Microsoft announce that there’s a new member of the Fabric workload family – SQL databases. They consume the same Fabric Capacity Units as the other Fabric workloads, with storage and backups billed separately. However, you can use SQL database in Fabric for free until 1 January, 2025 when compute and data storage charges begin, with backup billing starting on 1 February, 2025.
Find the announcement with an overview of notable features here: https://bit.ly/3Z0iq7n.
Microsoft announce that from 27 January, 2025 any OneDrive user account that has been unlicensed for more than 93 days will be automatically archived, at which point the data will be only be viewable via admin tools. A OneDrive account becomes unlicensed when a licence is removed from a user or when a user is deleted.
Find more details in this useful Learn article: https://bit.ly/48pPY3a.
Microsoft announce that Power BI Premium capacity SKUs (the P-SKUs) will be retired in favour of Fabric capacity. New customers will not be able to purchase the P-SKUs after 1 July, 2024, but existing non-EA customers can renew their existing subscriptions until 1 January, 2025 and then (if required) purchase more capacity until the end of the subscription term, and EA customers can, of course, purchase/renew until the end of the EA term. There are no changes to either Power BI Pro or Power BI Premium Per User licensing.
Find the announcement here: https://bit.ly/3vLtBq4.