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POWER BI EMBEDDED
Eric_ZhangThanks :)
Somewhere i read that we can develop using power bi pro license and when we need to move our solution to production we need premium licesne. are we on same page ?
Have you read my concern in previous comments ? what is your suggestion ?
Thanks,
Gowtham
Eric_Zhang, Anonymous - Just to be more clear, rephrasing my query
Is there an option to create embedded workspace with PowerBI pro license or I need to necessarily purchase PowerBI premium license? Kindly confirm.
- Hi,
As some may already aware Microsoft has brought big changes recently with the announcement of the Power BI Premium options. Amongst those changes was the convergence of Power BI Embedded with Power BI REST API. So since June 1st 2017 if you try to create a new Workspace Collections + Workspace through Azure Portal instead of seeing the former Workspace Collections creation form on last blade you'll rather end up with a text untitled"Getting started with Power BI Embedded" and listing all the steps to prepare for Power BI Premium migration.You would probably see a link as you scroll down the page IF AND ONLY IF you have any existing Workspace Collections + Workspace created prior to June 1st. After that I'm afraid you won't be able to create new Workspace Collections + Workspace through Azure Portal.
Now it may still be possible to create a Workspace Collections + Workspace using what I call a "back 🚪 door" solution using Azure 1.0 [which you may find on one of Jon Gallant blog 😉 ] still I don't necessarily recommend this approach if you're planning a new project. I used Azure CLI mainly because I needed a Power BI Embedded working sample in tech speech session. Kind of explaining the path that's where we are and that's where we're heading so to speak.
Another change brought by Microsoft on June 1st was that from now on you'll need a Power BI Pro license to share material.
Last but not least, the new Power BI Embedded -Power BI REST API convergence is aimed towards Power BI Premium scenario. IOW if you want to embed material with new embedding approach you'll have no choice but purchasing a Power BI Pro + Power BI Premium... and that's the way it goes... 
gowthamveera as MawashiKid explained, the new licensing requires the use of the Premium Sku to share. That is the EM sku, you can find more details here under "Explore Pricing" - this will download the document detailing the options.
To clarify one point, only the individuals creating the reports and embedding them need a Pro license. The Premium Embedded license covers the end users. From my understanding you should be able to develop under the Pro license, the Premium sku would only be required once you roll the reports out to the wider audience via embedding.
RE : To clarify one point, only the individuals creating the reports and embedding them need a Pro license. The Premium Embedded license covers the end users.
Indeed, as shown in gif animation below, application users (non-AAD users who do not own Power BI Pro license) will be able to access shared embedded material [Dashboards, Reports and tiles] through generated Access Token. This could be managed and generated from a master account created by AAD Master App User or sort of main application dev sysadmin if you prefer...
That's where you'll need a Power BI Premium license.On the other hand BI Analyst and Developer individuals creating the reports and embedding them won't go through access token process but need a Power BI Pro license.
So in real life embedding chain production scenario, you'll still need at least one Power BI Pro license at some stage in combination with Power BI Premium as you'll need at least ONE chef [and probably some cooking assistants...] in the kitchen to prepare the guests meals... Hope this helps.
