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cosminioan
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4 years ago
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PowerBI licensing when connected to SSAS Tabular cubes

hi follks, I was wondering what are the licensing consideration as far as both PBI reports & report server, for an company that already has the  Enterprise Edition of SQL Server (2019), trying to con...
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    GilbertQ
    4 years ago

    Hi cosminioan 

     

    if you have SQL Server Enterprise with Software Assurance then yes you can install Power BI Report Server. If you DO NOT have Software Assurance then it is not included.

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cosminioan
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4 years ago

thank you, GilbertQ .  this resolves the development concern, which I agree with, however, from a PBI server licensing $ perspective, are there any considerations, when connecting live to tabular cubes, meaning, no PBI will not store any data -- 

thank you again --

 

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cosminioan
Regular Visitor
4 years ago

hi GilbertQ , I guess I was not more explicit, from a server licensing standpoint, if a company already has the SQL Server Enterprise Edition, is PowerBI Server included in the cost, if say, putting on the same server, or is there an additional cost involved?  thank you kindly.

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    GilbertQ
    Super User
    4 years ago

    Hi cosminioan 

     

    if you have SQL Server Enterprise with Software Assurance then yes you can install Power BI Report Server. If you DO NOT have Software Assurance then it is not included.