Content pack

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I heard content pack will be removed soon but I can't find any article about that. Is it true? Could you show me a référence?
What will happen to my already created content pack?

Thanks for your help

[Anonymous]

I also heard that annoncement at one of the weekly Power BI call for partners, on October 11. It was clearly stated that "Content Packs and read-only workspaces would disappear at EO CY17" (see slide 8 image from the slidedeck).

Sent a few messages to the person who did this annoncement (ajayan@microsoft.com), and to other Microsoft persons (Tamer Farag was one of them) but no answer yet.

We cannot find any other confirmation on Microsoft sites, and this becomes important to align our clients to the right direction and make changes to existing Content Packs and workspaces.

The only official sign is coming from web page https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-organizational-content-pack-introduction which says "Have you heard about the new apps yet? Apps are the new way to distribute content to large audiences in Power BI. We recommend using apps instead of organizational content packs or read-only workspaces"

... Not crystal clear...

[Anonymous]

Hi @Anonymous,

Actually, I also not head the accurate deadline for content pack.
I think even if this feature not support, the original version will keep in publisher's workspace, other sharing version maybe be canceled and can't published/shared again.

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

[Anonymous]

Thanks.

According to what I heard, it is end of year 2017. It is soon but there is no official announce about it ?

I think it is an important change in the way to use the Power BI Service: Content pack are replaced by the apps but the apps have less features than content pack. 

Even if the original content pack works, I guess I can't add new report in a content pack or I can't share new content using this method.