Jan2026 reports created with PowerBi Report server compatibility

Nicole Mourad 0 Reputation points
2026-03-30T06:44:26.21+00:00

Hi I would like to know if i create a report using Jan26 version of Power Bi Report Server, will my client (using Jan25 version) be able to open it?

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    2026-03-30T06:44:36.3+00:00

    No. Reports created with a newer Power BI Report Server version (January 2026) are not guaranteed to be compatible with an older server version (January 2025).

    Power BI Report Server and its matching “Power BI Desktop (optimized for Power BI Report Server)” are designed to work in sync by release. The recommended practice is:

    1. Use the Desktop version that matches the client’s server version when authoring reports.
    2. Or upgrade the client’s Power BI Report Server to the same (or later) release as the authoring environment.

    Creating reports with the January 2026 Desktop/Server and then trying to open or host them on a January 2025 server can lead to errors or unsupported features, because features and schema changes are rolled up by release and are not backward compatible.

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  2. kagiyama yutaka 5,410 Reputation points
    2026-04-04T00:59:30.7966667+00:00

    2026→25 won’t load… the model layer steps up and the old srv just can’t bind it anymore.　for this client, build in the 2025 desktop…that’s the only clean path left.

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