Forum Discussion

vincenti's avatar
vincenti
Icon for Advocate I rankAdvocate I
10 years ago

Download Power BI on Mac

Hi guys,   I am using a Macbook Pro and am hoping to use Microsoft Power BI to run analytics for my small business. Is there a way for me to download it to my Macbook? If not, is there a timeline o...
dkay84_PowerBI's avatar
dkay84_PowerBI
Icon for Microsoft Employee rankMicrosoft Employee
9 years ago

As another option, you could spin up a Windows VM in Azure and load Power BI onto that.

himani's avatar
himani
New Member
9 years ago

Hi,

 

Can you share link of how to do it? / Where to download this software (Windows VM in AZure) from? 

I would like to run powerBI on my Mac too.

 

Thanks

  • dkay84_PowerBI's avatar
    dkay84_PowerBI
    Icon for Microsoft Employee rankMicrosoft Employee
    9 years ago
    You need an Azure subscription and then it is very easy. A simple internet search for how to set up a Windows VM in Azure will give you what you need. Once the VM is configured, you use the remote desktop connection to access it, and then use the VM's browser to download PowerBI.