Power BI Premium per User / Fabric Capacity is tailored for companies that need a comprehensive BI solution with a centralised view of their organisation, partners, customers and suppliers. This SaaS product allows users to consume content via mobile apps, internally developed apps or the Power BI Portal (Power BI service).

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Power BI Premium per User / Fabric Capacity is suitable for companies

  • with large volumes of data
  • with requirements that go beyond the Pro feature set
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Your advantages with Power BI Premium per User / Fabric Capacity

  • DEDICATED COMPUTING INSTANCE

    In contrast to the Power BI Pro license, which operates in a publicly shared environment, Power BI Premium per User / Fabric Capacity uses dedicated, private resources for each subscription.

  • CONTENT SHARING WITHOUT LICENCE PURCHASE

    Power BI Premium per User / Fabric Capacity offers the ability to share Power BI content with anyone (including people outside your organization) without requiring a user-specific license.

  • ADDITIONAL FEATURES

    Power BI Premium per User / Fabric Capacity includes additional features for data integration, analysis, and visualization, such as AI-powered analysis, composable and reusable dataflows.

    In addition, advanced capabilities for developing and distributing Power BI artifacts are available, such as:

    • Git integration with Azure DevOps and GitHub
    • Smart distribution with deployment pipelines
    • Support for very large data models
    • Advanced usage monitoring

Technical features

  • BACK-END CLUSTER

    Power BI Premium per User / Fabric Capacity is hosted in back-end clusters that are independent of the regular Power BI back-end. Benefits include better isolation, resource allocation, supportability, security isolation and scalability.

  • ON PREMISE

    A Power BI Premium per User / Fabric Capacity subscription allows the use of the on-premises version of Power BI Reporting Services, even if specific scenarios prevent data from being uploaded to the cloud. A hybrid approach (cloud and on-premises) for content deployment is also possible.

  • MULTI-GEO ARCHITECTURE

    Power BI Premium per User / Fabric Capacity offers support for data residency by region (multi-geo) and for customer-managed encryption keys for data at rest (bring your own key (BYOK)).

License information

Various licensing models are available for Power BI Premium per User / Fabric Capacity:

  • Power BI Premium Per User Licence: Licensing of advanced features per user. It also includes all Power BI Pro features.
     
  • Fabric Capacity: Dedicated capacity unit (Fabric Workspace) for all users in the organization. Datasets of up to 50 GB can be hosted, with total cloud storage of 100 TB. A Power BI Pro license is required to publish content in the Fabric capacity.
     
  • Power BI Report Server: With Microsoft Power BI Report Server, the functions of Power BI are provided on self-operated Windows servers. Prerequisites for operation are the local server hardware, one or more Windows Server operating systems and at least one Microsoft SQL Server.
MODELSPower BI Premium Per User LicenseFabric CapacityPower BI Report Server
Cloud / On PremiseCloudCloudOn Premises
Paginated reportsIntegrated into the Portal Power BI Report Builder 7 data sources possibleIntegrated into the Portal Power BI Report Builder 7 data sources (including Microsoft SQL Server, Azure Analysis Services), Functionality limitedIntegrated into the Microsoft Report Builder portal 15 data sources, e.g. Microsoft SQL Server, Azure Analysis Services
DashboardsYesYesNo
Power BI DesktopPower BI DesktopPower BI DesktopPower BI RS Desktop
Release cycle10 or more releases annually10 or more releases annually3 releases annually (January, May, September)
Create mobile reportsPower BI Desktop, Paginated ReportsPower BI Desktop, Paginated ReportsPower BI Desktop, Publisher for Mobile Reports
ConnectorsOver 100Over 100Over 100
Composite ModelsYesYes, PBI only by direct query (other exceptions such as SAP BW) and import modeNo
Capacity Compute processing environmentManaged by MicrosoftDedicatedDedicated
Automatic Refresh per Day4848Variable
Dataset size100 GB per file400 GB per fileDepending on the scenario
Memory in the Power BI Service100 TB for the entire tenant100 TB for the corresponding Capacity LicensingDepending on the investment in hardware
Additional featuresBring your own keyBring your own key Dataflows AI workload (Cloud only), Bring your own key, Query cachingAI via integration services in the preparation for an EDWH
Power BI shared datasetsYesYesNo
Gateway necessary for on-premises data sourcesYesYesNo
Q&AYesYesNo
Quick InsightsYesYesNo
R VisualsYesYesNo
Power BI Preview FeaturesYesYesNo
Excel exportsYes, via Paginated ReportsYes, via Paginated ReportsYes
Analysis in ExcelYesYesNo

 

Power BI Premium per User / Fabric Capacity is a multi-tenant Microsoft 365 subscription available in several SKU ranges: 

 

SKUCapacity Units (CU)Power BI SKUPower BI v-cores
F22-0.25
F44-0.5
F88EM/A11
F1616EM2/A22
F3232EM3/A34
F6464P1/A48
F128128P2/A516
F256256P3/A632
F512512P4/A764
F10241024P5/A8128
F20482048-256

SKUs that are smaller than F64 require a Pro or Premium per User (PPU) license, or a Power BI individual trial to consume Power BI content.

Power BI Premium per User-license subscriptions are available for self-service purchase as well as through the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. Purchasing Fabric Capacity requires access to the Microsoft 365 Admin Center.

Our tip: Power BI Premium per User / Fabric Capacity is particularly well-suited for companies with many employees who only need to access reports. As the number of users who not only consume but also develop reports increases, using Power BI Pro licenses often becomes more cost-efficient. We are happy to assist you in selecting the licensing model that best fits your needs.

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