How to enable Power BI Copilot, Is it free with Trial or Not?

How to enable Power BI Copilot, Is it free with Trial or Not? This document provides a decisive procedural guide to activate and enable the Power BI Copilot feature, directly addressing common user inquiries concerning workspace compatibility, trial version limitations, and essential tenant configurations. Power BI Copilot: A Core Feature Explained: Power BI Copilot leverages generative artificial intelligence to streamline data analysis and report generation. It integrates directly into both the Power BI Desktop application and the Power BI service platform, offering enhanced analytical capabilities. Trial Version and Free Usage: Key Limitations Highlighted: Crucially, paid Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) exclusively support Power BI Copilot. Neither free versions nor Power BI Pro subscriptions offer this feature. Specifically, organizations must deploy Fabric Capacity (F64 or higher) or Premium Capacity (P1 or higher) to enable Copilot. This requirement is clearly stated in official Microsoft documentation. Workspace Compatibility: Essential Requirements Defined: To effectively utilize Power BI Copilot, organizations must configure the designated workspace with either Premium Capacity or Fabric Capacity. Standard workspaces, including those using Premium Per User licenses, remain incompatible. Microsoft’s documentation explicitly outlines this prerequisite. Enabling Copilot within Microsoft Fabric: A Step-by-Step Approach: Assuming the workspace meets capacity requirements, organizations must then enable Copilot within the Microsoft Fabric environment. This is accomplished through the tenant settings in the Power BI admin portal. Access Tenant Settings: Initially, organizations navigate to the Power BI settings and subsequently access the admin portal. Activate Copilot Functionality: Next, they locate the “Copilot” settings and enable “Users can use Copilot and other features powered by Azure OpenAI.” Organizations can apply this setting to the entire domain or specific security groups, as per their policy. Below images show the settings location Geographic Region Constraints: Addressing Access Limitations: If the tenant or capacity resides outside the United States or France, organizations may encounter access limitations. Therefore, they must configure an additional tenant setting. Enable Cross-Geographic Data Processing: Specifically, they enable “Data sent to Azure OpenAI can be processed outside your capacity geographic region” within the tenant settings. Determine Geographic Region: You can determine Power BI geographic region via the “Help and Support” section in the Power BI application. Capacity-Specific Billing: Configuring Usage and Costs: Additionally, organizations can enable Copilot usage and billing on a single capacity through the tenant settings. Verification and Implementation: Enabling Operational Usage: Once organizations verify workspace capacity and tenant configurations, they can access Power BI Copilot within their reports. By entering edit mode and selecting Copilot, the chatbot interface becomes available. Conclusion: Maximizing Power BI Copilot Capabilities: In summary, organizations can effectively activate and configure Power BI Copilot by following these steps. They must adhere to workspace requirements and tenant configurations to ensure successful implementation. Organizations should consult official Microsoft documentation for the most up-to-date information. Check this blog to find Co-pilot like features with Tableau (Tableau Agent) Note: Watch the above You tube video for detailed step by step analysis Ritesh Bisht Founder of Dance & Sing with Data “Ritesh is 2 times Tableau Ambassador & 1 time Power BI Super User from India and has been featured in the Top 15 Tableau & Power BI World Communities” Found me on: Linkedin Twitter Youtube Whatsapp