Power BI Desktop versus Power BI service
We in this module will showcase the comparison between Power BI Desktop and Power BI service using a Venn diagram. Such that the intersection represents how Power BI Desktop and Power BI Services overlap. Further, the image features the unique application and the service entailing to each one of them.
| Power BI Desktop | Power BI Service |
| 1. It is a complete data analysis and report creation tool that we can install for free on your local computer. | 1. It is a cloud-based service. Power BI service also hosts paginated reports in workspaces backed by a Power BI Premium capacity. |
| 2. It includes the Query Editor, in which you can connect to many different sources of data, and combine them into a data model. | 2. It supports light report editing and collaboration for teams and organizations. |
| 3. We design a report based on that data model then Power BI Desktop getting started guide walks through the process. | 3. We can connect to data sources in the Power BI service, too, but modelling is limited. |
| 4. Power BI report designers who work on business intelligence projects use Power BI Desktop to create Power BI reports. | 4. Power BI service is used to collaborate and distribute their reports. |
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