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Has anyone foud a way to permanently disable the options for Data Extensions in Power BI Desktop? We don't want users to be able to select the "Not Recommended" setting but can't find a group policy or registry key we can use to disable that, similar to how we can disable the check for updates, the sign in page, custom visuals, etc.
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Thanks, created an idea for this here: https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/37110520-group-policy-option-to-d...
I'm afraid in power bi desktop we can't disable some built-in feature because there's no such options. However, in power bi service, if you are an admin user, then you can click "Admin Portal"-> "Tenant Settings" to disable some features in your tenant.
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Thanks, created an idea for this here: https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/37110520-group-policy-option-to-d...
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