Skip to main content

Power BI

Under Review

Office 365 Exchange Data

Vote (401) Share
Chris Johnson's profile image

Chris Johnson on 28 Jan 2015 08:13:43

O365 mailboxes, DL's, MBX Size, message in/out metrics and details, etc.

Administrator on 28 Jan 2015 09:47:20

Great suggestion, thanks! Who else is looking to analyze Exchange information? If you think it'd be valuable, please add your votes!

Comments (48)
Chris Johnson's profile image Profile Picture

9d3a31cb 6cad-47dc-aba8-7382e8e8985d on 05 Jul 2020 22:47:59

RE: Office 365 Exchange Data

Here's something that you can build by reading an Exchange Calendar: http://www.timrodman.com/a-power-bi-timesheet/

Chris Johnson's profile image Profile Picture

cb26d72b 51fe-4dd1-9c18-183bb68d905d on 05 Jul 2020 22:45:07

RE: Office 365 Exchange Data

You can get this type of data for O365 by using OData feed in PowerBI Desktop
Enter the O365 reporting Url https://reports.office365.com/ecp/reportingwebservice/reporting.svc/
Choose Basic Authentication, enter user name\password
You will get a list of tables that are available, pick the one you need

Chris Johnson's profile image Profile Picture

70721469 7825-429c-9284-1830267cfba8 on 05 Jul 2020 22:44:52

RE: Office 365 Exchange Data

Also, could we have Exchange Data auto-refresh

Chris Johnson's profile image Profile Picture

7d3b2a9a 0be1-425e-86b6-3aa054ca06ee on 05 Jul 2020 22:44:14

RE: Office 365 Exchange Data

Yes, its really valuable for IT Admins to submit the O365 report to Mgmt. At present we were using the script and doing some manual stuff to generate the report. But if we have an option to integrate with power BI it reduce most of the admin task and reduce the time. I am eagerly awaiting for this feature.

Chris Johnson's profile image Profile Picture

57899777 173a-4cb6-bcba-526ddc3e41f2 on 05 Jul 2020 22:42:13

RE: Office 365 Exchange Data

As mentioned in a previous comment, I would also like the ability to query the entire database, not just 1 mailbox! Particularly interested in message tracking metrics (sent/received etc.).

Chris Johnson's profile image Profile Picture

6878f4b3 5029-457d-bec9-695d12ef498c on 05 Jul 2020 22:42:08

RE: Office 365 Exchange Data

Ability to setup Exchange Server as a data source in the manage gateways section in order to schedule refresh in Power BI.

Chris Johnson's profile image Profile Picture

40cd1144 bdfb-41b8-a9c4-de72ed55daac on 05 Jul 2020 22:38:04

RE: Office 365 Exchange Data

Although paid product after period this is already available through Microsoft Graph driver for power bi. Download and install instructions are on http://superuser.com/questions/1148956/installation-steps-of-exact-online-driver-for-microsoft-power-bi. Is that sufficient or are you missing something?

Chris Johnson's profile image Profile Picture

2b8570c3 1e35-4f84-93c0-13fe3285ba32 on 05 Jul 2020 22:35:16

RE: Office 365 Exchange Data

really need this feature to work with shared mailboxes.

Chris Johnson's profile image Profile Picture

120f98d6 a266-40fc-b511-f94019f1c7ae on 05 Jul 2020 22:34:56

RE: Office 365 Exchange Data

I'd like to use Power BI/Power Query to have a dashboard of the contents of exchange.

Chris Johnson's profile image Profile Picture

06d73582 d59d-49d8-a95a-33dd0c819504 on 05 Jul 2020 22:34:42

RE: Office 365 Exchange Data

agreed