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PowerBI Report Server Costs
There is a minimum version for running Power BI Report Server but my understanding is that as long as you own a version of EE that has SA that you can run Power BI Report Server. As for the same box or a different box, I don't have the answer to that question. I could argue it both ways but someone from Microsoft is going to have to chime in here.
Great points...thanks for the knowlege...Anyone from Microsoft willing to respond? (Bueller? Bueller?)
- chrisfin7 years ago
Power BI Team
You need to have available cores with your SQL agreement available, but if you do, then you can install it on a machine or machine(s) with those number of cores. So it isnt free - your company needs an active agreement in place and the number of cores available. Microsoft usually goes through each year with Enterprise customers and does a “true-up” where it’ll count the cores in use. If you have more cores in use than in your agreement, your company pays the difference.
Chris