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Anonymous · ‎02-20-2019

Hi!

I've been following this guide while setting up my app. Everything works fine if I use password credentials flow and supply my own userame/password to get an access token. However, if I try to use client credentials flow, I get a 401 whenever I call any power bi endpoint.

I also tried downloading the sample application provided here. Using "App Owns Data", I get the same results. If I use MasterUser (username/pass), everything works fine. But if I use ServicePrincipal (cliend_id/client_secret), I get 401.

I understand that this is a new feature and it's just a public preview. But has anyone had any luck getting it to work?

More details:

Azure:

App registered with all available permissions for Power Bi Service.
Security group created with App as member.

Power BI:

Workspace (new type) created.
Service principal enabled in admin panel and Azure security group (with App as member) added.
The security group is added as admin in the workspace access panel.

v-jiascu-msft · ‎02-21-2019

Hi @Anonymous ,

I made the Service Principal work in the "App Owns Data" demo and with the Rest APIs. It seems everything is set up correctly according to your description. Some suggestions are as follows.

1. Add the Service Principal as an admin in the workspace directly rather than add the security group. Please refer to article 5 in embed-service-principal#get-started-with-a-service-principal. We should use the Object ID.

2. The Service Principal inherit permission from the tenant rather than the Azure App permissions.

>>>Service principals inherit the permissions for all Power BI tenant settings from their security group. To restrict permissions create a dedicated security group for service principals and add it to the 'Except specific security groups' list for the relevant, enabled Power BI settings.

3. I'm afraid you can't call the Admin REST API if the Service Principal doesn't have the permission.

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _ Dale
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