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Author: Kay Unkroth - Principal Program Manager -
Author: Kay Unkroth - Principal Program Manager
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Power BI’s latest update introduces an enhancement to how users interact with reports with the general availability of modern visual tooltips. All Power BI reports—from Power BI Desktop to Power BI reports in the web, in the mobile app, in Teams, and embedded in any website—now use the updated visual tooltips, making report interactions easier with the built-in actions footer and report creation faster with tooltip styling and colors coming from the report theme. By default, visual tooltips show...
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Getting your data job done just got easier with composite semantic models, mixing Direct Lake tables with import tables, now available in public preview. Direct Lake on OneLake table storage mode already could mix tables from other Fabric data sources, such as lakehouses, warehouses, SQL databases in Fabric, and mirrored databases. And with this update, now that flexibility is extended much further with the ability to add in import tables from any data source, from 100s of connectors in Power Qu...
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Welcome to the April Power BI update! Power BI’s April 2026 update is here, bringing continued improvements across Copilot and AI, reporting, visuals, and modeling. This release includes more flexibility when working with layouts and visuals, expanded Copilot experiences—especially on mobile—and several preview features that continue to enhance performance and authoring workflows. You’ll also find … Continue reading “Power BI April 2026 Feature Summary”
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Translytical task flows take interactive Power BI reports to the next level where users can update records, add annotations, and trigger actions in external systems—all without leaving the report. With translytical task flows, report consumers become active participants. Instead of viewing data and then switching to another application to take action, users can complete their … Continue reading “Translytical Task Flows (Generally Available)”
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Updated on 20 April 2026: Thanks so much for all the engagement on this topic since the original publishing of this blog post on 2 April 2026. We’ve seen several recurring questions, and we’d like to clarify our position on a few key points. More granular Fabric controls: Customers have asked for finer‑grained enablement than today’s all‑or‑nothing Fabric switch. Work is underway to provide more granular … Continue reading “Dataflows: Thank you for eight years of Gen1—and why Gen2 is the future...
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If you haven’t already, check out Arun Ulag’s hero blog “FabCon and SQLCon 2026: Unifying databases and Fabric on a single, complete platform” for a complete look at all of our FabCon and SQLCon announcements across both Fabric and our database offerings. The next evolution of in-report Copilot on the mobile app is now available … Continue reading “Chat with Copilot inside a report on the Power BI mobile app (Preview)”
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TMDL View on the Web will be available in the coming weeks, providing a powerful code-first semantic modelling experience directly to your browser.
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If you haven’t already, check out Arun Ulag’s hero blog “FabCon and SQLCon 2026: Unifying databases and Fabric on a single, complete platform” for a complete look at all of our FabCon and SQLCon announcements across both Fabric and our database offerings. Power BI is the decision layer for millions of users because it doesn’t … Continue reading “Semantic Layers: The foundation of enterprise AI”
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If you haven’t already, check out Arun Ulag’s hero blog “FabCon and SQLCon 2026: Unifying databases and Fabric on a single, complete platform” for a complete look at all of our FabCon and SQLCon announcements across both Fabric and our database offerings. Power BI Desktop visuals now start with a modern look. This preview introduces … Continue reading “Deep Dive into Modern Visual Defaults and Customizing Theme Improvements (Preview)”
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Welcome to the Power BI March 2026 Feature Summary—and welcome to FabCon! As FabCon gets underway, this month’s update reflects the momentum we’re seeing across Power BI and the conversations happening with customers right now. March brings a thoughtful set of improvements across Copilot, reporting, modeling, and data connectivity—focused on making everyday authoring smoother, visuals … Continue reading “Power BI March 2026 Feature Summary”
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Previously known as the “text slicer” while in preview, this visual lets you type or paste values directly into a slicer to filter your report—no scrolling or searching through long lists required. What you can do with the input slicer Report consumers can quickly filter the report to what they are looking for using the … Continue reading “Input slicer: Filter reports and collect user input (Generally Available)”
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Welcome to the February Power BI update! Power BI’s February 2026 update is here, and it’s a good one. This release brings smarter Copilot and AI experiences, more flexible ways to interact with reports, polished visuals, and useful modeling enhancements—plus a few important updates to keep in mind. With FabCon right around the corner, it’s … Continue reading “Power BI February 2026 Feature Summary”
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Excel and CSV files remain a valid data source for Power BI semantic models and reports. You can use them to create reports in the Power BI service from the Create page or in Power BI Desktop. This blog post is for users who created reports using the old experience to import an Excel or CSV file from the Create page in the service. There's no impact for users who created semantic models in Power BI Desktop. How to identify affected semantic models Semantic models created by the old import files ...
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Welcome to January 2026 Power BI Report Server feature summary! These updates bring new capabilities and enhancements across Reporting and Visualizations, maintaining our commitment to delivering powerful, flexible, and enterprise-ready reporting solutions. For more information on how to find your report server product key, refer to the documentation. Visualizations features This release includes a variety of new and updated visuals from Microsoft partners and the broader community. These visual...
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We’re announcing a powerful new capability in the Azure Maps Visual for Power BI: Markers. This feature makes it easier than ever for organizations to create compelling, data-driven location stories—without the need for complex GIS tools. With Markers, you can: Use meaningful icons or custom images instead of basic shapes to represent deliveries, facilities, or assets—think trucks, warehouses, or alerts. Scale marker sizes dynamically to reflect metrics such as shipment volume, population densit...
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The January 2026 Power BI Feature Summary is packed with exciting news—there are fresh updates, important announcements, and some big changes, especially around upcoming events, feature retirements, and the latest in AI and Copilot advancements. Some of the standout features include new reporting tools, smarter data modeling options, enhanced resources for developers, broader global standards support and upgraded visualizations. With these improvements, Power BI is making analytics easier to use...
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The global contest that celebrates creativity, analytical excellence, and storytelling with data is back! Participants will tackle three weekly challenges designed to stretch visualization skills and inspire innovation. Contest Structure Three Rounds of Action: Fresh challenges with curated datasets. Judges & Community Voting: Judges score entries; community voting highlights fan favorites. Wildcard: After three rounds, judges select one standout entry to join finalists. Live Finale: Finalists c...
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2025 was a monumental year for Microsoft Power BI, marked by its 10-year anniversary and a series of community celebrations, global contests, and product advancements that delivered new capabilities empowering users to turn data into action faster than ever. Below we recap some of the year’s biggest highlights—from milestone events to feature breakthroughs—that made 2025 a year to remember. Celebrating 10 years of Power BI July 2025 marked Power BI’s 10-year anniversary, a milestone celebrated w...
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