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Impactful Individualnew power bi licensing
Advocate II really wish Microsoft didn't require end users to have a license to use the fruits of a developer's labor. If there's any single thing that's going to cause us to move from Power BI to Tableau-- which is currently under consideration-- it's that. Now that Tableau has modified their pricing to a reasonable monthly cost, I think the Powers That Be will likely conclude that it makes a lot more sense (and is probably much less expensive) to buy a few $70 Pro developer licenses than try to worry about dozens of $10 licenses for all possible end users. And I pray that I won't be asked to pony up for a subscription to the C++ compiler the next time a new version of Outlook is released.
While I am echoing all of the upset people on this thread I view this new PowerBI pricing model as Microsoft has got into the Ransomware game. This is clearly a bait and switch tactic. I think the adoption of PowerBI would have been very low if they clearly communicated that the free version was only a trial. We have spent thousands of dollars developing a management system based on PowerBI assuming that Power BI would be free to use for staff that just needed to view that data a few times per week.
This is legal ransomware. Microsoft baited companies like mine to spending thousands of dollars under false pretenses and then surprise, now you need to pay thousands of dollars more every month just to view YOUR data.
I have been a big advocate of Office 365 but now I am questioning what other surprises Microsoft will have down the road. BUYER BEWARE!!!!! Time to slow down our commitment to Office 365 and start seriously considering Google Business. Microsoft has lost my trust.