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wojciech
Helper II
3 years ago
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PowerBI embedded - sharing

Hi everyone,   I have got a workspace backed up by A1 embedded capacity. I thought that reports from such a workspace can't be shared in the service but they need to be embedded into a web app. How...
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  • R1k91's avatar
    R1k91
    3 years ago
    My testing shows that free users can consume content from a workspace backed up by A SKU

     true, from PBI perspective that workspace is a premium workspace therefore free users can come in.

    MS documentation suggests that both content creators and consumers must have PRO license?

    I would say true again AFAIK. accessing power bi portal works for free users but it's not covered by free license.

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wojciech
Helper II
3 years ago

Hi  collinq ,

 

This is very useful, thank you.

 

Can I just clarify the point on A SKU scalability?

 

If I buy A1 SKU which costs in UK £0.785/h and then run it 24/7 for the whole month, I should end up roughly with a bill of £573. Even if the A1 capacity is overutilized I should not face to pay more than £573, but PBI performance would get throttled instead. Is my thinking correct?

 

Thanks for your continuous support, much appreciated.

 

Wojciech

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collinq
Super User
3 years ago

Hey wojciech ,

 

You are correct that you will have limited functionality if you just have an A sku.  And, an A1 SKU itself is limiting in that it is only 3 GB memory.  A P1 SKU is the equal to an A4 SKU.  So, you are limited not just in functionality but in power/speed.

 

I will assume that your hourly pricing is correct and then your monthly fee would be the 573 per month.  HOWEVER, you have to make absolutely sure that you have the scaling/capacity all turned off.  The A sku's are designed for auto-scaling and so as soon as it hits capcity, for so many seconds long, it upgrades to the next level and so on and so on.  So, the huge risk here is that your pricing model gets wiped out if you have a runaway process that takes over all the capacity.