There should be a way to use the SSAS Tabular Connector without AD Sync, e.g. by using CustomData on the connection string.
Great suggestion Teo. I agree this would simplify deployment of the Power BI AS Connector in some scenarios. I think this problem is common for demo environments, but not as common for real production environments. That being said, if it's complicated to setup a demo, the deployment may never get to production. I described a workaround here, but it's still quite a bit more involved than it would be with CustomData. http://www.artisconsulting.com/blogs/greggalloway/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=27
