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Power BI April 2026 Feature Summary

22 April, 2026 by Katie Murray

Welcome to the April Power BI update! Power BI’s April 2026 update is here, bringing continued improvements across Copilot and AI, reporting, visuals, and modeling. This release includes more flexibility when working with layouts and visuals, expanded Copilot experiences—especially on mobile—and several preview features that continue to enhance performance and authoring workflows. You’ll also find …

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Microsoft Data Insights Summit Livestream: day one

Announcements
23 March, 2016 by Jessica Cook

The first day of the inaugural Microsoft Data Insights Summit has come to a close! Everyone in attendance had a great time, and for those who were unable to attend there was plenty of exciting news and interesting industry knowledge shared via the livestream.

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Announcing General Availability of Power BI publisher for Excel

Announcements
22 March, 2016 by Tzvi Keisar

Power BI publisher for Excel enables you to take snapshots of important PivotTables, Charts, cell ranges, and more from across all of your spreadsheets to a dashboard, then share the dashboard with your colleagues.

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Visual Awesomeness Unlocked – SandDance

You may have heard about the show “Dancing with the Stars”, but now it’s time to talk about the “SandDance”!

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Over 5 million subscribers are embracing Power BI for modern business intelligence

Announcements
22 March, 2016 by James Phillips

Today during the inaugural Microsoft Data Insight Summit we announced the addition of several new features that make it even easier to analyze data and share insights with Power BI. These include capabilities that deliver enterprise readiness, deepen integration with Excel and enhance intelligent data exploration.

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The Microsoft Data Insights Summit starts tomorrow!

Announcements
21 March, 2016 by Jessica Cook

The first ever Microsoft Data Insights Summit is happening this week on March 22 and 23 in Bellevue, Washington. Leading data analysts and Microsoft experts in Excel and Power BI will be gathering together to share their knowledge and experience, discover new insights, and demonstrate their different ways of getting things done.

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4 ways data will make you a better sales manager

Announcements
17 March, 2016 by Jessica Cook

Good sales managers have a lot of tools in their motivational toolkits, such as mentorship, industry experience, and being able to identify new opportunities. But in some cases experienced managers are missing out on one of the most fundamental tools available in modern business: data.

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Nate Silver keynotes Data Insights Summit on March 23

Announcements
17 March, 2016 by The Power BI Team

Learn about the Data Insights Summit keynote to be delivered by best-selling author, Nate Silver.

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Explore your ClickDimensions data with Power BI

Announcements
16 March, 2016 by Theresa Palmer

ClickDimensions is an email marketing and marketing automation solution for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. ClickDimensions offers web intelligence, lead scoring, form capture and more. The Power BI content…

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Guy in a Cube – How authentication works with Analysis Services live connections

Support
16 March, 2016 by Adam Saxton

I’ve been noticing a lot of discussion on the community site, in my emails, and in conversation from people having trouble connecting to Analysis Services through the Power BI Gateway – Enterprise. I thought it might help if I break down what actually happens, and what you need to configure to create a successful connection.

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Power BI Mobile Apps Update – March 2016

Announcements
15 March, 2016 by RomiP Koifman

We are happy to share the latest release for the Power BI Mobile apps.This update includes new and exciting capabilities like search and recent on Windows 10 mobile as well as expansion of existing…

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