To use the Power BI Gateway, run the executable after downloading from Power BI:
You will see this window below:
Click Next:
Enter email address to sign in:
Add gateway name and key:
Gateway installed:
Service settings:
Diagnostics:
Network:
Now in PowerBI.com, go to Manage Gateways:
You can now see the new gateway:
Note the differences between the Personal Gateway and the On-Premise Data Gateway:
Personal gateway | On-premises data gateway |
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| Cloud services it works with | Power BI | Power BI, PowerApps, Azure Logic Apps (Preview), Microsoft Flow |
| Import data and set up scheduled refresh | • | • |
| Run as an app for users who aren’t administrators on the computer | • | |
| Run as a single user with your credentials | • | |
| Serves multiple users with access control per data source | • | |
| Support for DirectQuery to SQL Server | • | |
| Support for a live connection to Analysis Services | • | |
| Monitoring and auditing for gateway and data sources | Coming soon |
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