┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ Power BI Content Creator │ │ (Requires Power BI Pro) │ └───────────────┬───────────────┘ │ Publishes Content To: │ ┌───────────────▼───────────────┐ │ Premium Dedicated Capacity │ │ (P-SKU, F-SKU >= F64) │ └───────────────┬───────────────┘ │ Allows Access to All Users: │ ┌─────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ ┌───────▼───────┐ ┌───────▼───────┐ ┌───────▼───────┐ │ Free User A │ │ Free User B │ │ Free User C │ │ (No License) │ │ (No License) │ │ (No License) │ └───────────────┘ └───────────────┘ └───────────────┘ 1. Power BI Premium Capacity (P-SKUs)
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