topic Re: Power BI Admin API with MFA in Developer

Power BI Admin API with MFA

soldous — Mon, 25 May 2020 08:44:14 GMT

Hello,

I need to access Power BI Amin REST API from c# Azure function for getting PBI audit logs. But there are two issues:

my AAD acc with Power BI Administrator right has multi-factor authentication enforced
authorization only with service principle has no access to the Admin part of REST API

Is there any way how I can get a token from login.microsoftonline.com with my Acc with MFA?

Thank you very much.

Re: Power BI Admin API with MFA

Jayendran — Tue, 26 May 2020 06:54:16 GMT

Hi @soldous ,

I think there is currently no way to solve your problem. You have to disable to MFA to use your credentials for azure functions.

The other workarond for you is, Instead of using your AAD account, you can create a service account with MFA disabled then assign the service account as the PowerBI admin. Then using the service account you can do your business logics in azure functions.

The actual solution we have to wait till powerbi enabled the SPN autentication for PowerBI Admin API's.

Re: Power BI Admin API with MFA

marcio_fornari — Tue, 26 May 2020 13:40:19 GMT

Disable the MFA on Azure Portal.

Azure Active Directory -> Properties -> Manage Security Defaults Link and Disable

Re: Power BI Admin API with MFA

soldous — Tue, 26 May 2020 13:56:11 GMT

It would be nice if the world was so easy.

I'm not an AAD administrator and MFA is a company policy.

Re: Power BI Admin API with MFA

soldous — Tue, 26 May 2020 14:00:13 GMT

Hi @Jayendran

I was afraid of this answer. I can't use a service acc because it's impossible to give admin rights to service acc in our company.

Re: Power BI Admin API with MFA

mflores — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 09:55:57 GMT

Good morning, I am having the same issue witg MFA when I want to see a Power Bi Dahboard from an aplication web. If I have disable MFA I can see the dashboard without problems, but If I enable again MFA I have again the issue.

I read that : "The actual solution we have to wait till powerbi enabled the SPN autentication for PowerBI Admin API's."

Is already there Any solution?

Thank you.

Re: Power BI Admin API with MFA

Elia_Milan — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 15:37:02 GMT

Hi soldous, have you find a solution for using Power BI Api Rest with MFA?

Re: Power BI Admin API with MFA

marcio_fornari — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 15:56:55 GMT

You can use Use service authentication, it's work.