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raghavnetenrich
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2 years ago
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Cannot see Copilot In Power BI Pro Service page

I really dont know how to enable Copilot Option is Services currently we are Power BI Pro liecense provided with 0365.   Can anyone tell me the reason or help me with this.   Regards, Raghav
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    raghavnetenrich
    2 years ago

    Copilot currently is only supported for Premium Capacities or F64. Unfortunately no workaround to enable this on PPU.

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DaveLaff73
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2 years ago

TL;DR - You don't have Copilot in the service if you have Power BI Premium Per User. Only with Power BI Premium Capacity.

 

Don't know if you had this resolved. But for anyone that comes across this still needing the answer, I have the same issue with this.

 

After a lot of research, I finally figured out the answer. It's not clear due to the fact that "Power BI Premium" and "Power BI Premium Per User" are two different types of licenses. It has to do with "capacity" and whether it's dedicated or shared. I wish they would make it not so confusing.

 

Copilot is not available in the service environment unless you have a "Power BI Premium" license. Having a "Power BI Premium Per User" license isn't the same. 

 

Here's how it works:

  1. Power BI Premium Capacity: Copilot functionalities in Power BI are generally available in workspaces that are assigned to Premium capacities (EM or P SKUs). This is because Copilot, like many AI-driven features, requires substantial computational resources and is integrated more deeply into the organizational level features offered by Power BI Premium.

  2. Premium Per User (PPU): If you are on a PPU license, you will not have access to Copilot if your workspace is not backed by a Premium capacity. PPU licenses offer many Premium features on a per-user basis, but they don't provide the same level of capacity or the full set of functionalities that a full Premium capacity offers.

    I had a good conversation with ChatGPT about it. If you would like to see the discussion, click here: https://chat.openai.com/share/1192e70e-d991-4995-951d-6d2ebce151de.

The short answer is that it's not available for little businesses . . . yet. Today they rolled out general availability for Copilot for Microsoft 365 Business Standard, and I thought it would carry over into the Power BI service too. But it doesn't. It gives me hope that they will let the little people use Copilot in the Power BI service soon.