1. Adam Saxton

2. Sr. Content Developer working on Business Intelligence products 10 years supporting SQL Connectivity and BI Products Avid blogger and YouTuber

3. Starting with Power BI Desktop

7. File location and freshness

10. Refresh & Gateways

11. Import (cached mode)DirectQuery or Live connection Refresh frequency Scheduled - hourly or dailyReal-time PerformanceNo noticeable delay since data is already cached Depends on how fast the data source is as queries are executed in real-time Data storage in Power BI Since it is cached mode, data is stored in the cloud No data is stored in Power BI. Data is always on-premises* Data sizeCurrent limit of 250MB (compressed) per model The on-premises database is the limit; no Power BI limitation Row level security No support for on-prem row level security. Supports Cloud RLS. Re-use on-prem role based row level security for Analysis Services. Non-SSAS supports Cloud RLS. *Some data is cached for optimizing first-time load performance

12. Self-service refresh – no IT dependency Easy & simple to use: Lightweight one-click installer running on your computer One Personal Gateway per user Runs either as a service or an app

13. Centralized way to refresh on-premises content in Power BI Access control to data sources Monitor and track usage Live, interactive query with on-premises data sources

15. DB

16. Troubleshooting

19. asaxton@microsoft.com