Multiple application workspaces and their corresponding apps can be used to stage and manage the life cycle of Power BI content. Similar to the development, test, and production release cycles familiar to IT professionals, staged deployments in the Power BI service are used to isolate data, users, and content appropriate to each stage of the process. Effectively implementing a staged Power BI deployment serves to raise the quality of the content delivered as well as the productivity of project team members.
The following diagram and nine-step process describe the primary elements of a staged deployment life cycle:
Staged deployment life cycle
- A development app workspace is created and Power BI content is built into the workspace:
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- A Power BI Desktop file containing the dataset is published to the development workspace
- Reports are developed in Power BI Desktop...