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Visual Editions

HTML Content comes in two editions. These are separate AppSource visuals, so you can download and use the one that best suits your needs.

For both editions, the minimum required versions are:

  • Power BI Desktop: July 2024
  • Power BI Report Server: September 2024

Regular​

View or download on AppSource

This edition of the visual tries to provide as much functionality as possible within the custom visual sandbox. Note that Microsoft does impose some limitations on all custom visuals, not just certified vs. uncertified ones so it is not possible to do everything you can do in a regular web application. You can learn more about these limitations on the Limitations page.

Lite (Certified) 🛡️​

View or download on AppSource

This is a build of the visual, with a reduced subset of supported tags and no external comms that complies with Microsoft's certification rules for those who can only work with certified visuals.

  • See Accepted Tags for the full set of HTML and SVG tags supported by this edition.
  • See Sanitization for how content and stylesheets are filtered.

When to choose which edition​

Both editions render rich, dynamic HTML in your Power BI reports. The right choice depends on what you need from the visual.

Choose Lite (Certified) if you need any of:

  • Microsoft AppSource certification for distribution within your organisation.
  • Export to PowerPoint or PDF of reports that include the visual.
  • To comply with a tenant policy that blocks uncertified custom visuals.

Choose Regular if you need any of:

  • External content such as remote images, web fonts, or iframes.
  • The broadest HTML, CSS, and SVG surface the Power BI custom-visual sandbox permits.
  • Features rejected by the lite sanitizer (see Sanitization and Limitations for details).

If you are unsure, start with Lite (Certified) - you can switch to Regular if you hit a sanitizer rejection you cannot work around. The two editions are separate AppSource visuals, so switching is a matter of installing the other one and re-pointing your report.