Forum Discussion
Can Power BI Free Users Access reports Shared by Premium Users? or Do they require Pro License
Solution Sage
You actually have it backwards: reports are free to develop (as Power BI desktop is free and requires no account to use); the Pro license is to take advantage of the collaborative features of the Power BI Online service with other Pro users.
Once a report is uploaded, SharePoint actually has the capability to embed Power BI directly, which only takes a couple minutes, and only the publisher requires a Pro license.
Workspaces are just a matter of sharing access with relevant Pro users, and setting up a gateway for automated refreshes.
I've been trying to implement this and, frankly, the workspaces do not work. I've posted a powerbi report to a teams workspace. The other users who do not have powerbi pro are unable to se anything, they just see a blank screen. So, I don't believe that powerbi will work for free users in a workspace.