Microsoft Fabric is an all-in-one analytics solution for enterprises that covers everything from data movement to data science, real-time analytics, and business intelligence. It is a platform that allows users to get, create, share, and visualize data using an array of tools. Microsoft Fabric is in preview, and it is temporarily provided free of charge when you sign up for the Microsoft Fabric (Preview) trial.
Microsoft Fabric has capacity licenses and per-user licenses. A capacity license provides the infrastructure for Microsoft Fabric, allowing you to use all the Microsoft Fabric features licensed by capacity and create Microsoft Fabric items and connect to other Microsoft Fabric items. Per-user licenses allow users to work in Microsoft Fabric, and there are three types of individual licenses: Free, Pro, and Premium. A free license allows you to create and share Fabric content other than Power BI items in Microsoft Fabric, if you have access to a Fabric capacity license.
To use Microsoft Fabric, you can purchase Fabric capacity, a billing unit that enables every Fabric experience. The Fabric Capacity SKU will launch soon and offer pay-as-you-go pricing. In the meantime, Microsoft Fabric can be purchased through Power BI Premium capacity.
In summary, Microsoft Fabric is an all-in-one analytics solution that allows users to get, create, share, and visualize data using an array of tools. It has capacity licenses and per-user licenses, including a free license that allows you to create and share Fabric content other than Power BI items in Microsoft Fabric. To use Microsoft Fabric, you can purchase Fabric capacity, which will offer pay-as-you-go pricing soon.