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Hide / Block certain APIs / PowerBI Connectors
We need to restrict certain Power BI connectors. It would be great if Power BI provide an administrative capability to:
- hide / restrict connectors from the UI,
- remove connectors from Get Data, or
- enforce an “approved‑connectors‑only” visibility list / whitelist.
Hii LucasJ
Go to Power BI Admin Portal >> Tenant Settings and disable specific features (e.g., Web, Python, R, Share to web) or restrict them to security groups.Use Microsoft Purview / DLP policies to block data movement between connectors, but note that not all Power BI connectors appear in DLP yet, so coverage is limited.
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Hii LucasJ
Using Tenant settings (Admin Portal), you can disable specific connectors (like web, Python, R, etc.) or restrict them to certain security groups. Additionally, Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies and Microsoft Purview can block or monitor data movement across connectors, effectively enforcing an “approved connectors only” approach even though the UI still shows them.
Hi rohit1991,
thank you for your quick response. Could you please provide more information on how I can disable these connectors in the Tenant Settings? Do you mean the Power Plattform Admin Center? All the instructions we’ve found so far are out of date, and the connectors we wanted to disable for testing purposes weren’t available for selection in the DLP policy.Hii LucasJ
Go to Power BI Admin Portal >> Tenant Settings and disable specific features (e.g., Web, Python, R, Share to web) or restrict them to security groups.Use Microsoft Purview / DLP policies to block data movement between connectors, but note that not all Power BI connectors appear in DLP yet, so coverage is limited.
