Microsoft has consolidated its licensing terms for Power BI with its Fabric data platform, leaving some users facing steep price increases, according to an analyst.
What does Microsoft Fabric mean for Power BI?
In a statement earlier this month, Kim Manis, Microsoft's Fabric and Power BI product management director, announced changes to the license terms for the popular analytics and data visualization platform.
The changes are designed to consolidate licensing for Power BI — a suite of business analytics and visualization tools that has existed since 2015 — with Fabric, a broader data platform launched last year in which Power BI becomes a component.
Andrew Snodgrass, an analyst with Directions at Microsoft, has pointed out that while the changes "aren't all bad," there are a couple of changes that could give some Power BI users some nasty surprises.
