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Yves
Regular Visitor
9 years ago

On Premis Report Server Licence

Help, if we have SQL Server Enterprise with active Software Assurance (SA). Does this include use of on-prem Power BI Report Server without requiring a Power BI Premium subscription?   I explained ...
On Premis Report Server Licence
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Markzolotoy
Impactful Individual
8 years ago

 <Either way you license Power BI Report Server, “publisher” users who publish Power BI reports to the report server for others to <access need Power BI Pro licenses, whereas “reader” users who merely view reports don’t need any per-user licenses.

We develop and sell enterprise aplications to our customers. Some applications include SSRS reports. As a minimum, we require SSRS 2016 Express to run our reports. The users do not create any reports. If we go with Power BI Report server what a pricing model for us and our clients might be? Will they have to buy any license? For now we dont need a cloud service.

 

Thanks

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riccardomuti
Microsoft Employee
8 years ago

Even if the users don't create any reports, your customers would still need to license the report server itself (either via Power BI Premium or via SQL Server Enterprise + Software Assurance).

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    Markzolotoy
    Impactful Individual
    8 years ago

    I see, thanks.