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When you create a workspace, it's assigned to a capacity. The capacity that new workspaces are assigned to by default is determined by the capacity type and/or by the configuration of Fabric or capacity administrators. After you create a workspace, you can reassign it to a different capacity, if any are available, and if you have sufficient permissions to do so. You reassign workspaces to different capacities using workspace license modes.
License modes and capacity types
The workspace license modes refer to different capacity types. There are two types of license modes: per user license modes and capacity license modes.
Per user license mode: With a per user license mode, a workspace is hosted on system reserved capacity. The options are Pro and Premium Per User (PPU).
Capacity license mode: With a capacity license mode, a workspace is hosted on a capacity which either has been purchased or is a trial, and is reserved for the organization. These capacities are divided into stock keeping units (SKUs). Each SKU provides a different number of capacity units (CUs), which are used to calculate the capacity's compute power.
The capacity license mode options are related to several capacity types:
Premium capacity: Premium capacity refers to a capacity that was bought as part of a Power BI Premium subscription. These capacities use P SKUs.
Note
Premium capacities are transitioning to Fabric. For more information, see Power BI Premium transition to Microsoft Fabric.
Embedded: Embedded refers to capacity that was bought as part of a Power BI Embedded subscription. These capacities use A or EM SKUs.
Trial: Refers to a Microsoft Fabric trial capacity. These capacities use Trial SKUs.
Fabric capacity: Fabric capacity refers to Microsoft Fabric capacity. These capacities use F SKUs.
Reassign a workspace to a different capacity
You can reassign a workspace to a different capacity via workspace license modes in the workspace settings.
Open the workspace settings and choose License info. Information about the current license is displayed.
Select Edit. The list of available licenses modes appears.
Select the desired license mode and specify the capacity the workspace will be hosted on.
Note
You can choose specific capacities only when you select one of the capacity license modes. Fabric automatically reserves shared capacity for per-user licenses.
Important
The types of items contained in the workspace can affect the ability to change license modes and/or move the workspace to a capacity in a different region. See Moving data around for detail.