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powerbi Pro Vs Premium

Hi    I moved new project where we need get the licenses for power BI for which i am very much new in accessing it . But we have like 2 users who create the reports and shares to users where we can...
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    v-piga-msft
    7 years ago

    Hi Anonymous,

     

    Based on your information, it seems that you have a little confused about Power Pro license and Power BI Premium license.

     

    Actually, the Pro license is user license and Premiun is the capacity license. With Power BI Pro, users are licensed individually and participate fully in the use of Power BI – both the creation of content and the consumption. With Power BI Premium, you are licensing capacity for your content rather than licensing all users of that content. 

     

    There are 2 scenarios for Sharing in Power BI Service.

     

    1. With Power BI premium:

     

    If you have power BI premium and your contents in Premium capacity, authors of content still need a Power BI Pro license, even if your organization uses Power BI Premium. Ensure you purchase at least one Power BI Pro license for your organization. But the consumers don't need Pro licenses.

     

    2. Without Power BI premium: Both of the authors of contents and the consumers should have Pro license. 

     

    If you want to purchase Power BI Premium, you could follow this document. By the way, you could use this calculator to choose the better Power BI license based on your requirement.

     

    Moreover, you could have a good look at this blog which introduce Power BI pro license and Premium license in details.

     

    Best  Regards,

    Cherry

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7 years ago

Hi Anonymous,

 

Based on your information, it seems that you have a little confused about Power Pro license and Power BI Premium license.

 

Actually, the Pro license is user license and Premiun is the capacity license. With Power BI Pro, users are licensed individually and participate fully in the use of Power BI – both the creation of content and the consumption. With Power BI Premium, you are licensing capacity for your content rather than licensing all users of that content. 

 

There are 2 scenarios for Sharing in Power BI Service.

 

1. With Power BI premium:

 

If you have power BI premium and your contents in Premium capacity, authors of content still need a Power BI Pro license, even if your organization uses Power BI Premium. Ensure you purchase at least one Power BI Pro license for your organization. But the consumers don't need Pro licenses.

 

2. Without Power BI premium: Both of the authors of contents and the consumers should have Pro license. 

 

If you want to purchase Power BI Premium, you could follow this document. By the way, you could use this calculator to choose the better Power BI license based on your requirement.

 

Moreover, you could have a good look at this blog which introduce Power BI pro license and Premium license in details.

 

Best  Regards,

Cherry