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Assign Power BI Pro to guest users
I am currently evaluating Power BI Service and clicked on try Pro for free. I am assuming this gives me a trial version of Power BI Pro. I am able to push data and create reports, workspacea and publish apps, etc. When I use the admin user or any user I create in the organization I can install the app and view.
I assigned a license to a guest user (external user) in O365 Admin Portal. I published an App and shared it with the guest user. The gues user received an email. But as a free user the guest user is not able to install the app. The app is visible in the available apps in Power BI. Any ideas? Or is this because I am using the trial version.
Hi kgummuluri,
That's clear now. As far as I know, we can't assign a Pro trial to users. The users have to click "Try Pro" explicitly. The guest uses can consume the Power BI contents after clicking "Try Pro for free". Why not do that?
Best Regards,
Dale
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Hi kgummuluri,
The guest user needs a Pro account (or Pro trail) in your scenario. Please refer to power-bi/service-admin-azure-ad-b2b#licensing.
Best Regards,
Dale@i v-jiascu-msft,
Thank you for replying to the post. I was using the link you posted. In that link it clearly states that if I assign a pro license from my tenant to the guest user the guest user will be able to view the content. If he guest user alaready has a pro license what is the point os assigning a pro licesne to the guest user. I am missing something.
Here is the text from the documentation -
Assign Power BI Pro license to guest user
Assigning a Power BI Pro license to the guest user, within your tenant, allows that guest user to view the content.
Note
A Power BI Pro license from your tenant applies to guest users only when they access content within your tenant
Hi kgummuluri,
It seems the guest can view the contents but the guest can't install the App. Right? If so, I have consulted the Product Team. I will update here later.
Best Regards,
Dale
