Issue with permissions

Hi, Mel2020 

Here’s my personal opinion on your several questions:

1. No, you can't open the shared reports without a pro license unless you're in a premium capacity.
2. According to my test, the viewer of your report can automatically view the latest updated report after a page refresh. And the link will not be invalid unless you deleted it manually.

3. I think it’s related to the tenant these end-users are located in, the end-users outside your own tenant may encounter into this problem because of the link you selected or the tenant settings, you should check.

When they requested read access to your report, you can go to the “Manage permission”->” Advanced”->” Pending” to allow the pending requests:

To get more info about the “read & shared permissions” and others about it, you should take a close look at this document, which is very comprehensive and detailed:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/collaborate-share/service-share-dashboards

Thank you very much!

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Robert Qin

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