Reader small image

You're reading from  Mastering Microsoft Power BI – Second Edition - Second Edition

Product typeBook
Published inJun 2022
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781801811484
Edition2nd Edition
Right arrow
Authors (2):
Gregory Deckler
Gregory Deckler
author image
Gregory Deckler

Greg Deckler is Vice President of the Microsoft Practice at Fusion Alliance and has been a professional technology systems consultant for over 25 years. Internationally recognized as an expert in Power BI, Greg Deckler is a Microsoft MVP for Data Platform and a superuser within the Power BI community with over 100,000 messages read, more than 11,000 replies, over 2,300 answers, and more than 75 entries in the Quick Measures Gallery. Greg founded the Columbus Azure ML and Power BI User Group (CAMLPUG) and presents at numerous conferences and events, including SQL Saturday, DogFood, and the Dynamic Communities User Group/Power Platform Summit.
Read more about Gregory Deckler

Brett Powell
Brett Powell
author image
Brett Powell

Brett Powell is the owner of and business intelligence consultant at Frontline Analytics LLC, a data and analytics research and consulting firm and Microsoft Power BI partner. He has worked with Power BI technologies since they were first introduced as the PowerPivot add-in for Excel 2010 and has been a Power BI architect and lead BI consultant for organizations across the retail, manufacturing, and financial services industries. Additionally, Brett has led Boston's Power BI User Group, delivered presentations at technology events such as Power BI World Tour, and maintains the popular Insight Quest Microsoft BI blog.
Read more about Brett Powell

View More author details
Right arrow

Premium capacity nodes

A Premium capacity node can be thought of as a fully managed server in the Azure cloud that runs the Power BI service, including all frontend and backend operations such as loading a report and refreshing a dataset, respectively. The capacity node is dedicated and isolated to the organization that provisioned the capacity, and the same user experience and functionality are delivered as the shared (free) capacity provided by the Power BI Service.

Each capacity node has a set of processing and memory resources (v-cores and RAM), bandwidth limits, and a cost that aligns with these resources. For example, a P1 capacity node includes 8 v-cores and 25 GB of RAM at a cost of $4,995 per month, while a P2 capacity includes 16 v-cores and 50 GB of RAM at a cost of $9,995 per month.

When workspaces containing Power BI content (datasets, reports, and dashboards) are assigned to Premium capacity nodes, the resources of the given capacity node are used to execute...

lock icon
The rest of the page is locked
Previous PageNext Page
You have been reading a chapter from
Mastering Microsoft Power BI – Second Edition - Second Edition
Published in: Jun 2022Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781801811484

Authors (2)

author image
Gregory Deckler

Greg Deckler is Vice President of the Microsoft Practice at Fusion Alliance and has been a professional technology systems consultant for over 25 years. Internationally recognized as an expert in Power BI, Greg Deckler is a Microsoft MVP for Data Platform and a superuser within the Power BI community with over 100,000 messages read, more than 11,000 replies, over 2,300 answers, and more than 75 entries in the Quick Measures Gallery. Greg founded the Columbus Azure ML and Power BI User Group (CAMLPUG) and presents at numerous conferences and events, including SQL Saturday, DogFood, and the Dynamic Communities User Group/Power Platform Summit.
Read more about Gregory Deckler

author image
Brett Powell

Brett Powell is the owner of and business intelligence consultant at Frontline Analytics LLC, a data and analytics research and consulting firm and Microsoft Power BI partner. He has worked with Power BI technologies since they were first introduced as the PowerPivot add-in for Excel 2010 and has been a Power BI architect and lead BI consultant for organizations across the retail, manufacturing, and financial services industries. Additionally, Brett has led Boston's Power BI User Group, delivered presentations at technology events such as Power BI World Tour, and maintains the popular Insight Quest Microsoft BI blog.
Read more about Brett Powell