Multi-Geo settings. Do people then, have duplicate workspaces for different regions?

[mmace1]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/admin/service-admin-premium-multi-geo

For speeding up performance for users in other parts of the globe - I see one can assign each premium capacity a different region. 

But since each workspace gets one region - does that mean people end up with duplicated workspaces?  e.g. - a 'e. asia' version of a workspace, then an identical 's. europe' version? That seems messy, no? 

Can a dataset or report be 'duplicated' across workspaces in that case, or? 

[GilbertQ · Accepted solution]

Hi @mmace1 

If the multi-geo is just used for speed then yes you would have to duplicate the data.

If you are using multi-geo for compliance reasons then you would only have the data relevant to the region that it is in.

I have customers access data from around the world to a single region and the time delay is often so small that it is not worth the extra cost for having a report run 0.5-1second faster.

[Pepi]

@GilbertQ If I'm understanding this correctly, the semantic models and data for reports stored on a Premium/ Fabric capacity located in a region that is different from the tenant's home region should reside in the capacity's region, is that correct? I can't seem to find a definitive answer to this anywhere.

Thanks!

[GilbertQ]

Hi @Pepi 

Yes that is correct as long as you move the Premium/Fabric Capacity to the desired region

[mmace1]

Gotcha, thanks!

Kinda of a moot followpu but @GilbertQ Is there a good way to duplicate the data among workspaces?  Or just a 'publish this one dataset to all 3 workspaces, then refresh them all individually' situation? 

[GilbertQ]

Hi @mmace1 

You could use some automation to publish it to the 3 workspaces, or if it is a once off just publish the dataset 3 times to each workspace and then as you said refresh them via the scheduled refresh.