We are excited to announce General Availability (GA) for Power BI Premium support for large models, along with additional new features, such as User interface enhancements, Multi-Geo support, and Bring your own encryption keys (BYOK).
» Read moreWith the availability of virtual machine images for SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) in Azure Marketplace, you can now more easily migrate your AS and RS BI solutions from on-premises to Azure! This is a great opportunity to move your multidimensional workloads closer to Power BI to reduce the physical distance between your AS servers and your Power BI reports. For the same reasons, it’s also a good idea to deploy Azure VMs running SSRS in the same region as your SSAS VMs, or to migrate your paginated reports to Power BI so that your reports have the most efficient connectivity to their data models.
» Read moreWe are excited to announce the public preview of the Azure Databricks connector. You can now share your Power BI reports based on Azure Databricks with others by publishing them in the Power BI service.
» Read moreWith a recent update of the Analysis Services Tabular engine in Power BI, Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) clients, such as Microsoft Excel, can now enjoy improved query performance against datasets in Power BI.
» Read moreStarting with SQL Server 2019 Cumulative Update (CU) 5, DAX-based clients such as Power BI can use SuperDAX functions and query patterns against multidimensional models to boost query performance.
» Read moreWith XMLA endpoints available in Power BI Premium and the recent release of .NET Core versions of the Analysis Services client libraries (ADOMD.NET and AMO) in public preview, you can start building modern cross-platform Power BI solutions across Windows, Linux, and macOS, and cloud-oriented environments.
» Read moreWe 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 moreWe are excited to announced general availability (GA) of shared and certified datasets in Power BI.
» Read moreIn Power BI, you can now use service principals to automate common tasks such as deploying models, performing a data refresh, and applying model changes. Permissions are assigned to service principals through workspace membership, much like regular user accounts.
» Read moreWe are excited to announce the release of a new and improved usage report for Power BI reports in modern workspaces.
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