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All,
What are the reason behind using a Data Gateway for connecting to a database on Azure SQL PaaS? I understand that it is needed to connect to On-Prem database.
The documentation is not clear and ambigous. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
rgn
hi, @grajee
If the data source are in this list, you need to use a gateway for it.
| Data source |
| Amazon Redshift |
| AtScale cubes |
| Azure Active Directory |
| Analysis Services |
| Azure Blob storage |
| Azure DevOps Server |
| Azure Table storage |
| BI Connector |
| Denodo |
| Dremio |
| EmigoDataSourceConnector |
| Essbase |
| Exasol |
| File |
| Folder |
| Paxata |
| IBM DB2 |
| IBM Informix Database |
| IBM Netezza |
| Impala |
| Jethro ODBC |
| Kyligence Enterprise |
| MarkLogic ODBC |
| Microsoft Graph Security |
| MySQL |
| ODBC |
| OData |
| OLE DB |
| Oracle |
| PostgreSQL |
| QubolePresto |
| Quick Base Connector |
| SAP Business Warehouse Message Server |
| SAP Business Warehouse Server |
| SAP HANA |
| SQL Server |
| SharePoint |
| Snowflake |
| Spark |
| SurveyMonkey |
| Sybase |
| TeamDesk.Database |
| Teradata |
| Vertica |
| Web |
| Workforce Dimensions |
Best Regards,
Lin
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