Installation PowerBI

[dduchemin]

Hello,

Any recommendations to install PowerBI?
Could it be on the Reporting Service Server?
Or any other role server in our environment?
- Primary Server
- SQL Server
- Management Point Server
- Distribution Point Server
- Software Update Server
- Internet Based Client Management Server
- ?

Thanks,
Dom

[lbendlin · Accepted solution]

Most of the time you do NOT install Power BI.  It is a service provided by Microsoft.  The exceptions are Power BI Report Server (which is the on-premise equivalent for companies that cannot put their data into the Azure cloud) and Power BI Gateways which act as connection broker between on-premise data sources and the Azure cloud.

If you plan to install Power BI Report Server do not use a shared machine.  You will get best results from a dedicated, very powerful machine. Try to place that machine as close to your data sources as possible.