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Advocate IIIssue Connecting to Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) Gen2 account
Hi CoulterJames2 ,
To bring your own ADLS Gen 2 account, you must have Owner permission at the storage account layer. Permissions at the resource group or subscription level will not work. If you are an administrator, you still must assign yourself Owner permission. Currently not supporting ADLS Gen2 Storage Accounts behind a firewall.
More details: Configuring dataflow storage to use Azure Data Lake Gen 2
Are you thinking about how to refresh a firewall enabled Azure Data Lake Storage gen2 data source from Power BI Service?
STEP 1 (Optional): If you do not have an ADLS gen2 resource available, you can create one using the Azure portal. You can find more information here — LINK.
STEP 2: use the same resource group to create the other necessary Azure resources.
STEP 3: Next you will need to set up the gateway VM for Power BI.
STEP 4: Now configure the gateway in Power BI Service.
STEP 5: Nextset up the gateway for the Power BI dataset in the dataset settings page. In the dataset settings page.
How to refresh a firewall enabled Azure Data Lake Storage gen2 data source from Power BI Service?
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Advocate IIHi Anonymous, thanks for the response. I can confirm that the storage account has been configured with the correct permissions. The storage account is not firewall enabled, does this mean I still need a gateway VM? I don't see why a VM is needed at all when the storage account can be accessed with an account key - it seems like an unnecessary complication.
Hi CoulterJames2 ,
The gateway is required whenever Power BI must access data that isn't accessible directly over the Internet. It can be installed on a server on-premises, or VM-hosted Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS).
On-premises data gateway sizing
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- CoulterJames2
But the data is accessible over the Internet - I can connect to the lake directly from Power BI Desktop on my local machine. Why do I require a Gateway when I publish the same to the Power BI Service?