SQL Server & Microsoft Data Platform User Group - Cork

Migration from Power BI Pro to Microsoft Fabric Capacity
This session delivers a practical, no‑nonsense look at what it really takes to move from Power BI Pro licensing to Microsoft Fabric capacity.

We’ll walk through how to assess your existing Power BI estate—workspaces, datasets, reports, refresh patterns, and user behaviour—and map it to a Fabric capacity model.

The talk covers key architectural and licensing differences, capacity sizing considerations, how to perform your migration and how to monitor and trouble shot performance going forward.

Expect real‑world lessons learned, common migration pitfalls, and governance considerations and how to manage the shift of focus from per‑user licensing to platform‑level optimisation.

Whether you’re planning a migration, already piloting Fabric, or simply want to understand what “capacity‑based analytics” means in practice, this session will give you clarity, confidence, and a clear path forward.

Speaker
This topic will be delivered by Mark Hayes. Mark has 25 years of delivering data solutions based on Microsoft Technologies. With 10+ years of Power BI experience and multiple projects delivered with Microsoft Fabric. This topic is hot of the press and based on a recent migration of a 1000 user Power BI tenant to Microsoft Fabric.

Running order of the night
6pm-6:30 - Networking, some Pizza and play with our C64 arcade machine
6:30pm - 7:30pm - User Talk and Q&A
7:30 -7:45 - Wrap up, network and leave!