The CustomData feature is now generally available in Power BI!
The capability to pass custom data for row level security is now available in Power BI Premium, Power BI Embedded, and Power BI Premium per User.
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Power BI bolsters Azure AS compatibility with EffectiveUserName support
We are announcing support for user impersonation using the EffectiveUserName connection-string property. This is truly exciting because it opens the door for mass migrations of tabular Analysis Services solutions that rely on EffectiveUserName-based impersonation to Power BI. It also opens new options for administrative tools and scripts to connect to datasets on Power BI Premium using different user identities! Impersonating another user can be as easy as specifying that user’s UPN on the connection string.
» Read moreNew authentication option facilitates AAS migrations to Power BI Premium at a low price point
We are excited to announce that XMLA endpoints on Premium Per User (PPU) now support Azure Active Directory (AAD) authentication with service principals. This authentication option enables administrative applications to perform automated maintenance tasks and unattended service-level operations by using their own app identities, which is often a requirement for migration of existing tabular data models from Azure Analysis Services and SQL Server Analysis Services to Power BI Premium. For technical details, see the article Automate Premium workspace and dataset tasks with service principals in the product documentation.
» Read moreSecurity Group Support for Log Analytics Integration (Preview)
AD Security Group support is now available for Log Analytics for Premium workspaces. This allows Tenant administrators to control which Workspace admins can use the Log Analytics integration to log activities from their Power BI workspace.
» Read moreAnnouncing public preview of automatic aggregations!
Automatic aggregations are now in public preview! Unlock massive datasets without having to copy large volumes of data or manage data loads. Automatic aggregations are managed automatically by Power BI, accelerating time to insight, and reducing TCO.
» Read moreUpdated Timeline and milestones for Premium Gen2 General Availability
Updated announcement for Premium Gen2 General Availability
» Read moreAutomate deployments with deployment pipelines API (preview)
Deployment pipelines can be automated! With the first set of APIs, you can automate deployments or integrate the deployment process into familiar tools, like Azure Pipelines or GitHub Actions.
» Read moreBest practice rules to improve your model’s performance and design v1.1
See the latest version of the best practice rules to improve your model’s performance and design!
» Read moreUsing Out-Of-Line Bindings in Power BI
XMLA endpoints in Power BI supports out-of-line (OOL) bindings, an advanced Analysis Services capability to temporarily change the data bindings of certain metadata objects in a dataset for the duration of a refresh command, such as data sources, partitions, and expressions.
» Read moreAnnouncing support for backup and restore of Power BI datasets
e are excited to announce the public preview of Backup and Restore for datasets in Power BI Premium and Premium per User (PPU). You can now use SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), Analysis Services cmdlets for PowerShell, and other tools to perform backup and restore operations in Power BI via XMLA endpoints in much the same way as you would for tabular models in Azure Analysis Services (Azure AS).
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