How to connect Microsoft Power Bi to Claude Cowork

Connect Claude Cowork to Microsoft Power Bi MCP. List dashboards in your workspace, refresh the sales performance dataset, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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Introduction

Cowork is Anthropic's AI agent for knowledge work. Think of it as Claude Code for everything else. It works autonomously with your computer, local files, and applications to accomplish complex tasks.

This guide walks you through the easiest and most secure way to connect your Microsoft Power Bi account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to list dashboards in your workspace, refresh the sales performance dataset, summarize quarterly revenue report insights, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Microsoft Power Bi to Claude Cowork

1. Open Customize

In Claude Desktop, click Customize in the left sidebar, then select Connectors and click the + icon at the top.

Claude Desktop connectors screen with Add custom connector selected

2. Add the Composio MCP server

Click Add custom connector and paste in the Composio MCP server URL:

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https://connect.composio.dev/mcp
Add custom connector dialog with Composio MCP server URL

3. Authorize in your browser

Click Connect. You'll be redirected to a browser window where you can authorize Composio to continue.

Composio authorization screen for Claude Cowork

4. Connect your Microsoft Power Bi account

Back in Cowork, ask the agent to connect to Microsoft Power Bi or give it any Microsoft Power Bi-related task.

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "List dashboards in your workspace"
  • "Refresh the sales performance dataset"
  • "Summarize quarterly revenue report insights"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

That's it. Composio's tools are now available in Cowork, and your Microsoft Power Bi account is ready to use.

What is Claude Cowork?

Claude Cowork is Anthropic's agent for general knowledge work. It can use your computer, files, and connected applications to complete longer-running tasks across your work tools.

With Composio Connect, Cowork can securely access apps like Microsoft Power Bi through MCP without you sharing account credentials directly with the agent.

What is the Microsoft Power Bi MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Microsoft Power Bi MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Microsoft Power Bi account. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Microsoft Power Bi operations on your behalf.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Microsoft Power Bi action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Add Dashboard to Workspace

Creates a new empty dashboard in the specified workspace.

Get Reports From App

Returns a list of reports from the specified app.

Assign Workspace to Capacity

Assigns the specified workspace to the specified capacity.

Cancel Dataset Refresh in Workspace

Cancels the specified refresh operation for the specified dataset from the specified workspace.

Clone Report

Clones the specified report from My workspace.

Clone Report in Workspace

Clones the specified report from the specified workspace.

Create Goal Value Check-in

Creates a new goal value check-in for a Power BI scorecard goal.

Create Workspace

Creates a new workspace in Power BI.

Create Push Dataset

Creates a new dataset on My workspace in Power BI.

Create Scorecard

Creates a new scorecard in the specified Power BI workspace.

Create Temporary Upload Location

Creates a temporary blob storage upload location for importing large Power BI .

Create Temporary Upload Location

Creates a temporary blob storage upload location for importing large Power BI .

Delete Dashboard

Deletes the specified dashboard from My workspace.

Delete Dataflow

Deletes the specified dataflow from Power BI data prep storage, including its definition file and model.

Delete Dataset

Deletes the specified dataset from My workspace.

Delete Dataset from Workspace

Deletes the specified dataset from the specified workspace.

Delete Goal

Deletes a goal from a scorecard by goal ID.

Delete Goal Note by ID

Deletes a goal value check-in note by its unique identifier.

Delete Goal Status Rules

Removes status rule definitions from a goal.

Delete Pipeline User

Removes user permissions from the specified deployment pipeline.

Delete Report from Workspace

Deletes the specified report from the specified workspace.

Delete Rows from Dataset Table

Deletes all rows from the specified table within the specified dataset from My workspace.

Delete Rows from Dataset Table in Workspace

Deletes all rows from the specified table within the specified dataset from the specified workspace.

Delete Scorecard By ID

Deletes a scorecard by its ID from the specified workspace.

Delete Workspace

Deletes the specified workspace.

Discover Gateways for Dataset

Returns a list of gateways that the specified dataset from the specified workspace can be bound to.

Execute DAX Queries

Executes Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) queries against the provided dataset in My workspace.

Execute DAX Queries on Dataset

Executes Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) queries against the specified Power BI dataset.

Execute Subscription

Executes the Subscription specified by the Id.

Generate Dashboard Embed Token

Generates an embed token to view or edit the specified dashboard from the specified workspace.

Generate Embed Token for Power BI

Generates an embed token for multiple reports, datasets, and target workspaces.

Generate Report Embed Token in Group

Generates an embed token to view or edit the specified report from the specified workspace.

Generate Dataset Embed Token in Group

Generates an embed token based on the specified dataset from the specified workspace.

Get Available Feature By Name

Returns the specified available feature for the user by name.

Get Capacities

Returns a list of Power BI capacities that the authenticated user has access to.

Get Dashboard from My Workspace

Returns the specified dashboard from My workspace.

Get Dashboards

Returns a list of dashboards from the specified workspace.

Get Dataflows

Returns a list of all dataflows from the specified workspace.

Get Dataset

Returns the specified dataset from My workspace.

Get Dataset in Workspace

Returns the specified dataset from the specified workspace.

Get DataSet Data

Gets the query results for the specified DataSet.

Get Datasets from My Workspace

Returns a list of datasets from My workspace.

Get DataSets from Power BI

Gets an array of DataSet CatalogItems from Power BI.

Get Dataset to Dataflows Links

Returns a list of upstream dataflows for datasets from the specified workspace.

Get Dataset Users

Returns a list of principals that have access to the specified dataset.

Get Dataset Users In Group

Returns a list of principals that have access to the specified dataset within a workspace.

Get Datasources for Dataset

Returns a list of data sources for the specified dataset from My workspace.

Get Datasources for Dataset in Workspace

Returns a list of data sources for the specified dataset from the specified workspace.

Get Gateway

Returns the specified gateway.

Get Gateway Datasources in Group

Returns a list of gateway data sources for the specified dataset from the specified workspace.

Get Gateways

Returns a list of gateways for which the user is an admin.

Get Goals from Scorecard

Returns a list of goals from a scorecard.

Get Goals Refresh History

Reads refresh history of a connected goal.

Get Goals Status Rules

Returns status rules of a goal.

Get Goal Value By ID

Reads a goal value check-in by a UTC date timestamp.

Get Groups

Returns a list of workspaces the user has access to.

Get Groups Capacity Assignment Status

Gets the status of the assignment-to-capacity operation for the specified workspace.

Get Group Users

Returns a list of users that have access to the specified workspace.

Get Import

Returns the specified import from My workspace.

Get Imports from My Workspace

Returns a list of imports from My workspace.

Get Imports in Workspace

Returns a list of imports from the specified workspace.

Get Linked Report History Snapshot

Gets requested HistorySnapshot item specified by HistoryId of the LinkedReport specified by Id.

Get Report Page

Returns the specified page within the specified report from the specified workspace.

Get Pages from Report

Returns a list of pages within the specified report from the specified workspace.

Get Pages from Report in My Workspace

Returns a list of pages within the specified report from My workspace.

Get Dataset Parameters

Returns a list of parameters for the specified dataset from **My workspace**.

Get Dataset Parameters in Workspace

Returns a list of parameters for the specified dataset from the specified workspace.

Get Query Scale Out Sync Status

Returns the query scale-out sync status for the specified dataset from the specified workspace.

Get Refreshable For Capacity

Returns the specified refreshable for the specified capacity that the user has access to.

Get refreshables for all capacities

Returns a list of refreshables for all capacities that the user has access to.

Get Refresh Execution Details In Group

Returns execution details of a refresh operation for the specified dataset from the specified workspace.

Get Refresh History for Dataset

Returns the refresh history for the specified dataset from My workspace.

Get Dataset Refresh Schedule

Returns the refresh schedule for the specified dataset from My workspace.

Get Refresh Schedule In Group 2

Returns the refresh schedule for the specified dataset from the specified workspace.

Get Report from My Workspace

Returns the specified report from My workspace.

Get Report Page From My Workspace

Returns the specified page within the specified report from My workspace.

Get Reports

Gets an array of Report CatalogItems from Power BI.

Get Reports From My Workspace

Returns a list of reports from My workspace.

Get Resources

Gets an array of Resource catalog items.

Get Scorecard By ID

Returns a scorecard with the specified ID.

Get Scorecards

Returns a list of scorecards from a workspace.

Get Tables in Dataset

Returns a list of tables within the specified dataset from My workspace.

Get Tables in Dataset within Workspace

Returns a list of tables within the specified dataset from the specified workspace.

Get Tiles from My Workspace Dashboard

Returns a list of tiles within the specified dashboard from My workspace.

Get Tiles from Workspace Dashboard

Returns a list of tiles within the specified dashboard from the specified workspace.

Get Workspace

Returns a specified workspace (group).

Trigger Query Scale Out Sync in Workspace

Triggers a query scale-out sync of read-only replicas for the specified dataset from the specified workspace.

Move Power BI Scorecard Goals

Moves goals within the scorecard.

Patch Goal Note

Updates a goal value check-in note by ID.

Patch Goal Value By ID

Updates a goal value check-in by a UTC date timestamp.

Patch Scorecard By ID

Updates a scorecard by its ID.

Create Push Dataset in Workspace

Creates a new push dataset in the specified Power BI workspace.

Grant Dataset User Permissions

Grants the specified user's permissions to the specified dataset.

Grant Dataset User Permissions In Group

Grants the specified user's permissions to the specified dataset in a workspace.

Post Goal

Adds a new goal to a Power BI scorecard.

Post Goal Note

Adds a new note to a goal value check-in for a Power BI scorecard goal.

Add Rows to Dataset Table in Workspace

Adds new data rows to the specified table within the specified dataset from the specified workspace.

Post Goal Status Rules

Creates or updates status rules of a goal in Power BI.

Update Table Schema

Updates the metadata and schema for the specified table within the specified dataset from My workspace.

Update Table Schema in Workspace

Updates the metadata and schema for the specified table within the specified dataset from the specified workspace.

Rebind Report to Dataset

Rebinds the specified report from the specified workspace to the specified dataset.

Trigger Dataset Refresh in Workspace

Triggers a refresh for the specified dataset from the specified workspace.

Generate Report Embed Token for Create in Group

Generates an embed token to allow report creation in the specified workspace based on the specified dataset.

Set Linked Report Cache Options

Replaces the CacheOption's content for a given LinkedReport using the provided definition.

Take Over Dataset

Transfers ownership over the specified dataset to the current authorized user.

Take Over Paginated Report Ownership

Transfers ownership of the data sources for the specified paginated report (RDL) to the current authorized user.

Trigger Query Scale Out Sync

Triggers a query scale-out sync of read-only replicas for the specified dataset from My workspace.

Update Dataset

Updates the properties for the specified dataset from My workspace.

Update Dataset In Workspace

Updates the properties for the specified dataset from the specified workspace.

Update Paginated Report Data Sources

Updates the data sources of the specified paginated report (RDL) from the specified workspace.

Patch Goal By ID

Updates a goal by its ID within a Power BI scorecard.

Update Dataset Parameters in Workspace

Updates the parameters values for the specified dataset from the specified workspace.

Update Refresh Schedule

Updates the refresh schedule for the specified dataset from My workspace.

Update Refresh Schedule In Group

Updates the refresh schedule for the specified dataset from the specified workspace.

Update Report Content

Updates the content of the specified report from **My workspace** with the content of a specified source report.

Update Workspace

Updates the properties for the specified workspace.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Microsoft Power Bi MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Microsoft Power Bi tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Microsoft Power Bi and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Claude Cowork fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Microsoft Power Bi tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Microsoft Power Bi scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Microsoft Power Bi data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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