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​ Businesses often struggle to balance performance, scalability, and budget when managing cloud resources, especially with new services like Microsoft Fabric. This episode of the Azure Essentials Show addresses the challenge of optimizing costs and simplifying the purchasing process for Fabric, an end-to-end analytics platform. Thomas and Priyanshi explore how Azure reservations and purchasing strategies can help organizations save money and streamline their data analytics operations.
Three Things You Will Learn
• How Azure reservations work and their benefits for predictable workloads, including automatic discounting and usage recommendations.
• The process for purchasing Microsoft Fabric capacity through the Azure portal and Marketplace, including selecting the right SKU and region.
• Best practices for estimating, monitoring, and managing reservations to avoid over- or under-committing and maximize cost savings.
Suggested Next Steps
• Use the Fabric SKU estimator and free trial to determine the right capacity for your needs.
• Monitor usage with Azure Advisor and cost management tools to optimize reservation purchases.
• Review Microsoft Learn documentation for detailed guidance and updates on Fabric and Azure reservations.
Resources
• Save costs with Microsoft Fabric Capacity reservations
https://learn.microsoft.comazure/cost-management-billing/reservations/fabric-capacity
• What is Microsoft Fabric? https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/fundamentals/microsoft-fabric-overview
• Azure Portal https://portal.azure.com
• Microsoft Marketplace https://marketplace.microsoft.com
• Get Fabric https://marketplace.microsoft.com/product/AzureServices/Microsoft.Fabric
• Explore essential resources! https://azure.com/AzureEssentials
Related episodes
• Optimize Azure Costs with Reserved Instances https://aka.ms/AzEssentials/229
• Azure Cost Estimation: Plan Confidently with the Azure Pricing Calculator https://aka.ms/AzEssentials/231
• Understand Azure Pricing & Resources https://aka.ms/azenable/163
Connect
• Thomas Maurer https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasmaurer2/
• Priyanshi Mittal https://www.linkedin.com/in/priyanshi90/
Chapters
00:00 Heard in this episode
00:21 Introduction
00:50 Benefits of Azure reservations
01:23 No impact to capacity
02:03 Fabric Integration
02:43 Simplified purchasing process
03:13 Purchasing process demo
04:37 Getting sizing right
05:37 Reservations vs. Pay-As-You-Go
06:25 Reservation purchasing demo
07:22 Best practices
07:57 Documentation and other resources   Read More Microsoft DeveloperÂ
