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LucasGA
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5 years ago

Power BI Report Server Embed API Alternative

Hi, I’m looking for method to enable users of our application to be able to view an embedded Power BI report without being prompted for a login. The report has sensitive data so I can not simply m...
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gustavoandrade
Helper I
5 years ago

Hi d_gosbell 


Where do I mark to select as Windows Credentials?

Is it necessary to be a user in an AD or can it be local? *My network is a mix of AD users and local users (where VPN is unstable)

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d_gosbell
Super User
5 years ago
gustavoandrade wrote:

Where do I mark to select as Windows Credentials?

 

You should not need to mark anything, it's the default configuration. I suppose you would need to make sure your server is domain joined, but that is the only pre-requisite I can think of and that is standard practice for most organisations.

 

gustavoandrade wrote:

Is it necessary to be a user in an AD or can it be local? *My network is a mix of AD users and local users (where VPN is unstable)

I pretty much exclusive use AD users, but I guess it would also work with local accounts. It would depend on the scenario though as you can only map a local account to another local account. You can't map domain accounts to a local one.