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jblackshear's avatar
jblackshear
Advocate III
8 years ago

Remote Desktop Installation?

I want to make the Power BI Desktop available to a few others within my organization. Most of us work a couple of days a week from home, and those with the normal "Users" access on the VPN cannot connect to our databases from their desktops when out of the office. Anything that must connect to the ERP system and any databases is accessed via Remote Desktop services.

 

Is it possible to install Power BI Desktop (and get the regular updates) on remote desktop? Can I hear from anyone who has done that?

 

Thanks,

 

 

 

Need Help

5 Replies

  • Eric_Zhang's avatar
    Eric_Zhang
    Microsoft Employee
    8 years ago
    jblackshear wrote:

    I want to make the Power BI Desktop available to a few others within my organization. Most of us work a couple of days a week from home, and those with the normal "Users" access on the VPN cannot connect to our databases from their desktops when out of the office. Anything that must connect to the ERP system and any databases is accessed via Remote Desktop services.

     

    Is it possible to install Power BI Desktop (and get the regular updates) on remote desktop? Can I hear from anyone who has done that?

     

    Thanks,

     

     

     

    jblackshear

    It is surely possible. I actually install Power BI desktop in remote desktops and work on a connected remote. What is the OS version of the remote desktop? Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2, or later is required. 

     

    • jblackshear's avatar
      jblackshear
      Advocate III
      8 years ago

      Thank you for your response, Eric. Our RDS hosts are Windows Server 2012 R2.  How are the frequent updates of Power BI Desktop handled in your system? We use KASE to track our software installations and manage updates.

       

      Thanks,

      • Eric_Zhang's avatar
        Eric_Zhang
        Microsoft Employee
        8 years ago
        jblackshear wrote:

        Thank you for your response, Eric. Our RDS hosts are Windows Server 2012 R2.  How are the frequent updates of Power BI Desktop handled in your system? We use KASE to track our software installations and manage updates.

         

        Thanks,

        jblackshear

        Monthly, just follow the Power BI desktop monthly releases.

  • kellysolutions's avatar
    kellysolutions
    Frequent Visitor
    5 years ago

    I have Power BI on Windows Server 2012 (Terminal Server / Remote Desktop).

     

    Performance is very bad. Even installing  / update is slow.

     

    Have you had any experience of this or suggestions about what might be casuing it?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Paul