Desktop
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What is Desktop?
Power BI Desktop is the free Windows application used to connect to data sources, transform data with Power Query, build the data model, write DAX measures, and design report pages. Most of the development work happens here before a file is published to the Power BI Service. It supports local development without needing an internet connection until publishing time.
Free resources to learn Desktop
More in stage 2: Data Source Types
Desktop: common questions
Can I learn Desktop in Hindi?
This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain Desktop in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.
Is this Desktop tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 10 of 131 in the free Power BI roadmap, in stage 2, Data Source Types. If you are new to Power BI, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.