I’ve wanted to use Contoso in Postgres for years but never found a project that ported it. I decided to do it myself so I could create a development environment that was portable, open source, and shareable. It turned out to be more of an undertaking than expected, but it was fun. I don’t plan to write a detailed step-by-step of the process, but I have outlined some bullet points below.

This post describes how I set up the environment I use for Power BI development. My environment is zero-cost as to software and includes data similar to what you will encounter in a corporate environment. These instructions are intended for someone who has familiarity with these tools in a professional capacity already and is just looking to get their own environment set up. That said, none of this is complicated. If you’re willing to give it a go without step-by-step instructions, you’ll probably figure it out.