Advance your Data & AI career with 50 days of live learning, dataviz contests, hands-on challenges, study groups & certifications and more!
Get registeredJoin us at FabCon Atlanta from March 16 - 20, 2026, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM. Register now.
I have an excel file that I belive connects to an azure server
The connection string is below, but I cant figure how to connect in PBI using this. Any ideas?
Provider=MSOLAP.8;Integrated Security=ClaimsToken;Persist Security Info=True;Initial Catalog=sobe_wowvirtualserver-84c3e624-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx;Data Source=pbiazure://api.powerbi.com;MDX Compatibility=1;Safety Options=2;MDX Missing Member Mode=Error;Identity Provider=https://login.microsoftonline.com/common, https://analysis.windows.net/powerbi/api, 929d0ec0-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx;Update Isolation Level=2
@PowerBITestingG , Power Bi has a connector for each Azure source , which one you are trying
Power BI - Azure Free Tier, Create Azure Data Lake Gen 2 and connect that in Power BI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_hxpTgMAC0
Power BI- Get Azure SQL DB and Configure it on Power BI: https://youtu.be/ZPfszCv3K3Y
Create Azure DataBricks Account and Analyze with Power BI- https://youtu.be/AWTDEQCoOVw
Join the Fabric FabCon Global Hackathon—running virtually through Nov 3. Open to all skill levels. $10,000 in prizes!
Check out the October 2025 Power BI update to learn about new features.
| User | Count |
|---|---|
| 79 | |
| 38 | |
| 31 | |
| 27 | |
| 27 |