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Licensing Power BI

What is Power BI An overview of Power BI

Microsoft Power BI is a collection of software services, apps, and connectors Users create Power BI content in the Power BI
that work together to turn your unrelated sources of data into coherent, Desktop application and share it via the Power
visually immersive, and interactive insights. Whether your data is a simple BI service. Alternatively, they can publish
Microsoft Excel workbook, or a collection of cloud-based and on-premises content as an app for users to consume using
hybrid data warehouses, Power BI lets you easily connect to your data sources, Power BI Mobile.
visualize (or discover) what is important, and share that with anyone or
everyone you want.

Ways to share information in Power BI

Embed a report in Share dashboards and reports in the
Embed a report in Teams SharePoint Online Power BI service

Bundle dashboards and reports into apps

Print or save as a PDF

or other static file

Publish to the Web for

any and all users to access

Licensing Power BI Power BI Pro

• $9.99 per user per month
Power BI Desktop
• Included in Office 365 E5 / Microsoft 365 E5
• Free download to create
• Use of Power BI service
Power BI content
• Required for all users who share content
• Required for all users who consume shared content, apart
Power BI (free)
from content published to the web, or printed content
• Use of Power BI service
to connect to data and Power BI Mobile
create reports and • Free apps for iOS and Android
dashboard • Power BI Pro license required
• Cannot share content • Reports can be annotated and shared with anyone via email, and if a recipient has a
with other people Power BI Pro license, they can go to the actual report on the Power BI service
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Power BI Premium
Licensing by capacity: Organizations choose P or EM SKUs dependent on required capacity and
• Enables widespread distribution of reports functionality:
without the need to purchase user licenses
Available through EA, CSP or Web Direct
for consumers
• Provides dedicated Power BI service Virtual Rights:
Node
resources supporting more dependable cores • Embed a report in Teams
performance and larger data volumes Power BI Premium P1 8 • Embed a report in SharePoint
Online
Power BI Premium P2 16
Licensing by user: • Share dashboards and reports
Power BI Premium P3 32 in the Power BI service
Power BI Premium per User
• $20 per user per month Power BI Premium P4 64 • Bundle dashboards and
• Standalone license Power BI Premium P5 128 reports into apps
• Includes all Power BI Pro features and
access to Premium features Available through EA or Web Direct (EM3 only)
Power BI Premium per User Add-on Virtual
Node Rights:
• $10 per user per month cores • Embed a report in Teams
• Add-on license for users licensed with
Power BI Premium EM1 1 • Embed a report in
Power BI Pro, Office 365 / Microsoft 365 E5
Power BI Premium EM2 2 SharePoint Online
• Access to Premium features
Available through EA, CSP, or Web Direct Power BI Premium EM3 4

Power BI Report Server

Power BI Report Server enables the distribution of interactive Power BI reports within the boundaries of an organization’s firewall.
Rights to Power BI Report Server
• Purchase Power BI Premium
P SKUs Dedicated Other cloud
Deployment options Azure VM
• Customers with active SA on hardware providers
SQL Server Enterprise Core Power BI
Power BI Report Premium P
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licenses
Server license
SQL Server EE
Licensing acquired through: ✓ ✓
+ SA benefit
• Power BI Pro licenses required
for content publishers
• No additional licenses required Power BI Report Server can be deployed across a number of cores equivalent to the number
for content consumers of qualifying licenses

Power BI Embedded
Power BI Embedded is intended for ISVs or application developers who are building applications and want to embed visuals into
those applications and web portals without building an analytics solution from the ground up.
Availability
Purchasing
• Acquired as an Azure consumption service Node Virtual
• Billing is hourly, based on minutes the capacity is running, and there is no commitment cores
• The service can be paused while it is not in use A1 1
• Capacity can be scaled up and down as needed, based on demand, in order to optimize cost
A2 2
• Available through EA, CSP, or Web Direct
A3 4
Licensing A4 8
• Power BI Pro license required for content publisher
A5 16
• No additional licenses required for content consumers
A6 32

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