More Decisions: Capacity, Storage and Gateways
Plan and Implement a Data Analytics Environment with Microsoft Fabric
Shahzad Mian
Content Developer, DataCamp
Decision 1: One or multiple Fabric capacities?
Decision 1: One or multiple Fabric capacities?
Decision 2: How to read your data?
For Cloud Storage: use Shortcuts
Shortcuts works like Desktop shortcuts: they are direct links to the Cloud Storage folder (like S3 or Azure Data Lake).
For Cloud Databases: use Mirroring
1 Credits: https://blog.fabric.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-mirroring-in-microsoft-fabric
For On-Premises Data: use Gateways
Power BI Gateways are application that act as tunnels between local systems (on-premises) and Fabric
1 Credits: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/data-integration/gateway/service-gateway-install
Addendum on gateways: On-premise vs Vnet
On-premises Power BI Gateway
Classic choice for all the on-premises data sources, living in the company local infrastructure
V-Net Power BI Gateway
Alternative Gateway for some Azure-compatible data sources. Requires Azure Virtual Network connection
