Gateway recovery key

The recovery key is used to generate a symmetric and asymmetric key which encrypts data source credentials and stores them in the cloud. The credentials area is only decrypted by the gateway machine in response to a refresh or query request. The recovery key will be needed in the following three scenarios:

• Migrating a gateway and its configured data sources to a different machine
• Restoring a gateway to run the service under a different domain account or restoring a gateway from a machine that has crashed
• Taking over ownership of an existing gateway from an existing gateway administrator

It's important that the recovery key is stored in a secure location accessible to the BI/IT organization. Additionally, more than one user should be assigned as a gateway administrator in the Power BI service.