Is a pro license required to setup a on premise gateway?

[Upamanyu90]

Hi Experts,

Hope you are having a good week!

Does the Power BI mail account that we specify while setting up an on premise gateway, require Pro License or can we set it up using free users as well? I am new to this so please let me know if you need any more information.

Thanks & Regards,

Upamanyu

[v-yiruan-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Upamanyu90 ，

Pro license is not required to install and use the gateway. You can check the following documents to learn more about the gateway.

On-premises data gateway

The Power BI Gateway; All You Need to Know

In addition, you can also take a look at the differences between  free license and pro license. As @Anonymous wrote, if you need to collaborate with other people later, such as share and view reports and dashboards etc., you will need a pro license. You can find more details in the following links.

Power BI service features by license type

Power BI Free vs Pro and Premium

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Community Support Team _ Rena Ruan
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[Greg_Deckler]

@Upamanyu90 No, you do not need a Pro license to use the Gateway.

[Upamanyu90]

@Greg_Deckler Ok, so let' say if I set up my on premsie gateway using a Power Bi account GWUSER@mycorp.com and the published report is accessed by BIUSER@mycorp.com, I should be good with the below -

GWUSER@mycorp.com - Free User

BIUSER@mycorp.com - Pro User

I am very new to this, so just double checking 🙂

Thanks Again!

[Anonymous]

@Upamanyu90 though you can use gateway as a free user but you will be able to publish the report only to "My Workspace" ...and you will not be able to share the report with others...Only a pro user will be able to publish the report in a given workspace if he the owner of the workspace....