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espo4life
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Enterprise GateWay Connection Issues

I am having issues connecting to a database on a server where I installed On-Prem GateWay. I am running it in Enterprise mode and the server (the MS "test" server) sees the gateway is running, but when I try to connect to a data set on the server, I get

 

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Could it be a firewall issue? If so, is there anything I can do (except turn off the Firewall) to fix this? 

 

Thanks in advance for the help!

Michael

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Greg_Deckler
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Could very well be the firewall. Might have to open some ports. Double check connection string. 

 

You could check the Issues forum here:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Issues/idb-p/Issues

And if it is not there, then you could post it.

If you have Pro account you could try to open a support ticket. If you have a Pro account it is free. Go to https://support.powerbi.com. Scroll down and click "CREATE SUPPORT TICKET".



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v-gizhi-msft
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Hi,

 

Please check your authentication in SQL Server or ports limitations.

See this:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/data-integration/gateway/service-gateway-tshoot#troubleshoot-config... 

Hope this can help.

 

Best Regards,

Giotto

Greg_Deckler
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Could very well be the firewall. Might have to open some ports. Double check connection string. 

 

You could check the Issues forum here:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Issues/idb-p/Issues

And if it is not there, then you could post it.

If you have Pro account you could try to open a support ticket. If you have a Pro account it is free. Go to https://support.powerbi.com. Scroll down and click "CREATE SUPPORT TICKET".



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