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Gateway

Access to on premise data to Power BI is done through gateways.

The system that lets us connect our on-premises data sources to the Power BI service is called
the Gateway. It's a small application that runs on our computer, and uses a pre-arranged schedule to
connect to our data, gather any updates, and push them up to the Power BI service.

On-premises data gateway


The on-premises data gateway acts as a bridge, providing quick and secure data transfer between on-
premises data (data that is not in the cloud) and the Power BI, Microsoft Flow, Logic Apps, and
PowerApps services.

Formally called the enterprise version. Multiple users can share and reuse a gateway in this mode. For
Power BI, this includes support for both scheduled refresh and Direct Query.

Requirements
Minimum Requirements:

 .NET 4.5 Framework


 64-bit version of Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2
Recommended:

 8 Core CPU
 8 GB Memory
 64-bit version of Windows 2012 R2

Power BI Gateway - Personal


The Power BI Gateway - Personal acts as a bridge, providing quick and secure data transfer between the
Power BI service and on-premises data sources that support refresh.

The personal gateway is only available with Power BI Pro. It installs and runs as a service on your
computer.
Data transfer between Power BI and the gateway is secured through Azure Service Bus. The Service Bus
creates a secure channel between the Power BI service and your computer.

This is for Power BI only and can be used as an individual without any administrator configuration. This
can only be used for on-demand refresh and scheduled refresh.
Do I need a gateway?
Before we install a gateway, it's important to know whether or not we really need
one. It really depends on our data sources:

On-premises data sources


A personal gateway is required in order to refresh datasets that get data
from a supported on-premises data source in your organization.
With a gateway, REFRESH NOW and SCHEDULE REFRESH are supported for
datasets uploaded from: Ms excel and various other sources

Online data sources


A gateway is only required if we are using the Web. Page function. In other
cases, a gateway is not required in order to refresh datasets that get data
only from an online data source.

What is Power BI Personal Gateway?

As the name suggests, this gateway is for “personal” use. To use it you simply install it
on your own laptop, desktop computer or even a server if you want. “Personal” does
not mean you can’t use it for business if you want to, it is just a term to distinguish from
the other gateway. What the Personal Gateway does is create a “gateway” or
connection between your computer (that has the software installed) and the Power BI
Service in the cloud. It is kind of like a dedicated VPN designed just to allow Power BI
to talk to the data on your computer.

Why do I need it?


Well you probably don’t “need” it, but you certainly might “want” it. Once you have
installed and configured the Personal Gateway on your computer, you are then able to
refresh your Power BI datasets directly in the cloud. You have the option to either set
up an automated schedule (up to 8 times per day) or you can trigger the refresh
manually on demand.
When you refresh a Power BI Desktop file on your PC, Power BI Desktop connects to
all the data sources it needs to refresh the report. Data sources can include things such
as SQL Server, local Excel files, CSV files, or what ever you have set as your data
sources for your reports. The Power BI Personal Gateway simply
allows PowerBI.com to access those same data sources that are visible on your PC
transparently over the Internet.

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