> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pads4.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

This guide walks you through the configuration required to integrate **Microsoft Power BI** with **PADS4** through **Microsoft Azure**. It assumes you're familiar with Power BI administration, Azure app registrations, and the service principal authentication method.

## What you'll set up

To complete the integration, you will:

* Register an application in Azure Active Directory and create a service principal.
* Grant that service principal access to the Power BI workspaces you want to embed.
* Assign a Power BI capacity to those workspaces.
* Enter the resulting credentials into PADS4 CTRL Center.

## Considerations and limitations

Review these limitations before you start — they affect what can be embedded and which users are supported.

**Not supported**

* **My Workspace** is not supported when authenticating with a service principal.
* Users cannot sign in to the Power BI portal using a service principal.
* **Dataflows management** is not supported.
* Reports that use **Row-Level Security (RLS)** are not supported.

**Supported scope**

* Only **embedding of reports and dashboards** is supported.

**Requirements**

* **Power BI admin rights** are required to enable the service principal under Power BI **Developer settings**.
* **Workspaces require a Power BI capacity**, which may incur additional Azure costs. Without a capacity, reports may show a warning or fail to display in the PADS4 Viewer.
* Minimum browser versions:
  * **Chrome** 95
  * **Firefox** 94
  * **Edge** 120

<Note>
  For more background on capacities and production embedding, see the [Power BI Embedded documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/developer/embedded/move-to-production).
</Note>

## Next steps

Continue with the setup pages in this section to register the Azure application, configure Power BI, and connect PADS4 CTRL Center.
