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Office 365 groups creating Classing Workspaces (Groups) in Power BI Service
Ive gone into Power BI admin and to workspaces
We have 66 Old Classic Workspaces (Groups) cluttering Power BI that really need removing. They are needed as an Office 365 Group but they arent needed as a Power BI Workspace
Im only in 16 of these Groups and of these Im admin in none of them
Ive been upgrading the Classic Workspace to New in Power BI Service on Groups where Im an admin and then deleting them. Annoying but doable
The question is, what is the process that I can follow to remove every single one of these Groups as App workspaces so people using Power BI dont have to wade through lots of unneccessary Workspaces?
Hi DebbieE ,
Yes. Actually there already be one topic about preventing create classic workspace automatically when create Office 365 group as mentioned in my previous post. If the number of votes reaches a certain number, the relevant team will develop this feature so that this feature may be implemented in the near future. You can vote here and add comments to speed up the process. Thank you.
Best Regards
Rena
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Hi DebbieE ,
Firstly, you need to be the admin of the related workspace if delete some one workspace. Then complete the following steps:
1. Confirm with the related users whether the contents(dashboards,reports or content packs) in these classic workspaces which will be deleted can be deleted. If some contents need to be keep, the related users can store them in another place before delete.
2. After confirmed, delete the published or installed content packs which created from these workspaces first
3. Upgrade these classic workspaces to new workspace
4. Delete the related workspaces
It seems you already done the above steps, so I'm not sure whether I understand your requirement correctly, if no, please correct me and provide more details. Thank you.
Best Regards
Rena
I was hoping there would be an easier option. Its going to be very difficult asking to become admin of all those groups when alot of the people who use them dont use Power BI and wont understand what im talking about
This is I thinka really problematic area if power BI. People are getting overwhelmed with the amount of un useful App Workspaces
Hi DebbieE ,
Yes, it might be. But only the admin of workspaces can delete them, and you can only delete them one by one in Power BI Service since you still want to keep these Office 365 groups.
Best Regards
Rena
Hi DebbieE ,
Whether your problem has been resolved? If yes, could you please mark the helpful post as Answered? It will help anyone in the community find the solution easily if they face the similar problem with you. Thank you.
Best Regards
Rena
