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Mikes128
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1 year ago
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Power BI on a mac

Hi my friend wants to download a free version of power bi on a Mac.  Is there a way to do this without a virtual machine?
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  • v-sathmakuri's avatar
    v-sathmakuri
    1 year ago

    Hi Mikes128 ,

     

    Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Fabric Community.

     

    Thank you SamsonTruong  and BhavinVyas3003  and for the prompt response.

     

    Whatever SamsonTruong  and BhavinVyas3003  said was correct. Currently, Power BI Desktop is only supported on Windows systems and is not available for direct installation on Mac.

     

    If you want to use Power BI Desktop on your Mac computer, you can consider running it on a virtual machine or cloud service. Additionally, here is an idea (https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Fabric-Ideas/Power-BI-desktop-for-mac-URGENT/idi-p/4627918) similar to yours that you can vote for. If an idea receives high votes from other customers, it is likely that the Microsoft Product Team will consider it when designing future versions.

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accepting as solution to help the other members find it more quickly, don't forget to give a "Kudos" – I’d truly appreciate it! 

     

    Thank you!!

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SamsonTruong
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1 year ago

Hi Mikes128 , currently there is no way to natively dowload Power BI Desktop on Mac. A windows VM is currently the best way to get the full Power BI Desktop experience on Mac. 

Alternatively, Power BI can be accessed on Mac through the web version, Power BI Service. While you won't get all the features of Power BI Desktop in Power BI service, you will still be able to model the data and create reports.

If this helped, please mark it as the solution so others can benefit too. And if you found it useful, kudos are always appreciated.

Thanks,

Samson