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MoeCodez
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8 years ago
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Power BI Report Server Licensing with Windows Datacenter

Hello,

 

It was recently mentioned to me that in addition to getting Power BI on prem via a Premium subscription or SQL Enterprise + SA it was also included if you have Windows Server Datacenter licences with SA.  Can anyone confirm/deny this?

 

Moe

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  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
    8 years ago

    I would be highly skeptical of anyone that told you that. Windows Datacenter is a way to license Windows servers in a highly virtualized environment and has nothing to do with SQL Server licensing. Power BI Report Server is part of SQL Server.

     

    On the surface, the statement makes no sense and I have only ever seen 2 ways of licensing Power BI Report Server mentioned on any and all Microsoft literature. 

     

    Not saying it isn't the case, but I have never seen anything in writing that says you can license Power BI Report Server that way and, as I stated above, it doesn't logically make sense.

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  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
    Community Champion
    8 years ago

    I would be highly skeptical of anyone that told you that. Windows Datacenter is a way to license Windows servers in a highly virtualized environment and has nothing to do with SQL Server licensing. Power BI Report Server is part of SQL Server.

     

    On the surface, the statement makes no sense and I have only ever seen 2 ways of licensing Power BI Report Server mentioned on any and all Microsoft literature. 

     

    Not saying it isn't the case, but I have never seen anything in writing that says you can license Power BI Report Server that way and, as I stated above, it doesn't logically make sense.