This press release published in Business Wire provides a really great overview of the benefits for the Microsoft Certification for CData Connect Cloud’s PowerBI connector. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230105005068/en/CData-Software-Releases-Certified-Power-BI-Connector-for-CData-Connect-Cloud 

In summary, whenever you need to update the data being used in a PowerBI dashboard, you typically have to first go to the desktop where the designer has rights to refresh the information, so that others can see the updated information. With the Microsoft Certification for CData Connect Cloud’s PowerBI connector there is no longer a need to setup the local gateway to do that, they can refresh directly from the cloud (PowerBI.com).