Power BI Embedded Capacity

[QuentinDSC]

Hi all,

I just have a question of Power BI embedded capacity:

I have followed the exemple of "app owns data" to get a embedded token (with client id, client secret, username and password of a pro account) and use this token to embed the report in our website. It works well, we can use our website to see the report. 

But I didn't use the capacity of embedding in any case , and I just wonder why I can still use this embedded report without any capacity? Up till now, all I need was to pay a pro account.

Rly thanks for your help.

Quentin

[v-easonf-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi , @QuentinDSC 

Powerbi embedding is the same as powerbi premium. Since you have not use the capacity of embedding and  you don't assign the Power BI content (workspace) your application uses to a Power BI Embedded (A SKU) capacity,so what you are using is a normal function under  pro lience.

Power BI Embedded allows Power BI portal use for managing and validating embedded content, just the Power BI Pro license is required to authenticate the app inside PowerBI.com to get access to the reports in the right repositories.

You  just need a Power BI Pro license or service principal to use REST APIs. To add reports to a Power BI workspace, an analyst needs either a Power BI Pro license or service principal. To manage Power BI tenant and capacity, an admin is required have a Power BI Pro license.For creating/editing embedded reports inside your application, the end user does not need a Pro license as the user isn't required to be a Power BI user at all.

For more details,please check these related documnets.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/developer/embedded/embedding#embedding-for-your-customersd...

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/developer/embedded/embedded-faq

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason