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Sharing Reports
I am part of a small trust of schools and want to use PowerBi to help analsye data. I've created reports using PowerBi desktop and have also shared to the PowerBi service as I have a Pro licence. I...
ibarrau
Super User
Super UserHi. Sharing without license is a problem. That's the idea of licensing, sharing. The only two ways of sharing with only free license are:
- Share the .pbix file: users must have power bi desktop installed and they should click on "refresh" (that will ask for credentials the first time) each time they open it. You can use email, sharepoint sync, onedrive sync, etc.
- Publish to Web: if your data is not sensitive. You can publish the report to Power Bi Service and then make it public with "publish to web". That will create a link with free access. It's not a secure way of sharing because it doesn't have login and it might appear in a google search. Be careful with this option, it's not for sensitive data.
I hope that helps,