Capacity planning, monitoring, and optimization
A natural question that occurs when organizations consider purchasing Premium or Embedded capacity is what size to provision. We know that there are different services available in Premium and we can safely assume that workload intensity and distribution vary between organizations. This can make it difficult to predict the correct size based on simple metrics such as total users. Capacity usage naturally increases over time too, so even if you have the right size to begin with, there may come a point where you need to scale. Therefore, in the next few sections, you will learn about the initial sizing and then how to monitor and scale when necessary.
Determining the initial capacity size
Earlier in this chapter, we mentioned that Power BI capacities are available in varied sizes through different licensing models. We will assume that you will choose the appropriate Stock-Keeping Unit (SKU – that is, the unique product type...
