https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Developer/Virtual-Machine-for-Data-Gateways-amp-Macbook-Users/m-p/656137#M18942 <P>Hi All,</P><P>Previous forum posts have been a little unclear on this topic, and most don't seem to get a conclusive answer so I'm going to try reinvigorate this topic...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Two scenarios I'd like to run by everyone and get some opinions/advice on:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>1) Running Power BI Desktop in an Azure VM when using a Macbook Pro.</P><P>In my personal circumstances I'm pretty sure this is the best option moving forwards, I currently use Parallels but my hardware is maxing out when I get into the nitty gritty of query changes and data refreshes. My original thought would be to use a PAYG option but I'd like to know if any has any preferred&nbsp;builds or recommendations?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>2) Using an Azure VM to act purely as a Data Gateway for scheduled refresh of on-premise databases.</P><P>Firstly, is this the best option or is there another alternative? Leading on from that, any suggested spec and also (pardon my naivety) is it possible to have a VM schedule its 'on' time or would it need to be done manually/always be on?</P> Thu, 28 Mar 2019 06:47:25 GMT NeedzJ 2019-03-28T06:47:25Z https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Developer/Virtual-Machine-for-Data-Gateways-amp-Macbook-Users/m-p/656137#M18942 <P>Hi All,</P><P>Previous forum posts have been a little unclear on this topic, and most don't seem to get a conclusive answer so I'm going to try reinvigorate this topic...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Two scenarios I'd like to run by everyone and get some opinions/advice on:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>1) Running Power BI Desktop in an Azure VM when using a Macbook Pro.</P><P>In my personal circumstances I'm pretty sure this is the best option moving forwards, I currently use Parallels but my hardware is maxing out when I get into the nitty gritty of query changes and data refreshes. My original thought would be to use a PAYG option but I'd like to know if any has any preferred&nbsp;builds or recommendations?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>2) Using an Azure VM to act purely as a Data Gateway for scheduled refresh of on-premise databases.</P><P>Firstly, is this the best option or is there another alternative? Leading on from that, any suggested spec and also (pardon my naivety) is it possible to have a VM schedule its 'on' time or would it need to be done manually/always be on?</P> Thu, 28 Mar 2019 06:47:25 GMT https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Developer/Virtual-Machine-for-Data-Gateways-amp-Macbook-Users/m-p/656137#M18942 NeedzJ 2019-03-28T06:47:25Z