Last year was a remarkable one for the Power BI community. We launched Microsoft Fabric, an end-to-end analytics platform that brings together data preparation, data warehousing, data engineering, data science, real-time analytics, and business intelligence in one unified SaaS foundation with one copy of data stored in OneLake. We also launched Power BI Copilot, making it easier to find insights and build reports using natural language. And our community of over 2 million members continued to engage on our forums, post ideas, join user groups, helping one another in their data journeys.
» Read more We are thrilled to announce the general availability of Microsoft Fabric and the public preview of Copilot in Microsoft Fabric, including the experience for Power BI. With the launch of these next-generation analytics tools, you can empower your data teams to more easily scale to meet the demand of the business. You can create a well-orchestrated data estate that minimizes data fragmentation and makes it easy for business users to find continually up-to-date, accurate data. And it even enables business users to explore and consume governed data, helping them answer questions on their own.
» Read more Datasets are being renamed to semantic models in Power BI and Fabric. This will make the product clearer and more usable and reflects the immense progress that Power BI datasets have made in becoming an enterprise-grade semantic modeling technology. The semantic model name will help drive awareness of the unparalleled capabilities provided.
» Read more You asked, we deliver! The option to create a customized pipeline of 2-10 stages is now available. Check it out!
» Read more The foundation of centralized connection management is granular access control. Power BI always enforces granular access control for shareable cloud connections (SCCs). For all other data connection types, it can be enabled at the tenant, workspace, and dataset level.
» Read more Welcome to the October 2023 update. We’ve got a lot of great features this month including OneDrive and SharePoint integration, updates to On-object Interaction, and deduplication rules for composite models. There is more to explore, please continue to read on.
» Read more Keyword based filtering of Fabric tenant settings to enhance admin user experience
» Read more Welcome to the September 2023 update. We’ve got some updates to editing you data models, row -level security, and a reminder to update your .NET Framework version for Desktop!
» Read more We are excited to announce the public preview of shareable cloud connections for datasets and paginated reports. Shareable cloud connections are the future for datasets and paginated reports and will soon become the connection type of choice!
» Read more We are announcing the deprecation of some features for Excel workbooks in Power BI workspaces. This can impact organizations and users who use these capabilities. This blog outlines the changes, the timelines for deprecation, and how to update your workbooks. It also explains how to determine what workbooks in your organization are impacted.
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