How to live sync microsoft exchange online data set?

[Anonymous]

I'm currently creating a powerbi dashboard that gets its data from my outlook account. I'm using power bi desktop to do this.

Once I publish my dashboard, does it automatically sync data from my outlook account using the microsoft exchange online connector?

Should I use power bi service to do this? If so, how?

[Linnil]

Hi - I've been looking for days for this info.

I'm a bit confused because I saw a post the other day from MS that said I could NOT refresh because Exchange Online was not supported for scheduled refresh operations. Has this changed now (post was Nov21).

Also this post which is Jun24 also has a table which says MS Exchange cannot be refreshed.

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What is the ACTUAL situation please ? Anyone?

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous ,

You can refer the following links to connect to Exchange Online:

How to Connect Microsoft Exchange Online Datasets with Power BI?

Publish Real-Time Microsoft Exchange Data to PowerBI.com

And it will not sync the data from the outlook account automatically, you can refresh the report manually or configure a schedule refresh to get the updated info...

Configure scheduled refresh - Power BI

Best Regards