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Power BI - Installation Steps

The document provides 9 steps for installing Power BI Desktop. It instructs users to download the installer from the Power BI website, accept the license terms, select an installation language and type, and finish the installation process. Additional tips note system requirements of at least 4GB RAM and 1GB storage, and that the .NET Framework may also need to be installed.

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Power BI - Installation Steps

The document provides 9 steps for installing Power BI Desktop. It instructs users to download the installer from the Power BI website, accept the license terms, select an installation language and type, and finish the installation process. Additional tips note system requirements of at least 4GB RAM and 1GB storage, and that the .NET Framework may also need to be installed.

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Power BI –

Installation Steps

Bhabani Shankar Pradhan


1. Go to the Power BI Desktop download page: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-
us/desktop/ and click the "Download Free" button.

2. If you are prompted to sign in, do so using your Microsoft account.

3. The Power BI Desktop installer will download to your computer. Once it has finished
downloading, double-click on the installer to start the installation process.

4. The Power BI Desktop installer will display the Microsoft Software License Terms.
Read the terms carefully and then click the "Accept" button to continue.

5. The installer will then ask you to select the language you want to install Power BI
Desktop in. Select the language you want and then click the "Next" button.

6. The installer will then ask you to select the installation type. You can choose to install
Power BI Desktop for yourself or for all users on the computer. Select the installation
type you want and then click the "Next" button.

7. The installer will then start copying the Power BI Desktop files to your computer. This
process may take a few minutes.

8. Once the installation is complete, the installer will display a message. Click the
"Finish" button to close the installer.

9. Power BI Desktop will now be installed on your computer. You can launch it by
clicking on the "Start" button and searching for "Power BI Desktop".

Here are some additional tips for installing Power BI Desktop:

• Make sure you have a minimum of 4 GB of RAM and 1 GB of free disk space on
your computer.

• If you are installing Power BI Desktop for the first time, you may also need to install
the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 or later.

• If you are installing Power BI Desktop on a Mac, you will need to install the Windows
Subsystem for Linux (WSL).
Users can select a language in which they want to install Power BI and following files
are available for download.

This is the link to directly download Power BI files −

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=45331
PBIDesktop_x64.msi shows a 64-bit OS file. Select the file you want to install as per
OS type and click Next. Save the installation file on the local drive.

When you run the installation file, following screen is displayed.


Accept the license agreement and follow the instructions on the screen to finish the
installation.
When Power BI is installed, it launches a welcome screen. This screen is used to
launch different options related to get data, enrich the existing data models, create
reports as well as publish and share reports.

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