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6 years ago
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AAS vs PowerBI Premium

Has anyone done an evaluation between AAS and Power BI Premium?

Any references / suggestions / recommendations 

 

Regards,Srivdya

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  • v-xicai's avatar
    v-xicai
    Icon for Community Support rankCommunity Support
    6 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

     

    With a few exceptions, Power BI Premium provides a superset of the capabilities available in Azure Analysis Services. In time, these exceptions will be eliminated making Power BI Premium a clearly superior choice when considering capabilities alone.

     

    For references:

     

    https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-premium-and-azure-analysis-services/

    https://medium.com/@pandey.pushpesh/power-bi-premium-or-azure-analysis-services-f928535b7c7f

    https://lytix.be/azure-analysis-services-vs-power-bi-premium/

    https://ssbipolar.com/2018/12/09/choosing-between-power-bi-premium-and-azure-analysis-services/

     

    Best Regards,

    Amy

     

    Community Support Team _ Amy

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    • nickyvv's avatar
      nickyvv
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      6 years ago

      I would say: it depends.. 🙂

      But I do know Anonymous has an excellent post and guide about this:

      In March 2019 I published a guide to help you select between Azure Analysis Services and Power BI Premium, and because of  new and improved features, it’s now time for an update to the guide. One of the important decision drivers in this guide have changed…

      His whole blog can be found here.

       

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  • Zoe333's avatar
    Zoe333
    New Member
    6 years ago

    Power BI is probably the better option.

    Here's why.

    Power BI Premium provides dedicated and enhanced resources to run the Power BI service for your organization. For example:

    • Greater scale and performance
    • Flexibility to license by capacity
    • Unify self-service and enterprise BI
    • Extend on-premises BI with Power BI Report Server
    • Support for data residency by region (Multi-Geo)
    • Share data with anyone without purchasing a per-user license

    You should add Tableau to the mix. I'd still prefer Power BI over Tableau though.

    • GilbertQ's avatar
      GilbertQ
      Icon for Super User rankSuper User
      6 years ago
      Hi there

      It does depend if you are looking at all the Power BI Premium features.

      Or if you are looking for a larger dataset size for your model.
  • mitsu's avatar
    mitsu
    Icon for Resolver IV rankResolver IV
    6 years ago

    If you have the Budget to go for Power BI premium definately go for PBI Premium .  If the sizing of the model and dataset is the on the only issue you are trying to solve than AAS might be a better option  .   

     

    As per microsoft "

    Power BI Premium is the focus for enterprise BI and the primary target for future investments. In time, Power BI Premium will provide a superset of the capabilities when compared to Azure Analysis Services.

    The clear future direction is Power BI Premium

    "

    This blog should help . 

     

    https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-premium-and-azure-analysis-services/

     

     

    Regards,

    Mitsu