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powerbiexpert22
Impactful Individual
5 months ago
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Premium license on Azure Databricks

i need to use power bi on azure databricks, there are around 500 users which includes 10 developers and remining 490 end users. the semantic model size is expected to cross 1 GB limit  (even if i use...
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  • collinq's avatar
    collinq
    5 months ago

    Hi powerbiexpert22 ,

    I think that your summary and thoughts are pretty accurate.  The only one I disagree with is that number 3 - they don't sell POWER BI Premium capacity anymore.  They do sell Fabric Capacity though - and that is the equivilant to Power BI capacity.

     

    But, your other points are correct that with 500 users using a premium capacity is the way to go.  I am not positive that you have to have F64 though.  It is possible that you can have a lower size F sku.  You would need to take a look at the options that you really need rather than me just throwing a number at you.  And then, you just need the 10 individual licenses for the developers.

    There really isn't a better cost effective method that I can think of as the Premuim is the cost-effective solution once you get into that may users.

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cengizhanarslan
Super User
5 months ago

Microsoft has not completely removed Premium, but new purchases are now Fabric capacity (F-SKU) instead of the old P-SKU.

In practice:

  • P-SKU → legacy (existing customers keep it)

  • F-SKU (Fabric capacity) → current recommended model

 

In your case Fabric Capacity (F64) seems to be a perfect fit:

  • Semantic models can be much larger than 1 GB

  • Viewers do NOT need Pro licenses

  • Only developers need Pro licenses