Power BI Embedded with AWS RDS - is a Power BI Gateway is required?

[ha_data]

Hi,

We have intention to use Power BI Embedded for an AWS hosted .PHP web application. Our Power BI reports will need to connect to an AWS RDS (MySQL compatiable database). The dataset in reports need to be refreshed daily automatically and we also need to change the database for each client (these databases have the same structrure, we just need to change their parameters). I have tested successfully to change dataset of our report and refresh it automatically on Power BI Service by using Power BI Gateway (So each client will have to install a Power BI Gateway). So in our case, if we use the solution of Power BI Embedded, I don't know how it works? Do our clients need to install Power BI Gateway too?

Thanks a lot.

[lbendlin]

The gateway is like a headless Desktop. It needs to be able to reach both the data source, and the Azure cloud.  So if your data sources are in AWS the gateway somehow needs to be able to talk to them, likely from within AWS.

[ha_data]

Thank you for your answer, although I still haven't imagined how it works with Power BI Embedded.