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jongee
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Hi

 

I have just created a Power BI dashboard online that refreshes using the personal gateway service.

 

I am now being told that if I want to share this dashboard with my colleagues, they need to have a Power BI Pro license, is this right? All I want to do is allow my colleagues to view the data. Why does this need a Pro license? 

 

Has this changed as a few months ago I didn't think this was the case?

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Greg_Deckler
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This has always been true, but I think only recently has actually been consistently enforced. I think this worked in the past due to bugs and those bugs are slowly being fixed.



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jayeckles
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I have posted an idea for Power BI to identify what specific content is triggering the "Pro" message.  Seems silly that we have to guess.  Please vote:

 

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/18725956-identify-power-bi-pro-co...

Greg_Deckler
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This has always been true, but I think only recently has actually been consistently enforced. I think this worked in the past due to bugs and those bugs are slowly being fixed.



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