Installing and upgrading PBRS
Once capacity (cores) to deploy PBRS have been obtained, teams can prepare to install and configure the environment by downloading the report server software and the version of Power BI Desktop optimized for PBRS.
Both the report server installation software and the report server version of Power BI Desktop can be downloaded from Microsoft at the following link: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/report-server/. Clicking the Advanced download options link on that page transports the user to the most current release of PBRS available in the Microsoft Download Center.
Clicking the large Download button presents the option to download three different files, as shown in Figure 12.16:
Figure 12.16: Downloading PBRSes
Referring to Figure 12.16, the PowerBIReportServer.exe file is the file for installing PBRS, while the PBIDesktopRS.msi and PBIDesktopRS_x64.msi files are for downloading the Power BI Desktop application optimized for...