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Posted on by Ramkishor reddy

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Hey all,

I'm struck at one point . I have valid Power BI premium license (PPU) . If I try to link my tables in the power apps to Fabric it is showing like the below image.

Any solution is appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Regards,

Kishor

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Zain Mehmood 4,187 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi,
Even if you have a Power BI Premium Per User (PPU) license, Dataverse direct linking to Microsoft Fabric requires access to Power BI Premium capacity (P-SKU) — not just PPU.
The error message in your screenshot confirms this:
"You need a Power BI premium license to continue."
To resolve this:

Ensure your workspace is hosted on a Premium capacity (not a PPU workspace).

If you're using PPU, you can try publishing to a Premium capacity-backed workspace, if your org has one.

If not, you’ll need to set up a Power BI Premium capacity (P1 or higher) via the Microsoft 365 admin portal.

Hope this helps,

Zain

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Saalim Ansari 666 on at

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Hi Kishor,

Just to clarify — Power BI Premium Per User (PPU) licenses do not support all Microsoft Fabric features. For full functionality, especially features like linking Power Apps (Dataverse) tables to Fabric, you’ll need a dedicated Fabric capacity.

Why This Matters for Power Apps Integration:

When you're linking Power Apps tables to Fabric, you're essentially tapping into Fabric-native services like OneLake, Lakehouse, or Data Warehouse. These services require a Fabric capacity, and PPU doesn't include access to them.

So even with a valid PPU license, the platform will still prompt you to either:

Upgrade to a workspace backed by Fabric capacity, or

Start a Fabric trial to get temporary access.

Hope this helps,
Saalim

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Ramesh Kumar 7,527 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi,

You need to buy Fabric capacity to use Fabric features. I hope below link can help you understand more in details

https://community.powerplatform.com/forums/thread/details/?threadid=5ac65772-3d77-4bbe-9d91-55a57aec49ab&utm

https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Fabric-platform/Fabric-licensing-question-for-Power-Apps-and-Power-BI/m-p/4334789?utm

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Ramesh

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MT-22070929-0 6 on at

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Have You been able to resolve it?

I am Fabric Capacity Administrator (with all privileges like, scaling/pausing, creating workspaces, lakehouses etc).
I am an admin also of an environment in Dataverse.

Dataverse region is Europe (there is no such Azure Region though! but multiple with Europe)

Capacity region is France Central. Though I think this is irrelevant for the issue.
Also this requirement seems to be partially lifted by: Troubleshooting common issues with link to Fabric with Microsoft Dataverse - Power Apps | Microsoft Learn - first bullet in the table:

From prerequisites page it looks like I need EITHER Power BI Premium OR Fabric Capacity (Configure your environment and link to Microsoft Fabric - Power Apps | Microsoft Learn)

What can be the issue?

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MT-22070929-0 6 on at

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Just as in fabric community:

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