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Anonymous
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Report view when multiple users share Pro license

Hello,

 

Probably this topic already exists in the Community, but I haven't been able to form a real opinion about it. Hope some of you know the answer.

 

Imagine the case of a company with 20 employees. There is a single Pro Power BI entreprise license that is shared between all these users. Questions:

- Is there a maximum number of concurrent users that can be logged in the system? Or will some of them get an access error?

- How the filters of the dashboard will behave? I mean: if user 1 applies one filter, and user 2 (logged in simultaneously) applies another filter, is the report able to execute the 2 filterings without any interference (remember, in both cases the same account is used)?

What licence purchasing would you advice for this situation, in which a 20-employee company wants a single Pro license to be shared between all of them, but at the same time wants the reports to be used individually by all 20 of them? If someone encountered this situation, I'd really appreciate the feedback.

 

Thanks in advance!

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R1k91
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20 employees? 20 pro licesens.

 


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otravers
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There's no concept of concurrent Power BI Pro users, these are individual licenses so each of your users will need their own license:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/enterprise/service-admin-purchasing-power-bi-pro

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ribisht17
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Yes, 20 users and 20 Pro-licenses.

Using same ID by different users is a security breach itself which may work but will not be supported

 

Regards,

Ritesh

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Anonymous
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Thanks to you all, it seems we have an answer here 🙂 

otravers
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Community Champion

There's no concept of concurrent Power BI Pro users, these are individual licenses so each of your users will need their own license:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/enterprise/service-admin-purchasing-power-bi-pro

------------------------------------------------
1. How to get your question answered quickly - good questions get good answers!
2. Learning how to fish > being spoon-fed without active thinking.
3. Please accept as a solution posts that resolve your questions.
------------------------------------------------
BI Blog: Datamarts | RLS/OLS | Dev Tools | Languages | Aggregations | XMLA/APIs | Field Parameters | Custom Visuals
R1k91
Super User
Super User

20 employees? 20 pro licesens.

 


--
Riccardo Perico
BI Architect @ Lucient Italia | Microsoft MVP

Blog | GitHub

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
ribisht17
Community Champion
Community Champion

Yes, 20 users and 20 Pro-licenses.

Using same ID by different users is a security breach itself which may work but will not be supported

 

Regards,

Ritesh

Mark my post as a solution if it helped you| Munde and Kudis (Ladies and Gentlemen) I like your Kudos!! !!
My YT Channel Dancing With Data !! Connect on Linkedin !! PL 300 Certification Series

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