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Location of PowerBI cloud data
The location of the person whose sign-up triggers a Power BI Tenant creation will determine where that tenant is located. For instance, I am in Switzerland - when we created our Power BI tenant, I'm reasonably certain it would have been created in the nearest data centre at that time - most likely the netherlands (don't think Austria was active at that time).
Any data stored in Power BI itself will be stored in the location of the tenant.
Though if the data needs to stay in the EU, why not upload it to an Azure store somewhere - where you have better control over the physical location of data and connect to it from there...
Hi Jason
I am in a similar positon, looking at Power BI as a choice, however we have a concern of where data is located.
Do you know of any place where Microsoft confirm this?
Cheers
Dan
danielskelly You can check this page and download the white paper, it will describe all the security levels, and how your data is stored. Suffice to say, there are a number of ways to keep your data on premises using different methods to connect to your database or model.
In addition, if you are in "option picking" phase, look into SQL 2016 and the new enhancements to SSRS and the integration with Power BI - it is a compelling option, and would keep everything on premises. GA of 2016 was just announced as June 1st, 2016
Thanks for the response and information, I will check these out today.
@Eno1978 wrote:danielskelly You can check this page and download the white paper, it will describe all the security levels, and how your data is stored. Suffice to say, there are a number of ways to keep your data on premises using different methods to connect to your database or model.
In addition, if you are in "option picking" phase, look into SQL 2016 and the new enhancements to SSRS and the integration with Power BI - it is a compelling option, and would keep everything on premises. GA of 2016 was just announced as June 1st, 2016