Power BI Installation Steps

Power BI Installation Steps

There are 3 ways to install Power BI

1. Download PowerBI from the web (https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/desktop/)
2. Download PowerBI from Windows store
3. Download PowerBI from PowerBI service (https://app.powerbi.com/)

From Web:

Step 1: Open any browser

Step 2: Enter URL https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/desktop/

Step 3: Click Advanced Download Options

Step 4: Click Download in the following screen as shown above

Step 5: Select any one of the lists in the following page as shown above (Depends on your system architecture 32-bit or 64-bit)

Step 6: Select one option and click Next as shown above

Step 7: Clicking Next will open a new dialog box to save the Power BI executable file in your computer

Step 8: Click Save

Step 9: Once the download is complete, double click the executable file (.msi)

Step 10: Follow on-screen instructions on your computer to install a Power BI Desktop on your computer (Yay!!)

From the Windows Store

Step 1: Open any browser

Step 2: Enter URL https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/desktop/

Step 3: Click Download Free in the above screen, it will route you to ‘Windows Store’ app or web page

Step 4: Click Download and once downloaded, double click the .msi file to install Power BI

From PowerBI service:

Step 1: Open any browser

Step 2: Key in the following URL (https://app.powerbi.com)

Step 3: Register or sign in with your organization or school-provided the email address

Step 4: Click the Download button in the top right corner as shown below

Step 5: Clicking the download button will show below options:

Step 6: Click Power BI Desktop

Step 7: Once downloaded, follow onscreen instructions to get Power BI installed in your machine

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