

Automatic updates - Windows downloads the latest version automatically in the background as soon as it's available, so your version will always be up to date.There are a few advantages to getting Power BI Desktop from the Windows Store: + Sr Solution Architect, Business Analytics and Dynamics MVP Finally, the version of the desktop app downloaded from is named " Microsoft Power BI Desktop" or " Microsoft Power BI Desktop (圆4)" - this one is the one that is not in the automatic update push from the windows store.

It's named " Power BI Desktop" in the store. Then, in the last couple of months, they have added a full desktop installer version in the app store that does keep your local copy up-to-date.that is the " Microsoft Power BI" app in the store. There is a windows store app that could be considered a 'tablet' app - one that is primarily a "viewer" app.Subject: Windows Store - note that there are TWO apps: Power BI Viewer, and Power BI DesktopĮasy to see the confusion caused by the similarities in naming. I assumed, and it got me to the usual place. It appears there are TWO PBI apps in the windows store. So I did what everyone else does when they encounter a mystery, I asked all-knowing Google (sorry about that, Bing). So I thought I actually had downloaded the Power BI Desktop from the store and just didn't realize it installed as a second app.īut when I opened it, all I could do was view Power BI reports, etc. Then the other day I searched on my Win 10 PC for Power BI and noticed there were two apps Power BI Desktop and Microsoft Power BI. So I went to the Windows store and downloaded it.īut I didn't see any difference in PBI Desktop, it still required me to manually update. Which meant it would automatically update. A while back I saw the notice that Power BI desktop was available in the Windows store.
