Shared vs Dedicated capacity for PBI Embedded

[rsmccall33]

I created my first Embedded instance, and in the pricing tier blade, some of the options say Shared Infrastrucutre, and some say Dedicated Service.  What does this mean?  Is Shared Infrascture mean my instance is running on shared resources among other MS customers/partners?

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @rsmccall33,

As there are more details than just saying that your workspace would share resources with others, here is is a link that will make clear what shared and dedicated capacity are.

To add some more to the subject you can provision capacity for embedded reports either from Azure (PowerBI Embedded) or PowerBI Service (PowerBI Premium).

One big advantage when using Azure resource is that you’re charged per hour and you can pause and restart the service.

Hope it helps.

Thanos

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @rsmccall33,

As there are more details than just saying that your workspace would share resources with others, here is is a link that will make clear what shared and dedicated capacity are.

To add some more to the subject you can provision capacity for embedded reports either from Azure (PowerBI Embedded) or PowerBI Service (PowerBI Premium).

One big advantage when using Azure resource is that you’re charged per hour and you can pause and restart the service.

Hope it helps.

Thanos

[rsmccall33]

Hi @Anonymous

So in this example, Power BI Premium capacity is the same verbage as Dedicated capacity?

"There are two types of capacity within Power BI. Shared capacity and Power BI Premium capacity. Here is a look at what the differences are between them."

I did create PBI Embedded from within the Azure Subscription.

Also, when I edit the workspace while in PBI service, what does the below mean, that dedicated capacity is enabled?

I'm getting confused because I selected the A1 capacity, which apparently is a Shared Infrastructure, and then the workspace says Dedicated capacity is turned on.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @rsmccall33,

either Azure PowerBI Embedded resource and PowerBI premium offers the same thing: dedicated capacity.

The only difference is that the first one is provisioned by Azure and the second one uses Office 365 to handle the provisioning.

Shared capacity you get if you have a Pro license.

When you provision dedicated capacity, you may select which workspaces should be in there and take advantage of the better performance and feature set (the checkbox in your image).

You may also have provisioned more than one capacities (one Em1, one Em2, one A1), so you may select that a client’s workspace may go to a specific capacity based on his needs.

Hope this helps.

Thanos