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saliknaveed
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1 year ago
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How to secure Power BI Dataset and Report from Power BI Administrator?

Hi, I have to create a report where data is sensitive. That data is only Access by me and My manager. I have a shared workspace in Power BI service with my manager. We both are the admin of shared Wo...
  • Poojara_D12's avatar
    1 year ago

    Hi saliknaveed 

    In Power BI, even if you and your manager are the only administrators of a shared workspace, the Power BI Service Administrator (or a Microsoft 365 Global Administrator) retains the technical ability to access all content within the Power BI environment, including datasets and reports—regardless of workspace permissions or roles. This is by design to ensure compliance, auditability, and organizational governance. While Row-Level Security (RLS) can help restrict data access for report consumers, it does not prevent Power BI administrators or tenant-level admins from accessing underlying datasets. There is currently no built-in method to completely hide or encrypt report content from Power BI system administrators at the service level. If the data is highly sensitive, one workaround could involve keeping the most sensitive processing and storage off Power BI Service entirely, using local PBIX files, or integrating data masking or pseudonymization at the source level. Alternatively, you could explore Power BI Report Server (on-premises) for more control, or encrypt sensitive data at the source, so even if accessed, the data remains unintelligible without a key—though this adds complexity to your reporting pipeline.