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Andreas6
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1 year ago
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Missing several database connectors

My Power BI Desktop (Version: 2.143.878.0 64-bit (May 2025) is not displaying several certified database connectors under "get data". The list ends at "AtScale-Models" although there should be more c...
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  • V-yubandi-msft's avatar
    V-yubandi-msft
    1 year ago

    Hi Andreas6 ,

    Thanks for the update. Based on your description and the fact that the MariaDB connector is available on your other (presumably internet enabled) machine, it’s very likely that restricted outbound connections are preventing Power BI Desktop from retrieving and loading certain certified connectors.

     

    While the standalone MSI installer includes the core application and many data connectors, some certified connectors  like MariaDB  rely on runtime access to Microsoft cloud based connector registry to be fully visible and functional.

     

    Please try the following

    1. Temporarily allow outbound internet access on the machine.

    2. Launch Power BI Desktop and check under Get Data to see if the MariaDB connector becomes available.

    I hope this helps..

Andreas6's avatar
Andreas6
New Member
1 year ago

Thanks for the hints. I tried to reinstall the standalone version of Power BI several times, but without success. There is also no warning or error message in Power BI during installation. Is there any log where errors are traced? I didn't find anything related to MariaDB in the standard logs.

 

I have the same problem on Windows Server 2019 Standard, if this OS is supported as well.

 

V-yubandi-msft's avatar
V-yubandi-msft
Community Support
1 year ago

Hi Andreas6 ,

Thanks for the update. Based on your description and the fact that the MariaDB connector is available on your other (presumably internet enabled) machine, it’s very likely that restricted outbound connections are preventing Power BI Desktop from retrieving and loading certain certified connectors.

 

While the standalone MSI installer includes the core application and many data connectors, some certified connectors  like MariaDB  rely on runtime access to Microsoft cloud based connector registry to be fully visible and functional.

 

Please try the following

  1. Temporarily allow outbound internet access on the machine.

  2. Launch Power BI Desktop and check under Get Data to see if the MariaDB connector becomes available.

I hope this helps..

  • Dimitri_MM's avatar
    Dimitri_MM
    Frequent Visitor
    11 months ago

    Hello team, 
    I am facing the same issue. 
    I would like to temporarily allow outbound internet access but my CISO is asking to limit to a white list of domain. Any idea regarding the white list ? 
    Is *.microsoft.com enought ?

    Many thanks for your help

    • V-yubandi-msft's avatar
      V-yubandi-msft
      Community Support
      11 months ago

      Hi Dimitri_MM ,

      Thank you for bringing this up, it's a common issue in secure environments, and it's important to consider domain specific whitelisting.  Power BI Desktop needs runtime access to Microsoft’s cloud based connector registry to display certain certified connectors like MariaDB, Denodo, and Exasol. 

       

      You can find the official allowlist guidance here:
      Add Power BI URLs to allowlist - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

      Please refer to the attached document, it may be helpful for your review

       

      Regards,
      Yugandhar.