Retrieves all users associated with a specific business unit, with option to include users from subsidiary business units. Use this to understand user assignments and organizational membership.
AI agents call get_businessunit_users to retrieve information from Dataverse MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only retrieves and queries user data associated with a business unit without any side effects, reversible modifications, code execution, or destructive actions. It is a straightforward read operation with minimal security impact even if misused by an AI agent, as it only exposes existing user information that an authenticated user with appropriate permissions would typically be able to access.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'get_' and description states 'Retrieves all users' with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities. The phrase 'understand user assignments and organizational membership' confirms it is a read-only query operation.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_businessunit_users gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Dataverse MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_businessunit_users:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_businessunit_users": {}
}
} get_businessunit_users is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Retrieves all users associated with a specific business unit, with option to include users from subsidiary business units. Use this to understand user assignments and organizational membership. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Dataverse MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Dataverse MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_businessunit_users: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Dataverse MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_businessunit_users is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_businessunit_users rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_businessunit_users. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
get_businessunit_users is provided by the Dataverse MCP Server MCP server (mwhesse/dataverse-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Dataverse MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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