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Error installing Power BI desktop on Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard VM
I am trying to install PBIDesktopSetup_x64.exe from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=58494 on my Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard VM but I am getting the error below. Do you h...
Windows 2008 Server is no longer supported. I suspect you don't have the correct version of the .NET framework, but getting any help from MS won't really happen. Windows 2008 was dropped in 2019 I believe. You'll need to install on 2012 or later.
Windows 2008 Server is no longer supported. I suspect you don't have the correct version of the .NET framework, but getting any help from MS won't really happen. Windows 2008 was dropped in 2019 I believe. You'll need to install on 2012 or later.
On the download page, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=58494, the system requirements does show Windows Server 2008 R2 as supported. But from what you are saying, that is incorrect.