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Restrict Publishing from Desktop to Service
Microsoft rep got back with a solution. In short, upgrade to Premium service and remove all Pro licenses except keep developers as Pro. That way free users can consume through the service but cannot publish or share. We were not ready to move to Premium but it appears that is the only option.
Anonymous,
Yes. Please submit an feature request in Power BI ideas forum about preventing users from publishing PBIX file.
https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas
Regards,
Lydia
Microsoft rep got back with a solution. In short, upgrade to Premium service and remove all Pro licenses except keep developers as Pro. That way free users can consume through the service but cannot publish or share. We were not ready to move to Premium but it appears that is the only option.
- LivioLanzo
Solution Sage
Hi Anonymous
I was wondering if this would disable publishing to 'My Workspace' for Free Users ?
LivioLanzosorry I missed your post. I'm not sure if it would disable free user publishing to "My Workspace" but according to Microsoft it would achieve our objectives since free users cannot share. We plan to get premium service, go to free licenses for all users except a handful of BI developers with Pro licenses.
