Power BI Premium Capacity: Large-Scale Data Made Easy.
Power BI Premium is a subscription-based service that provides additional capabilities and capacity for Power BI. It is designed for organizations that need to share, publish, and collaborate on Power BI content at scale. It offers features such as dedicated capacity, enhanced performance, and greater control over data refresh and security.
In Power BI Premium, capacity refers to the resources available to process and store Power BI data and reports.
Microsoft Power BI Premium capacity is separated into logical units called “Premium capacity nodes,” which can be scaled up or down to match an organization’s demands.
There are several different options for Power BI Premium capacity, including:
- Power BI Premium per user: This option provides a dedicated capacity node for each user in an organization, with the ability to scale up or down as needed.
- Power BI Premium per capacity: This option provides a fixed capacity that can be shared among multiple users.
- Power BI Embedded: This option allows developers to embed Power BI reports and dashboards in their own applications, and includes a dedicated capacity node for each application.
In general, Power BI Premium is well-suited for organizations that need to share and collaborate on Power BI content at scale, and that require dedicated resources and enhanced performance for their Power BI deployments. It can be a good fit for organizations with large, complex data sets, frequent data refresh needs, or high levels of user concurrency.
Power BI adoption frequently begins with a champion who uses the platform to generate solutions in their team or a more miniature ecosystem.
Others in their company take notice and start using Power BI as well. Other teams quickly see the fantastic analytics created by the champion’s group, and you now have many teams utilizing Power BI. The majority of users in this situation will have a Power BI Pro licences.
Some of the capabilities in Power BI Premium capability may become more appropriate as enterprises grow their adoption of Power BI. A list of some of these characteristics may be found here.
More extensive data size restrictions, paginated reports, and deployment pipelines are some frequent features driving users to Premium. These capabilities are frequently required when extending your Power BI deployment across more extensive and more complex businesses.