Knowing this, we can design a Smart Icon for ‘Power BI Desktop’ like this: You can opt for online, also called “Power BI Service”, and desktop. They are two ways to use Power BI as explained in detail in this blog of Kasper Langmann. But to use that you need the MSI and not the single executable (……….) Pause (……….) OK ….
![power bi desktop application power bi desktop application](https://alta-ict.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Power-BI-Preview_desktop.png)
This is the same option which the MSI uses when using the DISABLE_UPDATE_NOTIFICATION property. Updates should be deployed either a modification package or by installing a newer version of the MSIX package. Because updates for MSIX packages from within the application are not permitted. The MSIX package automatically disables ‘Update Notifications’. The application within these packages is identical. To deploy ‘Power BI Desktop’ you’re now able to choose between an MSI and MSIX based installation. … but then packaged and offered as an MSIX package: It is the exact same application as installed by the MSI:
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“You can get the most recent version of Power BI Desktop from the Windows Store”.Ĭool! Power BI Desktop is now available in the Microsoft Store (not the Windows Store). That hasn’t changed:īut the interesting change here is this remark: So the ‘ single executable‘ is still a WiX bootstrapper. The Microsoft Power BI team has updated the documentation accordingly.
![power bi desktop application power bi desktop application](https://360reports.io/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Long-Story-About-Power-BI-2-Get-Data-4-Get-data-from-Excel-01.png)
It’s now being offered as an MSIX package so we don’t have to look at MSIX Readiness anymore.
![power bi desktop application power bi desktop application](https://www.gensagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/powerbi-4.png)
John Vintzel recently told me something I didn’t know about Power BI Desktop. That one was about Microsoft Power BI Desktop. Writing this weeks Application of the Week blog I went back to and read the very first blog in this series, written in September of last year. Shameless plug alert ! Have you seen this event yet? Apologies, that party is over now □ Liquit is now 5 years old! My journey with Liquit started more than two years ago and a fantastic ride it has been since.