Custom Connector - protect source code

[Tuney8]

Hi 

I've written a custom connector and I want to send this out to some users to test. 

Is there a way I can protect the source code for this?

Cheers

Chris

[Anonymous]

@Tuney8 Any solution? What u did? Thanks

[Greg_Deckler]

@Tuney8 I believe you need to compile this into a .mez file: Custom Data Connector: How to Deploy and Test - Microsoft Power BI Community

[Tuney8]

Hi @Greg_Deckler 

Thanks for the suggestion. 

When you build the mez, all it's doing is packaging the files up. 

If you change the .mez extension to a .zip you can open it up and see the source. 

I'm guessing even if I sign the file it will just be signed with a hash of the contents. 

I don't even think there is a way to obfuscate the code with M either. 

I'm wondering if my option is to get it certified by Microsoft and get put into Power BI by default. 

Chris