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Start Manage and secure Power BI PracticeYou are a Power BI administrator. A user reports that a shared dashboard shows 'Sensitive data detected' for certain visualizations, but the dashboard is configured with row-level security (RLS). What is the most likely cause of this issue?
Explanation: The most likely cause is that a Microsoft Purview sensitivity label is applied to the dataset or report. Sensitivity labels classify data and can trigger warnings like 'Sensitive data detected' regardless of RLS. RLS only controls which rows a user can see; it does not prevent sensitivity labels from being detected. Option A is incorrect because 'Build' permission is about creating reports, not suppressing sensitivity labels. Option B is incorrect because misconfigured RLS would cause incorrect data access, not the specific warning. Option D is incorrect because the label is detected server-side, not dependent on browser capabilities.
You are a Power BI administrator. Your organization uses Microsoft Purview to manage sensitivity labels. You need to ensure that when a report is exported to PDF, the sensitivity label is automatically applied to the PDF file. What should you configure?
Explanation: Enabling the 'Apply sensitivity labels to exported data' tenant setting ensures that sensitivity labels applied to Power BI reports are automatically inherited when exporting to PDF or other formats. Option D is incorrect because auto-labeling policies in Microsoft Purview are designed to apply labels to documents and emails based on conditions, not to enforce labeling on exports from Power BI. Option B is incorrect because file encryption settings are separate and do not control Power BI export behavior. Option C is incorrect because setting a default sensitivity label for a workspace does not automatically carry over to exports; the labeled report content is what triggers the inherited label on export, but only if the tenant setting is enabled.
A Power BI administrator wants to allow users to create dashboards and reports, but prevent them from sharing content outside the organization. Which two settings should be configured in the Power BI admin portal? (Choose two.)
Explanation: Options D (Disable 'Share content with external users') and E (Disable 'Publish to web') are correct. Disabling 'Share content with external users' prevents users from sharing dashboards and reports directly with external users. Disabling 'Publish to web' prevents users from making content publicly available via embed codes. Option A (Disable 'Create workspaces') is incorrect because it restricts workspace creation, not external sharing. Option B (Disable 'Export data') restricts data export but does not prevent external sharing. Option C (Disable 'Featured tables') is unrelated to sharing.
You are a Power BI administrator. A Power BI dataset owner reports that the dataset is not refreshing automatically, but manual refreshes work fine. The dataset uses a cloud data source (Azure SQL Database) with OAuth2 credentials. What is the most likely cause?
Explanation: OAuth2 tokens used for cloud data source credentials have a limited lifetime (typically 1-2 hours for access tokens). When automatic refresh occurs, the token may be expired, causing failure unless refresh tokens or service principals are configured. Manual refreshes succeed because the user reauthenticates, obtaining a new token. Option A is incorrect because row-level security (RLS) does not affect refresh functionality; it only filters data for users. Option B is incorrect because if the on-premises data gateway were offline, both manual and automatic refreshes would fail, but manual refreshes work fine. Option C is incorrect because capacity refresh limits apply equally to both manual and scheduled refreshes.
Refer to the exhibit. You are a Power BI administrator reviewing a workspace capacity configuration in the Power BI admin portal. Based on the exhibit, which of the following is true?
Explanation: The exhibit shows the workspace is assigned to a Premium capacity and the storage format is ABFSSmall, which is a valid Premium storage format. Option A is incorrect because data classification is not set to 'General' in the exhibit (it is likely set to a different value or not configured). Option C is incorrect because the encryption key is service-managed, not customer-managed. Option D is incorrect because SharePoint Online is not listed in the allowed data sources for this workspace.
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