Back in May 2021, we announced the integration of the new Power BI quick create experience within SharePoint, which enabled the SharePoint users to easily generate awesome Power BI reports by just one click. Currently, we are exploring other applications where we could potentially integrate a similar experience and one of the application that we are exploring is MS Forms. We have created a survey to compile feedback from our customers on a potential integration with Microsoft Forms. If your organization uses Microsoft Forms and/or Microsoft Power BI, we would encourage you to make your voices heard by completing this ~5 mins survey.
» Read more Premium Gen2 Preview important dates for autoscale coming up and timelines update
» Read more We’re excited to introduce a new way to quickly create reports in the Power BI service. Rather than downloading Power BI Desktop and importing the data, you’ll now be able to paste data straight into Power BI on the web and have visuals automatically generated for you.
» Read more Our anomaly detection algorithm detects that there is an anomaly this month: Anomaly Detection is in preview! Also, we are announcing a preview of the new Field List and the Model View. We are adding a fan-favorite: the Visual Zoom Slider! In the Service, endorsements for datasets and dataflows are extended to reports and apps, enabling business users to be confident they are making decisions based on the right data. Read on to explore and discover more in this month’s update.
» Read more All the improvements of the ‘new look’, from navigation updates to the simplified action bar for reports and dashboards, begins rolling out next week and will be generally available to all tenants and users by early November. Thank you for your feedback during public preview as we made incremental updates to modernize and simplify the Power BI service.
» Read more Visuals, visuals, visuals. It is (almost) all about visuals this month with loads of new visuals and updates to existing visuals. Also, we are helping users getting started with the introduction of canvas watermarks. Power BI is getting a shiny new icon and we are adding a dismiss option to the Power BI Desktop splash screen. The personalization of visuals is now generally available and we are introducing dynamic M query parameters in preview. On the mobile side, we are (amongst others) adding support for notch displays and on the Service, we have some updates about the ‘new look’ experience.
» Read more The way we work is changing dramatically. It’s more connected, collaborative, and often done remotely. Organizations need tools to help everyone infuse data into every decision. We’re excited to announce new Power BI integrations for Microsoft Teams to make it easier to discover and use data within your organization.
» Read more Starting this month, we have merged the Power BI Desktop, Service and Mobile blogs so there is one overview of everything that is new in this month. For now, let us get started because we have exciting updates this month! Amongst others, in the analytics area, we introduce a preview of the Smart narratives visual which helps you quickly summarize visuals and reports by providing relevant out-of-the-box insights which is customizable. On the reporting side, several things are added, including the introduction of controls for the z-order of visuals, and searching for a workspace during publish. For modeling, the enhanced dataset metadata that was previously in preview is now generally available. In the service, we introduce new capabilities in the lineage view and updates to analyze in Excel. Check out the full blog to learn more about all the updates and enhancements.
» Read more We have several exciting updates rolling out this month for paginated reports! The updates include new authentication type support for Azure SQL DB and Azure Synapse, Common Data Service data source support, improved multi-value parameters support for DAX and more!
» Read more Today, we wanted to announce our roadmap for workspace upgrade so you can plan ahead. We also announce in this post our classic workspace deprecation plans. If you’re a Power BI admin or workspace admin, this is a must read.
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