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Advocate IDo Fabric F2 or F4 capacities include Power BI Embedded features?
Hi ablarrosa8,
Thank you for the follow-up question.
I’m glad the earlier clarification helped. You are correct in how you have broken it down Fabric F2 and F4 do support embedding, but the licensing model differs depending on whether it’s an external embed (App owns data) or an internal embed (User owns data).For external users consuming embedded reports, smaller capacities like F2/F4 can be sufficient since they do not require Pro/PPU licenses. What you’ll want to keep in mind here is more around capacity size and performance lighter workloads are fine on F2/F4, but larger or more complex reports may benefit from scaling up.
For internal users, Pro or PPU licensing is required on F2–F32. The ability for free internal viewers to access content without Pro/PPU licenses only becomes available starting at F64 (P1 equivalent).
Hope this clears things up. If you have any doubts regarding this, please feel free to ask here. We will be happy to help.Thank you for using the Microsoft Community Forum.
Advocate IHi v-kpoloju-msft v-kpoloju-msft
Thanks a lot for the clarifications, this makes sense now.
So just to confirm for future readers:
External embedding (App owns data): Even with a small Fabric capacity like F2 or F4, external users can access embedded reports without needing a Power BI Pro or PPU license.
Internal embedding (User owns data): With F2–F32, every internal viewer still needs a Pro or PPU license. The ability for internal Free users to consume reports without a license only starts at F64 (P1 equivalent).
Community SupportHi ablarrosa8,
Thank you for the follow-up question.
I’m glad the earlier clarification helped. You are correct in how you have broken it down Fabric F2 and F4 do support embedding, but the licensing model differs depending on whether it’s an external embed (App owns data) or an internal embed (User owns data).
For external users consuming embedded reports, smaller capacities like F2/F4 can be sufficient since they do not require Pro/PPU licenses. What you’ll want to keep in mind here is more around capacity size and performance lighter workloads are fine on F2/F4, but larger or more complex reports may benefit from scaling up.
For internal users, Pro or PPU licensing is required on F2–F32. The ability for free internal viewers to access content without Pro/PPU licenses only becomes available starting at F64 (P1 equivalent).
Hope this clears things up. If you have any doubts regarding this, please feel free to ask here. We will be happy to help.
Thank you for using the Microsoft Community Forum.