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Ideas.PowerBI.com – Changes to use Azure Active Directory!

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Thank you for your contributions to the Power BI Ideas platform.  Your input has helped us improve Power BI. 

We are delivering on your request to sign in to ideas.powerbi.com using the same organizational credentials you use for Power BI. Starting July 10, 2020 you need to use your Azure Active Directory (Work or School account) to sign in to ideas.powerbi.com.  All other authentication methods (Google, Facebook, or custom authentication) will no longer be supported.  The ability to vote, comment, or create new ideas, will require you to be authenticated.  

Click here! to join our live webinar on July 6, at 10:00 AM PDT, with our community team to help answer your questions.

Please follow the steps below to migrate your current username to your Work or School account, and ensure you retain access to all your ideas, votes and feedback you have provided. 

If you do not complete these steps prior to July 10, 2020, your data will still be visible on the site, however you may not be able to access your ideas with your previous identity.    

Step 1:  Navigate to https://ideas.powerbi.com  

Step 2:  Sign in with your current username and credentials.  

Step 3:  Click on Settings. 

Step 4:   Change your Username to match your Work or School account.  

  • Click on Edit Email and supply Work or School email  
  • Click on Edit Name and supply a name  

Step 5:   On July 10, you will receive an email to the Work or School email provided with a unique redemption code.

  • Click on the redemption code within the email to redeem the code.  This will open a webpage which will connect your identity and require you to login to your Work or School account.  

Step 6:  You will check “I have an existing account” and click on the Register button. 

Step 7:   Sign in Work or School account.    

 

Step 8:  Accept the terms and conditions of ideas.powerbi.com 

 

 

 

  All done!  Start using ideas.powerbi.com!