Microsoft Fabric REST API Auth as Service Principal

[p_da]

Hey all, 

I'm having some issue trying to use Microsoft Fabric REST APIs authenticating via Service Principal auth, however, it is returning an error sayin that Service Principals is not supported. I know that there was a message on the REST API page in the documentation saying that, however the message has been removed. Does anyone knows if this limitation has been removed or if still ?

Thanks

[p_da]

Sorry for late reply. My question is, is Service Principal AUTH available in APIs ?

[Anonymous]

Hi @p_da ,

A service principal is an authentication method that can be used to give Microsoft Entra applications access to Power BI service content and APIs.

When you create a Microsoft Entra application, a Service Principal object is created. The Service Subject object (also known as a Service Principal) allows the Microsoft Entra ID to authenticate the application. Once authenticated, the application can access Microsoft Entra tenant resources.

In Microsoft Fabric, Service Principal authentication is supported for datasets, data streams (Data Stream Gen1 and Data Stream Gen2), and data markets. Local and VNET Data Gateway connections can now be authenticated using SPN.

More detailed information can be found in the documentation:

Enable service principal authentication for read-only admin APIs - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Lear...

Service principal support in Data Factory - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

Embed Power BI content in an embedded analytics application with service principal and an applicatio...

If your Current Period does not refer to this, please clarify in a follow-up reply.

Best Regards,

Clara Gong

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