Power BI back-end platforms generally provide the same set of basic features like encryption at rest, custom visuals, and the Power BI portal. Where they vary is with advanced capabilities and management features that are likely to interest enterprises, which are generally limited to high-end Fabric deployments (F64 and higher), Premium EM, Azure Power BI Embedded, and occasionally with Power BI Report Server.

Advanced Report Features

The following advanced features are mostly limited to high-end Fabric back-end platforms, although on-premises customers could deploy some of the features with alternative solutions:

AI features can help guide and automate data analysis. For example, Copilot features can analyze data and visuals on a report and build a text-based summary of the data, and data summarization features can review a dataset and determine if and what kind of analysis is possible. 

Multi-geo storage of data and reports allows customers to store content in specific geographic regions to help meet data sovereignty requirements.

Chart compares Power BI key features and capacity limitations by back-end platform.