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Soulpj25's avatar
Soulpj25
New Member
8 years ago

Report Remaning time

In our company we are thinking of acquiring PowerBI Report Server, through SQL Server enterprise + SA.   we plan to migrate a considerable number of reports to this server. the nature of these mak...
v-qiuyu-msft's avatar
v-qiuyu-msft
Community Support
8 years ago

Hi Soulpj25,

 

As you can see here: 

 

Either way you license Power BI Report Server, “publisher” users who publish Power BI reports to the report server for others to access need Power BI Pro licenses, whereas “reader” users who merely view reports don’t need any per-user licenses.

 

In my opinion, the report can be consumed by the end user though you don't have Pro license.  riccardomutiJon-Heide Please correct me if I'm wrong. 

 

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu 

  • Jon-Heide's avatar
    Jon-Heide
    Microsoft Employee
    8 years ago

    I'm not a licensing expert, but I can confirm (1) you need a PowerBI pro license to publish content (2) you do not need a PowerBI pro license to consume or read.  

  • Soulpj25's avatar
    Soulpj25
    New Member
    8 years ago

    Thanks for your answers,

    The point I want to get is if the report will continue to update your data by being published with DirectQuery or if they stopped updating when the license expires.