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Ajay's avatar
Ajay
Icon for Microsoft Employee rankMicrosoft Employee
9 years ago

Fixes to Power BI Pro License Required Dialogs

A Power BI Pro license is required to view dashboards or reports that contain Pro content. In some cases, our enforcement of this licensing logic caused confusion about whether content was Pro or not...
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Mardin's avatar
Mardin
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9 years ago

mim Sharing my password is not a viable option since it's simply not allowed. I'm in a company with 6.000+ employees and they have a very strict IT policy.

 

Distributing the .PBIX files defeats the purpose of this tool and it would also be a hasle to distribute a new .PBIX file to 1-200 different end-users each month.

 

It should simply be possible for everyone to READ the online reports and only have the developers/admins require the Pro-license, like many many others have stated in here.

 

Why is it free to read/view-only the .PBIX files via the free Desktop client but not free to read/view-only online? 

mim's avatar
mim
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9 years ago

Mardin   Microsoft is not obliged to do anything,  it is the market that decide and unfortunately the BI enterprise offering is still very expensive. 

 

don't get me wrong I understand your frustration, but microsoft model from day one was clear,  everyone need to have a subscription to do any meaningful work in enterprise, I know it does not make sense but what's the alternative.  ( Qlik Server and Tableau Server required named user too)

 

another option is to wait for SSRS on premise, but it is not clear what will be the license model.

 

SSAS with Excel as a front end is an option too.

 

so unless the competitors come up with a better pricing model, Microsoft will not change anything. 

  • worldundermine's avatar
    worldundermine
    Icon for Advocate I rankAdvocate I
    9 years ago

    Sharing passwords and passing around files defeats the point. It's also bad practice. We're looking for solutions, not workarounds.

     

    The market has indeed spoken: Non-Microsoft providers provide better and more affordable options (depending on your size and usage of course). This was a blatent bait and switch for some of us affected. 

     

    Sorry, but Microsoft really messed up here.

    • mim's avatar
      mim
      Icon for Advocate V rankAdvocate V
      9 years ago

      worldundermine i guess you have two solutions, either you pay or use something else

       

      btw if your reports are not too much complex, you can try Google Data studio, it is "free" you can have multiple people working on the same reports, and  you can sign in using your company email account. 

      • djnww's avatar
        djnww
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        9 years ago

        mim, I think you have misunderstood the concerns from the community.

         

        Microsoft has mistakenly outpriced itself from large organisations which are its core customers. PowerBi is more expensive than Qlik and Tableau server. This is the issue. Organisations have put forward business cases for Power BI because it was a cheaper solution based on its original pricing structure. And now it is easily double the price of Qlik and Tableau. Absolutely ridiculous.

         

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