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Connect-PowerBIServiceAccount : Failed to populate environments in settings

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 18:33:37 GMT

Hello all,

I have been running this command without any issue for more than a year: Connect-PowerBIServiceAccount.

Since yesterday, it keeps failing with the following error:

Connect-PowerBIServiceAccount : Failed to populate environments in settings.

FullyQualifiedErrorId : Failed to populate environments in settings,Microsoft.PowerBI.Commands.Profile.ConnectPowerBIServiceAccount

I am running it from Windows Powershell ISE. Please kindly assist.

Regards

Joe

Re: Connect-PowerBIServiceAccount : Failed to populate environments in settings

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 20:08:42 GMT

@Anonymous what's your OS and did you recently get this update? KB4569746. We're on Win2016 and are facing the same issue. Another team of ours are on Win2012 R2 and got a similar update KB4570508 and their script is still working.

Re: Connect-PowerBIServiceAccount : Failed to populate environments in settings

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 21:02:56 GMT

Hi zzfaithlezz,

We are on Windows Server 2012 R2. Last updates happened in 2017.

Once Microsoft get back to you, please kindly share the recommendations to fix the issue.

Regards

Joe

Re: Connect-PowerBIServiceAccount : Failed to populate environments in settings

AaronL — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 04:40:06 GMT

Had the same error, although this is the first time i have setup it up.

Found this thread which worked for me: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Service/PowerShell-Login-to-Power-BI-Write-Error/m-p/1095055#M96357

The short of it was to install each module individually (I think MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Profile was the key one):

Install-Module -Name MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Admin
Install-Module -Name MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Capacities
Install-Module -Name MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Data
Install-Module -Name MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Profile
Install-Module -Name MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Reports
Install-Module -Name MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Workspaces

After doing that the command worked for me.

Connect-PowerBIServiceAccount

Hope this helps.

Re: Connect-PowerBIServiceAccount : Failed to populate environments in settings

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 05:12:08 GMT

Thank you, Aaron. That was the fix!

Re: Connect-PowerBIServiceAccount : Failed to populate environments in settings

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 19:50:28 GMT

Thanks so much Aaron.