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Does multi geo mean different regions only or does it support multiple geographies as well?
When we read about multi geo does it mean that our capacity region can be set to US east if we're in US west and not in EU? Or does it mean that we can set it in EU (different geography altogether) which is not the home geography of the tenant?
I've read about it in the multi geo documentation of power bi but I'm a bit confused when I read there that if your home region is US east then you can deploy capacity on US west. Hope I can also deploy it in EU as well?
7 Replies
- AnkitKukreja
Super User
Hi Pratik_
Afaik, there are limited availability zones available and you cannot assign capacity across the regions.
"For example, the United States is a geo, and West Central US and South Central US are regions in the United States. You might choose to deploy content to any of the following geographies (geos) defined in the Azure geography map " https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/explore/global-infrastructure/geographies/#geographies
So you can only deploy in the US if your home tenant is US and vice-versa.
Hello AnkitKukreja,
Thanks for your time. But if I'm not mistaken wasnt that the prime advantage of premium capacity? To be able to deploy in a region which isn't mandatorily our home region or as it's name suggests multiple geographies?
Our main purpose for this was that we have 2 DBs on premises- one in US data center and one in our EU data center. The thing was our tenant's home region is in US east. When we would be publishing the data from EU data centers we don't want it to go to our home region in US. We want our EU data to go to EU Azure region. Hence we looked for alternatives to Pro capacity. I believe PPU also wouldn't allow for multi geo so our best bet was to go with premium capacity. Therefore in our scenario will we be able to purchase premium capacity let's say P2 with 16 vcores and have 8 vcores' capacity node in EU and 8 vcores in US? Wouldn't that be the correct usage of "multi geo". Having capacity in 2 different geographies? Please correct me if I'm wrong and also suggest an alternative for us to keep EU data in EU azure region and US data in our home region which is in US.
Best regards,
Pratik
- Brunner_BI
Impactful Individual
I have been able to create a F capacity in a different region (US East) than my home tenant (Switzerland)
So this is possible AnkitKukreja , there are some considerations though:
Hi Pratik_
Did you manage to find an answer to your question? I'm investigating the issue of data residency as well but there doesn't seem to be a definitive answer. I need to know that if I create a Fabric capacity in a region different from the tenant's home region, will my Power BI data in workspaces on that capacity reside in the Fabric's capacity region or in the tenant's home region.
Thanks
