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vuphong
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Bypassing MFA to automate data refreshing using REST API

‎09-14-2018 02:55 AM

Hi, 

I'm trying to refresh dataset using PowerBI REST API and PowerShell, but my account is using Multi-factor Authentication (Authenticator app to be specific). Is it possible to refresh dataset from this account, by solely executing a PowerShell script, without any human interaction?

 

Thanks

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Jayendran
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‎11-16-2019 10:15 PM

Hi @vuphong ,

 

You don't need to disable the MFA for your account. Instead you can overcome the issue with using SPN

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/developer/embed-service-principal

 

Just upgrade your workspace to v2.

 

Issue resolved !

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