What is Power BI embedded analytics?

Power BI embedded analytics allows you to embed Power BI content such as reports, dashboards and tiles, in a web app or in a website.

With Power BI embedded analytics you can:

  • Deliver compelling data experiences for your end users, and enable them to act based on insights from your solutions data.

  • Use and brand Power BI as your own to quickly and easily provide exceptional customer-facing reports, dashboards, and analytics in your own app.

  • Reduce developer resources by automating the monitoring, management, and deployment of analytics, while getting full control of Power BI features and intelligent analytics.

What are the Power BI embedded analytics solutions?

Power BI embedded analytics offers two solutions:

  • Embed for your customers - Allows you to build a an app that uses non-interactive authentication against Power BI. Your customers are likely to be external users, and they don't need to sign in using Power BI credentials to view the embedded content. Typically, this solution is used by independent software vendors (ISVs) who are developing applications for third parties. For a tutorial, see Embed Power BI content using a sample embed for your customers application.

  • Embed for your organization - Allows you to build an app that requires signing in using Power BI credentials. Once signed in users can only consume embedded content they have access to on Power BI service. This solution is aimed at big organizations that are building an app for internal users. For a tutorial, see Embed Power BI content into an application for your organization.

Comparing the solutions

The following table provides a comparison between the two Power BI embedded analytics solutions.

Embed for your customers Embed for your organization
Also known as app owns data Also known as user owns data
Aimed at external users Aimed at internal users
To authenticate app users, use your own authentication method App users authenticate against Azure AD
App users don't need a license Each app user needs a Power BI license
Non-interactive authentication, your app uses a service principal or a master user to authenticate Interactive authentication, your app uses the app user credentials to authenticate

What are Power BI capacities?

Capacity is a set of resources reserved for exclusive use. It enables you to publish dashboards, reports, and datasets to users, without having to purchase per-user licenses. It also offers dependable, consistent performance for your content.

There are two types of Power BI embedded analytics offerings, each requiring a different capacity:

  • Power BI Embedded - An Azure offer that requires A SKUs, and is associated with the embed for your customers solution.

  • Embedding with Power BI - A Microsoft Office offer that requires P or EM SKUs.

When you're ready to go to production, review the capacity planning article.

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