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Helper IIPowerBI embedded - sharing
My testing shows that free users can consume content from a workspace backed up by A SKUtrue, from PBI perspective that workspace is a premium workspace therefore free users can come in.
MS documentation suggests that both content creators and consumers must have PRO license?I would say true again AFAIK. accessing power bi portal works for free users but it's not covered by free license.
Super UserHey wojciech ,
You can embed with either an A or a P sku. Either one works for embedding. The big difference is that the A sku is scaleable - perhaps that is what you are encountering - that users are using it and all appears well. BUT, more users hitting that embedded product might be driving up the usage, and therefore the cost, of the A sku?
Normally, I would advise that you use the P sku since it is an established monthly cost and you won't have a sudden shocking increase one day/week/month.
In thinking through a number of different scenarios in my mind I guess it it theoretical that if you have somebody closing monitoring the A sku and pausing it now and then that might be a cheaper license but you do have to pay to have somebody babysitting it all the time.
Helper IIHi collinq ,
This is very useful, thank you.
Can I just clarify the point on A SKU scalability?
If I buy A1 SKU which costs in UK £0.785/h and then run it 24/7 for the whole month, I should end up roughly with a bill of £573. Even if the A1 capacity is overutilized I should not face to pay more than £573, but PBI performance would get throttled instead. Is my thinking correct?
Thanks for your continuous support, much appreciated.
Wojciech