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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.
Solved! Go to Solution.
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
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.
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.
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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