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Iron Contributor

Jan 26, 2017

Missing Apps on the Apps launcher

Hi I am looking at my colleague's App Launcher and see they have missing tiles, specifcally they do not have an App for Power BI. This is despite my colleague having added the App to Excel. We ar...

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Michelle Porreca

Iron Contributor

Jan 26, 2017

You need to activate the Power BI license.

Iron Contributor

Jan 26, 2017

Hi. Thanks, but does this mean you need to activate this on a per user basis? The company has thousands of employees. Still not clear why I would have this but my colleague doesn't.

Salvatore Biscari
Silver Contributor
Jan 26, 2017
Yes, you need to activate it on a per user basis. But you should be able to use powershell. See https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn771770.aspx
- Nicholas Byng-Maddick
  Brass Contributor
  Mar 05, 2017
  Something I came across last week in Azure AD Premium. The ability to assign office licences to security groups. No more need to script ....well at least the licensing part.
  
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Azure-Active-Directory/Azure-AD-group-based-license-management-for-Office-365-and-more/m-p/48567#M176
- Laurie Willis
  Iron Contributor
  Jan 26, 2017
  Wow. OK thanks very much I will investigate. I don't have access to the Admin portal but I will enquire if that is something the admin team can do for me. Thanks
  - Ivan54
    Bronze Contributor
    Jan 26, 2017
    I believe the PowerBI Addin in Excel has "replaced" by the separate PowerBI app (look for it in the Windows Store). Therefore you need PowerBI licenses as mentioned above. Office 365 E1 and E3 come with the Free Version of PowerBI while other bundles like E5 come with the PowerBI Pro license.

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