An organization may choose to license Power BI Premium capacities for additional or separate reasons beyond the ability to distribute Power BI content to read-only users without incurring per-user license costs. Significantly, greater detail on Power BI Premium features and deployment considerations is included in Chapter 13, Scaling with Premium and Analysis Services.
The following table identifies several of the top additional benefits and capabilities of Power BI Premium:
Additional Power BI Premium capabilities
Beyond the six features listed in the preceding table, the roadmap included in the Power BI Premium white paper has advised of future capabilities including read-only replicas, pin to memory, and geographic distribution. See the Power BI Premium white paper (http://bit.ly/2wBGPRJ) and related documentation for the latest updates.