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borutsustar
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5 years ago
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Sharing content with external users - problem with license!

Hi.   I created workspace for my external users. Then I created Power BI App and share this app with external user. The user was sucessfully accepted the invitation. But the problem begin, when th...
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    borutsustar
    5 years ago

    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!

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borutsustar
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5 years ago

Hi.

 

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".  

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5 years ago

In the Apps (workspace) did you add her external email here ?

 

 

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    borutsustar
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    5 years ago

    Jes, I did. I did everythin as is stated in MS documentation. I send link above.

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      aj1973
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      5 years ago

      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.

       

       

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        borutsustar
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        5 years ago

        I use approach 3, Guest users bring their own Power BI Pro license

         

        My external user already has Pro license. There is nothing free! She pay for it, lol.

         

        So, why she cannot use my app with Pro license? MS documentation clearly state, that she need only Pro license in my case.