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Neka
Helper III
1 year ago
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Differences between the cloud connections for semantic models

Hello, I have read the Microsoft documentation on cloud connections here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/service-connect-cloud-data-sources but am still confused by the diff...
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    collinq
    1 year ago

    Hey Neka ,

     

    The biggest difference is the ability to share and the ablity to have other people use it.  If you are the ONLY person that will EVER use it and if you leave the company then nobody else cares about it then leaving it as cloud is fine.  Also, you may have to update the connection when you change your password.
    If this is going to outlast you or is going to be used in more than one situation or by more than one report, then I would make it part of the gateway and data sources available to folks.

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collinq
Super User
1 year ago

Hey Neka ,

 

The biggest difference is the ability to share and the ablity to have other people use it.  If you are the ONLY person that will EVER use it and if you leave the company then nobody else cares about it then leaving it as cloud is fine.  Also, you may have to update the connection when you change your password.
If this is going to outlast you or is going to be used in more than one situation or by more than one report, then I would make it part of the gateway and data sources available to folks.