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Bursting and Smoothing in Microsoft Fabric

Nikola Ilic ramps up quickly:

Let’s try to break down these concepts and explain them as simple as possible:

Bursting lets you use more power than you purchased (within the specific timeframe)! Smoothing takes care that this power is “under control” within that same timeframe. Easy, right:)? I know, I know, so let’s break this further down…

Read on for some of the nuance behind this.