You have a Fabric tenant that uses a Microsoft Power BI Premium capacity. You need to enable scale-out for a semantic model. What should you do first?

The correct answer is C. At the semantic model level, set Large dataset storage format to On.. Scale-out for Power BI semantic models (read replica scale-out in Premium) requires the model to use the Large dataset storage format (.abf format). Therefore, the first prerequisite step is to set Large dataset storage format to 'On' at the semantic model level (C). Only after t

Submitted by devops_kid· Apr 18, 2026Implement and manage semantic models

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AAt the semantic model level, set Large dataset storage format to Off.
BAt the tenant level, set Create and use Metrics to Enabled.
CAt the semantic model level, set Large dataset storage format to On.
DAt the tenant level, set Data Activator to Enabled.

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A
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B
3% (2)
C
88% (57)
D
6% (4)

Explanation

Scale-out for Power BI semantic models (read replica scale-out in Premium) requires the model to use the Large dataset storage format (.abf format). Therefore, the first prerequisite step is to set Large dataset storage format to 'On' at the semantic model level (C). Only after this is enabled can scale-out be configured and activated. Setting it to 'Off' (A) would make scale-out unavailable. Options B and D involve unrelated tenant-level features (Metrics and Data Activator) that have no bearing on semantic model scale-out configuration.

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#Semantic Model Configuration#Scale-out#Large Dataset Storage Format#Power BI Premium

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