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Is Power BI a cloud based BI Tools
To add to the options, you can use a Pyramid Analytics Server to publish reports as a replacement for publishing to the Power BI Service.
Also, SQL Server 2016 has the ability to present PBIX files (created in Desktop) to present out to users. In the near future, this will not just open up Power BI Desktop when you click on one of these as it does today but actually render the report via SSRS web site.
Hi limcheehang,
Power BI service is cloud based, which is built on Microsoft Azure.
And security is as always the most important part that Microsoft keep focus on, check the article below for more information regarding Power Bi security:
For On-Premises Environment, currently the product team is working on this part, see:
Power BI & SSRS 2016 in an On-Premises Environment
Also an idea for reference: PowerBI reports and dashboard on-premise hosting
Adding Power BI Desktop support for SQL server Reporting Services 2016.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to post back.
Regards
Hi limcheehang,
Power BI Online is definitely Cloud based. However, there are a few workaround solutions:
1. Use Power BI Desktop to share reports internally that use on premise databases. Within Power BI you can create a template which you can share with users. When they open the template, it will automatically grab data from your on premise sources WITHOUT publishing it to the cloud.
2. You can use the Microsoft Enterprise Gateway with Power BI Cloud. What this will do is only present data from your on premise sources as required by the user. Think of it as a presentation layer. The data itself is not permanently stored on the Cloud.
Cheers,
Dan
Dan
Do I have to enable the Microsoft cloud to have access to my data. My company definately does NOT want ANY data leaving our firewalls.
thanks