Ability to distribute content from a Premium-backed Yes No No workspace in the Power BI Service Ability to utilize Power Yes No No BI Report Server User Authorization and Security: User authentication Individual user identity is required One master service account requirement Authentication referred "User owns data" "App owns data" to as User authentication Power BI Custom application managed by Row-level security Yes Yes available Free user licenses may N/A be used for read-only Yes (Custom app users manages all users) Authors & editors, Master account, Pro user licenses developer using REST APIs, developer using REST APIs, required for tenant admin, capacity admin, tenant admin, capacity capacity assignment users admin Consumer of content N/A N/A can log into Power BI Yes (no access to the (no access to the Service Power BI Service) Power BI Service) Billing, User Authorization, and Security: Where to purchase Office 365 Azure Monthly Hourly Billing interval (with pre-defined commitments) (no commitment) Ability to pause compute service + No Yes billing Yes Yes Yes Elasticity; ability to scale A1 - A6 SKUs P1 - P5 SKUs EM1 - EM3 SKUs up/down Handling variable-level Not intended to be scaled Not intended to be scaled to handle workload workloads via scalability is a up/down frequently up/down frequently major feature
Ability to distribute content from a Premium-backed workspace in the Power BI Service Yes No No Ability to utilize Power BI Report Server Yes No No User Authorization and Security: User authentication requirement Individual user identity is required One master service account Authentication referred to as "User owns data" "App owns data" User authentication managed by Power BI Custom application Row-level security available Yes Yes Free user licenses may be used for read-only users Yes N/A (Custom app manages all users) Pro user licenses required for Authors & editors, developer using REST APIs, tenant admin, capacity admin, capacity assignment users Master account, developer using REST APIs, tenant admin, capacity admin Consumer of content can log into Power BI Service Yes N/A (no access to the Power BI Service) N/A (no access to the Power BI Service) Billing, User Authorization, and Security: Where to purchase Office 365 Azure Billing interval Monthly (with pre-defined commitments) Hourly (no commitment) Ability to pause compute service + billing No Yes Elasticity; ability to scale up/down to handle workload Yes P1 - P5 SKUs Not intended to be scaled up/down frequently Yes EM1 - EM3 SKUs Not intended to be scaled up/down frequently Yes A1 - A6 SKUs Handling variable-level workloads via scalability is a major feature
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