Fabric Transition Assessment

An evidence-led, fixed-scope, fixed-price readiness sprint that turns your Power BI estate into a confident, low-risk transition plan for Microsoft Fabric.

3 Weeks . Fixed Price . Fixed Scope

Type of categorized assessments that we do on Power BI estate to make it Fabric ready

3 Weeks

From kick-off to final delivery

6 Assessment Areas

Inventory · Sizing · Governance · Roadmap

4 Deliverables

Ready for CIO, IT, and finance conversations

Complexity Drivers

Without properly addressing the complexity drivers, Fabric workloads can become commercially and technically unmanageable within a very short span of time.

1. Unrationalised Estates

High workspace volumes, overlapping semantic models, and stale reports that inflate the apparent scope of migration.

2. Shared Capacity Confusion

Power BI and backend workloads sharing capacity makes right-sizing decisions unreliable without proper measurement.

3. Commercial Model Complexity

Reserved vs. pay-as-you-go decisions carry meaningful budget implications that require actual usage data to get right.

4. Governance Debt

Ownership gaps, naming inconsistencies, & unmanaged access become amplified, & costlier, inside Fabric's consumption model.

5. Unexpected Billing Variance

Without governance guardrails in place, Fabric's per-CU billing can produce consumption spikes that catch finance teams off guard.

Expert-Extend’s Fabric Readiness Assessment

A high-intensity 3 -week assessment along six key categories that helps to accelerate your fabric journey with high confidence

Inventory Analysis

Complete inventory of the Power BI estate, including usage information.

Estate Rationalization View

A clear assessment of the estate, with items categorized for keep, retire, merge, or rebuild decisions.

Capacity Recommendation

A capacity-sizing view based on actual usage, refresh patterns, and workload demand, including F-SKU path and commercial model recommendation.

Workload Placement

A practical workload-placement recommendation designed to reduce contention and support more predictable performance.

Governance View

A clear view of ownership, naming, access, and distribution gaps across the estate and steps to address them.

Transition Roadmap

A practical roadmap with guardrails and priority actions to support a more controlled move into Fabric

Our Core Deliverables

A fixed set of documents your team can use immediately, for internal decisions, budget conversations, and execution planning

01

Executive Briefing

Key findings, risks, and recommended next steps in a concise format suitable for CIO, IT, and business decision-makers

02

Priorities Roadmap

A phased plan covering sequencing, dependencies, priority actions, and the recommended path into Fabric

03

Capacity Recommendation & Cost Model

Recommended capacity path with a cost comparison across commercial options, based on actual usage, workload demand, and transition scenarios.

04

Technical Findings Pack

Detailed findings across inventory, rationalization, workload placement, governance, and capacity, with supporting rationale for each recommendation

Timeline

Week 0:
Access & Readiness

Required accesses provisioned, stakeholders identified, meetings scheduled.

Week 1:
Discovery & Data Collection

Kickoff call (1 hr) · Deep dives as needed · Data about as-is collected.

Week 2:
Analysis & Architecture design

Rationalization potential review · Sizing model · Commercial scenario comparison · Governance and operating model design · Roadmap construction

Week 3:
Review & Delivery

Draft shared for review · 1-2 working session to discuss findings and open questions (1–1.5 hrs) · Final documents delivered.

Commercials

Fixed scope. Fixed price

Power BI Primary Environments

€14,500

Duration: 3 Weeks

Suitable when there are no active Fabric workloads, no complex Azure service dependencies, and standard networking.

➤ Multiple P-SKU capacities to rationalize

➤ Mixed workspace ownership and governance gaps

➤ Reserved vs PAYG decision with meaningful budget implications

➤ BI estate with reports and models to rationalize

Fabric-Integrated or Multi-system Environments

€20,500

Duration: 5 Weeks

Suitable when Fabric workloads are active or planned, existing Azure data services influence the decision, or networking requirements add additional complexity.

➤ Active or planned Fabric Lakehouse, pipelines, or Spark.

➤ Azure Data Factory, Synapse, or ADLS integration questions.

➤ Private endpoint or VNet gateway requirements.

➤ Multi-region or multi-tenant capacity design.

Optional First Step

Fabric Transition Readiness Review - €1,500

A half-day scoping exercise based on exported capacity metrics and a 90-minute working session. Deliverable: A two-page summary covering an initial F-SKU sizing view, key decision risks, likely sprint complexity, and a recommendation on whether a full sprint is needed.

Book a scoping session

Not sure where your estate complexity actually sits?

We sit together with a set of hand-picked team of data engineers who can help you navigate the complexities of Fabric Transition.

Pooja Katkar

Customer Success | Expert-Extend

The initial call is a 30-minute conversation to understand your environment and identify the ideal next steps for your team.

Pooja Katkar

Customer Success | Expert-Extend

The initial call is a 30-minute conversation to understand your environment and identify the ideal next steps for your team.