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gwhiteman
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Premium Capacity V-Core Allocation

With the premium capacity we had the ability to allocate the core across several capacities.
E.g. P1: 8 v-Cores split across two capacities with 4 cores each. 

It this option still available win Gen2?

 

Our current set up we now have all 8 cores allocated to one capacity. I cannot see a way to split them into half (2x4). I can only assume to do this I would need to delete the current capacity and create two new ones. I am struggling to find details regarding this process. 

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gwhiteman
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Hi Henry, 
I am not looking to change the SKU (at least I don't believe I am).

 

I am trying to assign my P1-8 core to across two seperate capacities. At the moment we have all 8 cores assigned to a single capacity. I suspect need to delete the capacity and create two new ones assigning 4 cores to each as I can't see any way to reduce the current capacity from 8 core to 4 cores.  Se below we cannot create a new capicty since we have no v-cores left to allocate. 

 

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To add to the confusion, we are currenlty on Gen 1. We are manuall switching to Gen 2 in the new year. 
After we move to Gen2 we will revist this. 

Hope this makes sense. 

I need to do this as well, did you find how to do it?

No I didn't. I am wondering if we need to delete the existing capacity and start again.  We are now on Gen2 which made no difference. 

v-henryk-mstf
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @gwhiteman ,

 

According to your description, the main problem is the need to understand the difference between different SKUs. Where P sku cannot be downgraded to EM sku (i.e. P1 v8 cannot be assigned to two v4)

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can not change

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To obtain and allocate the appropriate capacity size, refer to the following purchase rules:

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For more detail, you can read related document.

What is Microsoft Power BI Premium? - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

What is Power BI Premium Gen2? - Power BI | Microsoft Docs


If the problem is still not resolved, please point it out and let me know immediately. Looking forward to your reply.


Best Regards,
Henry


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