Playbook
Our Synapse dedicated pool is expensive and the roadmap has shifted
A large retailer's analytics platform sits on dedicated Synapse SQL pools. Pricing is opaque, the team has had several capacity surprises, and Microsoft's investment has clearly moved to Fabric. The CDO wants a phased migration without disrupting Monday-morning reporting.
Trigger — Renewal due in six months; Microsoft roadmap signals reinforced.
Good outcome — Workload-by-workload migration to Fabric, dedicated pool wound down by quarter, reporting uninterrupted.