Loading a Power BI report fails with error “This implementation is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic algorithms.”
While testing application compatibility on Windows 10, my customer encountered an issue when opening a Power BI report in Power BI Desktop with an error stating “This implementation is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic algorithms”.
In another customer environment running both Windows 7 and Windows 10, we recently hit an issue where we were able to open Power BI Desktop and connect to data sources, but when attempting to add a visual, the visual outline would be displayed, but the data would not be displayed.
We believe that we’ve identified the root cause for both issues to be a security hardening requirement added as part of the Windows 10 Security Technical Implementation Guideline. For additional details, see the following link:
https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/windows_10/2016-06-24/finding/V-63811
In order to work around this issue, the FIPS compliant algorithms setting must be disabled by one of the following techniques. NOTE: This will disable FIPS. Do not do this if it is required per your environmental security requirements.
- Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >> “System cryptography: Use FIPS compliant algorithms for encryption, hashing, and signing” to “Disabled”.
- Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlLsaFIPSAlgorithmPolicy registry key to 0.
I am working with the Power BI Desktop team for a potential update/workaround and will update this blog entry as progress is made.
Thanks,
Sam Lester (MSFT)