Getting 401 error while powerBImanagement cmdlets in PowerShell

[Anonymous]

While runing below script in power shell i am receiving 401 error using service principal 

For tracing the error i ran the command Resolve-PowerBIError -Last and i got the complete error detail as shown below

Service principal having below API permissions 

In Power BI admin portal under tenant settings we have enabled below options also

I think all the required API premissions and options enabled in tenant settings but i am still receiving the 401 error. Could anyone help me on this issue. Thanks in advance!

[Anonymous]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Way1:You may check if you call an admin API as a regular user without admin rights? As expected, PowerShell will display an error message informing you that the call was unauthorized
You can refer to the following link:

Working with PowerShell in Power BI | Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI

Way2: Which way do you use for authentication, maybe it’s affected by your authentication.

You can refer to the following link:

Solved: Power Bi REST API - 401 Authorization error when u... - Microsoft Power BI Community

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[tackytechtom]

Hi @Anonymous ,

On the Allow Service Principal to use Power BI APIs, it says "enabled for the subset of the organization". You can specify security groups in their which are allowed to use the REST APIs. Is your service principal laying in such a security group?

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