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 moreThe January 2026 Power BI Feature Summary is packed with exciting news—there are fresh updates, important announcements, and some big changes, especially around upcoming events, feature retirements, and the latest in AI and Copilot advancements. Some of the standout features include new reporting tools, smarter data modeling options, enhanced resources for developers, broader global standards …
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» Read more2025 was a monumental year for Microsoft Power BI, marked by its 10-year anniversary and a series of community celebrations, global contests, and product advancements that delivered new capabilities empowering users to turn data into action faster than ever. Below we recap some of the year’s biggest highlights—from milestone events to feature breakthroughs—that made 2025 …
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» Read moreThe previous limitation preventing drillthrough (via Excel’s Show Details feature when using Analyze in Excel) on Direct Lake and DirectQuery semantic model has been removed.
» Read moreWe are announcing the deprecation of Q&A, our legacy natural language tool, which will take place in December 2026. Moving forward, users can instead utilize Power BI Copilot, which provides a more advanced and integrated solution for querying your data with natural language. Why this change? Power BI Copilot now features an advanced natural language …
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» Read moreThis update empowers report creators to craft more engaging experiences for report consumers. Report creators can easily maintain image visuals with more image formatting options, more image source options, the ability to change the image in-place.
» Read moreThis update brings DAX semantic highlighting support within TMDL documents alongside other enhanced authoring features like Power Query semantic highlighting, breadcrumb navigation, code actions, code formatting, localization, and numerous bug fixes. You can find more details about this latest release in the changelog. The Tabular Model Definition Language (TMDL) extension is essential for anyone working with TMDL documents in …
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» Read moreThe new card visual now generally available brings a modern and visually engaging way to highlight key metrics in your reports, now with support for hero images, new defaults, and consistent formatting experience.
» Read moreWe’re excited to announce the release of the Standalone Copilot experience in Power BI Mobile apps! Copilot in Power BI on mobile is a new way to get insights from your Power BI data. You no longer have to search for content, open it, and scan your report. All you need to do is tell …
» Read moreTen years ago, Power BI entered the market and transformed how businesses interact with data. Before self-service BI, business users waited days, sometimes weeks, for IT teams to build reports and answer data questions. With the introduction of Power BI – any user could download the app for free, connect to their data, and get …
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