Welcome to the February 2025 update! Welcome to our latest blog post, where we are thrilled to introduce some game-changing features for Power BI that will significantly enhance your data analysis experience. First up is the improved modeling performance for live editing of semantic models in Direct Lake mode within Power BI Desktop. This results in at least a 50% improvement in each modeling change.
Read moreWelcome 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 moreShared devices are company-owned devices that are shared between employees, often frontline workers, across tasks, shifts, or locations. Most mobile apps, however, are designed for single users, and optimize their experience for use by a single user, with single sign on (SSO) across applications and keeping users signed in on their device. This behavior isn’t suitable for devices that are shared by multiple users. In the case of shared devices, employees expect to pick a device from the pool, “make it theirs” for the duration of their shift, and then to be able, at the end of their shift, to sign out from the device globally and have all their personal and company information removed so they can return the device to the pool. This is exactly what Azure AD’s shared device mode enables.
» Read moreWe’ve enhanced the dataset Refresh History page to help you diagnose and resolve issues more effectively.
» Read moreWe are excited to share that Direct Lake datasets now support calculation groups!
» Read moreViewing Power BI reports in OneDrive and SharePoint will be turning on by default in October, 2023. Action must be taken by September 29th if you do not want this feature on by default in your tenant.
» Read moreWe 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 moreThis blog post describes new changes in GetGroupsAsAdmin API to help administrators deal with timeout issues.
» Read moreWe 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.
» Read moreWe are happy to announce that we have just released the August 2023 update for the on-premises data gateway (version 3000.182.4).
» Read moreWe’re excited to announce new capabilities that make it easier for users to add Power BI data to their Excel workbooks. We’re adding an Insert Table option directly in Excel. We’re also adding an Export with Live Connection option from the OneLake Data Hub.
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