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Anonymous
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8 years ago

Power BI Premium - which SQL server edition for catalog ?

Hi all,   My organization recently bought Power BI premium. Now i'm installing the Reportserver and i am at the point of installing the reportserver catalog databases. I will use a dedicated sql se...
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v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
8 years ago

Hi Anonymous,

 

 Can I use SQL Server 2017 Express Edition or other free version for the Reportserver databases?

Yes. You can use SQL Server free version to host Power BI Report Server database.

 

I guess someone says "Enterprise edition is needed" might mean if you have purchased SQL Server Enterprise Edition + Software Assurance, then, you don't need to purchase Power BI Report Server product key separately.

 

Regards,

Yuliana Gu

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Anonymous
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6 years ago

Hi,

We have installed Power BI On-Premise evalution edition to build the infrastrcture and installed SQL Express for that.

 

After purchasing the licenses for Power BI Report Server (P1), we've recieved the following error.

 

 

 

 

Do we have to upgrade from SQL Express to a higher edition? If not, do I have to rebuild the database or reinstall?