Hi all,
We are planning some maintenance to Power BI over this weekend (11/3 – 11/5) and next weekend (11/10 – 11/12).
What is this maintenance about?
We are making some improvements to way Power BI calculates permissions for datasets and reports. These changes are needed for some of our upcoming features like selective publish for apps, automatically installing apps for end users and external sharing using AAD B2B.
What is the impact of this maintenance?
During a short period in the maintenance window (less than 60 minutes), users might get errors when they try to create or distribute content. This includes creation of dashboards/reports/workbooks/datasets/content packs/apps, sharing dashboards and installing content packs/apps. We are trying to complete this maintenance in the off-business hours of each region to minimize disruption due to these errors.
We have already notified customers about this maintenance through the O365 admin portal. We have also posted communications in the Power BI support page.
Is there any functional impact for end users?
A few days after the update, users will be able to directly manage and control access on reports and datasets as well (Before the update users can only indirectly manage and control access to datasets and reports through dashboards).
Senior Program Manager,
Power BI, Microsoft.
