F2
2 Dedicated Capacity Units (CU)
Microsoft Fabric F2 Capacity
The entry-level Microsoft Fabric SKU providing 2 Capacity Units. Ideal for small proof-of-concept testing, lightweight pipeline testing, and learning Fabric.
Billing Option 1
Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG)
$0.36 / hour
~$262.8 / month ($3,153.6 / yr)
Billed per second with no long-term commitment. Ideal for temporary development, testing, or workloads that auto-pause on weekends.
~41% Savings
Recommended Enterprise Billing
1-Year Reserved Instance
$155.05 / month
$1,860.6 / year (Save $1,293/yr)
Commit to 1 year of continuous baseline capacity to lock in massive cost savings across all data workloads.
F2 Technical Specifications & Entitlements
Power BI Free License Viewer Access
LOCKED: Users require individual Power BI Pro or PPU licenses to view reports on this capacity.
Microsoft Fabric Copilot AI Assistant
ELIGIBLE CAPACITY: Verify tenant settings, region, permissions, and feature requirements.
Max Burst Compute Limit
Bursting and smoothing depend on workload and service rules. Use actual Capacity Metrics; this page does not establish a guaranteed maximum burst.
Recommended Use Cases
Small Proof of Concept (PoC) • Development Environments • Lightweight Data Factory Pipelines
Frequently Asked Questions about Fabric F2
Can F2 support Power BI Free users?
No. SKUs smaller than F64 require users to hold Power BI Pro or Power BI Premium Per User (PPU) licenses to view reports.
Is Copilot available on F2?
Paid F2 or higher can qualify for Copilot, subject to current tenant, region, permissions, and feature requirements.
Microsoft Fabric Knowledge Graph & Related Tools
Explore interconnected capacity calculators, SKU comparisons, and technical guides.
Planning & Estimators
Asistente de Dimensionamiento de Capacidad
AI-guided multi-workload Fabric SKU calculation
Estimador de Costos y Precios
Translate CUs into monthly PAYG & Reserved costs
Estimador de CU de Spark
Size Apache Spark pools and batch workloads
Power BI Capacity Calculator
Model peak concurrency and Direct Lake queries
Fabric F-SKU Deep Dives
Deep Learning Paths & Articles
Primeros pasos: crea una estimación de capacidad verificable
Prepara las cargas, documenta los supuestos y valida la capacidad propuesta antes de comprar.
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Comprende qué representa una CU y compara cargas ilustrativas sin tratar un SKU como garantía de usuarios.
Cargas de Spark: mide antes de cambiar la capacidad
Compara un trabajo por lotes según ejecución, precisión de resultados, recursos y cargas simultáneas.
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OneLake, Medallion Architecture, Direct Lake & CU compute deep dive.
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