License Questions

[powerbiexpert22]

• can it be possible to assign mix of pro and premium licenses , example i want to assign 10 premium per user (PPU) licenses to developers and 400 PRO licenses to end users?
• as per my understanding the model size limit of premium per user is 100 GB and Fabric F64 is 25 GB, is it correct?
• if i use Power BI with Azure Databricks ( with blob storage and medilian architecture) then can i use same F64 capacity for both Power BI and Azure Databricks or I need to buy separate license ( one for Azure Databricks and F64 for Power BI)? 

[MasonMA · Accepted solution]

1. You can assign PPU licenses to developers and Pro licenses to end users in the same tenant.

Referring to Power BI service features by license type - Power BI | Microsoft Learn , which explicitly describes three per‑user license types and explains that tenants can use them together. It also clarifies that PPU is a per‑user license and not a capacity.

2. On Fabric F64, each Power BI semantic model is limited to 25 GB, and this limit is per model, not per workspace. 

Solved: Size limit per Semantic model - Microsoft Fabric Community 

3. Yes, you do need to buy separate licenses, one for Azure Databricks and one Fabric F64 capacity for Power BI. They are not shared and are billed independently.  Publish to the Power BI service from Databricks | Databricks on AWS

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Thank you.

[v-echaithra]

Hi @powerbiexpert22 ,

Thank you @krishnakanth240 , @MasonMA  for your iinputs.

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[krishnakanth240 · Accepted solution]

Hi @powerbiexpert22 

Mixing Pro and Premium Per User (PPU) - Yes, for example 10 PPU licenses for developers and 400 Pro licenses for end users. So, content published in a PPU workspace can only be accessed by users who also have PPU. Pro users cannot view PPU content unless it is moved to a Premium/Fabric capacity workspace.

Model size limits - Correct, Fabric F64 capacity default model size limit ~25 GB per semantic model (can vary depending on settings and capacity).

Using Power BI with Azure Databricks - You cannot use the same F64 capacity for Azure Databricks compute. Fabric / Power BI capacity (F64) is used for Power BI, Fabric workloads (DWH, LWH). Azure Databricks - separate Azure service with its own pricing and compute.

[MasonMA · Accepted solution]

1. You can assign PPU licenses to developers and Pro licenses to end users in the same tenant.

Referring to Power BI service features by license type - Power BI | Microsoft Learn , which explicitly describes three per‑user license types and explains that tenants can use them together. It also clarifies that PPU is a per‑user license and not a capacity.

2. On Fabric F64, each Power BI semantic model is limited to 25 GB, and this limit is per model, not per workspace. 

Solved: Size limit per Semantic model - Microsoft Fabric Community 

3. Yes, you do need to buy separate licenses, one for Azure Databricks and one Fabric F64 capacity for Power BI. They are not shared and are billed independently.  Publish to the Power BI service from Databricks | Databricks on AWS