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Chat in Microsoft Teams directly from the Power BI service

You can open a Teams chat about Power BI dashboards, reports, visuals, and semantic models directly from the Power BI service. Use the Chat in Teams feature to quickly start conversations when you view reports, dashboards, and semantic models in the Power BI service.

Requirements

To use the Chat in Teams functionality in Power BI, make sure the Share to Teams tenant setting in the Power BI admin portal is enabled. This setting allows organizations to hide the Chat in Teams button. For more information, see the Power BI admin portal article.

See Collaborate in Microsoft Teams with Power BI for background on how Power BI and Microsoft Teams work together, including other requirements.

Chat about Power BI content in Microsoft Teams

Follow these steps to share links to reports, dashboards, visuals, and semantic models in the Power BI service, and in Microsoft Teams channels and chats.

Share button

If you're using a report in view mode:

  1. From the action bar, select the Share button.

  2. In the Send link dialog, indicate the link recipient, and add an optional message.

  3. Select the Teams icon. You might be asked to sign in to Microsoft Teams.

    Screenshot that shows the send link dialog.

  4. In the Share to Microsoft Teams dialog, verify the recipient and message, then select Share to send the link. The link is added to existing conversations or starts a new chat.

    Screenshot that shows the share button and the Teams link.

Chat in Teams button

If you're using a a report in edit mode, or you're working in a dashboard, semantic model, app, or single visual:

  1. From the action bar (or context menu for visuals), select the Chat in Teams button.

  2. In the Share to Microsoft Teams dialog, indicate the recipient, and add an optional message.

  3. Select Share to send the link. The link is added to existing conversations or starts a new chat.

    Screenshot that shows the share button and the Teams link.

  4. Select the link to open the item in the Power BI service.

If you used the contextual menu for a specific visual, the visual is highlighted when the report opens.

Known issues and limitations

  • Users without a Power BI license or permission to access the report see a "Content isn't available" message.
  • The Chat in Teams button might not work if your browser uses strict privacy settings. Use the Having trouble? Try opening in a new window option if the dialog doesn't open correctly.
  • Chat in Teams doesn't include a link preview.
  • Link previews and Chat in Teams don't give users permissions to view the item. Permissions must be managed separately.
  • The Chat in Teams button isn't available in visual context menus when a report author sets More options to Off for the visual.
  • For other issues, see the Known issues and limitations section of the "Collaborate in Microsoft Teams" article.

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