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PBIUSER_01
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10 months ago
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Edit Access for Semantic Models - External Users

Hi everyone,   We host our Power BI content in our company tenant, and external users currently access reports through an embedded portal. They can view and create reports based on a shared dataset...
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  • Kedar_Pande's avatar
    Kedar_Pande
    10 months ago

    No, there's no workaround.

     

    Your only option is the separate tenant. It's not complex: create a new tenant, deploy your semantic model there, and grant them access. The cost is just the license fees for those users.

     

    This isn't a technical limitation - it's proper security design. Don't circumvent it.

     

    If this answer helped, please click Kudos or mark as Solution.
    -Kedar
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v-venuppu
Community Support
9 months ago

Hi PBIUSER_01 ,

Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Fabric Community.

Thank you Kedar_Pande for the prompt response.

You can create a generic Power BI account with a Pro/PPU license to edit datasets, but it’s not recommended.
Shared accounts break audit trails, violate licensing, and pose security risks.
Instead, invite external users as B2B guests and give them workspace access, or create a separate tenant where they’re treated as internal users.These are the only compliant, supported ways for external users to edit semantic models.