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What! You need a Power BI Pro Licence
I agree.
I think that that message is starting to become louder, and the team is certainly listening. I'd encourage you to lend your voice to the forum above. THe more noise that is made about this, the better.
I finally formalized my thoughts on this topic into a blog post. If you're interested, it's at
https://whitepages.unlimitedviz.com/2017/05/power-bi-premium-pricing-model-good-bad-ugly/
Feedback welcome!
Agree. Microsoft came up with a great product that challenged the market. Why are they so pig headed as to screw up a great opportunity? Microsoft has for years generated products to suit all sizes of business. Power BI was a product that small business could now get on board with real dashboards to run their business.
Come on Microsoft. Smell the coffee! Give us a solution that is fair for all companies.
I think the answer is yes for your scenario. It really killed our ability to use Power BI. I think Microsoft did a disservice to small businesses where the pricing is cost prohibitive.
Is there a matrix somewhere that explains the Power BI licensing? I'd dealing with a small business and need to understand if they will require all Pro licenses. the Intent is to share Power BI reports through SharePoint pages using the Power BI Webparts to embed the content. Any help to the latest information would be much appreciated. Thanks
ssuming that it doesn't get adjusted. Remember, it hasn't actually happened yet....
- Hi John, It's a good post. Covers off nicely the incoming changes and what they mean for a few of the edge case scenarios.
It's a sad day for the SMB Market reporting indeed.
I've got clients who've successfully embraced PowerBI and gained real business insight from the reports from it. Who realistically will never make the next step to business sharing and because of the hellish starting cost.
