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MikeSolvesBI
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setting up Virtual Network Gateway to access Azure SQL Database

‎03-11-2023 08:15 AM

Hello,

Is there documentation on how to connect Power BI Service in a secure way to Azure SQL Database using a Virtual Network Gateway?

 

Thank You,

 

Michael

 

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Sahir_Maharaj
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‎03-12-2023 04:29 AM

Hello @MikeSolvesBI,

 

You can try these:

 

https://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/virtual-network-data-gateway-for-power-bi 

 

https://azure.microsoft.com/es-es/blog/securing-the-connection-between-power-bi-and-azure-sql-databa...

 

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure/securing-the-connection-between-power-bi-and-azure-sql-...

 

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/enterprise/service-security-private-links 

 

Let me know if you might need further assistance.


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‎03-12-2023 04:29 AM

Hello @MikeSolvesBI,

 

You can try these:

 

https://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/virtual-network-data-gateway-for-power-bi 

 

https://azure.microsoft.com/es-es/blog/securing-the-connection-between-power-bi-and-azure-sql-databa...

 

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure/securing-the-connection-between-power-bi-and-azure-sql-...

 

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/enterprise/service-security-private-links 

 

Let me know if you might need further assistance.


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MikeSolvesBI
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In response to Sahir_Maharaj

‎03-12-2023 05:08 AM

Hello,

Am I correct that if I want to make this secure I need to install the Gateway on a Azure Virtual Machine?

 

Michael

 

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