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Licensing Power BI Report Server is a joke
"I'm not suggesting that 16 cores doesn't feel like overkill. It does. But I suspect the core count an=d memory allocation is going to be somewhat higher than has traditionally been the case."
Even a full-on SSAS server would not need 16 cores for most cases. Point is, this is the minimum spec and it is already much higher than necessary for probably 80 to 90% of organisations. The only explanation I can see is that it is intended to compensate for inefficiencies inherent in the self-service model.
"I suspect MS are just resistive to the whole on prem concept and are keen to "push" businesses towards their cloud offering and the pricing strategy is part of that."
I think the SaaS approach is great and a cloud solution is exactly what I want but MS need a more flexible offering. At the moment, moving to Premium would be a jump of nearly twenty times our current spend. How on earth could I justify that?
Resolver II"I think the SaaS approach is great and a cloud solution is exactly what I want but MS need a more flexible offering."
Agreed, it's a large cost when you just want to try it out or use it for a small or new user pool.