Sharing of Power BI App

[Hitesh_sri]

How to share the app to the users who doesn't have any licenses?

Can we do this with a Power BI PPU license?

[Karen_Fan]

Why do we need to input the phone number before being able to access the shared report?

Meanwhile, we cannot find China-Mainland here which blocked our Chinese staff to access.

[v-cgao-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Hitesh_sri ,

Q1: How to share the app to the users who doesn't have any licenses?

Seeing and opening an app require certain permissions. The recipient must either have a Power BI Pro or Premium Per User (PPU) license or the app must be shared with the recipient in a special type of cloud storage called Premium capacity. 

Q2: Can we do this with a Power BI PPU license?

No, you cannot.

While PPU offers most of the premium features for individual users, it differs significantly from Power BI Premium in terms of Share. PPU does not grant users unlimited distribution rights. When you have a Premium license, reports and content in Premium capacity can be shared with users who have a free license. This is useful for large organizations that want many users to view and interact with reports and data because they don't need everyone to have a Power BI Pro license and only need the Power BI Free license to view the content. But PPU doesn't do that, and any content saved in PPU workspaces can only be shared with users who also have a Power BI Premium Per User. 

Here are some references that may be helpful.

What is Power BI Premium?

Power BI Premium Per User

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[arvindsingh802]

To share contenet with from PPU worksapce, all the consumer should also have PPU license

If you need to share with free users then the workspace should be backed by Premium SKU

[Hitesh_sri]

We can create a Premium capacity workspace from PPU license, then we can share the app.

Can we do this like this?

[Tutu_in_YYC]

No you cant. PPU is per user based. You will need organizational premium capacity.