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Share the Power BI App with your teams

First, let’s start by giving members access to your CloudMonitor Power BI App.

In Power BI click on “Workspaces” on the left menu to open your CloudMonitor workspace.

In Power BI click on "Workspaces" on the left menu to open your CloudMonitor workspace

Click on the the workspace where your recently installed CloudMonitor Power BI app exists.

Click on the the workspace where your recently installed CloudMonitor Power BI app exists

Click “Access”

Click "Access"

Enter the email address of the person you would like to share your Power BI App to.

Enter the email address of the person you would like to share your Power BI App to

Choose “Viewer” from the dropdown box.

Choose "Viewer" from the dropdown box

Click “Add”

Click "Add"

Add all the members you want to want to give access to your CloudMonitor Power BI App.

You can add as many as you like. In this example I added 2 new members.

You can add as many as you like. In this example I added 2 new members

Click “Close”

Click "Close"

Next is to choose which Cost Groups these new members can have access to. There are 3 types of access.

Full Access: Members added to this role will see the entire cost for all cost groups.

Cost Group Access: Members added to this role will only see the cost group where they have access to. This can be configured in the Admin App. Admin App link is available on the lower left of CloudMonitor main page.

Microsoft 365 Administrator: Members added to this role will have access to Microsoft 365 reports, which contain details about the Microsoft 365 tenant, including license spend, mailbox usage, user activity, group activity, and more.

On your CloudMonitor Dataset, click on the 3 dots to show more options.

On your CloudMonitor Dataset, click on the 3 dots to show more options

Click “Security”

Click "Security"

In the “Full Access” tab choose the member you want to give Full Access to.

In the "Full Access" tab choose the member you want to give Full Access to

Click “Add” to add that member.

Click "Add" to add that member

Click “Save”

Click "Save"

Click “CloudMonitor: Specific Cost Groups”

Click "CloudMonitor: Specific Cost Groups"

In the “Cost Group Access” tab choose the member you want to give Cost Group Access to.

In the "Cost Group Access" tab choose the member you want to give Cost Group Access to

Click “Add” to add that member.

Click "Add" to add that member

Click “Save”

Click "Save"

Click “CloudMonitor: Microsoft 365 Administrator”

Click "CloudMonitor: Microsoft 365 Administrator"

In the “Microsoft 365 Administrator” tab choose the member you want to give Microsoft 365 Access to.

In the "Microsoft 365 Administrator" tab choose the member you want to give Microsoft 365 Access to

Click “Add”

Click "Add"

Click “Save”

Click "Save"

Click this link to go back to your CloudMonitor Power BI App workspace.

Click this link to go back to your CloudMonitor Power BI App workspace

At this point these new members now have access to your CloudMonitor Power BI App.

Members with Full Access can see all cost groups, while those with Cost Group Access will not be able to see any other cost groups. Only M365 Administrators will be able to view the M365 reports.

You will need to use your CloudMonitor Admin App to configure the Cost Groups these new user can see.

Click “Open CloudMonitor Admin App” in your CloudMonitor Power BI App.

Click "Open CloudMonitor Admin App" in your CloudMonitor Power BI App

Click “Sign In With Azure”

Click "Sign In With Azure"

You must first assign a user license to the new user.

Once logged in to the Admin App click on this button on the top right.

Once logged in to the Admin App click on this button on the top right

Click “Manage User Access”

Click "Manage User Access"

Click “Assign User License”

Click "Assign User License"

Type in the email address of your new user.

Type in the email address of your new user

Click “Assign”

Click "Assign"

Click “Yes”

Click "Yes"

After successfully assigning a User License to your new user you have to select the Cost Groups you want your new user to be able to access.

Click “Cost Groups”

Click "Cost Groups"

Select the Cost Group you want your new user to be able to access.

Select the Cost Group you want your new user to be able to access

Click “Members” tab.

Click "Members" tab

Click “Add Members”

Click "Add Members"

Search for the email address of your new user.

Search for the email address of your new user

Select “Report Cost Group Viewer”

Select "Report Cost Group Viewer"

Click this checkbox.

Click this checkbox

Click “Add Selected”

Click "Add Selected"

Head back to the workspace of your CloudMonitor Power Bi App and click the “refresh” icon next to your CloudMonitor Dataset. This will take a few minutes to complete.

Head back to the workspace of your CloudMonitor Power Bi App and click the "refresh" icon next to your CloudMonitor Dataset

Your new user will now be able to see any data that belongs to the Cost Group you selected and you can now share your CloudMonitor Power BI App to your new user.

Last step is to get the link to your CloudMonitor Power BI App.

Click “Update app”

Click "Update app"

Click “Permissions”

Click "Permissions"

Click “Links”

Click "Links"

You can now share and send this link to your new members.

You can now share and send this link to your new members