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Add a password protected Power BI Desktop option

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jerome on 12 Nov 2015 07:08:21

if we can lock a desktop made dashboard it will be great to share it in an enterprise.
also this will prevent the dashboard to be changed by mistake. when I click on an item this action drag the content, so I have to move it back to the initial position.

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Allen Matty on 06 Jul 2020 00:14:34

RE: Add a password protected Power BI Desktop option

As a global organisation we love PowerBi but can’t trust the security until a password wrapper is in place enabling us to publish on the web for intended clients only

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Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:12:11

RE: Add a password protected Power BI Desktop option

I develop and sell Power BI dashboard reports and I need a way to prevent a customer from sending the product to other non customers. Since the .pbix files cannot be password protected, anyone who buys my power bi solution/product, can give it to anyone they desire. What's up with that? Power BI needs a password wrapper or better yet a mechanism so that once the .pobix files are installed on a server they can never be copied and shared. .pbix files...

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JB on 06 Jul 2020 00:11:51

RE: Add a password protected Power BI Desktop option

If Power BI can't add this most basic security feature, how can we ever trust the security of this infrastructure with sensitive data needed to build dashboards??? This has been being requested since 2015! Step up to the plate Microsoft.

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Richard on 06 Jul 2020 00:07:18

RE: Add a password protected Power BI Desktop option

Need this, important!

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Vas on 06 Jul 2020 00:06:58

RE: Add a password protected Power BI Desktop option

Please add this feature to desktop version. It will be very useful to be able to work on a read-only version when exploring new funcionalities.

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Sukhomoy Bhattacharya on 06 Jul 2020 00:06:26

RE: Add a password protected Power BI Desktop option

I am surprized if an excel or word doc can be password protected then it should have that as well.

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D.S. on 06 Jul 2020 00:01:30

RE: Add a password protected Power BI Desktop option

Word, Excel, PowerPoint all offer this option. Please add this as an option.

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Rajesh N on 05 Jul 2020 23:57:02

RE: Add a password protected Power BI Desktop option

This functionality is really essential.

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Bram De Bock on 05 Jul 2020 23:55:39

RE: Add a password protected Power BI Desktop option

Please add this option. It's no longer sustainable offering 'single source of truth' reports, when actually we cannot even guarantee there are no adjustments made to the reporting setup.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:51:27

RE: Add a password protected Power BI Desktop option

Long Pending Request as the PBIX and internal data sources become very less secure with open edit query option. For security as well the data protection & mishandling this is required.

There is no way we will come to know if someone does any unauthorised change in the data model in edit query and publish to service.