Datasets in the Cloud Available to Users

[cwilliams]

Prior to the previous update of Power  BI, users did not have access to the datasets in the cloud.  Now, I am not sure how the security changed on the current datasets in the cloud.....need assistance!

[ankitpatira]

@cwilliams Not sure what your question is but are you saying users who shared dashboard with did not had access to dataset before which they have now ? Please clarify on your question.

[cwilliams]

That is correct.  Users that shared dashboards and reports did not share the datasets....but since last update, these users now have access to the datasets.

[cwilliams]

Microsoft assured me that access to the datasets will not compromise the security of the databases/tables/queries.

But, what was confusing was that Microsoft stated that users who were part of a content package always had access to the datasets.  I have to respectfully disagree.  I followed up with a few of my colleageus to confirm that I was remembering correctly.

Prior to September's update, end users without administrative rights, did NOT have access to the datasets.