Who's Account Should be Used to Register the Gateway?

[Anonymous]

I currently have a gateway set-up. Everything is working fine, however, the gateway is registered under my account but is on a separate computer (this is so the computer can remain on at all times, as recommended). The issue is whenever my password is updated, I need to coordinate with the administrator of the other computer to update it which can cause the gateway to be down for a period of time. 

Is there a separate, administrative account that the gateway should be registered on? It seems odd that it would run on a user's log-in information. Note that the user of the other computer is not a Power BI user.

[zoloturu]

Hi @Anonymous,

Gateway requires your Power BI account user (owner of workspaces and reports). If you would use a generic account which will not have the password changed there instead of yours.

So yes, it is better to register a separate account for Gateway.

Then you can link your PC user with Power BI user in Gateway mapping on the Power BI Service.

[Anonymous]

How would I go about creating a generic account? Will this generic account need to be given a Pro license?

[zoloturu · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous,

Correct. See - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-free-vs-pro