How to apply Power BI Update

[dasrotrad]

How do you apply the update?  Do you (1) uninstall Power BI, then run a new install? Or, (2) do you download and run the installer without an uninstall of the older version?  Will the new install know where the Power BI data is?  Do you keep the old connections? 

I find no videos or discussion to advise how to apply the update   

I called Microft and told them I had the Power BI PRO.  They said it should update automatically.  It doesn't.

Thank you.

Robert

[v-yulgu-msft]

Hi @dasrotrad,

Please refer to PG's reply in this link:

Power BI Desktop Auto Update

Regards,

Yuliana Gu

[edhans · Accepted solution]

If you have Windows 7 or 8.x, you just download the new version and it will install over the old one. It remembers your most recently used list, preferences, etc.

If you have Windows 10, you can do the above, but I recommend you uninstall the downloadable Power BI desktop app and install the PBI desktop app from the Microsoft Store. That version is identical, except it does update itself automatically in the background, totally silently. You will always have the latest, and in recent months, that version has come out a few hours before the downloadable version when the new monthly features are out, if that kind of thing excites you.