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mcnallyd
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9 years ago
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Data Gateway TCP security

The documentation says that the Azure Datagateway transmits data from on prem to Azure with "Direct TCP".  There is a note that it can be configured to use HTTPS, but that this will significantly imp...
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mcnallyd
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9 years ago

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?

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v-qiuyu-msft
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9 years ago

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