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hselfe
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Problems signing in to an account on desktop

Hi

I am no longer able to sign in to one of my accounts in PBi desktop - it just keeps asking me to choose the account, which I do - it thinks about it for a while, then asks me to choose the account again. I never get to the "enter password" stage.

 

I've logged out of everything I can think of, restarted a few times, changed my password etc.

 

I am also unable to make it forget any of the accounts.

 

I have no trouble logging in to that account on anything else, eg OneDrive, or on PBi service - just on PBi desktop.

 

One of the other accounts (one that I can get into) says "Connected to Windows". No sure what that means, or if it is affecting things?

 

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Has anyone else experienced anything like that?

 

Many thanks for any assistance.

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Anonymous
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Solution that worked for us until known issue is fixed:

Click on "Can't access your account?" and then "Cancel" without entering any information.  Enter your email and password to log in.

 

Anonymous
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Our Admins and helpdesk team have tried whatever they could think of on their end, but nothing seems to work. It may be a bug, since now at least three organizations are reporting it with multiple team members. I've put in a ticket with Microsoft and will post any new findings here.

Anonymous
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We are having the same issue since last week!

Anonymous
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Hi @hselfe,

What version of power bi desktop are you using? Please share some more detail to help us clarify your scenario:

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In addition, which type of account are you working on? Did this account from the GOV organization or the National cloud? If that is the case, they may have some security-related settings that can be effect/limited to use on the desktop side.

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

Anonymous
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Same problem with me and my coworkers!

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