Is Powerbi Mcp safe to use?

Powerbi Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install Powerbi Mcp?

Powerbi Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can Powerbi Mcp do?

Powerbi Mcp provides 1 tool: scan_table_dependencies. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Powerbi Mcp?

Powerbi Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.

Is Powerbi Mcp actively maintained?

Powerbi Mcp is less actively maintained — last commit was 169 days ago. It has 111 GitHub stars.

Powerbi Mcp

Name: Powerbi Mcp
Author: sulaiman013

by sulaiman013

MCP server for natural language interaction with Power BI datasets

111 1 tool GitHub

No known CVEs

MIT license

Maintained

Last commit 169d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, http

1 tool · ~64 tok

Grade A · 0.0% of 200K ctx

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "powerbi": {
      "env": {
        "PYTHONPATH": "C:/path/to/powerbi-mcp-v2/src"
      },
      "args": [
        "C:/path/to/powerbi-mcp-v2/src/server.py"
      ],
      "command": "python"
    }
  }
}

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Is Powerbi Mcp safe to use?: Powerbi Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Powerbi Mcp?: Powerbi Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Powerbi Mcp do?: Powerbi Mcp provides 1 tool: scan_table_dependencies. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Powerbi Mcp?: Powerbi Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.
Is Powerbi Mcp actively maintained?: Powerbi Mcp is less actively maintained — last commit was 169 days ago. It has 111 GitHub stars.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "powerbi": {
      "env": {
        "PYTHONPATH": "C:/path/to/powerbi-mcp-v2/src"
      },
      "args": [
        "C:/path/to/powerbi-mcp-v2/src/server.py"
      ],
      "command": "python"
    }
  }
}

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Power BI MCP Server

An enterprise-grade Model Context Protocol server for Power BI

Enable AI assistants to interact with Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service through natural language.

Disclaimer: This is an independent, community-developed tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Microsoft Corporation or Anthropic.

Overview

Power BI MCP Server bridges the gap between AI assistants and Microsoft Power BI, enabling seamless interaction with semantic models through the Model Context Protocol. Whether you're working with local .pbix files or cloud-hosted datasets, this server provides a unified interface for querying data, managing models, and performing bulk operations—all while maintaining enterprise-grade security.

Key Capabilities

Capability	Description
Dual Connectivity	Connect to both Power BI Desktop (local) and Power BI Service (cloud)
Natural Language Queries	Execute DAX queries through conversational AI
Bulk Operations	Rename tables, columns, and measures across your model
Security First	PII detection, audit logging, and configurable access policies
RLS Testing	Test Row-Level Security roles during development
Safe Refactoring	PBIP-based editing preserves report visual integrity

The V1 to V2 Journey: Challenges & Solutions

The Challenge: Bulk Renames Breaking Reports

In V1, we successfully connected to Power BI Service via XMLA endpoints. V2 introduced Power BI Desktop connectivity and write operations using Microsoft's Tabular Object Model (TOM). However, we encountered a critical limitation:

Problem: Renaming a table via TOM breaks all report visuals referencing that table.

Root Cause Analysis:

Power BI stores data in two separate layers:

+------------------------+     +------------------------+
|    Semantic Model      |     |    Report Definition   |
|    (Model Layer)       |     |    (Report Layer)      |
+------------------------+     +------------------------+
|  - Tables              |     |  - Visual bindings     |
|  - Columns             |     |  - Slicers & filters   |
|  - Measures            |     |  - Bookmarks           |
|  - Relationships       |     |  - Field references    |
|  - DAX expressions     |     |  - Formatting          |
+------------------------+     +------------------------+
         |                              |
         v                              v
    TOM can modify             TOM CANNOT modify

When you rename a table using TOM, it updates:

The table name in the model
DAX expressions in measures (with our auto-update logic)
Relationship references

But it cannot update:

Visual field bindings in report.json
Slicer configurations
Bookmark references

This causes visuals to show errors like "Can't find column 'OldTableName'[Column]".

The Solution: PBIP File-Based Editing

We researched Microsoft's own approach and discovered that even their tools face this limitation. The solution lies in the Power BI Project (PBIP) format—a text-based representation of both the model and report.

Two Report Formats Supported:

| Format | Structure | Def

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69/100across 5 weighted dimensions

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0255075100

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Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

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Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

No package registry to scan.

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Tools (1)

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~64 tokens total

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Powerbi Mcp safe to use?: Powerbi Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Powerbi Mcp?: Powerbi Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Powerbi Mcp do?: Powerbi Mcp provides 1 tool: scan_table_dependencies. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Powerbi Mcp?: Powerbi Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.
Is Powerbi Mcp actively maintained?: Powerbi Mcp is less actively maintained — last commit was 169 days ago. It has 111 GitHub stars.