Power BI Governance and Best Practice Guidance
If you are using Power BI at your organisation or looking to adopt the technology, it is crucial that you consider best practice usage, security and governance considerations before giving your business users full access. Here we outline some of the most important tenant settings and monitoring tips for any organisation using Power BI for reporting and analysis.
Why is Power BI governance important?
One huge benefit of the Power Platform is that it places the power into your business users’ hands. However, this also means that the users do not necessarily need IT to enable the technology before they start using it. Before rolling out Power BI it is important that you set up the correct governance settings and define security roles accurately, otherwise you are very likely to face problems in the future.
Issues that may arise if security and governance is not set up correctly:
- Internal data could be exposed to the web.
- Difficult licensing questions and issues may arise with unnecessary costs.
- No dashboard and workspace visual continuity and no adherence to brand guidelines.
- Responsibility could lie only with one global admin.
- Power BI may gain a bad reputation throughout users within your organisation, leading to adoption problems.
Our Power BI Best Practice Advice
If you would like to discuss any of the points mentioned or learn more about the important Power BI security and governance considerations, drop us an email at info@pythagoras.co.uk.