Summary

This chapter reviewed the primary planning and management scenarios for the On-premises data gateway. This included alternative-solution architectures, methods for distributing workloads across multiple gateways, and ensuring high availability via gateway clusters. Additionally, this chapter described the process of administering a gateway, including the configuration of data sources and the authorization of users or groups to utilize the gateway per source. Finally, the primary tools and processes for troubleshooting and monitoring the gateway were reviewed.

While this chapter focused on using the Power BI service with on-premises data and traditional Power BI datasets and reports, the following chapter highlights paginated reports and the option to deploy Power BI exclusively on-premises via Power BI Report Server. This includes the publication, refresh, and management of Power BI reports on-premises and within the Power BI service as well as the primary differences...