Create a new Service Principal

Create a new Service Principal

1. In Azure Active Directory, create a new App Registration. Provide a name and set a secret.

   

   

   

2. Create a new AAD security group and add the service principal as a member.

   

Enable use of Service Principals

1. In Power BI Tenant Settings, specify the security group under “Allow service principals to use Power BI APIs”.

   

Authorize service principals

1. In each Power BI Workspace to be used as a deployment target, make the service principal a workspace user.

2. For (thin) reports, the minimum access level is Contributor.

   

3. For datasets, the Member level is required if dataset users should be set automatically. Otherwise, Contributor is sufficient.