Difference between Read vs Viewer Permission in Power bi

Hi Capitalmale ,

For Viewer, it’s a workspace role, when you add a person to the workspace access with Viewer role, he can access this workspace and then only view and interact with all content in this workspace, such as reports.

For more details, you can read related document: Roles in the new workspaces in Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Docs , Give users access to the new workspaces - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

For Read permission, it’s used for sharing specific reports , user can only view and interact the shared report, cannot access the corresponding workspace if doesn’t have workspace role.

Best regards,
Community Support Team_ Binbin Yu
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