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Run Power Bi Desktop on Azure

If you have a Mac you can run Microsoft Power BI Desktop on a Virtuel machine on Azure.

Create Virtuel Machine

First you have to create a Virtuel Machine on Azure:

  • Settings
    • Region: North Europe
    • Image: Windows 11 Pro, xxx
    • Size Standard_B1s
    • Username
    • Password
    • Public inbound ports: RDP (3389)
    • Confirm licens

Note: Remember the username and password!

  • Disk
    • Create and attach a new disk
    • Size: 2048 GiB

  • Next: Networking
  • Next: Management
  • Next: Monitoring
  • Next: Advanced
  • Next: Tags
  • Next: Review + create
  • Create

The Virtuel Machine is now create - It take some time!

Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac

You can use the Remote Desktop client for Mac to work with Windows apps, resources, and desktops from your Mac computer.

Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac

Connect to you Azure Virtuel Machine with the Remote Desktop App.

Power Bi Destop

Install Microsoft Power Bi Desktop true the Microsoft Store on the Virtuel machine

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