If enabled by the Power BI administrator, reports in the Power BI service can also be embedded on any website and shared via URL on the public internet. The Publish to web feature provides an embed code for the Power BI report, including iFrame HTML and a report URL. Organizations can utilize Publish to web to expose non-confidential or publicly available information on their public-facing corporate website.

In the following screenshot, a Publish to web embed code has been obtained in the Power BI service:

The Publish to web feature is accessed via the File menu dropdown for a report, just like the SharePoint Online embedding URL from the previous section. However, unlike the SharePoint Online embedding feature, the Power BI service stores the Publish to web embed codes so that both administrators and users with edit rights to the reports can access and manage these codes.

For example, a member of an app workspace with edit rights can use the settings menu (Gear icon) to access a Manage embed codes page. This page allows the user to retrieve or delete any embed codes for the given app workspace. 

Given the obvious potential risk of users accidentally sharing confidential or protected information over the public internet, Power BI administrators have granular controls over this feature including the ability to disable it for the entire organization. Details of these administrative settings are included in Chapter 12, Administering Power BI for an Organization.

Power BI reports accessed via embed codes will reflect the latest data refresh of the source dataset within approximately one hour of its completion. Additional documentation on Publish to web, including tips for fitting the iFrame into websites, is available at http://bit.ly/2s2aJkL.