Elastic Fabric Capacities: Metered Billing for Consumption-Based Compute

We want the option to choose metered billing in Microsoft Fabric Capacities. With this model, the billing will be based directly on the CU (s) consumed. If we consume fewer CU (s) in a month, we will pay less, and if we consume more CU (s) in another month, we will pay more. The price will be per CU (s). The compute (CU) will be elastic, so it will scale according to our consumption. This will provide maximum flexibility.

This is in contrast to the established model, which charges a fixed price per second, independently of how many CUs are actually used. The new model, which can live side-by-side with the existing model, will charge a price per CU (s), where the CU is allowed to scale elastically. A customer can choose to have a mix of Elastic Fabric Capacities and F SKUs (F2-F2048).

Throttling limits would be optional in the new Elastic Fabric Capacities model, empowering customers to decide whether to set an upper limit on resource usage.