Configuring Workspaces

Workspaces (formerly App workspaces) are shared areas in the Power BI service for Power BI Pro users to develop content. The datasets, reports, and dashboards contained within workspaces can be published as a Power BI app for distribution to groups of users. Additionally, workspaces can be assigned to Power BI Premium capacities of dedicated hardware to enable all users, regardless of license, to consume the published app and to provide consistent performance and greater scalability. Furthermore, workspaces retain a one-to-one mapping to published apps, enabling members and administrators of workspaces to stage and test iterations prior to publishing updates to apps.

Understanding the history of workspaces is beneficial when reading various historical documentation on the subject. When Power BI was first released, the service included the concept of workspaces. However, these workspaces were tied to Office 365 groups and had various limitations. Microsoft...