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 …
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Read moreTranslytical 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 …
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» Read moreUpdated 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 …
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» Read moreIf 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 …
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» Read moreTMDL View on the Web will be available in the coming weeks, providing a powerful code-first semantic modelling experience directly to your browser.
» Read moreIf 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 …
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» Read moreIf 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 …
» Read morePreviously 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 …
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» Read moreWelcome 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 …
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» Read moreExcel 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 …
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