power bi desktop free version publish to web

[Bakhtawar]

i search about power bi licence .. i read this on interent

"

If you publish a report to the Web, it is made public, and anyone on the internet can potentially search and find the data. In this case Power BI Pro users have the advantage of sharing reports directly with other Pro users besides of course uploading the document to a Premium workspace."

i have power bi free desktop version .. when i create dashboard and click on publish then dashboard is published on  cloud and from that when i click on "publish to web " option then there is link which is created.. i send this link only respective persons.. so how this link is publicly available and anyone one the internet can easily access..

kindly clear that point..

[Tara_]

Hi @Bakhtawar ,

It means that anyone who gets their hands on the link will be able to view the report without any form of authentication. Meaning, they will not have to use login credentials to view the report. 

So you might not have shared it with everyone, but maybe by mistake someone who shouldn't, got access. It's a precaution warning. 

Here is the warning from Microsoft https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-publish-to-web

Warning

When you use Publish to web, anyone on the Internet can view your published report or visual. This requires no authentication and includes viewing detail level data your reports aggregate. Before publishing a report, make sure it is okay for you to share the data and visualizations publicly. Do not publish confidential or proprietary information. If in doubt, check your organization's policies before publishing.

For more details check these out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpZPUdzNXeE  What you NEED to know about Publish to Web in Power BI - Guy in a Cube

https://exceleratorbi.com.au/publish-web-not-secure/ 

Hope this helps 

[Bakhtawar]

@Tara_  ok you mean we should have login credetails on that link ?

[Tara_]

@Bakhtawar the Publish to Web feature does not support authentication, you will need to use another method to share your reports and enforce authentocation like when sharing with others in your organization they'll all have to have a Pro license to login and view the report.

More details below

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-share-dashboards