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YossiKoresh
Regular Visitor
8 years ago
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on-premises data gateway on aws ec2 instance

I'm new to Power BI and I can't figure out what's the best practice to connect power bi to mysql server in AWS. I downloaded the power bi desktop pro and when I configured a data gateway the schedul...
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  • v-frfei-msft's avatar
    v-frfei-msft
    8 years ago

    Hi YossiKoresh,

     

    Actually, you can install and configure gateway on any other machines that have access to the data source. But gateway should be installed on a physical machine.

     

    Regards,

    Frank

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YossiKoresh
Regular Visitor
8 years ago

Thanks again for trying helping me..

 

I already read all the requirements but still didn't understand what's the alternative?

I need to connect to Mysql server but I need to do it not from a specific computer that all the reports will depend on, is there any way to connect not from my computer?

 

Best,

Yossi

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v-frfei-msft
Community Support
8 years ago

Hi YossiKoresh,

 

Actually, you can install and configure gateway on any other machines that have access to the data source. But gateway should be installed on a physical machine.

 

Regards,

Frank

  • csmith_enpro's avatar
    csmith_enpro
    Advocate I
    5 years ago

    You may possibly the most useless support staff I've seen on this forum