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Sharing without Pro license
I need to share dashboards and/or reports within my organization. I'd love to be able to post them to an Office 365 SharePoint site. We can't use "Publish to Web" because of security concerns. Apparently someone posted something to Facebook, so it's been turned off. The only options I've seen in my research require everyone to have a Pro license. That's not really a workable option for alot of reasons. What are my options for low- or no-code sharing. I'm good with SharePoint, but I can barely spell API, let alone know how to use one. Thanks.
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Hello -
I would suggest looking into Power BI Premium, which enables unlimited distribution of your content without the need for consumers to have Pro licenses. Premium works with a number of distribution options which do not require writing code - e.g. Power BI apps, SharePoint Online embed via web part, etc.To learn more: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi-premium/
-Sirui
Thanks. I looked at the link. While that would solve the problem, according to the calculator it would also increase our costs by about 5x. So it's not really an option.
I was hoping that PBI would have a tick box setting like SharePoint and OneDrive where you can simply disable external sharing. Does anyone know if PBI has a setting like that?
I have exactly the same issue!
Some great work Microsoft did on this application, even with free licenses.
Now... they break the complete license structure and we have to pay x times more.
I would totally agree for the developers to have a Pro account, however if you want to share simple graphs with sr management, you don't want them to login or anything like that.
The value of having simple users with this premium license is totally lost....
Also posted my concerns here because I don't see any solution yet:
Re: What happens with shared dashboards on 1st of June?
Please vote for my idea to make it free again:
https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/19666702-free-license-for-sharing
Such a great tool, just killed due to license. I don't expect this is MS strategy, right?
Would the E1 SKU for Premium be sufficient for users without a PowerBI Pro license to access report content through the SharePoint online modern page web part?
Does anyone know if the E1 SKU for Premium will allow for reports to be embedded in SharePoint Online using the new modern page web part. This would be a cheaper option for those of use who don't/can't purchase Power BI Pro licenses for all users.
I have the same issue. But if you want to share with someone who is going to use it once or twice, there's a way to work around it.
You can share with a different account (different domain) as regarding sharing externally. The user can view the dashboards and reports without a pro license as long as the user uses a different email address and register in Power BI server. However, the user can only access that dashboard or report from the email link you send through and it won't get updated unless you share a new link again. For more information, you can check this guy's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op_Q7YL8cd4
Cheers
Myra
