Enable Microsoft Fabric with capacity and per-user licensing for data and analytics readiness
Our Microsoft Fabric Enablement (Capacity + Per-user Model) service helps organisations prepare their environment for Fabric adoption by aligning licensing models, capacity planning and workspace readiness with business data and analytics goals.
We assess your current data estate, map out capacity and per-user licensing requirements, and deliver a readiness plan and configuration artefacts so your teams can run analytics, reporting and collaborative workflows efficiently on Microsoft Fabric.
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Service Overview
Highlights
- Assessment of existing data and analytics environment
- Capacity planning for Fabric workloads
- Per-user licence readiness review
- Operational handover and adoption support
Business Benefits
- Clarify what capacity licences are needed for workloads
- Validate per-user licence assignments for team roles
- Produce practical artefacts for adoption and governance
- Support efficient deployment of Fabric workspaces
Typical use cases
- Organisations adopting Microsoft Fabric for analytics and reporting
- Teams migrating from legacy BI platforms to Fabric
- Enterprises running collaborative data engineering and analytics
- IT leaders validating readiness before purchasing capacity licences
Objectives & deliverables
What Success Looks Like
- Review current licensing footprint and data platform usage
- Define required Fabric capacity based on workloads
- Determine per-user licence assignments for key personas
- Provide roadmap and artefacts for deployment
What You Get
- Fabric licensing readiness report
- Capacity planning artefacts
- Per-user licence requirements summary
- Workspace governance and adoption guide
How It Works
- Discovery of existing analytics and BI usage
- Analysis of workload demands and recommended capacity
- Review of user roles and licence requirements
- Preparation of readiness documentation and team handover
Engagement Options
- Data Estate Discovery and Mapping
- Capacity Planning Workshop
- Per-User Licence Validation Session
- Fabric Adoption Playbook Delivery
Additional Information
Prerequisites & licensing
To begin this service engagement you should have visibility of your current BI and data analytics usage patterns, existing licences and access to admin consoles for Microsoft 365 and Azure.
- List of current Power BI and analytics usage
- Microsoft 365 admin access for licence inventory
- Azure subscription access for capacity procurement
- Stakeholder interviews with analytics teams
Security & Compliance Notes
- Review and align access controls to ensure users can only access authorised data via Fabric workspaces.
- Governance policies should include data classification and workspace sharing rules.
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