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Power BI Pricing for multiple users
Karan -
Here is a breakdown of some of the differences from Power Bi Free version and Power Bi Pro:
https://www.burningsuit.co.uk/blog/2018/02/power-bi-free-vs-pro/
If you are actually going to publish a URL to distribute to users via email then know that there is basically zero security on that, meaning anyone with the link will be able to gain access to the report.
I would suggest setting up an Office 365 tenant space, publishing your model to the tenant and then granting users access by setting them up as users in the tenant space.
You can try the free version with the users who are just explorers and see if it will work for you. The biggest limitation, in my mind, is the scheduled data refresh from the gateway (your data stays updated from original source automatically). That is a pro only feature and why I make an assumption that most likely you are going to need pro licenses.
If you have no concerns about the security (doesnt matter if unaffiliated people can see the data), then you could create the models in pbi desktop, publish to service, generate the URL and then email it out to users.
To do this, you still need the Office 365 tenant space.
Hi HealthEteam,
Thanks a lot for your reply.
When I say "sharing dashboard via URL/email", I mean Creator/explorer should be able to share the dashboard via email/URL with Viewer.
I'll reframe my question.
Can a viewer see the dashboard shared by explorer/Creator with him via email/ URL and use filters/slice dice features without being subscribed to the PowerBI pro version?
Regards
Karan -
Here is a breakdown of some of the differences from Power Bi Free version and Power Bi Pro:
https://www.burningsuit.co.uk/blog/2018/02/power-bi-free-vs-pro/
If you are actually going to publish a URL to distribute to users via email then know that there is basically zero security on that, meaning anyone with the link will be able to gain access to the report.
I would suggest setting up an Office 365 tenant space, publishing your model to the tenant and then granting users access by setting them up as users in the tenant space.
You can try the free version with the users who are just explorers and see if it will work for you. The biggest limitation, in my mind, is the scheduled data refresh from the gateway (your data stays updated from original source automatically). That is a pro only feature and why I make an assumption that most likely you are going to need pro licenses.
If you have no concerns about the security (doesnt matter if unaffiliated people can see the data), then you could create the models in pbi desktop, publish to service, generate the URL and then email it out to users.
To do this, you still need the Office 365 tenant space.