Planning for the Power BI Report Server
Prior to any licensing or deployment planning, an organization should be very clear on the capabilities of the Power BI Report Server in relation to the Power BI cloud service. The Power BI Report Server does not include many of the features provided by the Power BI cloud service, such as the dashboards described in Chapter 13, Designing Power BI Dashboards and Architectures, or the apps, email subscriptions, Analyze in Excel, and data alert features reviewed in Chapter 17, Creating Power BI Apps and Content Distribution. Although new features are included with new releases of the Power BI Report Server, the Power BI Report Server is not intended or planned to support the features provided in the Power BI cloud service.
Additionally, for organizations using SSRS, it's important to understand the differences between the Power BI Report Server and SSRS, such as the upgrade and support lifecycle. Mapping the capabilities and the longer-term role of the...