{"id":15660,"date":"2021-10-05T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devwww.3cloudsolutions.com\/post\/power-bi-premium-gen2-the-next-generation-3\/"},"modified":"2024-01-08T10:50:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T18:50:51","slug":"power-bi-premium-gen2-the-next-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/resources\/power-bi-premium-gen2-the-next-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Power BI Premium Gen2: The Next Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Power BI Premium recently released a newer version of Power BI Premium, <strong>Power BI Premium Generation 2<\/strong>, referred to as <strong>Premium Gen2<\/strong> for convenience. <span style=\"color: #36363e;\">The next generation of Power BI Premium is now <span style=\"color: #007cba;\"><a style=\"color: #007cba;\" href=\"https:\/\/powerbi.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/general-availability-of-next-gen-premium-platform\/\" rel=\"noopener\">generally available<\/a><\/span> (GA) as of October 4, 2021. This article will recap the newest features and functionality available with this release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-size: 20.995px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 315px; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Picture1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Picture1-1\" width=\"315\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">If you\u2019re considering purchasing or upgrading to Power BI Premium, <\/span>take a look<span style=\"color: #36363e;\"> at some of the top new features available in Gen2 offers, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">Faster performance<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">Autoscaling capacities<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">Fewer memory restrictions<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">Reduced capacity management overhead<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">More licensing options<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 17px;\"><span style=\"color: #36363e;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">If you\u2019re new to the benefits of Power BI Premium, in general, let\u2019s spend some time there.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What is Power BI Premium?<span style=\"color: #007cba;\"><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">There are a couple of primary and several significant feature differences between Power BI Premium tenants and non-Premium tenants. <\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">Power BI Premium provides cloud resources <strong>dedicated only to your organization, <\/strong>which is analogous to purchasing a virtual machine in the cloud. Without Premium, your workspaces reside in a <strong>shared capacity.<\/strong> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">Power BI Premium is <strong>licensed by capacity versus licensed by user<\/strong>. Read-only consumers can access content with a free license when backed by a premium capacity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">In addition to gaining dedicated compute power, Premium also unlocks extra features to premium capacity workspaces:<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-png-Sep-28-2021-01-35-28-83-PM.png\" \/><span style=\"color: #36363e;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Power BI Premium: The Next Generation<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">Before we get into the nitty gritty, there\u2019s good news and even better news! The good news is that capacity management is becoming much more straightforward, the better news is end-users won\u2019t notice any interface differences because it is consistent with Gen1. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">To provide more detail, we\u2019ve asked some characters keenly familiar with the Next Generation to explain:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 21px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 107px;\" src=\"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-png-Sep-28-2021-01-38-55-63-PM.png\" width=\"107\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 21px;\">Faster Performance<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">Gen2 offers faster performance on any capacity size than Gen1, and operations perform up to 16x faster. This enhancement is part of the architecture improvements made for background processing of content, like dataset refreshes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 17px;\"><span style=\"color: #36363e;\"><br \/>\nThe improvements allow more v-cores to perform operations, regardless of your Premium SKU. Microsoft\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"color: #007cba;\"><a style=\"color: #007cba;\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-bi\/admin\/media\/service-premium-concepts\/service-premium-concepts-01.png#lightbox\">diagram<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #36363e;\"> below shows how Gen2 evaluates and processes queries:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 750px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-png-Sep-28-2021-01-40-30-82-PM.png\" width=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 118px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-png-Sep-28-2021-01-41-42-83-PM.png\" width=\"118\" \/>Autoscaling Capabilities<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\"><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">Autoscaling effortlessly reduces slowdowns during peak times. One v-core is added for 24-hour periods when a capacity exceeds its limits and is removed after the system detects a period of latency. These additional v-cores are optional and charged on a pay-as-you-go basis, using either a proactive or reactive limit.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #36363e; font-size: 17px;\">Suppose you have specific times of the month or year that are considered peak, and you need compute resources to scale up during those periods automatically. In that case, autoscaling might be a welcome addition for you. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\"><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">Microsoft\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-bi\/admin\/media\/service-premium-concepts\/service-premium-concepts-03.png#lightbox\"><span style=\"color: #007cba;\">diagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #36363e;\"> below shows how the autoscale operation works in Gen2 capacity:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\"><span style=\"color: #36363e;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 750px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-png-Sep-28-2021-01-43-43-87-PM.png\" width=\"750\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><strong style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 1.235em; background-color: transparent;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; width: 108px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-png-Sep-28-2021-01-45-45-71-PM.png\" width=\"108\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><br \/>\nFewer Memory Restrictions<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 17px; color: #36363e;\">A single dataset is no longer restricted to the original size limitations. For example, in a P1 capacity, a single dataset is no longer restricted to a 3GB compressed size, but can be as large as the total memory in the capacity (25GB).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #36363e;\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">If the P1 SKU has worked great for you in every way except having restrictions on the size of your import models, you will appreciate this enhancement.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; width: 103px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-png-Sep-28-2021-01-48-40-53-PM.png\" width=\"103\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Reduced Capacity Management Overhead<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\"><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">Capacity management enhancements include configurable admin notifications regarding capacity resource utilization and a new <\/span><span style=\"color: #007cba;\"><a style=\"color: #007cba;\" href=\"https:\/\/appsource.microsoft.com\/product\/power-bi\/pbi_pcmm.pbipremiumcapacitymonitoringreport\">Capacity Utilization and Metrics app in AppSource<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #36363e; font-size: 17px;\">The Gen2 app currently shows weekly trendlines and metrics on capacity usage by item, CPU, and users. Other auxiliary metrics include utilization, memory, and degradation scores. This might be a step toward covering the management of the new capacity architectural framework, but we have yet to see if sufficient bases are covered with the new app.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 17px;\"><span style=\"color: #36363e;\"><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">Microsoft\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"color: #007cba;\"><a style=\"color: #007cba;\" href=\"https:\/\/appsource.microsoft.com\/en-US\/product\/power-bi\/pbi_pcmm.pbipremiumcapacitymonitoringreport\">preview<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #36363e;\"> of the Gen2 capacity app in AppSource: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><span style=\"color: #36363e; font-size: 17px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 750px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-png-Sep-28-2021-01-50-14-89-PM.png\" width=\"750\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 114px;\" src=\"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-png-Sep-28-2021-01-51-54-94-PM.png\" width=\"114\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><br \/>\nMore Licensing Options<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\"><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">Capacity management enhancements include configurable admin notifications regarding capacity resource utilization and a new <\/span><span style=\"color: #007cba;\"><a style=\"color: #007cba;\" href=\"https:\/\/appsource.microsoft.com\/product\/power-bi\/pbi_pcmm.pbipremiumcapacitymonitoringreport\">Capacity Utilization and Metrics app in AppSource<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 17px;\"><span style=\"color: #36363e;\"><br \/>\nThe <\/span><a href=\"\/resources\/more-power-bi-premium-choices\">Premium Per User licensing model<\/a><span style=\"color: #36363e;\"> will change the game for smaller organizations (or subsets of organizations) that need some of the advanced capabilities of Premium, but not as many dedicated resources as a Premium capacity SKU. Also, did I mention it\u2019s only <\/span><span style=\"color: #007cba;\"><a style=\"color: #007cba;\" href=\"https:\/\/powerbi.microsoft.com\/en-us\/pricing\/\" rel=\"noopener\">$20 per user<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">? <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>In Summary<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">Power BI Premium has made Power BI even more powerful and flexible and the Next Generation of Premium is making its capabilities faster, easier to manage, and more accessible to smaller organizations and groups. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">The true power of Power BI is inspiring end-users, decision-makers, and practitioners with the data, evidence, and insights they need. Power BI Premium Gen2 is enhancing that legacy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; width: 100px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-png-Sep-28-2021-02-02-03-51-PM.png\" width=\"100\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Have Questions?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\"><span style=\"color: #36363e;\"><span style=\"color: #36363e;\">Our data experts will help you learn more about Power BI and how it can help you. <a href=\"\/get-started\/\">Get started with 3Cloud<\/a> today.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Power BI Premium recently released a newer version of Power BI Premium, Power BI Premium Generation 2, referred to as Premium Gen2 for convenience. The next generation of Power BI Premium is now generally available (GA) as of September 27, 2021. 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