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JamieM
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10 years ago
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Two basic questions about initial setup

Hello, Apologies to ask some two rudimentary questions, but there's no definitive answers that I can find on these topics. Quick context: We are a company with an Office365 business licence. We've...
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  • ankitpatira's avatar
    ankitpatira
    10 years ago

    JamieM

     

    1. Power bi desktop is a designer tool that you use to build reports from. Even though you can build reports straight in power bi service it doesn't have full capabilities as desktop has. So in your case I would suggest for your roll out you have desktop being used by developers while for your users provide them way to access reports via power bi service.

     

    2. I think it depends on your O365 subscription such as E3 or E5. You will need to check that with your O365 administrator.

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ankitpatira
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10 years ago

JamieM

 

1. Power bi desktop is a designer tool that you use to build reports from. Even though you can build reports straight in power bi service it doesn't have full capabilities as desktop has. So in your case I would suggest for your roll out you have desktop being used by developers while for your users provide them way to access reports via power bi service.

 

2. I think it depends on your O365 subscription such as E3 or E5. You will need to check that with your O365 administrator.

  • martynhale's avatar
    martynhale
    Frequent Visitor
    9 years ago

    Hi Ankit,

     

    Would you please provide links to address the following questions:

     

    1. I have a client who is using O365 and wants to assign Power BI licences to certain employees - is this done through O365 Admin centre?

     

    2. How would a non-O365 business assign licences to its employees?

     

    Many thanks

    Martyn Hale

    PUG East Midlands Power BI, UK