powerbi-mcp

An MCP server that connects Claude (and any MCP-compatible client) to Microsoft Power BI via the Power BI REST API using a Service Principal.

Tools exposed

Related MCP server: Power BI MCP for Claude

Prerequisites

1. Azure App Registration with these Power BI API permissions (Application, not Delegated):

   • Dataset.Read.All

   • Dataset.ReadWrite.All (for refresh)

   • Report.Read.All

   • Workspace.Read.All

2. In Power BI Admin Portal → Tenant settings, enable:

   • Allow service principals to use Power BI APIs

   • Add the security group containing your App Registration

3. Add the service principal as a Member or Admin to the workspaces you want to access.

Setup

# Clone and install
git clone <this-repo>
cd powerbi-mcp-server
pip install -e .

# Copy and fill in credentials
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your tenant ID, client ID, client secret

Configure in Claude Code / Claude Desktop

Add this to your MCP configuration (~/.claude/claude_desktop_config.json for Desktop, or claude mcp add for Claude Code):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "powerbi": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "powerbi_mcp"],
      "env": {
        "POWERBI_TENANT_ID": "your-tenant-id",
        "POWERBI_CLIENT_ID": "your-client-id",
        "POWERBI_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-client-secret"
      }
    }
  }
}

Or using uv (no install needed):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "powerbi": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "/path/to/powerbi-mcp-server", "powerbi-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "POWERBI_TENANT_ID": "...",
        "POWERBI_CLIENT_ID": "...",
        "POWERBI_CLIENT_SECRET": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code CLI

claude mcp add powerbi \
  --command python \
  --args "-m powerbi_mcp" \
  -e POWERBI_TENANT_ID=your-tenant-id \
  -e POWERBI_CLIENT_ID=your-client-id \
  -e POWERBI_CLIENT_SECRET=your-client-secret

Example prompts

Once connected, you can ask Claude:

• "List all Power BI workspaces I have access to."

• "Run this DAX query on dataset abc-123: EVALUATE SUMMARIZE(Sales, Sales[Region], "Total", SUM(Sales[Amount]))"

• "Refresh the dataset named 'Monthly Sales' in the Finance workspace."

• "Show me all the pages and visuals in the Executive Dashboard report."

Development

pip install -e ".[dev]"
python -m powerbi_mcp   # runs the MCP server via stdio