PowerBI API

[nupur]

Hello,

I am trying to use powerBi API to use AD group with mailbox that will be used for admin access PowerBI environment. As of today, it is not possible to grant access to an AD group without a mail address. This makes administration complicated, as the individual people need to be removed every time someone on the team leaves/starts. I am using this powershell script to get the result but its not working, looking for some help.

$Body1 = @{
identifier=“xyz”
groupUserAccessRight=“Admin”
principalType=“Group”
}

$BodyJSON1=$Body1 | ConvertTo-Json
Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod -Method post -Url “groups/abc/users” -Body $BodyJSON1 -debug

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi  @nupur ,

If email is not turned on, joining is not supported.

Here are the three supported mailbox groups:

Security groups, distribution lists, Microsoft 365 groups.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/collaborate-share/service-give-access-new-workspaces#give-...

If you want to delete people in a group, you can use Power BI Rest "Groups --Delete User In Group"

Deletes the specified user permissions from the specified workspace.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/groups/delete-user-in-group

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

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[ibarrau]

Hi. Let me see if I understand. You want to add an AD Group to a workspace with role Admin with the API. The answer would be no you can't. As you can see in the API doc, adding users is one by one "Add Group User" request.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/groups

However you can add a group in the workspace with the UI. Just go to Power Bi Service, open the workspace, "access" option and add it. Of course you need permission on the workspace (if you don't have it and you are admin, add you as admin with the API or ask the admin to add you as admin)

I hope that helps,