Designing and Implementing Enterprise-Scale Analytics Using Microsoft Azure and Power BI — Question 121

You need to use Power BI to ingest data from an API. The API requires that an API key be passed in the headers of the request.

Which type of authentication should you use?

Answer options

• A. organizational account
• B. Basic
• C. Web API
• D. Anonymous

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C, Web API, as it allows for passing API keys in the headers for authentication. Options A and B do not support API key authentication, while option D, Anonymous, does not provide any authentication mechanism at all.