Fabric Cost & Performance Audit
Your Fabric environment costs more than it should.
Here is why.
A forensic review that identifies what is driving cost, what is degrading performance, and what to fix first, with a prioritised action plan attached to every finding.
10+
years experience
5
operational domains
30
Point assessment
2-3
week delivery
THE PROBLEM
Fabric costs spiral in ways that are hard to diagnose from the inside
Microsoft Fabric gives organisations enormous capability. But without the right architecture and oversight, costs rise and performance degrades in ways that standard monitoring tools do not surface clearly.Cost and performance are rarely separate problems. A poorly designed pipeline does not just run slowly. It consumes capacity unnecessarily. A misconfigured semantic model does not just slow reports. It drives throttling that affects everything. Most organisations have both problems simultaneously and do not know where to start.
This audit is right for you if
Fabric capacity costs are rising and it is unclear why
Still on PAYG after migrating from Power BI Premium
No clear visibility into what is consuming CU capacity
Pipelines are slower than expected with no clear cause
Reports throttling or slow at peak usage times
Semantic model refreshes failing or running inconsistently
Why this audit is different
Most reviews examine individual workloads in isolation.This audit examines the relationships between capacity configuration, pipeline engineering, semantic model design, storage architecture, and workload scheduling as a connected system.Findings are prioritised by business impact, implementation effort, risk reduction, and cost savings. The outcome is a practical remediation roadmap, not a list of technical observations.
What the audit examines
Capacity & licensing
Whether your current SKU and licensing structure is costing more than your workloads actually require
Workload patterns
What is consuming capacity, when, and whether scheduling conflicts are degrading performance across the platform
Pipeline architecture
Where design inefficiencies are simultaneously slowing delivery and driving unnecessary CU consumption
Storage efficiency
Whether your data layer is structured to support both query performance and cost efficient storage
Reporting load
How semantic model design and refresh patterns are affecting both report speed and overall capacity health
Workspace configuration
Platform settings and structural decisions quietly working against both cost efficiency and performance reliability
How it works
1
Complete the intake form
Confirms your environment is within scope. Takes under two minutes. No commitment at this stage.
2
Receive your proposal
Scope confirmed and proposal sent to your email within 24 hours. No commitment at this stage.
3
Audit delivered
Read-only access provided. Findings delivered within the agreed timeframe, followed by a live readout session with your team.
What you receive
Written audit report with findings and risk ratings across cost and performance
Prioritised remediation plan showing what to fix first and why
Cost reduction estimates and performance improvement recommendations per finding
Maturity scorecard across five operational domains
Live readout session with your team
Practical remediation roadmap prioritised by impact, effort, and risk
Maturity scorecard
Five operational domains, scored and ranked
One of the key deliverables you receive is a maturity scorecard rating your Fabric environment across five operational domains. Each domain receives a specific rating, improvement recommendations, and prioritised next steps.
Capacity Management
Workload Optimisation
Storage & Data Architecture
Semantic Layer Efficiency
Operational Governance
You leave with a clear picture of where your platform stands across every dimension and a prioritised roadmap showing exactly what to address first.
Engagement scope
Up to 3 Fabric capacities
Up to 20 pipelines and dataflows combined
One stakeholder readout session
Up to 10 workspaces
Up to 5 semantic models
Practical remediation roadmap Delivered within 2 to 3 weeks
Environments exceeding these parameters are scoped individually. The intake form confirms fit before any commitment is made.
What is not included
Access provisioning or infrastructure changes during the audit
More than one readout session
Post delivery support beyond 14 days of report delivery
Workspaces or capacities outside the agreed scope boundary
Engagement fee
Euro
3,000
50% on engagement start
50% on report delivery
Larger environments scoped individually
Many clients choose to act on the findings with a follow up optimisation engagement. That conversation happens at the readout session, not before.
About
Emmanuel Obikili
Microsoft Fabric Architect & Consultant
I have spent years delivering Power BI and data platform solutions across financial services, professional services, and the public sector. Since Microsoft Fabric launched, I have focused almost entirely on helping organizations architect, optimize, and get measurable value from their Fabric investment.The cost and performance audit came from a pattern I kept seeing. Environments where something was clearly wrong but nobody could pinpoint where. I built a structured diagnostic approach to surface exactly that.I work independently under my own name. Every audit is conducted by me personally, not delegated
Get in touch
Ready to find out what is really driving your Fabric costs?
Complete the short form and I will confirm scope and send a proposal within 24 hours. No commitment required at this stage.
Read-only access only · Scope confirmed before any work begins
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