Can Purview scan Power BI (Fabric) with a self-hosted integration runtime?

Question

Hello,

Can Microsoft Purview scan Power BI (Fabric) with a self-hosted integration runtime? (same tenant scenario)

In this documentation, it is noted that self-hosted integration runtime is the only option to scan if Microsoft Purview or Power BI tenant is protected behind a private endpoint. However, this documentation notes that scanning with a self-hosted integration runtime isn't supported.

As Power BI was changed to Fabric in Purview data source registration, I'm unclear if scanning with a SHIR is supported or not.

Answer 1

As far as I understand, you can scan Power BI (Fabric) using a self-hosted integration runtime (SHIR) in Microsoft Purview. According to the documentation, when the Microsoft Purview or Power BI tenant is protected behind a private endpoint, a self-hosted integration runtime is indeed the only option to perform the scan. You can use either delegated authentication or a service principal as your authentication options in this scenario. While creating a scan, you'll need to select your self-hosted integration runtime from the drop-down list. This process initiates a manual or automatic scan where Microsoft Purview connects to Azure Key Vault to retrieve the credential to access a data source. The SHIR service from the VM then connects to the data source to extract metadata. In conclusion, it appears that scanning of Power BI (Fabric) with a self-hosted integration runtime (SHIR) is supported in same tenant scenarios for Microsoft Purview.