Hi @yuktadiya ,
Power BI isn’t able to grab Teams or Azure AD profile pics automatically for users just based on their login unless you have a column with image URLs or base64 image data in your model. There’s no secret feature or “live fetch” for profile pictures out-of-the-box.
Here’s what actually works (and what I’ve set up for clients):
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Automate grabbing profile pics: Use Power Automate, Logic Apps, or even a scheduled PowerShell script to pull user photos from Microsoft Graph (that’s where Teams profile pics live). You can run this daily or weekly, whatever fits.
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Save those links or images: Store the image URLs (or the actual images) somewhere safe SharePoint, SQL, Excel, whatever your Power BI model connects to.
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Add to your data model: Link those image URLs to your users in Power BI. Set the column data type to Image URL so it renders.
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Optional but cool: If you want to show initials or a default icon for users with no picture, you can do that with DAX or a custom visual.
If you want a “live” effect, you can use a Power Apps visual embedded inside Power BI then Power Apps can use the logged-in user context to fetch and show their Teams photo. But it’s a workaround and not always worth the extra setup for simple reports. You’ll need to automate syncing those images into your model. No table with image links = no profile pics in Power BI. That’s just how it is right now.
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