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Viewer Access - PowerBINotLicensedException
- 1 year ago
First, thank you so much for a reply. I check the first two items and it seems they are set up under the Capacity setup. However, one thing looked odd. While it shows we have the license when I looked the workspace Admin Portal it shows it is under a Trial Capacity while the Fabric Capacity is empty. I mentioned this to our IT and they said this has no barring because it resets every 20 days for example. But this cannot be as only 20% of our viewer have this issue. My fear is the remaining viewers will start to have this the same issue. As previously mentioned I think we purchase PPU before then in the spring we moved to Fabric but I see all the reports are under our Org App which falls under the Fabric Capacity. thank you againUnder FabricUnder Admin Portal: Capacity Settingsd from my perspective.
- 1 year ago
Hello henry_fen ,
The error PowerBINotLicensedException usually happens when users without a Power BI Pro license try to access reports, and the Fabric capacity SKU is not high enough to cover “viewers.”
👉 To allow users to consume content without needing a Pro license, your Fabric capacity must be at least an F64 or higher.
SKUs below F64 (like F2, F4, F8…) still require users to have a Pro license.
From F64 and up, users with just a Fabric free license can view reports hosted on that capacity.
So the fix is not to buy PPU licenses for everyone, but to check your current Fabric SKU:
If you’re on < F64 → Pro is still required.
If you upgrade to F64 or higher, your viewers can access the Org App without Pro.
Reference: Microsoft Fabric licensing and capacity requirements
Best regards,
Antoine
First, thank you so much for a reply. I check the first two items and it seems they are set up under the Capacity setup. However, one thing looked odd. While it shows we have the license when I looked the workspace Admin Portal it shows it is under a Trial Capacity while the Fabric Capacity is empty. I mentioned this to our IT and they said this has no barring because it resets every 20 days for example. But this cannot be as only 20% of our viewer have this issue. My fear is the remaining viewers will start to have this the same issue. As previously mentioned I think we purchase PPU before then in the spring we moved to Fabric but I see all the reports are under our Org App which falls under the Fabric Capacity. thank you againUnder FabricUnder Admin Portal: Capacity Settingsd from my perspective.
Hello henry_fen ,
The error PowerBINotLicensedException usually happens when users without a Power BI Pro license try to access reports, and the Fabric capacity SKU is not high enough to cover “viewers.”
👉 To allow users to consume content without needing a Pro license, your Fabric capacity must be at least an F64 or higher.
SKUs below F64 (like F2, F4, F8…) still require users to have a Pro license.
From F64 and up, users with just a Fabric free license can view reports hosted on that capacity.
So the fix is not to buy PPU licenses for everyone, but to check your current Fabric SKU:
If you’re on < F64 → Pro is still required.
If you upgrade to F64 or higher, your viewers can access the Org App without Pro.
Reference: Microsoft Fabric licensing and capacity requirements
Best regards,
Antoine