here now if this is the first time

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that you're using visual studio code then just go here on

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the left hand side to extensions look for the coding agents

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that you usually use for example cloud code

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or codex copilot whatever you want

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and then here on the right hand side there we can

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have our chat sessions now then here in the top left

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corner there we have our explorer now from here we want to connect to a folder

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so i'm just gonna go to my desktop now here i have my youtube folder

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and i already have an empty folder for my desk booking app now in

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that project folder we can then put our html file now let's connect to it

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so open folder

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and there you go now by default it will be in

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restricted mode now we have to click on manage say

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that we can trust it all right meaning that we can read later

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and write from it with our agents okay

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so now let's give this a try i'm going to go to cloud code

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or codex if you prefer all right so i'm gonna go for cloud code

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and then over here you can choose the model now i'm

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gonna go for well the default is open 5 .5 at

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the moment okay that's that's fine fable 5 .1 is a bit of overkill is not necessary

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and over here the mode i'm gonna put it to auto

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so that i can do other things on the side

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and just keeps on running as far as possible all right

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so what do we have to put in here well let's go back to our fabric workspace

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because here to get started it basically gives me all of

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the prompts now we can do this one by one however i'm feeling a little bit lazy today

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so i'm just going to copy the prompt go back to visual studio code

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and put it in here all right

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so now it's going to create for us the whole directory structure all of the files

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that are necessary the scaffold of our app all right now

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that will happen all automatically and it will set up a local environment in

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which the app runs before it then gets deployed into fabric

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okay now let's put this to the test let's click on run all right now there it goes

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and while it's building this

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let's do something else

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and once it's done i will get back all right now

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it seems to be done i was doing other stuff in the meantime

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and let's now see

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if it created the whole back end for our application all

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right now here we have the whole chat log of all of the things

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that was doing now let's scroll over it quickly now there were just a few questions

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that i had to answer for example is it okay

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if it uses this fabric capacity to publish it too later i said yeah

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that is fine at some point it was also done setting up the local environment

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so that's over here and then it just kept on going going going

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and then after an hour or so it had the whole application up

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and running locally and

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that was the time for me to review it i said continue deploy it set it up inside of fabric

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and it just continued here i had to say put all

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of the demo data inside of the database all right now

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i asked it how long did it actually take you to set everything up now here it says two hours

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and 45 minutes but there was also a lot of waiting time in between

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so the actual working time was let's say about an hour

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okay with a cost of eight dollars all right now that's that's not not

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so much added up to the 15 from before

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and for about 20 bucks you have a whole up

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and running app well if it's working let's check

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that now let's go back to our app workspace

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because there we do not only see an app there's now also an sql database

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and an endpoint all right so of course

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if you we first want to see the app

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and there it is there's our fabric application now of course with a nice light

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and dark mode toggle beautiful all right

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and it looks exactly how we designed it before so that's good all right but of course the interesting part is

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when we now book a desk where does

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that get saved now it should go to

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that sql database now let's see

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if this is true i'm gonna book a desk for let's

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say tomorrow wednesday let's see what is still free i want to have a standing desk with a monitor not

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that many options uh let's go over here for b5 i

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want it for maybe just the morning okay book this desk

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all right now this spot is saved okay keep exploring no

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my bookings there you go let's maybe also book the meeting room right

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so over here there's a meeting room and

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that one i want to have let's say somewhere in afternoon okay now this one is already reserved

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so let's go for three o 'clock until five o 'clock

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book the meeting room perfect all right now let's go to

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my bookings both show up that's good now let's go to the database so

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if i click here on manage app you get this view

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from before now here we also have the live url we have the database here inside of

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that we see three tables with desk bookings room bookings

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and users now let's open it up well from here you see all of the columns

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but we cannot see the data for

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that we have to go back to our workspace click here

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on the sql database now it warns you okay this is a child item of fabric apps then watch out

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if you make changes right so

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that you don't break stuff then here we have the tables

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and let's open the task bookings now that is a lot of bookings

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because well i also asked it to put in some demo data otherwise would not be

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that interesting to look at however

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if we would now sort this from z to a

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and i also put in demo bookings until the 1st of november

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so let's just search for my name probably the smarter way

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to go anyways all right there you go there we have

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a booking for the 7th of october tomorrow today it's the 6th okay good perfect

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so this is working but i also had a room booking

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so i'm gonna go here to

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that other table all right let's also look for my name

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there you go yep also in there all right now that's pretty amazing

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so it took me let's say three hours to get to a fully up

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and running app that's deployed inside of fabric now fabric takes

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care of the authentication the hosting of all of the files

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in this way it's also scalable secure however there's still probably many questions okay

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so yeah this is the development cost however how much does it really costs

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if you have 100 people using that right

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so that's a big one also

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when something is not working well we are relying here on vibe coding

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so how to fix certain things but these are all topics

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that we will dive into a little bit deeper into the next videos

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so you see it's developing quickly it's super exciting

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and within no time you can have an application up

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and running so the big question is will this replace us in let's say a year or

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so now let me know in the comment section below now

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of course this is still in preview however it's developing quickly

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and it's becoming more and more accessible so definitely check it out

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if you want to see me build another app watch this video over here

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and subscribe because more fabric app videos will be released soon now thank you for watching

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and see you in the next video

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Microsoft Fabric Apps Explained”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: app, booking, desk, fabric. This video has 246 sentences and 2951 words to shadow. The speech runs for 15:10. The speaker talks fast, about 195 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
fabric verb	/ˈfæb.ɹɪk/	To cover with fabric.
booking noun	/ˈbʊkɪŋ/	The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.
workspace noun	/ˈwɝkˌspeɪs/	An area allocated for someone to work in, especially in an office.
functionality noun		The ability to do a task, performance, or execution; a set of functions that something is able or equipped to perform.
deploy verb	/dɪˈplɔɪ/	To prepare and arrange (originally military unit or units, i.e., to array troops) for use.
folder noun	/ˈfoʊldɚ/	An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.
demo noun	/ˈdɛm.oʊ/	A demonstration or visual explanation.
nicely adverb	/ˈnaɪs.li/	Precisely; with fine discernment or judgement.
excite verb	/ɪkˈsaɪt/	To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
prompt verb	/pɹɑmpt/	To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do.
authentication noun	/ɔːˌθɛntɪˈkeɪʃn̩/	Something which validates or confirms the authenticity of something; or the process of doing so.
codex noun	/ˈkoʊdɛks/	An early manuscript book, especially one bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
scalable adjective	/ˈskeɪ.lə.bl̩/	Capable of being climbed.
teammate noun	/ˈtiːmˌmeɪt/	One who is on the same team.
desktop noun	/ˈdɛsktɒp/	The top surface of a desk.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
set up verb	/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/	To make ready for use.
go back verb		To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
go back to verb		To stem from; to originate in.
add up to verb		To have a particular effect in combination.
come up with verb		To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
get back verb		Return to where one came from.
get up to verb		To do something, especially something that is forbidden or improper.
go over verb		To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	can be scaled · is written · has been updated
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	has been updated · have pointed · have been

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 36 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: authentication /ɔːˌθɛntɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, cancellation /kænsəˈleɪʃən/, documentation /ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən/, subscription /səbˈskɹɪpʃən/, publish /ˈpʌblɪʃ/
Long words — get the stress right: authentication /ɔːˌθɛntɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, cancellation /kænsəˈleɪʃən/, directory /dɪˈɹɛktəɹi/, automobile /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbil/, documentation /ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like fabric, booking, workspace.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?