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Fabric SharePoint Shortcut - Service Principle
Hi libpekin ,
Thank you for validating this in detail. Based on current Microsoft documentation, Service Principal app only authentication in Fabric and Power BI is mainly supported for REST APIs and specific scenarios, while SharePoint Online connectors rely on delegated user authentication with user context. Because of this, the initial connection using a Service Principal may succeed, but refresh operations on SharePoint files or folders can fail as they require delegated permissions.At present, there is no explicit Microsoft Learn document that directly states this limitation for Fabric SharePoint shortcuts, but the behavior aligns with how authentication is documented across these services, so this can be treated as a current limitation rather than a fully supported scenario.
please go through with the below document hope it may resolve your Issue:
Embed Power BI content in an embedded analytics application with service principal and an application secret - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Power BI Desktop OneDrive and SharePoint integration - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Authentication vs. authorization - Microsoft identity platform | Microsoft Learn
Hope the above provided information help you resolve the issue, if you have any further concerns or queries, please feel free to reach out to us.
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Community Support Team.
Hi libpekin,
Thank you for trying the steps outlined earlier.
As an additional validation, could you please try creating a test shortcut using your Organizational (domain) account instead of the Service Principal? This will help us confirm whether the issue is related to Service Principal limitations or something else, rather than a permissions-related problem.
Please let me know the outcome, and I’ll be happy to assist further.
Lodha_Jaydeep Yes, I am able to create shortcuts using my Organizational (domain) account (Entra ID) to the same SharePoint Online sites without issues. I tested 3 sites, with success.