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Missing several database connectors
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
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Temporarily allow outbound internet access on the machine.
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Launch Power BI Desktop and check under Get Data to see if the MariaDB connector becomes available.
I hope this helps..
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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
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.