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on-premises data gateway design question

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I would like to use the "Save email attachments to the File System" flow to store email attachment on one of our on-premise Windows servers.

Is the way I would like to implement it correct, or do I overlook something?

  • I create a separate user account in our local AD, which I sync to our Azure AD (e.g. user "power"). This user gets the powerautomate premium license assigned.
  • I install the "on-premises data gateway" on a dedicated server using the local AD user "power" (I want to have a dedicated server to have one gateway for potential future projects)
  • I connect to the gateway from the powerautomate platform using the Azure AD "power" user
  • I setup the flow

Is this correct, or do I miss something? (future drawback, security risk etc.)

Regards
Bruno

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  • lbendlin Profile Picture
    8,551 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    I would recommend against installing a gateway under a specific user.  Keep the default settings as much as possible. 

     

    Note that there are two components. One is the physical install on the gateway cluster members, the other is the logical definition and setup of the gateway connections in the service.

     

    You can use whatever connection user you want, as long as that user is allowed to create connections, and has write access to your data source.

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