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Strizzolo
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CPU Power BI Pro/Premium Per User

Hi,

Microsoft documentation provides guidance on assigned v-Cores for Embedded and Premium licenses.

Is there information on assigned v-Cores for workspaces on shared capacity and workspaces on Premium Per User capacity?

 

Thank you in advance.

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Anonymous
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Hi @Strizzolo 

You may refer to Power BI Premium white paper for more details about shared capacity.

For reference: How much does Power BI Premium cost? How many SKUs will you make available?

 

Details:

Since all the users of Power BI are sharing the same set of machines (also referred to as the “shared capacity”), controls are in place to make sure that a few users cannot monopolize all the shared capacity in the cluster and disrupt the quality of service for others. Many of the published restrictions of Power BI, like the 1GB model size or the
limitation on the number of refreshes per day, are driven by the need to secure excellent quality of service for everyone. Enter Power BI Premium—with dedicated capacity we are offering the opportunity to move away from shared capacity and instead secure your own set of hardware resources to be used exclusively by you and your users.

 

You may refer to this offical blog for more details about PPU. PPU against Power BI artifact with size limits that are equivalent to that of a P3.

For reference: Power BI Premium Per User

Details:

Premium Per User is the lowest entry-point for Power BI Premium features. As such, it is built upon the Premium platform which has built-in mechanisms assuring PPU users can leverage the platform’s ability to scale. Premium Per user is designed to support enterprise workloads, against Power BI artifact with size limits that are equivalent to that of a P3 (for datasets, this is a 100Gb limit as documented in this summary table).

 

In addition, Premium Per User has the benefits available with Premium Gen2, but on an individual user basis.

 

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

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Anonymous
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Hi @Strizzolo 

You may refer to Power BI Premium white paper for more details about shared capacity.

For reference: How much does Power BI Premium cost? How many SKUs will you make available?

 

Details:

Since all the users of Power BI are sharing the same set of machines (also referred to as the “shared capacity”), controls are in place to make sure that a few users cannot monopolize all the shared capacity in the cluster and disrupt the quality of service for others. Many of the published restrictions of Power BI, like the 1GB model size or the
limitation on the number of refreshes per day, are driven by the need to secure excellent quality of service for everyone. Enter Power BI Premium—with dedicated capacity we are offering the opportunity to move away from shared capacity and instead secure your own set of hardware resources to be used exclusively by you and your users.

 

You may refer to this offical blog for more details about PPU. PPU against Power BI artifact with size limits that are equivalent to that of a P3.

For reference: Power BI Premium Per User

Details:

Premium Per User is the lowest entry-point for Power BI Premium features. As such, it is built upon the Premium platform which has built-in mechanisms assuring PPU users can leverage the platform’s ability to scale. Premium Per user is designed to support enterprise workloads, against Power BI artifact with size limits that are equivalent to that of a P3 (for datasets, this is a 100Gb limit as documented in this summary table).

 

In addition, Premium Per User has the benefits available with Premium Gen2, but on an individual user basis.

 

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

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