Security and Administration Flashcards

Which Power BI feature provides audit logs for tracking user activity such as report views and exports?

Answer: Power BI Audit Log via Microsoft 365 compliance center

Power BI activity events are logged to the Microsoft 365 compliance center, where admins can audit actions like report views, exports, and sharing.

What is a service principal in the context of Power BI API access?

Answer: An Azure AD application identity used to authenticate API calls to Power BI without user credentials

A service principal is an Azure AD app registration used to authenticate automated processes and applications to the Power BI REST API.

What is the purpose of the 'Viewer' role in a Power BI workspace?

Answer: Can view and interact with reports and dashboards but cannot edit or publish

Viewers can consume (read and interact with) reports and dashboards but have no editing, publishing, or administrative capabilities.

What does 'object-level security' (OLS) in Power BI allow administrators to do?

Answer: Restrict access to specific tables or columns in a dataset based on user roles

OLS allows dataset owners to restrict access to specific tables or columns so unauthorized users cannot see or query that data.

What Power BI feature allows you to test which data a specific user or role would see under RLS?

Answer: 'View as role' in Power BI Desktop or Service

'View as role' lets you preview the report as if you were a member of a specific RLS role, verifying that filters are applied correctly.

What is the difference between Power BI Pro and Power BI Premium Per User (PPU)?

Answer: PPU includes all Pro features plus advanced capabilities like paginated reports and AI features at the user level

Premium Per User includes all Power BI Pro capabilities plus premium features like paginated reports, AI visuals, and larger dataset sizes at a per-user cost.