getting the full copilot experience

[db042190]

Hi i'll try to be as succint as possible.

My peer believes that amongst other things, copilot can roll at least a rough draft of a report perhap based on natural language instructions alone.   But either way this question holds.

We will be changing our pbi licensing such that EVERYBODY gets pro.   Its our understanding that even for admins, copilot isnt available except maybe in preview.

The question is 1) can my peer's org get the full copilot experience by just using the desktop?   2) what is required license wise for folks to use copilot in more than just a preview sense and how does the desktop know if you are entitled (dev starts on the desktop)?

[Anonymous]

Hi @db042190 

Thanks for the reply from lbendlin.

Please allow me to make some additions:

Here's the link about how to use the Copilot in the desktop:

Use Copilot in Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

To use Copilot in Power BI Desktop, you need admin, member, or contributor access to at least a single workspace that is assigned to a paid Fabric capacity (F64 or higher) or Power BI Premium capacity (P1 or higher) that has Copilot enabled.

Overview of Copilot for Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Best Regards

Zhengdong Xu
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[db042190]

thx zhengdxu.   lets say they get all that and copilot rolls a report for them.  can they then publish the report into any old workspace since in theory copilot is then out of the picture in terms of authoring the report anymore?

[Anonymous]

Hi @db042190 

Absolutely! Once Copilot helps you draft the report, you can publish it into any workspace within your Power BI environment. Copilot assists in creating the initial content, but once the report is authored, you have the freedom to manage and share it as you would with any other Power BI report.

Use Copilot in Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Best Regards

Zhengdong Xu
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[db042190]

dumb question, can a person with pro be given access to a prem ws?  might a good strategy be to have one prem ws where such users can have permissions even if they are from different biz areas, for the sole purpose of getting the full copilot experience down on the desktop?   im assuming they could publish a report rolled by copilot and fine tuned by themselves to a non prem ws.  and the economics would make sense?

[lbendlin]

Yes, anyone inside a tenant can be given access to a Premium or Fabric workspace in that tenant. There are various roles availabe, the Viewer role doesn't even require a Pro license.  (more precisely certain read-only activities on a workspace do not require the user to have a Pro license)

Yes, you could have a "dumpster" workspace where everybody could run their CoPilot workloads.  Microsoft don't care as you pay for the CUs either way.

[db042190]

thx, what about the econmomics of a dumpster premium ws?   vs just giving those in need a prem license?  or maybe a prem license isnt sufficient anyway?  and canthey publish where they choose after copilot rolls the broad strokes for them?  and they add the fine strokes?

[lbendlin]

Be careful not to mash the two things - there are "Pro" licenses and "Premium/Fabric"  workspaces. They are separate cost centers.

So "give them a prem license"  is not a thing.

[lbendlin · Accepted solution]

1) they can get the Dsktop Copilot experience if they have access to a Premium workspace on which the CoPilot workloads can run

2)  see #1.  Plus, the tenant admin must have enabled the feature on their side accordingly.