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My client currently has Sql Reporting Services on premisses installed. Now, he wants to use Power BI Service on premisses.
Does he have to sign a monthly Power BI on Premisses plan or he can take advantage of the already installed Sql Reporting Services?
I want to know if it is possible to install Power BI service in his Sql Server, if that is the case, what licences he should buy?
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If your client's existing report server is licenced through SQL Server Enterprise with software assurance, then they should be able to upgrade to Power BI Report Server. If not, they will need to buy a Power BI Premium licence. They will also need Power BI PRO licences for any users who will be publishing reports.
Hi @FelipeGualberto,
Agree with @Anonymous. For detail information, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/report-server/install-report-server#before-you-begin
Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu
Hi @FelipeGualberto,
Agree with @Anonymous. For detail information, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/report-server/install-report-server#before-you-begin
Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu
Hey guys,
I know this is wading into the weeds on licensing, but I'd appreciate some clarification - we'd like to know we're covered and these are possibly a few issues that could trap us up.
When you say "Anyone who publishes to the server" requires a license - we'd probably have some analytics people that will use Power BI desktop fairly often, and may even develop some pbix from scratch - but they're not as likely to publish to the server as our Developers are, who are responsible for our SSRS server at the moment.
Would you advise anyone using Power BI to get the PRO license, or only those intending to publsh to the server. I would imagine they'd come under more the "Pro Users" on the Pricing guidelines - and it's probably safer to buy them a license, even if they're not publishing?
The other case is - we'd be using Power BI on Premises through our SQL Enterprise with Software Assurance. Our SQL machines are on a cluster though, and we house and license SSRS separately because it is on a VM that is not part of the cluster.
With Power BI on-prem - I would imagine it has the same licensing rules, where if it is not on the same hardware that is licensed for the SQL Ent itself, that it the machine would need to be licensed separately? Or would it be covered by the same number of cores as our SQL Ent + SA?
If your client's existing report server is licenced through SQL Server Enterprise with software assurance, then they should be able to upgrade to Power BI Report Server. If not, they will need to buy a Power BI Premium licence. They will also need Power BI PRO licences for any users who will be publishing reports.
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