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9 years ago

Power BI Server is this a preview\beta product?

Hi   Is Power BI Report Server officialy released product or is this preview\beta only. Is there any one on this forum that is using this in their production environment?   Jaco
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9 years ago

The June/July release is an officially released product and we are indeed using it in production (pretty small scale at the moment but it's expanding rapidly)

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    riccardomuti
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    9 years ago

    As Anonymous said; the June 2017 release is the current generally-available (GA) release for production use, while the August 2017 Preview is a preview/beta of our work in progress toward our next GA release, targeting Q4 CY 2017.

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      9 years ago

      Thanks for the information. What is the product version of the current GA product? I have installed what I thought to be the GA version (14.0.600.301). But this version won't let me upload any report.

      I get this error "We can't open this Power BI report because it contains an unsupported data source connection or embedded data. This version of Power BI Report Server supports Power BI reports that connect live to SQL Server Analysis Services Or Azure Analasis services"

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        9 years ago

        That is indeed the June 2017 (GA) version. That version supports connections to Analysis Services only. Support for data imported from other data sources is a work in progress in our August 2017 Preview.

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      9 years ago

      Is it ok to use the August Preview in a production environment i.e. upgrade the PBI Server from June release to August release?

      We are ok with fact that it's a beta product and may fail or not work correctly but would like to use the latest version as it supports the new Matix visuals and other data sources. Still trying to build excitement around PBI within the company and show what it can do so these new features are crucial. 

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        9 years ago

        The Evaluation/Preview edition license prohibits use in a production environment, but feel free to try and show off the features now, and we're targeting Q4 CY 2017 to release a production-supported version.