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4 years ago
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Power BI Options for non M365 users

Hi, I've been asked to investigate using the Power BI service for a client who doesn't use M365.  I have done a bit of searching and found a few posts that are a few years old and can't get a clear ...
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    ibarrau
    4 years ago

    Hi. It is mandatory to have office account to use Power Bi Service. The only way to user Power Bi without any microsoft licence would be developing a web app with Power Bi Embed (azure resource with capacity) owning the login.

    You should also consider that you can create office accounts for free and just pay for the Power Bi Pro licence. You don't need to pay for anything else rather than PBI if you don't want.

    I hope that helps,

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4 years ago

By requirements, I mean is there anything different that needs to be provisioned to use PPU.  You've answered my question!

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ibarrau
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4 years ago

I'm glad to read it. Please consider Accept the reply as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

The PPU is kind of complicated because it's hybrid. You need to purchase and assign it to a account. Then that account can turn Premium Per User Capacity for a workspace. Only users with PPU can be shared artifacts from that workspace. 

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