Enterprise-level licensing

[pbiideas1]

If you won't allow non-pro users to view pro content, there should be an enterprise-level option that allows our company to pay more up front so that all users can view pro content. We have too many users to buy pro licenses for everyone. We are trying to become data-driven but will not be able to do so without a better pricing option.

[gerardmangan]

What volume discounting is available?

[nicholas_morris]

If there was a 'view' license (so people access view any content we allow them to, but they can't manipulate it) - $0 and Internet anonymous capable.

[mcnannery]

At my organization, only the analysts would be manipulating the data and everyone else would just need to view the data.

[dinochacko]

I believe the 'Free' license should be utilized for viewing any content irrespective of the type of report / dashboard, while the 'Pro' license should be purely for people who are involved in the design & development of the report / dashboard. At our organization, we are now seeing a huge demand in these reports but this limitation paves way to the alternate approach of issuing a 'Pro' license for viewers too. But then the whole effectiveness of the license is lost since it is being utilized only for viewing purpose and nothing else! I highly recommend and suggest that the licensing model be reviewed to align to the user-consumption patterns & methods, rather than aligning it for pricing purposes. This will make the tool popular for its ease of usage and flexibility among the business analysts, who are getting on to it very much as we speak but getting knock-backs with these tiny gaps & limitations.

[gman]

Yep I started building a test case for using this but now I realize that Everyone at work will need a pro license just to view my reports. We can't afford that many licences (~500) so looks like we will be going down the tableau server route. Bad luck Microsoft, you missed out on this one

[neala70]

Having to license non-Pro users is an absolute non-starter for us. Has been advocating moving from QlikView to PowerBI, but will have to place on hold due to this limitation.

[jnavarrete]

Hello Haydn. Where can I find the volume discounting information?

[germanhenrique1]

At my organization we need to use "row level security", this one is a pro content features. We think it`s expensive to pay pro licences only for this feauture.

[brian_frantz]

Agree with this, this is a major limitation for me as well. Requiring every *viewer* to have a Pro license makes Power BI not useful for creating general-purpose reports in a large organization. Allowing any user to view Pro content, or bundling this capability with an Office365 subscription or something would greatly extend the usefulness of this otherwise great tool.

[microsoft_thk]

Hi, hope to have some guideline. I would like to use power BI for my company in data analytic and schedule refresh. We have installed Power BI desktop 60 days trial. We publish the report and want to schedule refresh. However, we have seen a lot of comment in website. To schedule refresh a report, we need Power BI Pro. My company has policy must use fixed license and not subscription. May i know is there any licensing cost package and what we need for setup? Target for one group of user (around 20 people).