R version with power BI

[NicoF86]

Officially, the current version of R supported on Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service is version 3.4.4... Since this version dates back to 2017, is it likely to have a more recent version of R (4.4.3) officially supported by Power BI?

Thanks

[V-yubandi-msft]

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[V-yubandi-msft]

Hi @NicoF86 ,

As we haven’t heard back from you, we wanted to kindly follow up to check if the solution we provided for your issue worked for you  or let us know if you need any further assistance?

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[V-yubandi-msft]

Hi @NicoF86 ,

Thank you for highlighting this issue, and thanks to  @Greg_Deckler  & @Deku  for sharing the useful links.

Just to add, you're not alone in raising this concern. Many users have shared similar feedback about the outdated R version in Power BI. Although there’s no official roadmap for updates yet, upvoting related ideas and explaining your use case could encourage Microsoft to prioritize this in future updates.

If there is any post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution  to help the other members find it more quickly

[Deku · Accepted solution]

"Starting late January/ early February, Power BI service visuals will have additional resources (up to 2 vCores) and will be upgraded to use Python 3.11 and R 4.3.3. We will also update the versions of available libraries to those compatible with these versions of the scripting languages"

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/important-update-coming-to-r-py-visuals-in-power-bi/

[Greg_Deckler]

@NicoF86 There have been quite a few people like Brian Julius that have been complaining about this. I believe there is an Idea out there to get Microsoft to update it but whether it is likely to happen I wouldn't bet on it.
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