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Purchasing licenses
Hi all
I have put in a service ticket and spoken to a sale rep and I'm still so confused.
Our company is a google workspace but they want a BI Tool. We got a bunch of demos and decided Power BI looked the best. I signed up for the free trial and practiced some reports. Now it's time to purchase the licenses and I am stuck. Our tenant (directory) is unmanaged because we don't have any other microsoft products in use so I've been given instructions on how to do an admin takeover but I'm worried about the whole domain administrator thing. I am the business analyst and will be solely responsible for this BI tool but I am not the admin for the company's domain. In the instructions where it says to become the admin of the domain name that was already verified in the unmanaged tenant, is it saying I need to be admin of the actual domain of the company or is it refering to being the admin for the domain within microsoft.
I of course have a personal 365 subscription that I share with my company email so that I can use products like excel and then I just transfer them to sheets when I need to share but of course Power BI won't let me use my personal stuff to purchase the licenses.
Hi soledadb ,
The managed tenant has a global administrator assigned in Azure AD. Global administrator or Billing administrator can purchase licenses and assign them for the organization. Individuals can purchase licenses by using the self-registration feature and their work or school accounts.
According to your description, to properly manage, configure, and support Power BI, you need a managed tenant. And only system administrators can take over unmanaged tenants so that they can properly manage them on behalf of their organization.
Firstly, you should be the admin of the actual domain of the company, and then you can follow the following steps to take over unmanaged tenants.
1, Verify the email address
2, Create a new account for administrator access
3, Verify domain ownership and become an administrator
After you become the administrator, you can purchase new subscriptions and make user assignments.
Please refer to the following documents.
Perform an internal admin takeover - Microsoft 365 admin | Microsoft Learn
Microsoft 365 admin center - Overview - Microsoft 365 admin | Microsoft Learn
Power BI licensing for users in your organization - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ xiaosunIf this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
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Hi soledadb ,
The managed tenant has a global administrator assigned in Azure AD. Global administrator or Billing administrator can purchase licenses and assign them for the organization. Individuals can purchase licenses by using the self-registration feature and their work or school accounts.
According to your description, to properly manage, configure, and support Power BI, you need a managed tenant. And only system administrators can take over unmanaged tenants so that they can properly manage them on behalf of their organization.
Firstly, you should be the admin of the actual domain of the company, and then you can follow the following steps to take over unmanaged tenants.
1, Verify the email address
2, Create a new account for administrator access
3, Verify domain ownership and become an administrator
After you become the administrator, you can purchase new subscriptions and make user assignments.
Please refer to the following documents.
Perform an internal admin takeover - Microsoft 365 admin | Microsoft Learn
Microsoft 365 admin center - Overview - Microsoft 365 admin | Microsoft Learn
Power BI licensing for users in your organization - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ xiaosunIf this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
