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Helper IIPower BI Report Server Licensing - Can we get a documented answer?
Hello,
I did contact our Microsoft account team and the response you provided is incorrect. Here is their official response:
PBI RS use rights come with either Power BI Premium Capacity or SQL Server Enterprise Edition with SA. Since you are using the Product Key from your SQL Server Enterprise Edition with SA to activate PBI RS, that instance of PBI RS would need to reside on the same machine/VM as your SQL Server Enterprise Edition with SA. If you decide to move the PBI RS instance to another server, and that server does not have SQL Server Enterprise Edition licenses (in this case you have a SQL Server Standard Edition installed/licensed on Server B and Standard Edition does not have use rights for PBI RS), then as far as I am aware you would need to acquire licenses for the cores on Server B which will now host PBI RS either with SQL Server Enterprise licenses with SA or with Power BI Premium Capacity licenses. Using the same Product Key from Server A on Server B would only work if you were to transfer the licenses from Server A to B by removing all components of SQL Server Enterprise Edition from Server A (PBI RS, RDMS, SSAS, etc.), and then transferring those core licenses to the cores on Server B.
So, bottom line is, you cannot install PBIRS on any server other than the one where the SQL Enterprise SA license is installed. This will have a major impact on our planning, as we will be essentially wasting a very expensive Enterprise licence for the sole purpose of running a report server.
Helper IIHello,
I did contact our Microsoft account team and the response you provided is incorrect. Here is their official response:
PBI RS use rights come with either Power BI Premium Capacity or SQL Server Enterprise Edition with SA. Since you are using the Product Key from your SQL Server Enterprise Edition with SA to activate PBI RS, that instance of PBI RS would need to reside on the same machine/VM as your SQL Server Enterprise Edition with SA. If you decide to move the PBI RS instance to another server, and that server does not have SQL Server Enterprise Edition licenses (in this case you have a SQL Server Standard Edition installed/licensed on Server B and Standard Edition does not have use rights for PBI RS), then as far as I am aware you would need to acquire licenses for the cores on Server B which will now host PBI RS either with SQL Server Enterprise licenses with SA or with Power BI Premium Capacity licenses. Using the same Product Key from Server A on Server B would only work if you were to transfer the licenses from Server A to B by removing all components of SQL Server Enterprise Edition from Server A (PBI RS, RDMS, SSAS, etc.), and then transferring those core licenses to the cores on Server B.
So, bottom line is, you cannot install PBIRS on any server other than the one where the SQL Enterprise SA license is installed. This will have a major impact on our planning, as we will be essentially wasting a very expensive Enterprise licence for the sole purpose of running a report server.
Resolver IIYou are right, you are bound to your EE with SA-license!
Use of Power BI Report Server – SQL Server Enterprise Edition
Customer may run Power BI Report Server software on the Licensed Server, on any allowed Fail-over OSE in accordance with those same limits, or in Azure. Customer may run the software on a maximum numbers of cores equal to the number of SQL Server Enterprise Edition Core Licenses with active SA assigned to the Licensed Server, subject to a minimum of four core licenses per OSE. Alternatively, if the software is run in Azure, Customer must allocate one SQL Server Enterprise Edition Core License with active SA per virtual core, subject to a minimum of four core licenses per OSE. Use is additionally subject to the applicable terms of Customer’s volume license agreement. A Power BI Pro User SL is required to publish shared Power BI reports using the Power BI Report Server. This right expires upon expiration of Customer’s SA coverage.