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19 changes: 18 additions & 1 deletion powerquery-docs/connectors/denodo.md
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Expand Up @@ -120,6 +120,20 @@ To make the connection, take the following steps:
> [!NOTE]
> Older versions of the Denodo connector required the escaping of certain password characters. As of version 1.0.8 this is no longer needed.

* **Organizational Account**: This authentication type allows you to connect Power BI Desktop to your Virtual DataPort data using a specific set of Microsoft crendentials. This authentication kind is a specialized version of OAuth for Microsoft Entra ID.

:::image type="content" source="./media/denodo/denodo-entra-id-authentication.png" alt-text="Denodo organizational account authentication in Power BI Desktop.":::

When you click on "sing in", a login tab will open. Input there the Microsoft credentials to be used for this data source.

:::image type="content" source="./media/denodo/denodo-entra-id-authentication2.png" alt-text="Denodo organizational account sign in.":::

Once you are logged in, click on Connect and the navigator screen for table selection should load.
:::image type="content" source="./media/denodo/denodo-entra-id-authentication3.png" alt-text="Denodo organizational account connect.":::

> [!NOTE]
> In order to access VDP databases, a user must be created in Denodo whose name is the same as the email used in PowerBI when logging in to the organizational account. When creating the user in Denodo, EXTERNAL must be selected as authentication type. The permissions given to this user on the denodo databases will determine which databases can be accessed from PowerBI Desktop.

8. Once you're done, select **Connect**.

9. In **Navigator**, select the data you need from the database you want and choose **Load**, or choose **Transform Data** if you're going to modify the incoming data.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/denodo/denodo-advanced-options-dsn.png" alt-text="Advanced Options page at the Denodo DSN configuration.":::

* **Basic**: This authentication type allows you to create a data source in Power BI service to connect to your Virtual DataPort data using your Virtual DataPort server credentials.

* **Oauth**: This authentication type allows you to create a data source in Power BI service to connect to your Virtual DataPort data using Microsoft credentials.
> [!NOTE]
> In order to access the VDP databases, a user must be created in Denodo whose name is the same as the email used in PowerBI when logging into the organizational account. When creating the user in Denodo, EXTERNAL must be selected as authentication type. The permissions given to this user on the denodo databases will determine which databases can be accessed from PowerBI.

4. If you use Windows authentication, under **Advanced settings** for the data source you can enable the single sign-on (SSO) authentication schema in order to use the same credentials of the user accessing your reports in Power BI for accessing the required data in Denodo.

:::image type="content" source="./media/denodo/denodo-sso.png" alt-text="Denodo SSO using Kerberos.":::
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