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Make Desktop available through Microsoft Update (for versions of Windows before Windows 10)

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Will Thompson on 03 Oct 2017 01:56:03

In September 2017 we announced that Power BI Desktop is available through the Windows Store, giving automatic updates: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-at-ignite-2017-announcing-enterprise-ready-capabilities-for-establishing-data-culture-at-scale/

If you're not able to update to Windows 10, vote for this idea so that Power BI Desktop can be made available through Microsoft Update to older versions of Windows.

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c43fad71 aed0-4732-9e7e-87d9189b2805 on 06 Jul 2020 00:13:32

RE: Make Desktop available through Microsoft Update (for versions of Windows before Windows 10)

What about organisations that block the MS Store and update through GPO.

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cc02327e 58fd-48e2-91df-7f14254cb667 on 06 Jul 2020 00:04:37

RE: Make Desktop available through Microsoft Update (for versions of Windows before Windows 10)

Doesn't look like PBI will be viable for Federal Gov't users unless this can be done through MS Update.

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cc02327e 58fd-48e2-91df-7f14254cb667 on 06 Jul 2020 00:04:37

RE: Make Desktop available through Microsoft Update (for versions of Windows before Windows 10)

Any place where the desktop end-users don't have admin privileges (most places), they will not be able to download updates from the MS Store. This seems like a no-brainer, unless there are some marketing/sales reasons to not do this.

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cc02327e 58fd-48e2-91df-7f14254cb667 on 06 Jul 2020 00:04:37

RE: Make Desktop available through Microsoft Update (for versions of Windows before Windows 10)

This needs to be the top-priority for the next monthly update, rather than just kicking this can down the road. Reengineer it to be MS Update compliant.

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11002c83 888e-4294-9620-745386b87205 on 06 Jul 2020 00:02:05

RE: Make Desktop available through Microsoft Update (for versions of Windows before Windows 10)

Microsoft can we make this happen before 2020? MICROSOFT PowerBI should be able to update through Windows update by now....

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030d48f3 90ea-474f-8648-0db878132aa0 on 05 Jul 2020 23:58:06

RE: Make Desktop available through Microsoft Update (for versions of Windows before Windows 10)

This is a problem for our company as well. The Microsoft store is locked and it's a huge pain to have to re-download every time.

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d4fe90fc 76db-4bb3-a3d6-70efef71b8ef on 05 Jul 2020 23:51:38

RE: Make Desktop available through Microsoft Update (for versions of Windows before Windows 10)

PowerBI is a standard MSoft product and std. software deployment and configuration manager update process should apply.

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b7bc3250 8d85-4479-8721-8e1915f8d204 on 05 Jul 2020 23:49:41

RE: Make Desktop available through Microsoft Update (for versions of Windows before Windows 10)

Our company also has the windows store locked, and its very time consuming every month to make a case to have our desktop team install it manually. Please make it auto update.

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8376031b 862e-4c75-98ee-24f06545cc60 on 05 Jul 2020 23:48:28

RE: Make Desktop available through Microsoft Update (for versions of Windows before Windows 10)

The fact that Auto-Update does not exist through the application is insane. Power BI should be updated through windows update or by pressing an update button inside the application.

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bc156aa2 3657-46c8-8a6e-7602bb5fc8d9 on 05 Jul 2020 23:48:27

RE: Make Desktop available through Microsoft Update (for versions of Windows before Windows 10)

our company has locked out the windows store so we need a way to auto update without the store, we are running windows 10.