Power BI Desktop is a Windows desktop-based programme for personal computers that is used to create, generate, and publish cloud-based reports. Power BI Desktop is an on-premise version of Power BI that can run on PCs and perform full functionality even when the system is not connected to the Internet. Users must connect to the Internet only when they wish to publish their reports to the cloud or share them with colleagues. When a user initially logs into Power BI, the first programme they see is Power BI Desktop.