Securing Power BI report content

Several built-in security roles are available to assign to users or groups of users. This security assignment can be scoped at the folder level and is by default inherited by all reports within that folder or assigned to a specific report.

In the following screenshot, a security group (AdWorksSales) is assigned to the Browser role for the Product Sales Report:

Role security in Power BI Report Server

The security configuration page for both reports and folders can be accessed via the Manage page, as described in the Scheduled data refresh section earlier in this chapter. By default, the BUILTIN\Administrators ...

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