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Mixing shared and dedicated capacity? - User license question
Question 1:
Is it possible to publish datasets to both shared and premium dedicated capacity?
Question 2;
Do you always need a Power BI Pro license to consume reports on a shared capacity even if we have a Premium license?
Q1:
Yes, that is possible. You do have to do that manually however. Although there are also 3rd party tools that help you with that (like Power BI Helper for example).
Q2:
Unfortunately, yes. Premium is capacity based, a pro license is user based.
So for Premium you have bought yourself a capacity that you can manage and give users access withouth needing a pro license (that is, if you meet the requirements).
A very good summary from the MSFT-blog:
What is the difference between Power BI Pro and Power BI Premium?
With Power BI Pro, users are licensed individually and participate fully in the use of Power BI – both the creation of content and the consumption. All Pro users can connect to hundreds of data sources on-premises and in the cloud, create interactive reports and 360-degree dashboards, share that content with other Pro users, and consume content shared by others.
With Power BI Premium, you are licensing capacity for your content rather than licensing all users of that content. Content (datasets, dashboards, and reports) is stored in Premium and can then be viewed by as many users as you want, without additional per-user costs. These users can only view content, not create it. Viewing includes looking at dashboards and reports on the web, in our mobile apps, or embedded in your organization’s portals or apps. The creators of content in Premium still need their own Pro licenses.
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Q1:
Yes, that is possible. You do have to do that manually however. Although there are also 3rd party tools that help you with that (like Power BI Helper for example).
Q2:
Unfortunately, yes. Premium is capacity based, a pro license is user based.
So for Premium you have bought yourself a capacity that you can manage and give users access withouth needing a pro license (that is, if you meet the requirements).
A very good summary from the MSFT-blog:
What is the difference between Power BI Pro and Power BI Premium?
With Power BI Pro, users are licensed individually and participate fully in the use of Power BI – both the creation of content and the consumption. All Pro users can connect to hundreds of data sources on-premises and in the cloud, create interactive reports and 360-degree dashboards, share that content with other Pro users, and consume content shared by others.
With Power BI Premium, you are licensing capacity for your content rather than licensing all users of that content. Content (datasets, dashboards, and reports) is stored in Premium and can then be viewed by as many users as you want, without additional per-user costs. These users can only view content, not create it. Viewing includes looking at dashboards and reports on the web, in our mobile apps, or embedded in your organization’s portals or apps. The creators of content in Premium still need their own Pro licenses.
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