Updated: December 20, 2024 (October 14, 2024)

Power BI Licensing Reversal – Fabric Absorbing Premium P Only

Andrew analyzes and writes about Microsoft's data management, business intelligence, and machine learning solutions, as well as aspects of licensing... more

Microsoft’s plans for Fabric to take over multiple Power BI SKUs have changed and will now include only Premium P at the end of 2024.
The existing Power BI embedded subscription options will remain in place, and customers can use them without modification.
The reversal by Microsoft eliminates a significant budget increase for customers using the two embedded SKUs.
Power BI customers should avoid using low-end Fabric SKUs for embedded workloads, unless already using Power BI Pro.

Microsoft has quietly changed direction with Fabric and Power BI licensing and is now deprecating only Power BI Premium P subscriptions at the end of 2024, reducing the number of Power BI deployments that must migrate to Fabric. Originally, Microsoft planned to retire the popular Power BI embedded SKUs (known as A and Premium EM), which support embedding Power BI reports into custom applications, such as thick-client and Web applications. Without the change, Power BI embedded customers were faced with a significant cost increase after Dec. 2024.

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