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Workspaces V2 bulk upgrade does nothing
No, empty isn't the issue. that is actually a great use case. Upgrade and delete. You cannot delete the original workspaces. I upgraded several thousand early in 2021 like this from the admin panel.
You might want to open a support ticket. Support | Microsoft Power BI It could be something has changed since then. Bulk Upgrade exists for example. I had to do it in batches of 100. But there could be an issue with your permissions or tenant.edhans and anyone else who lands here...
The answer is that MS quietly added a new tenant setting to disable the upgrade of v1 workspaces when they are empty. Turning this off resolved the issue.
I found this out when going back to check the timeline blog which was updated 18 Mar 2022 Updated timeline for upgrading classic workspaces | Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI
(Tis a moot point now, as I'll just wait for the upgrade and the empty workspace clean-up MS will do in turn.)
What happens if you go into a workspace and upgrade it through that UI per this page? Upgrade classic workspaces to the new workspaces - Power BI | Microsoft Docs
I'll have to see if I can get admin access to each M365 Group (or at least one to test). Defeats the purpose though if I must do it one by one via the workspace/group itself... 😅
Will report back when I can.
Yeah, but this will tell us if it a general upgrade issue or not.
Okay. Ran a test one. Bulk upgrade didn't work, but workspace upgrade did.
- Got Owner access to the group in M365, and Admin Access to PBI workspace
- Confirmed I could start the upgrade process from the workspace (but didn't execute)
- Tried bulk upgrade on the workspace from workspace admin, didn't work. Starts and stops at the exact same time. 🤔
- Tried upgrading from the workspace and it worked
Could it be something silly like the workspace is empty in PBI? Looks like this is the case with all of the workspaces that need upgrading ~300
No, empty isn't the issue. that is actually a great use case. Upgrade and delete. You cannot delete the original workspaces. I upgraded several thousand early in 2021 like this from the admin panel.
You might want to open a support ticket. Support | Microsoft Power BI It could be something has changed since then. Bulk Upgrade exists for example. I had to do it in batches of 100. But there could be an issue with your permissions or tenant.