Azure Data Lake Gen 2 and Dataflows

[ajay_gajree]

Hi All

Can anyone point me to any good blogs, documents etc on whether it is best practice to use Dataflows vs the Azure Next Gen2 Data Connector in Power BI to connect to Azure Data Lake Gen 2 Data?

Thanks!

[v-cazheng-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @ajay_gajree ,

If you would like to use Power BI Desktop to analyze data stored in Azure Data Lake Storage Account, you could refer to this official document: Analyze data in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 by using Power BI - Power Query | Microsoft Docs. It includes the prerequisites or steps to complete the connecton.

If you prefer configuring dataflow storage to use Azure Data Lake Gen 2 storage, please refer to the official document and official blog:

Power BI Dataflows and Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 Integration Preview | Microsoft Power BI Blog | ...

Configuring dataflow storage to use Azure Data Lake Gen 2 - Power BI | Microsoft Docs.

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