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PowerBI Desktop for Report Server - Cost?
Correct, if you only publish SSRS reports you do not need a Pro license. In addition, I think it is more of a *technically you need a license* versus that it just won't work...
You state 'technically you need a license'. This is to the point of my original question. I have a customer who is saying how do they actually pay and track licenses? i.e. how do they align a PowerBI Desktop RS license with an actual payment? It's like anyone can download PowerBI Desktop RS and just use it with no prompts to ever register the license
Correct, but technically you are supposed to have a Pro license if you publish to the Report Server. Don't shoot the messenger, I'm just explaining the licensing requirements to the best of my knowledge. There have been licenses like this in the past like the Windows Server "External Connector" license. You were supposed to have it if you had external connections coming into your Windows Server but there was no enforcement mechanism other than audits.
Hi Greg_Deckler,Thanks for your input on this, I appreciate you taking the time to answer the questions, please don't feel we are ungrateful. I'm sure you understand our confusion on this front, it seems very odd ( to me anyway ) that the requirement for a Power BI Pro lic is so poorly documented and monitored, its a technicality that Microsoft have not properly documented.
There must be many users of the On-Prem solution that do not know about this requirement.
Thanks again.
Rob