Power BI Embedding EM licence EM1 and EM2

[belvoir99]

It says in the documentation that you can't buy this directly (and indeed only EM3 is available in the Office 365 Admin portal), and that you need 'volume licensing plans'. 

Does anyone know how I would go about this? We already have an A1 SKU but are looking to migrate this over to EM1 if possible.

[Greg_Deckler · Accepted solution]

@belvoir99 - You need to purchase EM1 and EM2 through volume licensing.

There are three EM SKUs, and while the largest, EM3, can be purchased through Office 365 monthly, the smaller 2 (EM1 and EM2) must be purchased through Volume Licensing. Volume licensing represents an annual commitment, and may be an incentive for ISVs to remain on the A SKU even if they are not pausing their service. EM SKUs cannot be paused – a month is the smallest available billing unit. Additionally, scaling on EM SKUs requires that you retain your monthly or annual commitment to the initial SKU purchased until the end of the contract term.

https://partner.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/licensing-agreements

[belvoir99]

Thanks @Greg_Deckler 

Those volume licensing agreements are complicated! Some fun times ahead, but thanks for the background and the link.