Fabric capacity purchased through Azure and measured in capacity units, ranging from F2 up to F8192. It is charged by the second without any commitment, can be resized or paused, and Microsoft Learn describes these SKUs as the recommended Fabric capacities.
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Terms in this definition
- Fabric capacity
The compute behind Microsoft Fabric, sized in capacity units (CUs). Microsoft recommends F SKUs, purchased via Azure with per-second billing.
- Capacity
A reserved block of compute for a tenant whose size is fixed by its SKU; Fabric F SKUs express it in capacity units (CUs). Workspaces assigned to it unlock features like Copilot, and from F64 upwards people with free licences can view Power BI content.
Related terms
- Custom live pool
A time-window schedule, configured through an environment on a custom Spark pool, that keeps clusters ready so notebooks get a session in around five seconds. Trial capacities can't use it (a paid F SKU is needed), and Spark job definitions don't benefit.
- Workspace outbound access protection
Available only for workspaces on F SKU capacities, this setting cuts off every outbound connection made by items in the workspace. Exceptions are allowed through data connection rules (for mirroring, Data Factory and Real-Time Intelligence) or managed private endpoints (for OneLake and Data Engineering).
- Workspace type
Determines which kind of capacity hosts a workspace, whether Fabric (F SKU), Fabric Trial, Premium (P SKU), Pro, Premium Per User or Embedded. Microsoft renamed it from license mode without altering behaviour.