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CoPilot for Power BI
The CoPilot Icon provided on Power BI, does not work. When I click the icon I get a message as "Something went wrong. Close and reopen the Copilot pane and try again". I did some study; it appears that for it to work, I need Azure subscription; through that I need to enable CoPilot in Microsoft Fabric. Microsoft Fabric with CoPilot needs a separate subscription, costing $8,000 per month. This sounds crazy to me. Why on earth Microsoft provide the CoPilot icon on PowerBI that does not work..!!? Can anyone has any better understanding on, how to integrate CoPilot on PowerBI, without this costly route? Alternately, can anyone help me to integrate any other AI Tool on PowerBI?
No, the issue is NOT resolved. But, yes I understood your clarification, stating that Microsoft has simply provided the PowerBI Icon; which does NOT work; but works only when you buy a subscription of "Power BI Premium (P1 and above) or Fabric capacity (F64 and above)". Thank you for your patience, in explaining this to me. I guess, both of us could have saved some time for ourselves, if Microsoft had not provided the Icon (that does not work) in the fisrt place.
Regards
WILFRED
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Copilot requires a premium capacity. This used to just be F64 and greater but as of yesterday it was announced that it can be used on all F sku
Deku, I Appreciate your suggestion. The solution has become less expensive, from $8000 per month to $262 per month :-). Unfortunately, still expensive for me...! But, it still does not answer my primary question of - why would Microsoft provide a CoPilot Icon on PowerBI, that does not work..!! or for that matter, works only when you pay extra..!!
Do you have any suggestion of integrating any other basic AI tool on PowerBI? Appreciate your help
You're not the only one frustrated by this. A lot of teams don't actually need all of Fabric Copilot, they mainly want users to ask questions inside a report without moving to another tool or paying for a heavyweight rollout. We built PowerMind for exactly that gap: a customizable AI assistant inside Power BI that can be tailored to your semantic model and existing dashboard context, so you can give business users a chat experience without requiring Copilot for everyone. If it helps, I can share a quick demo and the architecture we used.
Hi WilfredFernande
Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft fabric community forum. Thank you Deku, for your inputs on this issue.After reviewing the details you provided, I have identified few workarounds that may help resolve the issue. Please follow these steps:
Copilot necessitates access to a Premium Power BI capacity (P1 and above) or a paid Fabric capacity (F64 and above).Your organization's tenant administrator must enable Copilot for the tenant. If this setting isn't visible to the admin, it may indicate that the feature hasn't rolled out to your tenant yet.
Solved: PowerBI Copilot - access - what licenses - Microsoft Fabric CommunityKindly refer to the below link for better understanding:
Enable Fabric Copilot for Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
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Thank you for reaching out to help. Our IT has done, what has been suggested by you. But, it still turns out that I need to spend $8,000 per month on Microsoft Fabric with CoPilot subscription, to make this work...!! My primary question was NOT about - how to enable CoPilot on PowerBI by making premium subscription payment; but rather it was about how to use the CoPilot option which is already provided on PowerBI? Even if that means using CoPilot with its basic features, I am okay..!!
Hi WilfredFernande,
I appreciate your patience and understand your concerns about the CoPilot feature in Power BI. To clarify, CoPilot in Power BI currently requires:- Power BI Premium (P1 and above) or Fabric capacity (F64 and above)
- Tenant admin enabling CoPilot for your organization
At this moment, Microsoft does not provide a free or Pro-tier version of CoPilot for Power BI. This is why, even though the icon appears, the feature requires an eligible subscription to function.
Microsoft may expand it in the future, but currently, a full experience requires a high-cost subscription. If you're looking for AI insights without Fabric, explore Power Automate AI Builder, Azure OpenAI APIs, or Python-based AI integrations.
If you don’t see CoPilot in your Power BI workspace, it may be restricted at the tenant level by your organization’s IT team. You might need to ask them to enable it at the basic level, even without a full Microsoft Fabric subscription.Kindly refer to the below document links for more information:
Fabric region availability - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn
Overview of Copilot for Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
If this post helps, then please give us ‘Kudos’ and consider Accept it as a solution to help the other members find it more quickly.Thank you for using Microsoft Community Forum.
