Apps are published from app workspaces in the following way:

1. A workspace member with edit rights clicks Publish in the top-right corner of the app workspace.
   • Three pages are launched for configuring the app: Details, Content, and Access. 
2. On the Details page, a short description of the app is entered, such as the following example:

3. In addition to the description, a background color for the app can be selected at the bottom of the Details page. 

4. On the Content page, a specific App landing page is selected, such as the Global Sales (dashboard) in the following example:

In this example, users accessing the Global Sales app will land on the Global Sales (dashboard) by default. Alternatively, if None is selected, a list view of the dashboards and reports of the app will be exposed for the user to choose from. This setting is appropriate when an app contains many different dashboards and reports and diverse use cases. For example, if only a few users view the Global Sales (dashboard), all other users will have to open the list view themselves to navigate to their report or dashboard.

The Content page also provides a consolidated view of the dashboards, reports, and datasets that will be included in the app given the current settings. In the event that any dashboard, report, or workbook is included that shouldn't be, the user can navigate to this item in the workspace and disable the Included in App property. 

5. On the Access page, the users or security groups who should have permission to the app are defined:
   
   • If the user publishing the app has the right to push apps to end users via the Push apps to end users in Tenant settings in the Power BI admin portal, the Install app automatically option will be appearing as well.
   • Click the Finish icon in the top-right corner of the Access page to publish the app.
   • An example of the Access page was included in the preceding User permissions section.

A URL to the app will be provided in a window along with a SUCCESSFULLY PUBLISHED message, as per the following example:

The published app can now be accessed by the users or groups of users defined on the Access page. If the Install app automatically option was used, the user or team publishing the app can verify with a few users that the app is indeed now installed and available. Depending on the number of items (reports, dashboards) included in the app, the automatic installation could take some time. Once the automatic installation has been confirmed, an email or other communication could then be sent to advise users of the availability of the published app.

The following section describes the installation of an app if the Install app automatically (Push apps to end users) feature was not used.