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Alay's avatar
Alay
Helper I
11 years ago

Power BI Personal Data Gateway architecture

Hello fellow Power BI Users,

 

My colleagues and I are comparing the Personal Data Gateway architecture to the Data Sources we defined in the Power BI for O365. We only have On-Prem data sources.

 

The Power BI for O365 does not have any dependencies on a user's laptop to refresh. You publish the report or visualization and it gets refreshed when it's supposed to. Now, there's a dependency on every users laptop to be online before the refresh can occur. Why is that? Are there any plans to change it or enhance the functionality so a SQL Server Database on an Azure VM will also not require a Personal Data Gateway?

 

Tks & Rgds,

 

Alay

11 Replies

  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
    Community Champion
    11 years ago

    Power BI for O365 had a Data Management Gateway that was effectively the same as Power BI 2.0's Personal Gateway. You had to install somewhere in order to refresh certain on-premises data sources.

     

    You can install the Personal Gateway in some central location as long as it has connectivity to the on-premises data sources.

    • Alay's avatar
      Alay
      Helper I
      11 years ago

      So is there an article on how we can install the data gateway on a VM that can be shared by all users within the enterprise?

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable
        11 years ago

        Alay

        You can find details about how to set up the Personal Gateway here.

  • mwherman2000's avatar
    mwherman2000
    New Member
    9 years ago

    Does anyone have a good Power BI/Power BI gateway architecture diagram? ...detailed down to at least the "Windows service" level?

     

    Best regards,

    Michael Herman (Toronto)