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Support for multiple instances of the On-premise data gateway on one server

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Niels Skytte Christensen on 20 Sep 2016 14:23:12

We host data and tabular models for multiple customers on one server. Each need their own tenant with different domains. This in turn requires us to have multiple servers just to host the on-premise data gateway.

Would be great to be able to have multiple instances of the on-premise data gateway running on one server.

This I imagine would also be useful for testing/preprod deployments in smaller setups where a dedicated server just for the gateway is overkill.

Comments (18)

Comments (18)

cb2c098d c5fb-e911-a811-000d3a4f1ebb on 05 Jul 2020 23:02:21

RE: Support for multiple instances of the On-premise data gateway on one server

This would be huge for us. Multi-tenancy is a must have.

6dabbdc4 74a3-48a9-8847-f078bd21c2f4 on 05 Jul 2020 22:53:06

RE: Support for multiple instances of the On-premise data gateway on one server

This is also helpful within an organization to allow us to segregate multiple data source connections from the same server based on the security profile of the data/users.

See the following post for more info: http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Integrations-with-Files-and/Enterprise-Gateway-Duplicating-Data-Sources-or-Gateways-to/td-p/199774

6f0e8ad5 0f6d-4c0f-b55a-fdbea1f99c61 on 05 Jul 2020 22:51:00

RE: Support for multiple instances of the On-premise data gateway on one server

Add please
It is expensive to keep separate server for each gateway

1fed91f2 9af9-4d90-8b76-5b73990dbe36 on 05 Jul 2020 22:47:26

RE: Support for multiple instances of the On-premise data gateway on one server

As a very large organization, with tons of companies and thousands of groups within, multi-tenancy is required. We can't make everyone a Data Gateway Admin just to add data sources, and we can't spin up a separate VM for every single company/group that wants isolation/privacy.

68183361 d533-43b1-9f06-4c8d32e6e936 on 05 Jul 2020 22:41:15

RE: Support for multiple instances of the On-premise data gateway on one server

Please, please, please do this. We are racking lots of VM costs just to run the gateway! Although I suppose it's good for the Azure business :P

8914454f c2ff-44b6-8f3b-71e6b5e906c1 on 05 Jul 2020 22:38:42

RE: Support for multiple instances of the On-premise data gateway on one server

It would be nice to have more than one data source on a gateway running on one server.

6fe52d8c eab6-441d-9f63-7e7445976a7a on 05 Jul 2020 22:37:32

RE: Support for multiple instances of the On-premise data gateway on one server

Same here; we are patching up workarounds for each customer atm, this should and could be a lot easier if you ask me. Hope this will reach a building phase!

f25bceb7 bd1c-ea11-a811-000d3a8f075c on 05 Jul 2020 22:35:13

RE: Support for multiple instances of the On-premise data gateway on one server

I totally agree with Niels. We're in the exact same position - hosting data in a multitenant setup and having to setup a dedicated VM for each customer just for Power BI gateway, resulting in massive overhead in administration and cost for the end customer.