On-Prem Gateway Newer release Best Practice

Hi ambarishkunte 

The most important thing is to make sure you have got the Recovery Key known before an upgrade. If anything goes wrong you could re-install and use the recovery key to keep all existing data sources.

Also good idea to keep the backup of the configuration files.

Other than that I have not had any issues doing this monthly now for a few years.

Hi, ambarishkunte 

As GilbertQ said, the recovery key can be the best possible rollback credential you should keep, it is set when the on-premises data gateway is installed, you can use this credential to migrate, restore, or take over an on-premises data gateway.

Steps of migrating, restore, or take over an on-premises data gateway

How to change the recovery key for an on-premises data gateway

For more security information, you can check the Power BI security white paper

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Robert Qin

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