How to scale out Power BI Report Server?

[MWinter225]

Hi,

How can I scale out Power BI Report Server? I am running an instance on a VM and have added 8 cores to the instance but Report Server is still only running off one of the cores with no performance boost. What am I missing? Do I need to change something in the .config files? 

thanks,

Matt

[MWinter225 · Accepted solution]

It looks like its just an automatic process. PBIRS is set up to automically use all cores available. After some time we saw great improvements in performance change. 

[v-yulgu-msft]

Hi @MWinter225,

It's the same as SSRS, please see: Configure a Native Mode Report Server Scale-Out Deployment

Best regards,

Yuliana Gu

[Anonymous]

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Hi @v-yulgu-msft and @MWinter225,

Does the PBI RS licensing allow for the RS software to be installed on a separate server (VM or physical) from the SQL Server Enterprise installation?

I'm specifically thinking about the PBI RS licensing model via SQL Server Enterprise Software Assurance route.

Thanks

Rob

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[dataviznz]

I would think that if PBIRS is set up using the scale-out deployment in Report Server configuration, it allows for multiple SQL Servers to be added. Is this assumption correct?