How do I update Power Bi Desktop?

[michellepace]

Hi there

I must say I do feel like an idiot asking this. I have power bi desktop open. When I go to Help > About I see that I'm running Version: 2.73.5586.561 64-bit (September 2019). So... can anyone please tell me where the magical update button is? How do I update the desktop version? 

If the answer is honestly, go and get the latest installation file. Well, then do I simply close Power Bi Desktop and run the .exe without having to uninstall the prior version first? 

Thanks in advance,

Michelle

[Greg_Deckler · Accepted solution]

Usually there is a little pop-up that happens when you open telling you that there is an update (non Store version) but I haven't run that version for so long I don't know. 

And yes, just close Power BI, run the download to install, it will overwrite it. September 2019, are you running a RS version?

[michellepace]

Hi Greg, thanks for your reply. Just ran the installation over the top. What is an RS version? 

[Greg_Deckler]

Report Server edition. Special version that works with the corresponding version of Power BI Report Server. It only gets released quarterly and I recal that September 2019 was a popular version so I was just curious and was going to point out that you need to make sure that your Power BI Report Server and Desktop version are in sync.

[michellepace]

Goodness Greg... I'm just getting out the starting blocks here. As in, I've just updated powerbi and am feeling pretty good about it. hahah. I only have powerbi desktop installed, not any "power bi report server". I've managed to publish a little visualsation "to the cloud" which I imagine is the little Azure space just for me which comes with my Microsoft account. 

If I take a guess - - is "Power BI Report Server" something I would buy and install on our local network and then I wouldn't have to publish to azure? 

Goodness the learning curve in front of me... foof!

[parry2k]

@michellepace you can download from the powerbi.com site or if you install from Microsoft Store, it will auto-update and it is the recommended method.

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