22-25 April 2026 
SQLBits 2019
Power BI Premium on a budget
Power BI Premium has many features that organisations desire yet the price makes it impractical for most. In this talk you will learn how Power BI Embedded can be used to enable many of these features at a much lower cost.
Power Bi Premium has many great features that are not available to Power BI Pro users; however, it is not possible to evaluate a Premium instance without committing to the Premium pricing tier making testing almost impossible to justify.
During this session, we will demonstrate how Power BI embedded can be used to evaluate Premium features without incurring the upfront cost. While this may be a cost-effective way to test Premium features, it may not be a suitable replacement for Power BI premium.
Speakers
Michael Johnson's previous sessions
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Power BI Premium on a budget
Power BI Premium has many features that organisations desire yet the price makes it impractical for most. In this talk you will learn how Power BI Embedded can be used to enable many of these features at a much lower cost.
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