Power BI Desktop's May 2026 update adds built-in version history as a preview feature: save your .pbix to OneDrive or SharePoint and Desktop keeps a snapshot every time you save, so you can browse past versions, compare them side by side, and restore an older one without learning Git.
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What you'll learn
Turn on the Save to OneDrive and SharePoint preview feature and save a .pbix where version history works
Open the version history list from the file-name dropdown and see who changed each version, when, and the file size
Open a prior version next to the current one to spot what changed between them
Restore an older version with a single save, keeping every earlier snapshot intact
Recognize where file snapshots stop and real source control with Git and PBIP begins
Covered
Power BI Desktop version history, OneDrive and SharePoint saves, preview features, version snapshots, rolling back a report, comparing report versions, file versioning vs source control, solo and small-team workflows
Tools
Power BI Desktop, May 2026 update or later (version history is in preview)
OneDrive or SharePoint (where the version snapshots live)
Prerequisites
Comfortable building and saving .pbix files in Power BI Desktop
A OneDrive or SharePoint location you can save files to
No Git or source control experience needed
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