Cheap and Best option for small business Embedded Power BI Services

[Anonymous]

I am interested in what would be the best solution is for implementing dashboard sharing within a small business organization utilizing Power BI as the BI tool as embedded into an Angular App. The configuration would be 1 Administrator, 2 developers, 5 interactive users (Can develop Self-service report), 15-20 consumers (view only). The consumers and interactive users would need access both on-site and off-site, whereas internationally as well. Consider, we are keen to use Python and AI in the dashboards as well. I have read that I can publish to the web by virtue of owning one pro-license at $9.99 per month, but it does not seem like anything published to the web can be secured. The cost of premium seems too expensive for a small business having mostly consumers vs a dev group but looks like that is my only option(?). How are others configuring their implementation? It would be helpful to understand. Please  Any expert advice?

[V-lianl-msft]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Only having Pro license does not support the scenario you described. Consumers and users cannot access this report without pro license. You need to purchase power bi embedded.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/developer/embedded/embedding 

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/power-bi-embedded/ 

Maybe you can use "publish to web" as an alternative. Please refer to:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/collaborate-share/service-publish-to-web 

Best Regards,
Liang
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[Anonymous]

Hello Liang,

I am sorry, any of those options are not my solution. Due to security reasons, I can not use Publish to the web. We deal with the Banking industry and can not use clients' data casually. For the mid-scale department, we can not quote a huge cost with A3. Hence, looking for the best cost effective solution. Anyway, can you confirm me, if we use 1 Pro along with an A3 Premium, will those consumers still be able to use the self-service option. Or to use the self-service option they require some separate pro license (as many users require self-service). 

Regards,

Sukhomoy 

[V-lianl-msft]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Is this problem sloved?
If not, please let me know.

Best Regards,
Liang
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[Anonymous]

No Liang,

We are yet to get a proper solution. we are checking with other vender and trying to find a way. 

[V-lianl-msft]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Yes.

With sharing, whether you share content inside or outside your organization, you need a Power BI Pro license. Your recipients also need Power BI Pro licenses, unless the content is in a Premium capacity.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/collaborate-share/service-share-dashboards 

Best Regards,
Liang
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