
For example, in order to collaborate and share content in a PPU workspace, all users must have a PPU license. This access is limited to the PPU license holder and other colleagues who also have a PPU license. A Power BI PPU license unlocks access to a variety of features, capabilities, and types of content that are only available through Premium. Premium per user (PPU) licenseĪ PPU per-user license provides the license holder with all of the capabilities of Power BI Pro plus access to most Premium capacity-based features.

If a Power BI Premium capacity hosts the content, then Pro users can share content and collaborate with free and PPU users too. Only Power BI Pro users can publish or share content with other Pro users or consume content that's created by other Pro users, unless a Power BI Premium capacity hosts that content. Users with this license type can share content and collaborate with other Power BI Pro users. Power BI Pro is an individual per-user license that lets users create content and also read, and interact with content that others have published to the Power BI service. To learn more about features available to users with a free license, see Power BI service feature list. To learn more about workspaces, see Types of workspaces. However, Pro and PPU users can share content and collaborate with free users if the content is saved in workspaces hosted in Premium capacity. They can't use the Power BI sharing or collaborating features with others, or publish content to other people's workspaces.

Users with free licenses can use the Power BI service to connect to data and create reports and dashboards for their own use. When you combine the features and capabilities of each type of per-user license with the use of a Premium capacity, that is where Pro, PPU, and free license holders gain access to additional features and capabilities - such as sharing, collaboration, and more.

Each of the three per-user licenses is unique, and each grants access to certain Power BI service features and capabilities. The important distinction to understand about licenses is that there are licenses that apply to an individual (per-user) and a license (often also referred to as a subscription) that applies to the type of storage capacity that an organization purchases. A Premium Per User (PPU) workspace is not the same as a Premium capacity workspace.
