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Ruslan Zolotukhin on 02 Oct 2018 22:21:17

Add simple hourly based Premium license for developers to try new features and be able to support customers when they buy it.

Another option would be to provide a paid subscription with a limit of hours per month.

As we all know that Premium has the similar back-end as for Embedded capacity. So it can be possible to implement.

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0a9ba8cf eef3-4750-8135-4ed3e5f0691b on 06 Jul 2020 00:14:49

RE: Power BI Premium license for Developers

It will be great to learn the Premium version and help freelancers to promote the features to their clients as well... At least with limited capacity or limited time period

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7264df28 623d-4c6c-90a8-0b0ac8fe6a74 on 05 Jul 2020 23:53:28

RE: Power BI Premium license for Developers

At the very least you need to include this for Data Anlytics partners...

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8b842600 d404-4445-af31-82d0cfc61c7d on 05 Jul 2020 23:46:36

RE: Power BI Premium license for Developers

Yes, this is important. I got access through a client this week but I have never tried it before because of the cost.

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:46:09

RE: Power BI Premium license for Developers

Matt Allington wrote a very good blog on switching on and off a premium capacity. Currently, we use that for testing Premium features without having extravagant costs. But I do agree completely with your idea!

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75e356b7 1187-4ef9-8539-fd1a8152adfe on 05 Jul 2020 23:46:09

RE: Power BI Premium license for Developers

We need a version we can learn from - currently you can only do this in a company who can afford the licences... meaning NO IT Pros can afford to learn stuff

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790d3303 7a3d-46aa-8882-f27e2a3f48d7 on 05 Jul 2020 23:46:07

RE: Power BI Premium license for Developers

Yes! I agree!

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78dadb7a e780-4e21-831d-9e80dbcad5bb on 05 Jul 2020 23:46:02

RE: Power BI Premium license for Developers

This is a big issue for me and many other Power BI Developers I know.

Some form of developer licensing is required as currently we are unable to learn/test many new features that are restricted to Premium only. As it stands the price point for Premium is too expensive for most medium sized businesses.

Trying to convince them of the benefits vs costs without being able to produce demos for them is problematic.

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edb58ab3 6a52-4d80-b902-1813a22a9d9a on 05 Jul 2020 23:46:02

RE: Power BI Premium license for Developers

If we can have Power BI Report Server and SQL Server in Developer Editions, why not Power BI Premium Developer (maybe with capacity/sharing limits). Currently it is impossible for independent developers to try out/test/demo Premium features. This is affecting our ability to show clients and, potentially, spread Power BI adoption

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ce7af089 40bf-49a1-9076-ddd579f4b157 on 05 Jul 2020 23:46:02

RE: Power BI Premium license for Developers

Totale agree

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f0bbfc79 6508-4755-ad2d-7a08babc6113 on 05 Jul 2020 23:36:27

RE: Power BI Premium license for Developers

Yes, this would be great for Power BI teachers and developers to learn and spread the knowlegde. I teach Power BI for example, and since I can not buy premium (too expensive) it is difficult to keep up to date.