Add All Power BI Admins to a Newly Created Workspace

[Anonymous]

Hello All,

I am assigned to the Power BI Admin role in Office 365. Whenever a new workspace gets created, premium or otherwise, how can I be added as an admin to the workspace automatically without having to ask the workspace creator to add me manually as an admin? 

Thanks for the help!

[Anonymous]

Hi @Anonymous ,

It's not possible currently and i'm doubting if it would be possible in future.

In my personal opinion, Power BI Admin should not have access to workspace without permission.

However, you can submit your idea through below link.

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas

Best Regards,

Jay

Community Support Team _ Jay Wang

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

[lbendlin]

There is no good reason for you to be a permanent admin of these workspaces. You only need this for recovery operations (to add admins when the last admin left) or for short term assistance.  You can do everything else from the admin center and the audit tools.

[GilbertQ]

I would disagree as very often people need assistance with dashboards, reports, apps, permissions or permissions to datasets.

And that is why having access allows for the Power BI Admin to quickly and easily be able to assist.

[lbendlin]

I was referring to being permanently added to the workspace.  It is acceptable for short term support.  

[GilbertQ]

As with other admin area's I would think that Admins by default should get access to everything.

That is their role to not only have access to all area's but to also be able to assist when required without having to request access.

[lbendlin]

You're missing the point slightly. They don't have to request access, they can grant that to themselves. But for legal liability issues they should not abuse that power. Oftentimes the data in these dataset is restricted, financially sensitive etc. It is the admin's responsibility to keep the audit footprint small.

[GilbertQ]

Hi there

Currently this is not possible. I know it is a bit of a pain.

The good news is that you can go into the Admin Portal and then click on Workspaces and add yourself to those new App Workspaces.