Download and Install Power BI Desktop

In this article, we will show you, How to Download and Install Power BI Desktop with screenshots.

Installing the Power BI Desktop includes following steps So, please follow the steps as we mentioned below

Steps to Download and Install Power BI Desktop

Following are the steps involved in download and installing Power BI Desktop.

Download Power BI Desktop

Power BI Desktop is a Free windows based application. You can use this Desktop to Shape the data in a proper format, and to design reports as per the requirements.

In order to download Power BI Desktop, first Go to the official tableau website by clicking this link Download Link.

TIP: You need Power BI Pro access to publish the report, and sharing them.

Below screenshot will show you the Downloads page. Either you can click the Download button, or you can click the hyperlink of Advanced Download Options.

Clicking the Advanced Download Options will take you to Microsoft website. Here, you can read the Installation steps, software and hardware requirements.

Click the Download button to download the Microsoft Power BI desktop from this location

Install Power BI Desktop

To install Power BI desktop, Please navigate your file system to the Power BI Software that we downloaded previously. Next, click on the application.

Once you click on the application, below shown window will be opened. This is Security warning and it may appear only if you have any security measures otherwise, skip to next step

The first page of the Power BI install is a Welcome page. Please click the Next button

Please checkmark the I accept the terms of the Licence Agreement option and click Next button

Select the location at where you want to install this application. Here, either you can leave the default C location, or use Change button to alter the installation directory.