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Power BI Server licensing question
if i have a SQL Enterprise license with Software assurance and i am not using the cloud premium functionality, only Power BI server on prem, do i still need the pro licenses for authors of reports i...
You shouldn't because you never touch the Power BI cloud infrastructure. PBI Desktop is free forever so any user can download. Keep in mind you would need to download the PBI Desktop for Report Server, which can be downloaded here: PBI Report Server.
Also, you can only build dashboards on top of live connections to SSAS cubes, which I'm assuming you either have and/or have the ability to create.