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Make Power BI a "trusted Microsoft Service"

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Don Petry on 30 Mar 2021 18:45:52

This idea is to allow Power BI to access Azure Storage and other Azure services which have network security enabled.

Azure Storage and other Azure services provide the ability to enable network security as a best practice.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/security-recommendations#networking

This setting limits what systems can access the storage account. To simplify access from common Microsoft components, there is an "Allow trusted Microsoft services to access this storage account" option.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-network-security?tabs=azure-portal#grant-access-to-trusted-azure-services

However, Power BI is not permitted to access the Azure resources when this setting is enabled.
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Service/Need-clarity-around-how-to-connect-to-Azure-Storage-through-a/m-p/969674

Additionally, the IP's for Power BI are not published in a method than allows whitelisting.
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Service/PowerBI-Service-IP-range/m-p/855976

Fulfillment of this idea will allow secure network configurations of Azure resources while still allowing for the Power BI Service to directly connect.