Microsoft adds audience controls to org apps in Power BI and Fabric
Reviewed by Helen Jones
Org apps with audience targeting reached general availability on 16 June. Creators can now build multiple org apps inside one workspace and assign different navigation items and reports to different security groups. The sharing interface lets report owners pick which groups see which sections directly inside the app. Users who belong to only one audience no longer see the audience tabs. The feature works in the Power BI and Fabric service but does not extend to web-based report authoring in related agent tools.
Before this release, teams that needed different views for different departments usually created separate workspaces or duplicated apps. That multiplied the number of places where permissions, refresh schedules, and source connections had to be maintained. Now the same workspace can serve multiple audiences through one governed object. The maintenance burden does not disappear; it simply moves from managing many apps to managing audience membership lists and the rules that decide what each list can see.
Analysis
Map every audience to an explicit security group that already exists in your tenant before you assign any content. Then add a single line to your report documentation that states which group owns membership updates.
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