Before installing Power BI Reporting, ensure you determine which tenant will host the report. For MSPs, we recommend using your own tenant. For enterprises, use your production tenant.
Please, note that the chosen tenant must have an Azure Subscription.
Please, note that to access the Baseline compliance report, it is required to have at least one downstream tenant and a one downstream tenant and one baseline tenant.
During installation
During installation, you will be prompted to log in with a user account.
Account prerequisites
The account used must have:
- A Power BI Pro license
Accessing a shared Power BI workspace requires at least a Power BI Pro license assigned to the user accessing the workspace. If you're uncertain about committing to a subscription, Power BI offers various trial options to explore its features. It's worth noting that the Power BI Pro license is also included as part of the Office E5 license package.
- Logged into Power BI at least once
- Either Owner role on the Azure Subscription or
- both Contributor and User Access Administrator roles
- Either Global Administrator role or
- A combination of three specific roles: Application Administrator, Groups Administrator, and Fabric Administrator roles in Entra ID.
In the Power BI Admin portal
- Create workspaces:
Enable this feature for the specific group that the user running the installer belongs to or for the entire organization.
- Service principals can utilize Fabric APIs (required only for the initial installation):
Enable this feature for the specific group that the user running the installer belongs to or for the entire organization.
The reason Configuration Manager requires such extensive permissions is due to the numerous actions that have to be performed within the tenant during the installation process:
- Setting up Log Analytics workspaces to collect and analyze data.
- Configuring Power BI workspaces for data visualization and reporting.
- Making the necessary changes to your Azure subscription to support the data requirements of our solution.
During the installation process, you'll be prompted to sign in with an account that has these roles. This ensures we can complete all necessary setup tasks without encountering any permission-related obstacles.
Prerequisites to view Power BI reports
In the report tab, the user you are signed in as must have access to the Power BI report to view it. If your signed-in user doesn't have Power BI access, you'll see a warning message indicating a lack of access. In this situation, you can sign in to Power BI directly to access the reports.