Fabric Licensing: Do I need F64 and PPU licenses?

[Johann17]

Hi All

My company have Fabric F128 capacity license, and all users have M365 E5 with Power BI Pro. We want to try all of the Fabric functionality and premium features.

Question is - Do we still need to get Power BI Premium Per User PPU licenses for anyone?

like - are there any Power BI  Fabric functionality or users actions, that need Premium Per User (PPU) licenses? Not already licensed in F128.

We consult multiple sites, and the answers having different interpretation each time.

Thank for your advice.

[v-saisrao-msft]

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[andrewsommer]

No, the pro licenses you get from your E5 are all you need.  E5/A5 tenant combined with a Fabric Capacity F64 or larger opens up almost everything you are going to need. 

[v-saisrao-msft]

Hi @Johann17,

Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Fabric Community Forum.

As your company holds an F128 Fabric capacity license along with Microsoft 365 E5 with Power BI Pro for all users, a Power BI Premium Per User (PPU) license is not required. The F128 capacity includes all Power BI Premium and Fabric features, providing full access to users within the Fabric-backed workspaces. A PPU license is only needed for users working in personal PPU workspaces outside of the Fabric capacity, which is not applicable in this case.

For further details, please refer to the official Microsoft documentation:

Power BI Premium Per User - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Microsoft Fabric concepts - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

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[NandanHegde]

Based on my understanding,as long you have Pro license and a fabric capacity,you should be able to achieve everything within Fabric.