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Anonymous
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5 years ago
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License Reconcile

I have consumed a large amount of power BI Pro users in my org, these were pre purchased licenses and I question if they're actively being utilized. Any advice on a report or script that could achieve this?

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Thanks lbendlin , I wil give this a try, what method do you use for grooming the logs? Powershell or GUI?

     

  • lbendlin's avatar
    lbendlin
    5 years ago

    we do powershell extracts and push them into dataflows.

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    lbendlin
    Super User
    5 years ago

    We use the tenant audit logs to track "developer" activities like publishing or updating an app.  

    Then we set a threshold (let's say three months of no developer activites) and we reclaim these Pro licenses and redistribute them.

    We also have a company hierarchy view where we can see "who is the closest person in your org that has an unused license"  so that new developers can negotiate a license transfer.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      5 years ago

      Thanks lbendlin , I wil give this a try, what method do you use for grooming the logs? Powershell or GUI?

       

      • lbendlin's avatar
        lbendlin
        Super User
        5 years ago

        we do powershell extracts and push them into dataflows.

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    Syndicate_Admin
    Administrator
    2 years ago

    Dear, could you help me how to obtain or put together a report with that information please? I am a PowerBI administrator, so far what I have achieved is to extract csv with PRO and FREE users through Power Shell, but I need to know if there is something armed with PowerBI with this information to monitor license usage.

    Thank you