Glossary Service
Microsoft Fabric Capacity
A Microsoft Fabric capacity is a reserved compute pool used to run Fabric workloads such as Power BI, data engineering, data warehousing, and real-time analytics.
Microsoft Fabric capacity is the compute behind Microsoft Fabric workloads. Instead of each workload being a completely separate service bill, Fabric uses capacity units that can be scaled, paused, and resumed.
That pause button matters. If a non-production capacity only needs to run during working hours, automation can stop it outside those windows and reduce spend.
The catch is coordination. Pausing a capacity saves money only if people know it will be unavailable. Tagging, naming, and schedules need to be clear enough that a cost-saving workflow does not become a support ticket generator.