A Power BI Pro license is required to view dashboards or reports that contain Pro content. In some cases, our enforcement of this licensing logic caused confusion about whether content was Pro or not. We are releasing several fixes that make this experience more consistent for users.
Please note that there is no change to our licensing policy - the conditions for what is Pro content, which continue to remain the same.
The fixes are as follows:
- Dashboards and reports created in Group Workspaces that were subsequently shared to other users without Pro licenses did not trigger the standard License Required Dialog. Instead there was a non-standard treatment of this Pro content for viewers without Pro licenses. We have fixed this issue, so these consumers will now see the standard 'License Required' dialog that is consistent with other Pro content scenarios.
- In some circumstances, users that attempted to view Pro content without a Pro license saw the standard License Required Dialog, but upon closing the dialog saw partial content, causing confusion about whether a license was required. We have fixed this issue, so these viewers will no longer see any Pro content if they do not have a Pro license.
- In some circumstances, direct links to reports that contained Pro content did show the standard 'License Required' dialog for users without Pro. We have fixed this issue, so these viewers will see the standard 'License Required' dialog.
Ajay
Senior Program Manager,
Power BI, Microsoft.
