If you use have the Microsoft 365 applications installed on your machine and are getting monthly updates, you should already have WebView2.First, check if WebView2 is already installed on your machine (see above).Depending on the configuration on your machine there are a couple of scenarios. To use WebView2, you will need to install it. If you do, no further action is required.

You already have WebView2 installed if this App is on your machine: ‘Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime’. Starting with the next release of Power BI Desktop you will also see a prompt inside the application to remind you about this.

To avoid interruptions, we recommend installing WebView2 now and turning on the preview feature as discussed in the July feature summary in Power BI Desktop. We will start requiring WebView2 in the January release of Power BI Desktop for Power BI Report Server and in the February release of Power BI Desktop. It also means that you’ll automatically get the latest security patches as the WebView2 team ships them instead of waiting for us to update Power BI Desktop. We’re making this switch to better optimize our development and release process (which means we’ll be able to spend more time developing new features!). As mentioned in the June and July feature summaries, we are switching a vital component of Power BI from CefSharp to WebView2.

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