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DrewInTheData
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Is this Public report scenario possible?

Hello.  I provide a data service for my company and am looking to take things to the next level for my customers.  I have been using Power BI and love the features and looks.  After doing some research I came across the ability to create interactive reports either within the organization or in a public space.  I know that publishing to a public space is generally frowned upon depending on the data that is being displayed but I had an idea and didn't know if it was possible.

 

I have about 30 customers currently and would really love them to be able to interact with the reports that I put together for them rather than only creating a PDF document at the end of the year. My question and idea is a follows:

 

I would create a section on our company website that would specifically be for these customers.  Each customer would have their own "page".  Could I then publish the corresponding analytics for each customer to their specific page, allow the customer to interact with the reports as they see fit; the idea being the customer WOULD NOT need a Power BI license or need a Microsoft account to access them?

 

From there we could then create credentials on our site for each customer so their specific data would only be accessible to that specific customer.

I couldn't find sufficient documentation for this scenario and didn't know exactly where to ask this for Microsoft support or the PBI gurus.  Any guidance is appreciated.

 

Thanks!

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edhans
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You definitely don't want to use the Publish to Web feature - there is no security at all.

 

You need to use Embedded. They won't need a license, but they will need an account to log in to provide the security. More at Power BI embedded analytics overview - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

 

You will be the one paying for the capacity and licensing with an embedded capacity.



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edhans
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You definitely don't want to use the Publish to Web feature - there is no security at all.

 

You need to use Embedded. They won't need a license, but they will need an account to log in to provide the security. More at Power BI embedded analytics overview - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

 

You will be the one paying for the capacity and licensing with an embedded capacity.



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