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Data Gateway TCP security
Hi mcnallyd,
I got the information from PG , they said:
"It is indeed TCP over TLS. You would normally only switch to HTTPS if your customer doesn’t want to open the required ports for TCP.
There is more information here:
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-admin-power-bi-security/
and in the Power BI Security Whitepaper here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=829185"
Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu
I believe the gateway uses TLS with the the direct TCP data transmission so it is encrypted. TLS is also used with things like SMTP, etc. In any event, the data is encrypted during movement, see the security whitepaper here:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=829185
Thanks. We have put in place more stringent information security policies and so I am hoping to find some definitive documentation stating that TLS is used, and ideally what version. I realize that the security whitepaper says that data in process is encrypted, but the comments about the performance hit from https raised a question during our security review. If the Direct TCP traffic is already encrypted, why would anyone want to force https?
Hi mcnallyd,
I got the information from PG , they said:
"It is indeed TCP over TLS. You would normally only switch to HTTPS if your customer doesn’t want to open the required ports for TCP.
There is more information here:
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-admin-power-bi-security/
and in the Power BI Security Whitepaper here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=829185"
Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu