Behind the scenes: Running the Power BI service
I’m excited to share a new whitepaper that describes the Power BI team’s approach to maintaining a reliable, performant, and scalable service for our customers.
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Announcing General Availability (GA) of enhanced connectivity for Snowflake
We are excited to announce the that the enhanced capabilities added recently to the Power BI Snowflake connector are now GA, including the ability to connect to Snowflake without an on-premises data gateway as well as support for Azure Active Directory (AAD) authentication and SSO in DirectQuery mode in the Power BI service.
» Read moreRoadmap update: What’s next for the new workspace experience upgrade in the coming months
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.
» Read moreIntroducing Power BI Premium Capacity Metrics App as a template app
We are very pleased to announce the availability of the Power BI Premium Capacity Metrics App as a template app.
» Read moreThe Publish to web default is changing and it affects who can create public embed codes
The change to the Publish to web default experience announced in 2019 will start rolling out this week. It requires Power BI admins to take action before users can create new publish to web embed codes. This blog help you understand what users can expect and what actions admins should take as the change rolls out.
» Read morePremium Capacity Metrics app – new health center with KPIs to explore relevant metrics and steps to mitigate issues
When you open the Power BI Premium metrics app you’re presented with the Capacity health center, which provides an overview of the health of your Power BI Premium capacity.
» Read moreHeads up: The Publish to web default is changing and it affects who can create public embed codes
In the coming weeks we will roll out a change to our default settings that requires Power BI admins to allow public embedding before end users can create new embed codes using Publish to web. The change will not affect existing embed codes, which will keep working as they have been. Read this blog to learn when the changes are coming and how you can prepare.
» Read morePower BI Premium new capacity settings allow for more control over datasets
Five new Power BI Premium Capacity settings are available in the portal , preloaded with default values. Admin can review and override the defaults with their preference to better protect their capacity from running into issues and avoid problems before they arise.
» Read moreConnecting Azure Analysis Services to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
With the public preview available for “Multi-Protocol Access” on Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, now AAS can use the Blob API to access files in ADLSg2. Check how to do it!
» Read morePower BI introduces service availability notifications
Having insight into the availability of your mission critical business applications is extremely important to ensure that you, as a Power BI admin, can serve your users. Today, we are pleased to launch the preview for service availability notifications. With this feature, you can opt-in to receive email notifications when there a service disruption…
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