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Arendp
Helper III
6 years ago

PowerBI Embedded advantages

hi there, Just rolling into the usage of PowerBI Embedded. It looks great but one thing is still not clear to me. I understand that Publish to the WEB has disadvantages because everyone with the ur...
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Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
6 years ago

With Publish to Web, if the URL gets out, anyone can see it. There is no authentication at all. Plus, other things like export to Excel are turned off, etc. What you are talking about is called security through obscurity. If you want to go down that route nobody can stop you.

 

With Embed, there is always authentication. So no, you cannot just grab the javascript code and get access without authenticating. This is actual security. 

 

The level of security you desire is your choice.

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Arendp
Helper III
6 years ago

Thanks for your answer.

Maybe I am doing something wrong.

I created a Javascript based on a tutorial here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwBnAN2PrWA&list=PLib8Q64STW-tLS5zh0HZmfT0QEopzqDc3&index=7&t=0s

Maybe it's because in this example the App ID and username and password of Powerbi are stored in the Function app on Azure?

I am pretty sure if I give you the result of this youtube tutorial, you are also allowed to see this. 

What would be the best way to arrange authentication for PowerBI Embedded?