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Work or School Account required when sharing with hotmail/ personal account?
Hi Alexis,
Really apprecaite you taking the time to look at this.
To be clear, I'm not wanting the guest users to sign up to PowerBI, I just want them to be able to read a dashboard/ report.
From the docs I can see
Distribute content to external guest users with Azure AD B2B - Power BI | Microsoft Docs
What am i missing?
As mentioned, this has been working for a while now and only recently have I had issues.
Super UserIt sure isn't very clear, is it?
Further down that page, it says:
Guest users using social identities will experience more limitations because of sign-in restrictions.
- They can use consumption experiences in the Power BI service through a web browser
- They can't use the Power BI Mobile apps
- They won't be able to sign in where a work or school account is required
It does seem like it should be possible though. The detailed documentation here says this:
Can I invite guest users with consumer email accounts?
Inviting guest users with consumer email accounts is supported in Power BI. This includes domains such as hotmail.com, outlook.com and gmail.com. However, those users may experience limitations beyond what users with work or school accounts encounter.
It seems like Microsoft has been making some authentication changes recently but isn't very clear where they apply. When is a "work or school account required"? I'm confused now too.
The Customer Support Team can hopefully provide a better answer.
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Customer support team, we also need answer to this, so we'd appreciate a response.