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dhorrall
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Database Mirroring Error: 'PowerBI User with prefix not found'

I am trying out Mirroring, and not getting very far.  

1) I chose NOT to mirror all data, and am trying to choose a single table

2) I get lots of red Xs on tables (because no primary key exists, which is listed in the LIMITATIONS, so I get that)

3) After choosing a single table for testing, I get a very weird message about 'PowerBI User with prefix [REDACTED] not found'.   The [REDACTED] part in the message happens to be the name of the database I am trying to mirror (i didn't want to include that detail here).   I am not sure what this means or how to resolve.  Is it looking for some sort of 'managed identity'?

 

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tlardio
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Hello,
Have you tried turning on this setting in the Power BI Admin portal:

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I also needed to add the Azure SQL Server principal name as an admin to the workspace that the mirroring is taking place.

Regards,

TL

I was experiencing the same issues as the original poster, and this resolved my issue.

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I encountered an error at this step. How can this be fixed?

Hi @dhorrall 

 

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Thanks.

Hi @dhorrall 

 

We haven’t heard from you on the last response and was just checking back to see if you have a resolution yet. In case if you have any resolution please do share that same with the community as it can be helpful to others.
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Thank you.

AndyDDC
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Hi @dhorrall have you enabled the System Managed Identity on the source Azure SQL Server?

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Yes,

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