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Please FIX/REVIEW your recent changes to the PRO licensing pricing structure

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Daniel (Australia) on 22 Mar 2017 20:57:43

Power BI Team,

Your recent changes/fixes to PRO licensing pricing has caused widespread concern and discussion amongst the community. This is due to Microsoft no longer allowing end users/consumers to access Power BI workgroup reports & dashboards. Reports were suddenly inaccessible in organisations that had built Power BI frameworks over the past 2 years. Your new structure now forces these companies to purchase PRO licenses for ALL users regardless of whether they use it or not.

Unfortunately, Power BI is now the most expensive BI product for large organisations, whom I believe are your primary customers.

The community has not received any feedback despite the topic being the most discussed topic in the Community Forum:
(Please read the feedback to get a better understanding of the issues we face)

http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Service/Fixes-to-Power-BI-Pro-License-Required-Dialogs/m-p/131787#M19897

All we ask for is a response which we have yet to receive. Are you going to review & revisit the Licensing Structure soon due to the feedback ? Or are you sticking firmly to the changes ? Your response will help large organisations plan their BI strategy rollout.

Administrator on 02 Feb 2024 02:27:21

No changes to the pricing are planned

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anmsharma on 05 Jul 2020 22:44:08

RE: Please FIX/REVIEW your recent changes to the PRO licensing pricing structure

Very well written Daniel. I have firm belief that Power BI team will soon review their pricing strategy else we need to look at some other platform unfortunately.