What a CDO or Head of Data needs to know about Fabric as a SKU — the capacity-pricing model, the OneLake integration story, the Synapse and Power BI Premium migration paths, and the Purview governance pairing.
Pick capacity tier and reservation shape. F64 unlocks Power BI Premium features; sub-F64 is for narrower workloads. Reservations matter for predictable consumption.
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Fabric is Microsoft's strategic answer to data-platform fragmentation — one capacity-priced SKU spanning Engineering, Warehouse, Real-Time, Data Science, BI, and the OneLake substrate underneath. The buyer's question is not whether Fabric is competent on each workload (it is) but whether the integration value justifies a platform commitment when Databricks and Snowflake are the alternative anchors. This map sketches the decision and the operating shape.
Strategic platform decision with multi-year implications. For Power BI Premium estates, migration is straightforward and often cost-neutral. For Databricks-heavy estates, Fabric is a complement, not a wholesale migration.