Hi @BrittanyRamsey ,
Welcome to Fabric! I see you’re coming from Power BI Pro, so here’s a step-by-step breakdown to help you move forward with cost estimation and capacity planning for your team:
1. Understand Fabric licensing: Unlike Power BI Pro (which is per-user), Fabric is mostly capacity-based (measured in Capacity Units, CUs). This means you pay for the compute/storage your team uses, not for each individual user.
2. Start with the Fabric Capacity Estimator:
- Go to the Fabric Capacity Estimator and input your expected data refreshes, report usage, and workloads. This tool gives you a rough idea of what capacity SKU you’ll need.
- You can select different workloads (like Data Engineering, Real-time, Analytics, etc.) depending on what your team will be doing.
3. Choose a purchase model:
- For small teams or pilots, Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) can be a good start. For predictable workloads, Reserved Capacity might be more cost-effective.
- You can see both options and pricing details here.
4. Check your team's usage:
- In the Fabric Admin Portal, you can see “Capacity Metrics” which shows exactly how much each workspace/solution is consuming. This helps track real usage and adjust your estimates.
- For initial testing, you can start with a trial or low CU, then scale up as needed.
5. Extra tip:
- If your team is used to Power BI Pro, remember that Fabric includes all Pro features, but also a lot more (like Data Science, Data Engineering, etc.). If anyone on your team only needs to view content, a Pro license may still be enough for them; creators and heavy users benefit most from Fabric.
If you want, share a bit about your team size and what kind of workloads you expect, and I can help you estimate more concretely.
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