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Helper ISharing content with external users - problem with license!
Hi.
I would like to inform you that I have solved the problem.
Our solution (approach 3) is working perfectly fine now. Guest user's Pro licence is enought for this approach to work!
What did I done...I added/invited another external user to access my PB content. Second user did't get warrning to upgrade Pro license to Premium Per user after she accepted the invitation and accessed the PB content. Obviously a Pro license is enough.
Then, the first user, which has license issue, has removed the Power BI Premium per user trial license from his account and she still retained access to the content with his Pro license.
So, the problem are solved. But I still don't know, why first quest user get warrning to upgrade his Pro license to Premium per user, before she accessed PB content. This still remains a mystery!
Community ChampionHi borutsustar
An external user with or without a Pro license when he is from outside your organization. If his pro license from outside your organization then he can not access your workspace. So either the workspace will be under premium capacity or you add him to your organiztion as an external user of Power bi like in this eample
Helper IHi.
I already invited this user as quest user from the Azure portal. The user has successfuly accepted my invitation, so she can access content in the my Azure AD tenant.
I then created an App and add this user in Access list. The user get an email with a link to the app. Now, when she try to access an app, she get a warrning, that she need Power BI Premium per user license.
Based on MS documentation from here (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/whitepaper-azure-b2b-power-bi), she only need Power BI Pro license!
After she used Premium per user trial license, she can access my app. Why? Why she cannot use my app with Pro license?
What am I doing wrong?
I did everything "by the book".
- aj1973
In the Apps (workspace) did you add her external email here ?
- borutsustar
Jes, I did. I did everythin as is stated in MS documentation. I send link above.
- aj1973
Indeed, it all would work when you have Premium Capacity Workspace
In your case she needs a license from your organization and that external user you have added to ADD. the one I showed you earlier has been given a Pro license under our organization, it means we pay for his License. Microsoft wouldn't offer things for free lol.