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Approval Process for Gateways / Prevent Personal Gateways

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ray malone on 23 Nov 2017 00:52:51

Build an approval process for Gateways before they become Active on a tenant. The approval process would be manged by the Power BI Admin. This approval process could be a feature the Power BI Admin can enable / disable, defaulting to disabled to retrain backward compatibility.

Current reality allows anyone with a Pro License to push any internal data they have access too to the service. With the right permission they can then push this data public without restrictions.

This feature is a must have in an Enterprise concerned about how data is used / managed. Just because some has access to a data source doesn't mean Data Admin wan't this source to become publicly available via Power BI Service.

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815629fe 1d70-482d-a16d-504e394e819e on 06 Jul 2020 00:13:39

RE: Approval Process for Gateways / Prevent Personal Gateways

Is this personal mode going to be included soon? It's been over two years now??

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 06 Jul 2020 00:13:21

RE: Approval Process for Gateways / Prevent Personal Gateways

As per docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/onpremises-data-gateway-management

it appears that you can now manage installers for the enterprise gateway though it states that it does not apply to personal mode

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2ac8871c 8872-ea11-a811-000d3a579c38 on 06 Jul 2020 00:09:13

RE: Approval Process for Gateways / Prevent Personal Gateways

Please add this.

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e49dbd83 eca5-4cf1-80bc-824f691c90c7 on 06 Jul 2020 00:08:33

RE: Approval Process for Gateways / Prevent Personal Gateways

We need this at our enterprise very badly!

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2ac8871c 8872-ea11-a811-000d3a579c38 on 06 Jul 2020 00:07:39

RE: Approval Process for Gateways / Prevent Personal Gateways

Microsoft, please add this feature. We need a way to prevent personal gateways as it is a support burden for Enterprises.

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 06 Jul 2020 00:07:39

RE: Approval Process for Gateways / Prevent Personal Gateways

We really need this. This is a non-stop support issue for us.

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de3270b5 d422-429e-8f1e-e9b4598290fc on 06 Jul 2020 00:05:35

RE: Approval Process for Gateways / Prevent Personal Gateways

This needs to be implemented, and fast!

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 06 Jul 2020 00:04:25

RE: Approval Process for Gateways / Prevent Personal Gateways

At present, O365 tenant admins can control who can install on-premise data gateways in Enterprise/Resource mode, so the approval process is required for gateways installed in Personal mode.

Additionally, if a tenant-level setting/control can be added (like an ON/OFF switch) that disables any on-premise gateway from being installed in Personal mode, that would be highly desired.

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3070174c 3c39-49df-833a-915b928a04b3 on 06 Jul 2020 00:04:14

RE: Approval Process for Gateways / Prevent Personal Gateways

This idea seems to be a little over 2 years old now, and we still don't have a solution for blocking personal gateways. The new 'Manage Installers' feature in Power Platform is nice, but it only applies to enterprise gateways. Has anybody found a workaround for blocking personal gateways?

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79565ad3 8445-491b-b3b9-7d30e63bd706 on 06 Jul 2020 00:02:03

RE: Approval Process for Gateways / Prevent Personal Gateways

As an administrator I want to be able to manage existing Power BI Personal Data Gateways like I can with Enterprise Data Gateways. i.e. become an Admin on the gateway, be able to modify it and delete it.