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Power BI January 2026 Feature Summary

20 January, 2026 by Katie Murray

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 …

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Power BI Paginated Reports August 2020 Updates

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!

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Join us! Thursday 3 September, 2020 at 11:00 AM – 12:00 noon PDT with Marco Russo!

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2 September, 2020 by Kelly Kaye

Marco Russo will demonstrate how the updates in Power BI Desktop allow you to create calculation groups for reports published in Power BI Pro, by using the Tabular Editor external tool.

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Improving Power BI performance when querying multidimensional models

Starting with SQL Server 2019 Cumulative Update (CU) 5, DAX-based clients such as Power BI can use SuperDAX functions and query patterns against multidimensional models to boost query performance.

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Join us! Tuesday 1 September, 2020 at 11:00 AM – 12:00 noon PDT with Gil Raviv!

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31 August, 2020 by Kelly Kaye

Part 2 – We live in a changed world. As you stay safe at home, it’s time to power up your Power BI skills and join a walkthrough with Gil Raviv to build your own Power BI report that analyzes COVID-19 global spread.

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Release update for Sept 2020 release of Power BI Report Server

In October 2018, we committed to you three releases of Power BI Report Server each year, to be shipped in January, May, and September. We did this to provide transparency around the release timing and allow customers to plan their upgrade cycles accordingly.

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Join us! Webinar – Tuesday 25 August, 2020 at 11:00 AM – 12:00 noon PDT with Reid Havens!

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24 August, 2020 by Kelly Kaye

Learn about reporting and formatting features to take your report to the next level!

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On-premises data gateway August 2020 update is now available

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21 August, 2020 by Arthi Ramasubramanian Iyer

August Gateway release

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AutoML now supports applying models in PQO Function Browser

Previously, AutoML models could only be applied to entities in the same dataflow. With this new capability, users don’t need to be an owner of the dataflow that has the model. They can use models created by others in the same workspace.

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Power BI data protection updates

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18 August, 2020 by Anton Fritz

Recap of recent Power BI data protection features: Excel file to inherit the Power BI dataset’s MIP sensitivity label when using PivotTable connection , Sensitivity labels in embedded reports and dashboards – public preview and Label inheritance upon creation of new content

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July 2020 Community Highlights

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18 August, 2020 by Sandy Rivas

Learn about the exciting things that happened in the Power BI Community in July.

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