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Clara's avatar
Clara
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7 years ago

Subscribing to report with 'onmicrosoft.com' email

Hi,

I have my Power BI subscription set up under clara@[organization].onmicrosoft.com. When subscribing to a report, it doesn't let me use my personal email (@gmail.com) or my work email (@[organization].com) claiming that they do not belong in my organization.

 

I've tried logging into Outlook with my @[organization].onmicrosoft.com account, but Outlook says it doesn't exist. I've tried creating a new Outlook email with that name, but it says corporate emails aren't allowed.

 

Is it possible for me to:

1) Access my clara@[organization].onmicrosoft.com email account in any way?
2) Subscribe to a report using my personal (gmail.com) or work ([organization].com) emails?

Either option would be fine! I just really need these reports coming to my inbox every day.

 

Thanks in advance.

Need Help

6 Replies

  • v-jiascu-msft's avatar
    v-jiascu-msft
    Icon for Microsoft Employee rankMicrosoft Employee
    7 years ago

    Hi Clara,

     

    Regarding 1, as far as I know, that depends on your subscription. For example, I have Office 365 Enterprise E5 then I have the email account automatically. Please contact your IT admins.

    Regarding 2, both emails can receive the sharing link which is a LINK. But you need a Pro account either for your personal email or your work email. Please refer to service-admin-azure-ad-b2b. I would suggest you invite the external users first. When you add the users in the report subscription, it looks like below.

    Subscribing-to-report-with-onmicrosoft-com-email

    Below is the email you will receive. Both works.

    Subscribing-to-report-with-onmicrosoft-com-email2

     

    Best Regards,
    Dale

    • Clara's avatar
      Clara
      Icon for Advocate II rankAdvocate II
      7 years ago

      v-jiascu-msft Thanks, Dale! But I'm still working on it. I've managed to send out email alerts using Microsoft Flow (which, as you said, lets me send out *links* to external users as long as they have a pro account) just fine.

       

      The remaining problem is that I would like to receive *snapshots* of the report (as per the subscription option) and email them to external users as well (i.e. my personal and work emails), so that even if they don't have pro accounts (and don't have access to the report itself) they could still receive some information on their data.

       

      Is that currently possible in any way at all?

      • v-jiascu-msft's avatar
        v-jiascu-msft
        Icon for Microsoft Employee rankMicrosoft Employee
        7 years ago

        Hi Clara,

         

        I'm afraid we can't do that in Power BI. But there is a quite easy workaround. You can just forward the email to the proper recipients. They don't need any accounts. This is a basic function of almost all the email systems. They can get the message almost the same time with the first recipient.

         

        Best Regards,
        Dale