AD groups in Power BI (Office 365) groups

[hargel]

Hi,

Sorry for a question that I probably should find an answer to without asking. But I draw blank in trying to find a conclusive answer.

We have a solution were we will use groups to separate reports and for security. In the organization AD groups are used. AD groups will also be used to control access to some of the source systems. It would therefore work best if AD groups could be used to control access to groups in Power BI.

Is this a possibillity today? If not, will it be in the future? If not, what is the "best practice" solution in this case?

Thanks,

Martin

[Seth_C_Bauer · Accepted solution]

@hargel 

Is this a possibillity today? No

If not, will it be in the future? Don't know

If not, what is the "best practice" solution in this case? My typical approach is to use Group workspaces to organize departments of Report Authors and use them as the central point to share reports with end users. In this manner, you can share a dashboard with an AD group with no issues, and the reports are all managed in one location.

As opposed to creating a seperate Group Workspace for a set of individuals. This also includes the problem that now the end user has to hunt around several Group Workspaces to try to find reports if they belong to several Groups. Whereas with the first approach and good naming standards, everything is in their workspace to be viewed.