Sharing content

In addition to Power BI apps, Power BI Pro users can share individual dashboards, reports, scorecards, and Excel workbooks directly with users, groups, and even guest users from outside the organization.

For example, unlike a Power BI app built for the sales organization containing several dashboards and many reports, a single dashboard or report could be shared with two or three users in the customer service department. In this scenario, the few customer service department users may have limited or undefined reporting needs, or the corporate BI team may not have a full Power BI app for their department prepared yet.

Recipients of directly shared content receive the same essential benefits of Power BI apps in terms of easy access as well as the latest updates and modifications to the content. In terms of user access, the Shared with me menu in the left navigation of the Power BI service provides easy access. The Shared with me menu option is also available...