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title: Feature availability for users with Free licenses in the Power BI service
description: Explanation and chart showing features available to consumers and Free users.
title: Feature availability for Free users in Power BI service
description: Detailed explanation and comprehensive chart showing features available to consumers and Free users in the Power BI service.
author: haydnr
ms.author: haydnr
ms.reviewer: mihart
ms.service: powerbi
ms.subservice: pbi-explore
ms.topic: conceptual
ms.date: 11/18/2022
ms.topic: concept-article
ms.date: 12/30/2024
ms.custom: licensing support
LocalizationGroup: consumers
#customer intent: As a Fabric user I want to understand feature availability for the Power BI service.
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# Interact with the Power BI service as a *Free user*

[!INCLUDE[consumer-appliesto-ynnn](../includes/consumer-appliesto-ynnn.md)]

As a Power BI service user with a free license, you explore content (such as reports, apps, scorecards, dashboards, and more) in order to make business decisions. That content is created by *designers* who have Power BI Pro or Premium Per User (PPU) licenses. In order to share it with users with free licenses, designers need to publish that content to a group workspace backed by a Premium capacity. Premium capacity provides the benefit of unlimited content sharing. Sometimes, designers share content by sending you links to content such as a Power BI app [Apps in the Power BI service](end-user-apps.md), and sometimes the [content automatically installs](end-user-apps.md) and appears in Power BI under **Apps** or **Browse** > **Shared with me**.

There are many different ways designers can share content. But this article is for Power BI users with a free license, and therefore only describes how "free users" receive and interact with content. For more information on other ways to share content, see [Ways to share your work in Power BI](../collaborate-share/service-how-to-collaborate-distribute-dashboards-reports.md).

![Power BI navigation pane](media/end-user-features/power-bi-shared.png)
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### Legend

![green dot](media/end-user-license/power-bi-green-dot.png) feature is available in the current scenario
![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) feature is not available in the current scenario
**![green mw](media/end-user-features/green-mwo.png)** feature availability is limited to **My workspace**. Content in **My workspace** is for the owner's personal use and cannot be viewed by anyone else in Power BI.
\* access to this feature can be turned on or off by a Pro user or an admin.
![green dot](media/end-user-license/power-bi-green-dot.png) feature is available in the current scenario
![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) feature is not available in the current scenario
**![green mw](media/end-user-features/green-mwo.png)** feature availability is limited to **My workspace**. Content in **My workspace** is for the owner's personal use and cannot be viewed by anyone else in Power BI.
\* access to this feature can be turned on or off by a Pro user or an admin.
<br><br>

### Feature list

|Features | Scenario 1: Power BI Free user who has no access to content hosted in Premium capacity. | Scenario 2: Power BI Free user with **Viewer** permissions to content stored in Premium capacity. |
|Features | Scenario 1: Fabric Free user who has no access to content hosted in Premium capacity. | Scenario 2: Fabric Free user with **Viewer** permissions to content stored in Premium capacity. |
|---|---|---|
|**Apps**
|Installs automatically | ![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) | ![green dot](media/end-user-license/power-bi-green-dot.png)*|
|Open | ![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) | ![green dot](media/end-user-license/power-bi-green-dot.png) |
|Installs automatically | ![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) | ![green dot](media/end-user-license/power-bi-green-dot.png)*|
|Open | ![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) | ![green dot](media/end-user-license/power-bi-green-dot.png) |
|Favorite | ![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) | ![green dot](media/end-user-license/power-bi-green-dot.png) |
|Edit, update, republish |![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) |![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) |
|Create new app |![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) |![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) |
|AppSource: download and open | ![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) |![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) |
|AppSource: download and open | ![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) |![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) |
|Organization store: download and open|![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) |![green dot](media/end-user-license/power-bi-green-dot.png) |
| Reshare an app | ![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) | ![green dot](media/end-user-license/power-bi-green-dot.png) |
|**Workspaces in Premium capacity**
| Create, edit, or delete workspace or content | ![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) |![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) |
|Add endorsements | ![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) |![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) |
|Open and view | ![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) | ![green dot](media/end-user-license/power-bi-green-dot.png) |
|Add endorsements | ![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) |![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) |
|Open and view | ![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) | ![green dot](media/end-user-license/power-bi-green-dot.png) |
| Read data stored in workspace dataflows |![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) |![green dot](media/end-user-license/power-bi-green-dot.png)|
|**Dashboards**
|Receive, view, and interact with dashboards from colleagues | ![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) | ![green dot](media/end-user-license/power-bi-green-dot.png) |
| Add alerts to tiles | ![green myw](media/end-user-features/green-mwo.png) | ![green dot](media/end-user-license/power-bi-green-dot.png) |
| View and respond to comments from others: add your own comments | ![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) | ![green dot](media/end-user-license/power-bi-green-dot.png)* |
| Save a copy | ![green myw](media/end-user-features/green-mwo.png) |![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) |
|Receive, view, and interact with dashboards from colleagues | ![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) | ![green dot](media/end-user-license/power-bi-green-dot.png) |
| Add alerts to tiles | ![green myw](media/end-user-features/green-mwo.png) | ![green dot](media/end-user-license/power-bi-green-dot.png) |
| View and respond to comments from others: add your own comments | ![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) | ![green dot](media/end-user-license/power-bi-green-dot.png)* |
| Save a copy | ![green myw](media/end-user-features/green-mwo.png) |![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) |
|Copy visual as an image? |![green myw](media/end-user-features/green-mwo.png) |![green dot](media/end-user-license/power-bi-green-dot.png)|
|Create, edit, update, delete | ![green myw](media/end-user-features/green-mwo.png) |![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) |
|Create, edit, update, delete | ![green myw](media/end-user-features/green-mwo.png) |![orange x](media/end-user-features/orange-x.png) |
|Export tile to .csv |![green myw](media/end-user-features/green-mwo.png) | ![green dot](media/end-user-license/power-bi-green-dot.png)|
|Favorite |![green myw](media/end-user-features/green-mwo.png)| ![green dot](media/end-user-license/power-bi-green-dot.png)|
|Full screen and focus modes |![green myw](media/end-user-features/green-mwo.png) |![green dot](media/end-user-license/power-bi-green-dot.png) |
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![Screenshot of the mobile app being used in split-sreen mode.](media/mobile-whats-new-in-the-mobile-apps/power-bi-mobile-split-screen.png)

## January 2021
### Workspace support with a Power BI free license
Users with a Power BI free license can now view and access workspaces where they've been added as viewers directly from the workspaces list. This change is applicable for content that's hosted on a Power BI Premium capacity.
### Workspace support with a Fabric free license
Users with a Fabric free license can now view and access workspaces where they've been added as viewers directly from the workspaces list. This change is applicable for content that's hosted on a Power BI Premium capacity.

## Previous months

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5. Sign up for Power BI with the user account that you created in step 4. Go to [powerbi.com](https://powerbi.microsoft.com/getting-started-with-power-bi/) and select **Try Power BI for free**.

> [!div class="mx-imgBorder"]
>![Screenshot showing the Power BI free trial offer.](media/create-an-azure-active-directory-tenant/try-powerbi-free.png)
>![Screenshot showing the Fabric free trial offer.](media/create-an-azure-active-directory-tenant/try-powerbi-free.png)
When you sign up, you're prompted to try Power BI Pro free for 60 days. You can opt into that to become a Pro user, which gives you the option to [start developing an embedded solution](embed-sample-for-customers.md).

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* Complex conditions in DLP for Power BI [[video]](https://youtu.be/zLgq2L2kk9g?t=368) [[blog]](https://powerbi.microsoft.com/blog/power-bi-may-2023-feature-summary/#post-21693-_Toc134425746)
* DLP policies in sovereign clouds [[video]](https://youtu.be/zLgq2L2kk9g?t=368) [[blog]](https://powerbi.microsoft.com/blog/power-bi-may-2023-feature-summary/#post-21693-_Toc134425747)
* Edit your data model in the Power BI service (opt-in) [[video]](https://youtu.be/zLgq2L2kk9g?t=368) [[blog]](https://powerbi.microsoft.com/blog/power-bi-may-2023-feature-summary/#post-21693-_Toc134425748) [[article]](../transform-model/service-edit-data-models.md)
* Renaming of the Power BI Free user license [[video]](https://youtu.be/zLgq2L2kk9g?t=142) [[blog]](https://powerbi.microsoft.com/blog/power-bi-may-2023-feature-summary/#post-21693-_Toc134425768)
* Renaming of the Fabric free user license [[video]](https://youtu.be/zLgq2L2kk9g?t=142) [[blog]](https://powerbi.microsoft.com/blog/power-bi-may-2023-feature-summary/#post-21693-_Toc134425768)


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### Distribute content to Fabric free license users

Users with a Power BI free license (or Power BI Pro or PPU license) can view content when granted app access or are added to a workspace role—provided the workspace is assigned to Premium capacity. This ability to distribute content to users with a free license is not available for any of the other workspace license modes, including **Pro**, **Premium per user**, or **Embedded**.
Users with a Fabric free license (or Power BI Pro or PPU license) can view content when granted app access or are added to a workspace role—provided the workspace is assigned to Premium capacity. This ability to distribute content to users with a free license is not available for any of the other workspace license modes, including **Pro**, **Premium per user**, or **Embedded**.

### Power BI Premium capacity license

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