Make power BI desktop fully compatible with ARM CPU, such as snapdragon

[tbuck]

Considering the most powerful and versatile machines are being built on ARM processors and many developers preferring these machines due to the extended battery life, or performance per watt, I think it would be critical for Microsoft to start developing Power BI Desktop to be fully compatible with ARM64 processors. Windows ARM with a snapdragon processor is a great machine. It is where all machines are going. It's time for Power BI Desktop to get up to speed with everything else.

[Grandted]

It’s really strange that they don’t take the errors caused by the emulation seriously and write something along the lines of: “We are aware of the issue and are working to fix the existing bugs, but at this point there’s no ETA for releasing an ARM version of Power BI Desktop.” I get that it’s not a prioritized platform yet, especially considering that Microsoft is practically all-in on x86. But making sure that Power BI Desktop runs properly in emulated mode should still be a priority — anything else just feels completely backwards.

[Stinkys]

Hi everyone, looks like a resolution is now available for the ARM64 Power BI issues. Windows update 25H2 is set for release at the end of this month or sometime next month which includes instruction set support for AVC, AVX2, FMA, XSAVE, OSXSAVE and RDRAND in Prism (https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/rampage-vi-strix-x299-series/windows-11-25h2-canary-edition-27744-1000...). I'm not sure what Power BI is relying on, but I am reasonably confident that something here resolves the outstanding issues with Power BI and ARM64 devices. I have just installed 25H2 as part of the Release Preview channel in Windows Update. This is what is set to be enabled for everybody during the patch release at end of month (https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/09/08/microsoft-begins-preparing-windows-11-25h2-installation-med...), so I believe it's relatively safe to install now as opposed to the Canary Channel which I have tested with previously. Providing your organisation allows you to switch programmes, which most orgs won't. I installed Power BI Desktop 2.147.931.0 x64 (September 2025) from the Microsoft Store and everything appears to be working. My reports that rely on local data sources and date-based visuals are all loading fine without error. For everyone else that can't join the Release Preview channel, hang in there! It should be resolved for you soon.

[Perez0s0]

@Stinkys I think the patch update has been released. Can anyone confirm if this fixed your issues with PowerBI? My IT manager does not want to update YET.

[tbuck]

I'm very curious if the patches out as well. I can't wait to get off the Canary channel. And thank you @Stinkys for letting us know about the Canary channel. That has saved me.

[Stinkys]

No problem @tbuck. It hasn't been officially released yet but MS is supposedly quietly pre-deploying it to everyone so that when it is released it will be a 1MB enablement patch. News I am seeing at the moment is it's slated for October. As mentioned, you can switch to this patch early by changing to the Release Preview channel - this will get you out of Canary channel and give you 25H2 today. Then when 25H2 is released for everyone you will switch back to the normal update channel (automatically, from what I have read).

[Perez0s0]

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsofts-official-windows-11-version-25h2-rtm-... I saw this so i assumed it was out. But not through windows updates yet then I guess. Also I realized we run on a remote desktop, virtual machine server (dont worry i already knew this just slipped my mind because i got blurred thinking i found the solution). So my OS is not Windows 11 but Server 2022. Anyone else in the same setup? Since its a VM I guess it could possibly be running on an ARM processor even though the Info says this is an x64 processor.

[Grandted]

I can confirm that the latest early Windows 11 build (Insider) for Windows on ARM actually solves all the bugs that I have found. I'm running the latest 24H2 update with build number 26120.6690, and I can now update all my models. The performance is also much better, even though it's still not on par with x64 processors. Microsoft - thanks for the updates, but we still need a native ARM version of Power BI Desktop. This is just one step closer to a working scenario.

[Pius]

I have been able to get it working. A tip is to always add a report level filter to exclude null/empty dates. This solves the errors as a temporary solution.

[Pius]

Seems 25H2 update solved this problem!

[chad_pawlenty]

@Pius confirmed for me as well, 25H2 and the most recent version of PBI desktop and all of my problematic fields with dates are working correctly！