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Power BI Personal Data Gateway architecture
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 Thank you for the suggestion. I checked out this article and it is exactly what I already set up. It does not help with the central / alternative install suggested by Greg_Deckler
In all of my cases, I have generally just had a single gateway and Power BI would find an available gateway and assign the data source to use it. Now, may be mixing some technologies here because Power BI for O365 definitely did this and I had an admin screen, etc. where I could see all of my gateways and manage them. Haven't seen that for Power BI 2.0 so I'll have to play with it and see if it still works like Power BI for O365. I have my hesitations though since it was rebranded "Personal...".
Yes. There is a central location for Gateways and Data Sources in Power BI Admin Center (while using Power BI for Office 365.) For powerbi.microsoft.com, everyone has to install a personal data gateway on their laptops. The plus side is you can only see the data you are allowed to so if your windows or SQL account does not have the right permissions, you cannot view the data. On the negative side, refreshes don't work when your laptop is turned off and I can't find any articles talking about any alternative supported implementation. There has to be a central refresh mechanism for a set of dashboards or reports that the organization needs refreshed without depending on each individual's gateway working right etc. What if the users are not that tech savy to validate all that? Can someone from the Power BI development team kindly assist me with this question?
Tks & Rgds,
Alay
