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southwood
Frequent Visitor
5 years ago
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Restricting workspace non-Admin roles from adding users

We need to have tight control over the users viewing specific workspace content and want to restrict the ability to add users to only the Admin role. Is there a way to disable the "add users" capability from the Member and Contributor roles?

  • collinq's avatar
    collinq
    5 years ago

    Hi southwood ,

     

    There is currently no way for this to be done - the roles are set and hardcoded right now.    This sounds like a great idea though - maybe you can search and see if one similar to this exists, or add your own and let us know the link so we can vote for it - https://ideas.powerbi.com/

     

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  • Hi southwood ,

     

    When you share the report, uncheck the option for the users that you are sharing with to re-share.

     

    • southwood's avatar
      southwood
      Frequent Visitor

      This doesn't address the main topic which is allowing the MEMBER role adding users to the workspace itself giving them access to all content.

       

      • collinq's avatar
        collinq
        Super User

        Hi southwood ,

         

        There is currently no way for this to be done - the roles are set and hardcoded right now.    This sounds like a great idea though - maybe you can search and see if one similar to this exists, or add your own and let us know the link so we can vote for it - https://ideas.powerbi.com/

         

  • v-robertq-msft's avatar
    v-robertq-msft
    Community Support

    Hi, southwood 

    As far as I’m concerned, only members in the new workspace can add members or others with lower permissions to the workspace, and contributors can add others to the workspace.

     

    As collinq said, the roles in new workspace are hardcoded right now and you can’t change it. Therefore, I think the temporary solution to this problem can be adding these users with the “contributor” role to this workspace, which can also obtain the most permissions of “member” role without “adding roles”

    More info about roles in the new workspaces

     

    Best Regards,

    Community Support Team _Robert Qin

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

    • southwood's avatar
      southwood
      Frequent Visitor

      You have to have some users in the Member role to be able to create an app for the workspace.

      • v-robertq-msft's avatar
        v-robertq-msft
        Community Support

        Hi, southwood 

        Yes, only members and admins of the workspace can create an APP. But once an App is created, the contributors can also update the APP if they are allowed to.

         

        Therefore, I think the “Contributor” role is good enough to meet your requirement.😂

         

        Best Regards,

        Community Support Team _Robert Qin

        If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.