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Anonymous
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6 years ago

Power BI License

Hi All,

As a developer i have power bi pro license, my question is when i publish the report to the Power BI Service, do the users need to have some kind of license or anyone can see the report? Please need advice.

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  • nvprasad's avatar
    nvprasad
    Solution Sage
    6 years ago

    Hi,

     

    Yes, Users also must have PowerBI Pro or Premium license to consume your reports.

     

    If this works for you, please mark it as the solution. Kudos are appreciated too. Please let me know if not.

     

    Regards,

    Venkata Nalla

     

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      6 years ago

      We have premium license for users, do they each need to be added to the license or since they all or on office 365 they inherit the license?

  • amitchandak's avatar
    amitchandak
    Super User
    6 years ago

    Anonymous , to share the report user must have power bi pro license

    • Power BI Desktop- Power BI Desktop is a free application you can install right on your own computers. Power BI Desktop works cohesively with the Power BI service. But Power BI Desktop has the following limitations:

     

    • Can’t share created reports with non-Power BI Pro users
    • No App Workspaces
    • No API embedding
    • No email subscriptions
    • No peer-to-peer-sharing

     

    • Power BI Pro- it is provided per user. Power BI Pro is an individual license that allows access to all content and capabilities in the Power BI service. You can even share content and collaborate with other Pro users. Only Pro users can publish content to workspaces, share dashboards, and subscribe to dashboards and reports.  

     

    • Power BI Premium- Power BI Premium provides dedicated capacity to deliver more consistent performance. It also supports larger data volumes in Power BI. For individual users, Premium enables widespread distribution of content by Pro users and it doesn't require per-user licenses for recipients viewing the content. Power BI Premium consists of capacity in the Power BI service exclusively allocated to each organization. The capacity is supported by dedicated hardware fully managed by Microsoft. Organizations can choose to apply their dedicated capacity broadly, or allocate it to assigned workspaces based on the number of users, workload needs, or other factors—and scale up or down as requirements change.
    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      6 years ago

      Thanks Amitchandk, We have both Pro and Premium licenses. For an end user (who just wants to view the report NOT develop it) does he needs a license? If so should he needs to be exclusively added to the Premium or he gets it by default since he is on Office 365?

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable
        6 years ago

        Hi Anonymous，

         

        If your content is in a Premium capacity,it doesnt require every user to consume a Pro license,and if you have added the users to the workspace which has dedicated capacity(by premium),the users will get all the content in the workspace by default,no need to share the contents separately.

        Below is the difference between Pro and Premium:

        Power BI Pro is an individual user license that allows access to all content and capabilities in the Power BI service. You can even share content and collaborate with other Pro users. Only Pro users can publish content to workspaces, share dashboards, and subscribe to dashboards and reports.

        Power BI Premium provides dedicated capacity to deliver more consistent performance. It also supports larger data volumes in Power BI. For individual users, Premium enables widespread distribution of content by Pro users and it doesn't require per-user Pro licenses for recipients viewing the content. This means that consumers can collaborate with colleagues and view and interact with dashboards, reports, and apps that have been shared with them.

        Here is the reference link:

        https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/consumer/end-user-faq

         

         
        Best Regards,
        Kelly
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