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Koen
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5 years ago

How to automatically allocate Power Premium Capacity costs based on usage to cost centers?

Background A client of mine has purchased multiple Power BI Premium SKUs to host their activities. A workspace gets created by an employee and requests Premium Capacity for it. A Power BI Admin adds...
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Koen
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5 years ago

That is not really what we are after. It has nothing to do with the size of the SKU, but with the usage per department. Where department --> workspace. So if a department requests a Power BI Premium workspace, the associated usage is billed to that department as well. Then they can make an informed choice whether to ask for Power BI Premium backed workspaces or go for individual Power BI Pro / PPU licenses.

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    v-janeyg-msft
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    5 years ago

    Hi, Koen 

     

    Automatic allocation is impossible. But you can actively allocate user and workspace in the capacity setting to use premium capacity.

     

    Best Regards

    Janey Guo

     

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