Report Server functionalities and licenses

[maserraru]

Hi there,

I would have the following questions regarding Power BI Report Server:

1. Would a Power BI Premium license make sense with PBI RS? I mean, the insights for advance AI would be available for the user besides being in RS? Or does only Power BI Pro make sense in a PBI RS environment just to publish the reports on the server?

2. Regarding the following link (see column "Power BI Report Server") it says "No" to "R scripts and visual" and "Python scripts and visuals". Besides that, on the Power BI Desktop edition for RS, there are available both icons, whereas on the "Notes" column, it says "you can't save Power BI reports with Python scripts or visuals to Power BI Report Server". Does this mean that you can use it meanwhile you are in the Desktop but the functionality does not exist on the server?

3. I would be interested in machine learning/AI capabilities in PB RS. I would be grateful if anyone can provide any advice.

Thanks in advance and hope my questions make sense

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@maserraru wrote:

1. Would a Power BI Premium license make sense with PBI RS? I mean, the insights for advance AI would be available for the user besides being in RS? Or does only Power BI Pro make sense in a PBI RS environment just to publish the reports on the server?

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Assuming you are talking about the Premium Per User license - no - this makes no sense in an on-prem environment as all the features of this license are cloud related. But a Pro license is require for publishing.

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@maserraru wrote:

2. Regarding the following link (see column "Power BI Report Server") it says "No" to "R scripts and visual" and "Python scripts and visuals". Besides that, on the Power BI Desktop edition for RS, there are available both icons, whereas on the "Notes" column, it says "you can't save Power BI reports with Python scripts or visuals to Power BI Report Server". Does this mean that you can use it meanwhile you are in the Desktop but the functionality does not exist on the server?

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Yes, that is what it means.

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@maserraru wrote:

3. I would be interested in machine learning/AI capabilities in PB RS. I would be grateful if anyone can provide any advice.

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There are not really any ML/AI capabilities in Report Server, most of those in the Power BI cloud service make use of the functionality in Azure Machine Learning and that capability does not exist on-prem.