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skoritala
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8 years ago
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Power BI Report Server Licensing

HI,         We have SQL Enterprise Edition + Software Assurance. We installed the Power BI Report Server on our internal production server.   Question 1)       But, we need to install the Power ...
Power BI Report Server licensing
  • v-yulgu-msft's avatar
    v-yulgu-msft
    8 years ago

    Hi skoritala,

     

    Question 1

    Yes.

     

    Question 2

    In 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.

     

    Regards,
    Yuliana Gu

skoritala's avatar
skoritala
Frequent Visitor
8 years ago

Hello,

 

Re: Question 1

 

      Does that mean I use the same license key for Prod, QA and Dev?

 

Re: Question 2

 

      What is Power BI Free License.

  • v-yulgu-msft's avatar
    v-yulgu-msft
    Microsoft Employee
    8 years ago

    Hi skoritala,

     

    Question 1

    Yes.

     

    Question 2

    In 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.

     

    Regards,
    Yuliana Gu

  • v-yulgu-msft's avatar
    v-yulgu-msft
    Microsoft Employee
    8 years ago

    Hi skoritala,

     

    Sorry, I made some mistake in my original post. I have updated my reply, please have a look at it.

     

    Regards,
    Yuliana Gu

  • dexterz's avatar
    dexterz
    Helper II
    8 years ago

    QA,Test you can use sql server evaluation.

    • skoritala's avatar
      skoritala
      Frequent Visitor
      8 years ago

      Thank you for the input.