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DDD_DDD
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How to share the Power BI report to free license users (within same company) only for viewing?

If anyone knows the solution to share the report to viewer, without viewers requesting PRO lisence.

I am a POWER BI PRO user and I want to share the report to my colleagues only for viewing purpose. However even for viewing the POWER BI PRO version is asked by Microsoft. I even tried to embedd the link in TEAMS (Group) but in that as well the PRO license is required by Microsoft.
How I can do peer to peer sharing? the report creator and sharing person is having PRO license and Viewer is having Free license. 

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SaiTejaTalasila
Super User
Super User

Hi @DDD_DDD ,

 

Publish your reports on premium capacity workspace then pro license not required for people with viewer role.

 

I hope it will be helpful.

 

Thanks,

Sai Teja 

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Anonymous
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Thank you SaiTejaTalasila

Hi, @DDD_DDD 

With sharing, whether you share content inside or outside your organization, you need a Power BI Pro or Premium Per User (PPU) license.

Your recipients also need Power BI Pro or Premium Per User (PPU) licenses, unless the content is in a Premium capacity.

You can refer to the following methods to share your reports and dashboards:

1. First, you can put the contents of the workspace into premium capacity:

Purchase Power Bl Premium: https://docs.microsoft.com/power-bi/admin/service-admin-premium-purchase

Assign a workspace to a capacity:    https://docs.microsoft.com/power-bi/admin/service-admin-premium-manage#assign-a-workspace-to-a-capac...

 

2. If you want to share it with users outside the organization, you can try this method:

https://docs.microsoft.com/power-bi/admin/service-admin-azure-ad-b2b

The guest user must have the proper licensing in place to view the content that you shared.

There are a few ways to make sure the user has a proper license: use Power BI Premium, assign a Power BI Pro license, get a Premium Per User (PPU) license, or use the guest's Power BI Pro license.

 

3. If you don't want to buy Premium and Pro licenses, you can try publishing to the web.

However,when you use Publish to web, anyone on the Internet can view your published report or visual. This method is not safe.

Publish to Web: Publish to web from Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

 

 

Best Regards

Jianpeng Li

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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Anonymous
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Thank you SaiTejaTalasila

Hi, @DDD_DDD 

With sharing, whether you share content inside or outside your organization, you need a Power BI Pro or Premium Per User (PPU) license.

Your recipients also need Power BI Pro or Premium Per User (PPU) licenses, unless the content is in a Premium capacity.

You can refer to the following methods to share your reports and dashboards:

1. First, you can put the contents of the workspace into premium capacity:

Purchase Power Bl Premium: https://docs.microsoft.com/power-bi/admin/service-admin-premium-purchase

Assign a workspace to a capacity:    https://docs.microsoft.com/power-bi/admin/service-admin-premium-manage#assign-a-workspace-to-a-capac...

 

2. If you want to share it with users outside the organization, you can try this method:

https://docs.microsoft.com/power-bi/admin/service-admin-azure-ad-b2b

The guest user must have the proper licensing in place to view the content that you shared.

There are a few ways to make sure the user has a proper license: use Power BI Premium, assign a Power BI Pro license, get a Premium Per User (PPU) license, or use the guest's Power BI Pro license.

 

3. If you don't want to buy Premium and Pro licenses, you can try publishing to the web.

However,when you use Publish to web, anyone on the Internet can view your published report or visual. This method is not safe.

Publish to Web: Publish to web from Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

 

 

Best Regards

Jianpeng Li

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

SaiTejaTalasila
Super User
Super User

Hi @DDD_DDD ,

 

Publish your reports on premium capacity workspace then pro license not required for people with viewer role.

 

I hope it will be helpful.

 

Thanks,

Sai Teja 

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