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PowerShell - Get Power BI Service Account

powerbi_jenhen — Thu, 02 May 2024 22:48:28 GMT

Hi,

When using PowerShell to connect to the Power BI API I use "Connect-PowerBIServiceAccount", after authenticating, I can see the "UserName" is returned. How can I assign this to a variable in my code for further use, or is there another way to return the authenticated service account? I want to remove the account being used to create workspaces via the API after I have assigned an AD group to the workspace for admin access.

Thanks.

Re: PowerShell - Get Power BI Service Account

lbendlin — Fri, 03 May 2024 01:01:24 GMT

Output: Microsoft.PowerBI.Common.Abstractions.Interfaces.IPowerBIProfile

Assign the output to a variable and then grab the UserName from it.

Re: PowerShell - Get Power BI Service Account

powerbi_jenhen — Fri, 03 May 2024 10:29:07 GMT

Is this a .Net namespace? How would I use this in Powershell?

Thanks

Re: PowerShell - Get Power BI Service Account

powerbi_jenhen — Fri, 03 May 2024 10:47:20 GMT

You got me moving in the right direction. This worked for me:

$pbiServiceAccount = Connect-PowerBIServiceAccount -WarningAction:SilentlyContinue

$userName = $pbiServiceAccount.UserName

Write-Host "Username: $userName"