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DB123
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4 years ago
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SQL Server Licencing for Power BI Report Server

Hi,   We have Power BI Premium and are planning to deploy Power BI Report Server, which is free with the premium licence. The SQL DB required for the report server is free according to the documen...
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    lbendlin
    4 years ago

    Check your first link again. Report Server can run on any version. Does not require Enterprise. The SQL part is only used for meta data management.

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DB123
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4 years ago

lbendlin  - thanks very much for clarifying, would Enterprise be free to use in this scenario as its just going to house meta data? (though we'll use standard, just for my own knowledge).

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    lbendlin
    Super User
    4 years ago

    yes, as long as you are using it only for report server.