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Clarification on Power BI Licensing: Pro, PPU, PPC – and Workspace Licensing
Hi Anonymous ,
Yes - Earlier When we created a workspace, it was either assigned to Premium per capacity, or Premium Per user or Shared Worskspace (Free)
Now Power BI Premium Capacity is MS Fabric FSKU where we can create Fabric resources in Azure and attach to a Worksapce F-SKU (Fabric Capacity) starting from F2 to F2048.
Please check the below links for detail explaination.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtsWDrdFmB8
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/enterprise/licenses
FSKU 64 is equivalent to Premium Per Capacity
The youtube link provided above will give an idea of impact on workspace and report creation, sharing and deployment. Also please check the Microsoft license comparison link here for the same - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/products/power-bi/pricing#Compare-plans
If this post helps, please accept this as a solution. Appreciate your kudos.
Thanks,
Pallavi
Super UserHello Anonymous
License Types and Their Impact
|
Feature |
Power BI Pro |
Premium Per User (PPU) |
Premium Per Capacity (PPC) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Workspace Creation |
✅ Can create workspaces in shared capacity |
✅ Can create workspaces with PPU features |
✅ Can create workspaces in Premium capacity |
|
Access to Workspaces |
🔒 Only Pro users can access shared workspaces |
🔒 Only PPU users can access PPU workspaces |
✅ Free, Pro, and PPU users can access Premium workspaces |
|
Report Sharing |
🔒 Only with other Pro users |
🔒 Only with other PPU users |
✅ Can share with any user (including Free) |
|
Deployment Pipelines |
❌ Not available |
✅ Available |
✅ Available |
|
Paginated Reports / AI Features |
❌ Not available |
✅ Available |
✅ Available |
|
Data Refresh Limits |
8/day |
48/day |
48/day |
|
Max Model Size |
1 GB |
100 GB |
Up to 400 GB (depending on SKU) |
Source: Power BI service features by license type - Power BI | Microsoft Learn & Clarification on Power BI Licensing: Pro, PPU, PPC... - Microsoft Fabric Community
Regards,
Ritesh
Community Champion
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Hi Anonymous
Hi @dpatrick1
Just wanted to follow up on our earlier conversation around Power BI licensing and workspace setup.As previously noted by ribisht17 pallavi_r when setting up a workspace in Power BI, you have three main options to choose from:
- Premium per Capacity
- Premium per User
- Shared (Free)
With the recent updates, Power BI Premium Capacity is now deeply integrated with Microsoft Fabric. This means you can now provision Fabric resources via Azure and assign them to your workspaces using F-SKU capacities (ranging from F2 to F2048), giving you greater flexibility and scalability.
If you have any questions or need help navigating these options, feel free to reach out we are here to support!
If we don’t hear back, we may close this thread in line with our community guidelines, but you’re always welcome to post a new query anytime.
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