Hi @Anonymous ,
Please see my comments in Red
@Anonymous wrote:
We are thinking of purchasing a dedicated capacity for embdedding our PowerBI reports into one of our applications. If we went down this route and then at a later stage we wanted to upgrade to PowerBI Premium, what would be the implications of such a switch?
No, there would be no such difficult in switching these. Because all the capacities are assigned to workspace level
Would we be able to turn off and stop paying for the embedded capacity and use the capacity in Premium?
You can use either Azure Capacity ASK (or) Premium Capacity (EMSKU/PSKU) . Not both parallelly,
Would this require any fundamental changes to our code, i.e REST calls to the API?
No change required from the code, the change is just at the workspace level
How does the pricing of the capacity in Premium compare to that in embedded? The embdedded is charged at peak renders per hour, but I do not see such a metric for Premium. Nor can I find out exactly how the dedicated capacity of Premium will be charged.
Power BI Embedded capacities are particularly attractive to ISVs because they provide the following features that are not matched by Power BI Premium capacities.
- You can automate provisioning Power BI Embedded capacities using PowerShell scripts and Azure templates.
- Power BI Embedded capacities do not require a monthly commitment; instead you pay by the hour
- You can pause and resume a Power BI Embedded capacity at any time to save money
- You can scale a Power BI Embedded capacity up or down in a matter of minutes
Power BI Premium is a tenant-level Office 365 subscription available in two SKU (Stock-Keeping Unit) families:
- EM SKUs (EM1-EM3) for embedding, requiring a yearly commitment, billed monthly. EM1 and EM2 SKUs are available only through volume licensing plans. You can't purchase them directly.
- P SKUs (P1-P3) for embedding and enterprise features, requiring a monthly or yearly commitment, billed monthly, and includes a license to install Power BI Report Server on-premises.
Read the article writted by Ted (below) which will give you enough understanding on choosing the capacity model
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/developing-power-bi-embedding-part-2-ted-pattison?articleId=6455055042079715328
Some Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-premium-what-is
Many thanks
