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Premium Per User Copilot Feature
Hi All
We have Power BI Premium Per User - Reserved SKU: PP3, Region: West Europe. We want to use Copilot feature, currently its greyed out
Want to understand if we have option to use Copilot with PPU license and if not how can we enable or buy one. We have currently 50emp using Power BI all with PPU License. Please support and share relavant links for reference and purchase as well
Thanks in Advance!
Hi SowmyaTupakula ,
We haven’t heard from you on the last response and was just checking back to see if you have a resolution yet. And, if you have any further query do let us know.
Regards,
Dinesh
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Hello SowmyaTupakula,
Copilot is not provided by PPU Licence per user.
It’s only available in workspaces backed by an active Microsoft Fabric capacity (starting from F2 SKU or higher).
To enable Copilot:
You’ll need to purchase a Fabric capacity (F-SKU) via your Azure subscription.
Once the capacity is active, assign your workspace to that Fabric capacity (Workspace → Settings → Licence info → Assign to capacity).
Make sure the Copilot and AI features tenant settings are enabled by your Fabric/Power BI admin.
If you are going to use Fabric, you can also considering downgrade Licence Power BI PPU to Power BI Pro because Fabric contains all functionnalities Premium.
Source :
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/copilot-introduction#general-requirements
Hope it can help you !
Best regards,
Antoine
Thank you AntoineW for quick response. I have two follow up questions-
1. What could be cost for Fabric capacity (F-SKU) via your Azure subscription if we have 50 users what to choose?
2. Do you mean as we are upgrading to Fabric capacity we downgrade PPU to Pro license and then get the capacity? We use Semantic model connectivity with the XMLA endpoint, I assume Pro does not have that option.
The cost of Fabric capacity depend on your usage on every workload in Fabric.
Fabric capacities (F-SKUs) are billed per capacity unit per hour, and the price depends on the SKU size you choose.
See the pricing reference :
- https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/microsoft-fabric/
Note : You can also pause/resume an F-SKU anytime in Azure, so you only pay for active hours.
2) yes, once you move to a Fabric capacity, you typically:
Downgrade users from PPU to Pro licenses,
And host your workspaces on the Fabric capacity.
Here’s why:
Pro license users can view and publish reports hosted on a Fabric (F-SKU) capacity — no PPU required.
XMLA endpoint connectivity is supported on Fabric capacities (F-SKU), so you’ll retain all your existing semantic model scenarios.
Source : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/enterprise/powerbi/service-premium-connect-tools
You can Start with an F2 or F4 capacity.
Replace PPU with Power BI Pro for all users.
Benefits: Full Fabric + Copilot + XMLA endpoint + unified capacity billing.
You can estimate the size of you need by using Capacity Estimator & using the fabric Metrics App to monitor your usage. You can also have 60 days of Fabric trial that give you access to a F64.
Source :
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-fabric/capacity-estimator
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/enterprise/metrics-app
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/fundamentals/fabric-trial
Hope it can help you !
Best regards,
Antoine
Appreciate your response and details. Thank you very much.
