22-25 April 2026

The Power of F2: What You Can (and Can’t) Do with Microsoft Fabric’s Smallest Capacity

Short 20 minute session for SQLBits 2026Wednesday - 22 Apr 2026 - 10:40 - 11:00 Living Lounge

TL; DR

F2 is Microsoft Fabric’s smallest capacity—but is it only for testing? This session explores real-world F2 use cases, limitations, performance, costs, and when it makes sense for production, with comparisons to other Azure data tools.

Session Details

F2 is the smallest capacity available in Microsoft Fabric—but how far can you really take it? Is it just good for testing and learning, or can it handle real workloads? What are the limitations, and where does it actually shine?

In this session, we’ll take a practical look at what F2 can offer, based on real-life projects. We'll cover:
- What kinds of solutions you can realistically build on F2
- What to watch out for during development and solutions deployed into production (performance, quotas, etc.)
- Whether F2 is viable for production use
- How Fabric compares with other Azure tools like ADF, Data Lake, and SQL
- Pricing and cost considerations based on hands-on experience

This session is for anyone curious about Fabric’s capabilities at the entry-level and whether it’s worth investing time and effort into building with it today.

3 things you'll get out of this session

1) Understand the capabilities of F2 capacity
2) Understand the limits of F2 capacity
3) Compare it to other Azure data services