Power BI Report Server Licensing

[Markzolotoy]

Is there going to by am express edition just like SSRS server?

[Seth_C_Bauer]

@Markzolotoy Given that both avenues into the Power BI Report server are in the 10's of thousands a year, I would highly doubt that this will be an offering that gets close to "free"... (my 2 cents)

[Markzolotoy]

Yeah.... you are right. Is that how much is going to cost for a software company or for a customer? Or for each?

Thanks

[Seth_C_Bauer]

@Markzolotoy I know you can set things up to be external facing with normal SSRS, but I don't know if PBI RS holds to the same principles as I haven't tested it yet. If it can be exposed, then it would just be the licensing of the host company. Which is SQL EE + SA or PBI Premium.

[Markzolotoy]

No, it has to be run on-premises.

[Seth_C_Bauer]

@Markzolotoy So the full on premises solution requires SQL Enterprise with Software Assurance. You'd have to reach out to your local MSFT rep for pricing on that.

[Markzolotoy]

Thanks. Honeslty, dont see how that is going to work. It's just too expensive.