power BI - creating workspaces - something about tenant's administrator

[KcirtapLangiv]

Hello there,

I have configured myself a pro licence to create workspaces and share projects I did to the rest of the world. But when I try to create myself a workspace, I get the following :

"La création d'espaces de travail d'application est désactivée par votre administrateur de locataires, ou vous avez besoin d'autorisations pour en créer. Contactez votre administrateur de locataires."

(translation) "Workspace creation is made unactive by your tenant's administrator, you need authorisation to create one. Contact your tenant's administrator." 

What does it mean, who is the tenant's administrator ?

[blopez11 · Accepted solution]

There is a tenant setting that governs whether users can create workspaces.  There is a Azure role called Fabric administrator that one would need to be assigned to in order to change this setting.

Please see the links below:

Tenant settings index - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

What is Microsoft Fabric administration? - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

[collinq · Accepted solution]

Hi @KcirtapLangiv ,

Your Power BI tenat adminstrator needs to turn on the ability for you to create a workspace.  This is a tenant level administration settting.

As for the question of "who is that" might not be so simple to start.  If you are in a larger organization, then the person is probably in the IT departmetnt  Either way, it would be the person/people that originally setup Power BI in your company.  So, I would start there if you know either of those folks.

[v-venuppu]

Hi @KcirtapLangiv ,

I hope this information is helpful.If this answers your question, please accept it as a solution,so other community members with similar problems can find a solution faster.

Thank you.

[v-venuppu]

Hi @KcirtapLangiv ,

Thank you for your response. Since the solutions provided were helpful, could you please accept the one that helped you identify the root cause?This will be helpful for other community members who have similar problems to solve it faster.

Thank you.

[KcirtapLangiv]

Thank you for those answers, they give at least some track I can start hunting. I think I know whom I should start asking to, (i-e) who my tenant or fabric administrator is.

cheers

[v-venuppu]

Hi @KcirtapLangiv ,

Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Fabric Community.

Thank you @Nasif_Azam @collinq @blopez11 for the prompt response.

I wanted to check if you had the opportunity to review the information provided.If my response has addressed your query, please accept it as a solution ,so other members can easily find it.

Thank you.

[Nasif_Azam · Accepted solution]

Hey @KcirtapLangiv ,

It seems like your tenant's administrator has disabled the ability to create workspaces. A "tenant administrator" refers to the person who manages your organization's Power BI environment. They have control over settings that determine who can create or manage workspaces, among other configurations.

To resolve this issue, you'll need to reach out to the tenant administrator (likely the person who handles the organization's Power BI setup or Microsoft 365 admin) and ask them to either enable workspace creation for your account or grant you the necessary permissions.

For Detailed Information:

Power BI Workspaces Overview

How to manage permissions in Power BI

Microsoft 365 Admin Center: Overview

If you found this solution helpful, please consider accepting it and giving it a kudos (Like) it’s greatly appreciated and helps others find the solution more easily.

Best Regards,
Nasif Azam

[collinq · Accepted solution]

Hi @KcirtapLangiv ,

Your Power BI tenat adminstrator needs to turn on the ability for you to create a workspace.  This is a tenant level administration settting.

As for the question of "who is that" might not be so simple to start.  If you are in a larger organization, then the person is probably in the IT departmetnt  Either way, it would be the person/people that originally setup Power BI in your company.  So, I would start there if you know either of those folks.

[blopez11 · Accepted solution]

There is a tenant setting that governs whether users can create workspaces.  There is a Azure role called Fabric administrator that one would need to be assigned to in order to change this setting.

Please see the links below:

Tenant settings index - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

What is Microsoft Fabric administration? - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn