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Microsoft Fabric health check: capacity, costs and pipelines You pay for Fabric capacity every month. Is it used, and are reports current?

We review the state of your Microsoft Fabric (a health check) and tell you which loads leave your reports with stale data and what capacity is paid for without being used. We don't sell licenses.

You get the broken pipelines with the reports they affect and the capacity you can adjust. Scope and timeline are in writing before we start.

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Who it is for

  • The capacity bill keeps rising and nobody knows how much is used
  • Leadership decides on reports that come out of Fabric
  • Pipelines and notebooks are added every week, many written with AI

You don't need it if you are trying Fabric on a trial capacity and no report depends on it yet.

Stale data looks like good data

A report does not warn you that its source failed last night. When a pipeline (the load that moves the data) fails or brings yesterday's data, the report keeps showing a number, and the capacity bill arrives all the same, used or not. Data leaders surveyed by Salesforce in 2025 estimate that 26% of their organization's data is untrustworthy. It is the respondents' own estimate, and Salesforce sells a data platform.

26%

company data its data leaders do not trust

Salesforce, 2025 survey, 2026 report

What we review in your Microsoft Fabric: capacity, pipelines, data and access

  • Pipelines and loads that fail
  • Stale data in reports
  • Capacity usage and cost
  • Workspace access
  • Inactive users

The control points of these five reviews are not counted yet, so we publish no figure: the scope is agreed in writing for each case.

Technologies covered

  • Microsoft Fabric

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How it works

  1. Meeting and written scope

    In 30 minutes we look at what capacity you have and which reports depend on Fabric. Then you get the scope and timeline in writing.

  2. Read-only health check

    We look at and measure pipelines, capacity and access. We change nothing in your tenant unless you ask.

  3. Report and results meeting

    You get which pipelines fail and which reports they affect, and what capacity you can adjust. We go through it with your team.

What we need from you

  • A read-only user in your Microsoft Fabric
  • Someone who knows your pipelines and your reports
  • The reports leadership looks at, so we start with them

How we work

What you get

  1. Broken pipelines and the reports they affect
  2. Capacity you can adjust
  3. List of access nobody needs
  4. One-page executive summary for leadership

How a finding arrives

Priority: High

Pipeline that fails every night without warning

Where
Daily load of the sales warehouse
Evidence
The run history shows the error and the report still carries data from days ago
Impact
Leadership decides on stale numbers

An example of the report format, not a client's.

Is your Fabric worth what it costs?

In 30 minutes we look at your capacity, pipelines and access with you and tell you what to review first. We change nothing in your tenant.

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Expert review, automated tool or the AI itself

All three are useful, each for one thing. AI brings the volume and people bring the judgment: that is why our review uses an automated AI tool and senior developers supervise it.

See the full comparison

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Who reviews

The review is done by a team of senior developers, with many hours of development and of finding the mistakes AI makes when it codes. We know more than 1,200 review points. The automated AI tool goes through them, and people verify, direct and review.

Team of senior developers

José María Salido, founder of Sondeon, answers for it

  • AI brings the volume: it goes through the known review points
  • People bring the judgment: they verify every finding before it goes into the report
  • The result is explained in a meeting with your team
Who answers for it: José María Salido, on LinkedIn

Frequently asked questions

What is Microsoft Fabric?

It is Microsoft's data platform: it brings together storage, pipelines, notebooks and Power BI on a capacity you pay for. That is why a pipeline that fails there shows up in the reports, and unused capacity is money.

How much does Microsoft Fabric cost, and what does it depend on?

Microsoft publishes its rates, and they change over time. The cost depends mostly on capacity: a pay-as-you-go F capacity is billed by the second while it is on, used or not. What we measure is how much of yours is really used.

Does Microsoft Fabric replace Power BI?

It does not replace it. Power BI is one of the pieces of Fabric and is still where reports are viewed. That is why a pipeline that fails in Fabric shows up in a Power BI report, which has its own health check.

What do you need, and do you change anything in our Fabric capacity?

We need a read-only user and someone who knows your pipelines and your reports. We change nothing unless you ask: the health check looks and measures.

Do you offer Microsoft Fabric consulting, and who fixes what comes up?

We do an expert review with a closed scope: we measure your capacity, your pipelines and your access. The diagnosis comes first; the fix is separate and only if you ask: your team applies it, or we do if you ask us to.

What does a Microsoft Fabric audit review, and how often should you do one?

It reviews pipelines that fail, stale data, unused capacity and access. Ours is a health check, different from the activity log built into the product, and we recommend repeating it every three months. Every finding arrives with its evidence and its priority.

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Fill in the form and we email you to set a day and a time. It is 30 minutes to see what you have and what to review first.

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