Edit models in Service - Does this mean the end of desktop?

[DebbieE]

Starting to look into editing models in Service - And you can also edit reports. Does this mean the end of the Power BI Desktop?

I think it will get really confusing if there is a mixture of the two. For example if we have Desktop files. Publish. but then they get updated in Service. Not the Desktop file and the Service information is different. If a person continues with the file and publishes, the work in Service will be lost.

I am really confused as to what this means for how we develop in the future?

[Anonymous]

Hi @DebbieE ,

Power BI Desktop is an application that you download and install for free on your local computer. Desktop is a complete data analysis and report creation tool that is used to connect to, transform, visualize, and analyze your data. 

The Power BI service is a cloud-based service, or software as a service (SaaS). It supports report editing and collaboration for teams and organizations. You can connect to data sources in the Power BI service, too, but modeling is limited.

The following Venn diagram compares Power BI Desktop and the Power BI service. The middle shows some of the areas where they overlap. Some tasks you can do in either Power BI Desktop or the service. The two outer sides of the Venn diagram show the features that are unique to either the Desktop application or to the Power BI service.

Comparing Power BI Desktop and the Power BI service - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

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