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powerinM
Helper II
6 years ago

Power Bi Gateway Installation

Hi : I have got Power Bi Pro license under my work account. I need to install Power Bi Gateway for establishing connection from Power Bi Service to my on-prem sql server (work).

I am not an admin for my Work PC. My company policy doesn't allow non-IT professionals to be the administrator of their PC. When my IT dept assist me in installing the gateway in my PC, it doesn't work.

Becaue while downloading the gateway, Power Bi ask to input account holder user ID and passwords. When I put my Power Bi account details and I am not the admin of my PC, it doesn't work.

What would be the work around?  Would the following work:

I will get one of the IT officers to install the gateway in my PC. When downloading the gateway. Power Bi service will ask for Power Bi account detail. Even though my IT officer may not havy a Pro licence, he/she can create a Power Bi account under his name and install the gateway.

After finish installing the gateway, my IT officer can provide  the admin right to me of that Power BI Gateway. Through this admin rights, would I able to establish connection from Power Bi service to sql server on -prem?

Thanks in advance

 

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  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
    Community Champion
    6 years ago

    powerinM - It sounds like you are installing a personal gateway. If your environment is that locked down, I would highly recommend that your IT dept install an Enterprise Gateway and grant you access to use it. 

    • powerinM's avatar
      powerinM
      Helper II
      6 years ago

      Hi Greg. Thanks for reply.

      Sorry I forgot to mention in my previous post that I tried to installaion enterprise gateway as per MSFT recommendation.

      What would be the workaround to install the gateway?

      • v-deddai1-msft's avatar
        v-deddai1-msft
        Community Support
        6 years ago

        Hi powerinM ,

         

        >>Becaue while downloading the gateway, Power Bi ask to input account holder user ID and passwords. When I put my Power Bi account details and I am not the admin of my PC, it doesn't work.

         

        Did you get any error message?

         

        Have you login in windows with IT officers account and login with your Pro license account when install gateway? Based on my test, it works well.

         

        If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

         

        Best Regards,

        Dedmon Dai