Forum Discussion

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Not applicable
10 years ago

SQL Authentication username/password security in Power BI Desktop

Hi,   If I use a SQL username/password in Power BI Desktop to connect to SQL Server (either DirectQuery or Import), is there a possiblity that the SQL username/password can be extracted from the /p...
Need Help
Eric_Zhang's avatar
Eric_Zhang
Microsoft Employee
10 years ago

Anonymous

 

So far I don't find any document that can free your concern. From what I observe, the involved credentials need to be re-initialized in Power BI service when publishing a pbix from desktop. So I prefer to think that there's no way to extract the credentials(Or they don't have to be re-initialized again).

 

Thanks for your feedback, I'd consult this concern internally and would post any update if I get. :)