Manage gateway installers

On Power BI service Gateway management or Power platform Admin center, a Global admin or a Power BI service admin can use Manage gateway installers to manage who can install an on-premises data gateway in a tenant. This feature does not apply to personal gateways.

A Power BI idea for approval process before gateway becomes active has been completed. However, to restrict or prevent users from installing personal gateways in a Power BI tenant, you need to use PowerShell. PowerShell 7.0.6 or higher is required to install the DataGateway module. Let’s walk-through the steps:

Step one: If you do not have PowerShell 7 installed, download and install here for windows, Linux or macOS. For this example, I am using windows: Direct link to download PowerShell 7 for windows.

Step two: Open the PowerShell 7 and log in : Login-DataGatewayServiceAccount

Step three: Install the DataGateway Module: Install-Module -Name DataGateway. You can also use below command for current user if you have Admin restrictions.

Install-Module -Name DataGateway -Scope CurrentUser -Force

Step four: Set the install Policy for personal Gateway : Set-DataGatewayTenantPolicy PersonalGatewayInstallPolicy Restricted

Step five. Confirm the policy of the personal Gateway: Get-DataGatewayTenantPolicy

To modify and give permission to users who can install Personal gateway, use the Set-DataGatewayInstaller PowerShell command and change the Gateway Type to Personal.

A video on similar topic was published by Guy in a cube; you can check it out here  

Happy Power BI administration 🙂

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