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Power BI Error:
AADSTS51000, tenant feature disabled

What does this error mean?

Sign-in blocked because a required Azure AD / Entra ID feature or license is not enabled on the tenant.

Common causes

  • 1The tenant lacks the Entra ID P1/P2 license required by a feature the app depends on (e.g. Conditional Access, risk-based policies)
  • 2A preview or premium feature referenced by the application is not enabled in the Entra ID tenant
  • 3Service principal or app registration requests a capability (e.g. token protection, CAE) that the tenant has not turned on
  • 4User has no license assigned that includes the required feature, even though the tenant supports it
  • 5Cross-tenant access or B2B collaboration setting relies on a feature the resource tenant has disabled

How to fix it

  1. 1Identify which feature is required: check the application's documentation or the sign-in log Additional Details in Entra ID → Sign-in logs for the failed request
  2. 2In the Microsoft Entra admin center, verify the tenant has the matching license SKU (Entra ID P1/P2, Microsoft 365 E5) and assign it to the affected user(s)
  3. 3If the feature is a preview / opt-in (e.g. Continuous Access Evaluation, token protection), enable it under Entra ID → Security or Conditional Access
  4. 4For B2B / multi-tenant apps: confirm the resource tenant has the feature enabled, not just the home tenant — AADSTS51000 is evaluated against the resource
  5. 5Re-test sign-in; if it still fails, raise a Microsoft support case with the correlation ID from the sign-in log — this error is tenant-config, not app-code

Frequently asked questions

What does AADSTS51000 mean?

RequiredFe

How do I fix this error?

Check your application registration, token configuration, and user permissions in the Azure portal. Review Conditional Access policies if the error is policy-related.

Source · learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity-platform/reference-error-codes#aadsts-error-codes

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