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Power BI to Microsoft Fabric Migration Services

Modernize analytics and realize greater ROI with our secure and structured migration services.

Fabric Advantage #1:

SQL & Unstructured Data

With Data Flow Gen2, Fabric natively unifies SQL and unstructured data handling, unlike Power BI which primarily supports structured sources.

Fabric Advantage #2:

Built-in Data Governance

Power BI lacks native governance, while Fabric integrates Purview for consistent data management and compliance.

Fabric Advantage #3:

Assistance with Copilot

Unlike Power BI, Fabric includes Copilot, offering AI-driven insights and automation to accelerate analytics and decision-making.

Power BI vs. Microsoft Fabric: From Insights to Intelligence

Choosing between Power BI and Microsoft Fabric depends on your analytics maturity, data strategy, and AI goals. While Power BI is purpose-built for interactive reporting and visualization, Microsoft Fabric unifies data engineering, data science, real-time analytics, governance, and AI into a single SaaS platform.

According to a Forrester Total Economic Impact™, organizations adopting Microsoft Fabric achieved a 379% ROI over three years. As a Microsoft Fabric Featured Partner, LevelShift enables low-risk migrations by modernizing the data layer into a governed Medallion Lakehouse on OneLake, allowing existing Power BI reports to be repointed rather than rebuilt.

Note: Microsoft retired Power BI Premium (P SKUs) in January 2025. Organizations using Premium capacities must migrate to Microsoft Fabric (F SKUs) at renewal.

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Key Power BI to Fabric Transition Challenges We Solve

Architecture & Feature Mapping

Mapping datasets, reports, dashboards, and Premium features to Fabric's lakehouse, warehouse, and dataflow architecture with full functionality preserved.

Data Governance & Security Alignment

Reconfiguring workspace permissions, row-level security, and compliance policies using Fabric's integrated Purview governance framework.

Dataset & ETL Compatibility

Migrating complex DAX measures, custom visuals, Power Query dataflows, and upstream ETL pipelines while ensuring data integrity and performance.

Performance & Capacity Planning

Optimizing Fabric compute, storage, and query performance for large datasets and enterprise workloads.

User Adoption & Change Management

Training teams, maintaining dashboard continuity, and redesigning workspaces to minimize disruption during migration.

Our Power BI to Fabric Migration Services

Consulting

  • Assess existing reports, datasets, and dependencies
  • Design target Fabric architecture and dataflows
  • Develop a phased migration roadmap
  • Plan governance and compliance with Purview
  • Benchmark performance for large datasets
  • Identify AI & Copilot opportunities
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Implementation

  • Migrate datasets and transform Power Query/DAX logic
  • Convert dashboards and reports for Fabric compatibility
  • Configure workspaces, roles, and security
  • Deploy migration accelerators (Masking Job Orchestrator, Data Flow Automation)
  • Perform testing, validation, and reconciliation
  • Integrate Fabric with SQL and unstructured data sources

Support

  • Monitor pipelines, datasets, and performance post-migration
  • Enable Copilot adoption and train users
  • Conduct governance and compliance audits
  • Optimize queries and dashboards
  • Provide user support and adoption workshops
  • Recommend continuous enhancements leveraging Fabric features
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6-8 week Migration Roadmap

Our 6-8 week Migration Roadmap

Looking for specialized support on Power BI Premium to Microsoft Fabric Migration?

As Power BI Premium (P SKUs) retires, our experts ensure a smooth and secure migration to Microsoft Fabric in just 6-8 weeks, enabling you to harness data, governance, and AI efficiently.

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Customer Impact

Modernizing Power BI for AI-Driven Analytics

A leading U.S. fuel and convenience retailer modernized its Power BI environment by migrating to Microsoft Fabric. By implementing a governed Medallion Lakehouse on OneLake and integrating PDI FP data, the organization unified store, product, and customer data into a trusted analytics foundation. Existing Power BI reports were repointed instead of rebuilt, accelerating time to value while enabling AI-ready analytics.

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60% Faster Access to Insights

Accelerated reporting with near real-time visibility into promotions, sales, and item performance.

40% Reduction in Manual Effort

Unified disparate data sources into a governed platform, eliminating manual consolidation and data silos.

30% Improvement in Data Reliability

Improved data accuracy and consistency through a centralized, governed foundation built for enterprise analytics and AI.

Why LevelShift

  • Microsoft Specialized Partner for Analytics, Data Warehouse Migration, and Low-Code Solutions
  • Library of 100+ prebuilt industry dashboards across PMO, hospitality, finance, retail, healthcare, insurance, and manufacturing
  • Accelerators for SSRS-to-Power BI migration, SSIS metadata migration, and Tableau-to-Power BI metadata conversion
  • Copilot enablement built on governed semantic models for accurate, natural language insights
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FAQs

Microsoft Fabric is a unified analytics platform covering data integration, engineering, warehousing, data science, real-time analytics, and business intelligence. Power BI is the business intelligence workload within Fabric, providing dashboards, reports, and data visualizations. Using Fabric allows all roles—data engineers, analysts, and business users, to collaborate while leveraging Power BI for insights.
No. Power BI remains the BI experience within Fabric. Fabric adds additional analytics capabilities and deeper integration but does not remove Power BI. Migration to Fabric enables you to access enhanced features, governance, AI capabilities, and enterprise-scale analytics.
Transition from Power BI Premium to Microsoft Fabric allows you to consolidate datasets in OneLake, leverage Direct Lake Mode, and integrate with new Fabric features like Dataflow Gen2 and Copilot AI. While many reports work with little change, migrating ensures you benefit from improved performance, governance, and advanced analytics capabilities.
Fabric is licensed at the organization level and requires a Fabric capacity license. Power BI Pro licenses are still needed for report creation and consumption. Migration to Fabric enables access to unified data management, AI-driven insights, and enhanced compliance features like Microsoft Purview.
  • Centralized analytics storage with OneLake for all organizational data
  • Faster queries via Direct Lake Mode without duplicating datasets
  • Improved dataflows with Dataflow Gen2 for ETL automation and accessibility
  • AI-assisted insights and report generation through Copilot
  • Strong governance and compliance via Purview and our Data Compliance Services

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Moving to Microsoft Fabric is more than a compliance requirement — it's a path to modern, AI-ready analytics and governed decision intelligence.

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