Can VNet Gateway be configured on seperate F4 capacity whilst being used in a P1?

[Truck]

We're looking to configure a VNet gateway to connect to Azure through private-endpoints. The P1 license is global and we'd like to seperate our CU usage for the gateway from this license to avoid problems later on. Can our site purchase a F4 capacity, install the gateway there and use it for datamodels running in our P1 workspaces? 

I can't immediately find anything about such set-up in the documentation.

[v-sgandrathi]

Hi @Truck,

Just looping back to check if everything's good on your end. Let me know if you need any final support happy to assist if anything’s still open.

Thank you.

[v-sgandrathi]

Hi @Truck,

Just wanted to follow up and confirm that everything has been going well on this. Please let me know if there’s anything from our end.
Please feel free to reach out Microsoft fabric community forum.

[v-sgandrathi]

Hi @Truck,

As we have not received a response from you yet, I would like to confirm whether you have successfully resolved the issue or if you require further assistance.

Thank you.

[tayloramy · Accepted solution]

H @Truck, 

Gateways are set up at the tenant level, not at the capacity level. Any gateway configured will be useable in any capacity. 

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[v-sgandrathi]

Hi @Truck,

Yes, you can buy a separate F4 capacity and host the VNet Gateway there. The gateway compute functions, such as network traversal and query pushdown, will operate on the F4 capacity, keeping that workload separate from your P1 license. Your P1 workspaces can still access the gateway via private endpoints.

also note that:

Gateway traffic will use CUs from F4.

Dataset/model refresh and queries will use P1 resources because the workspace is hosted there.

This configuration is valid and supported, but you’ll be working in a hybrid mode (gateway on F4, workspaces on P1).

The documents below are shared for your review and reference:
Manage virtual network (VNet) data gateways | Microsoft Learn
Power BI implementation planning: Data gateways - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Capacity and SKUs in Power BI embedded analytics - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Microsoft Fabric concepts - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

Thank you.