The idea for this new functionality was born out of thinking about how to improve the efficiency and performance of the Power BI scan so that it could support large numbers of data assets while still conforming to the security practices of organizations.
» Read more 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 more Today’s announcements give a roadmap update for workspace upgrade, content pack deprecation, and announce new tools for Power BI Admins to upgrading classic workspaces through the admin portal. Announcements: Workspace upgrade has reached general availability. We’ve started to roll-out tools for Power BI admins to upgrade classic workspaces. We’re providing a roadmap update below including dates for removing the ability to create, update, and use content packs in classic workspaces.
» Read more Power BI has partnered with the newly released Azure Purview to provide enhanced governance and cataloging capabilities for our customers. The Azure Purview/Power BI integration makes it possible for you to discover and govern all your hybrid data, and thereby gain a more complete understanding of your data.
» Read more With 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 more This blog post covers the latest updates for Power BI embedded analytics and Power BI visuals platform
» Read more Our anomaly detection algorithm detects that there is an anomaly this month: Anomaly Detection is in preview! Also, we are announcing a preview of the new Field List and the Model View. We are adding a fan-favorite: the Visual Zoom Slider! In the Service, endorsements for datasets and dataflows are extended to reports and apps, enabling business users to be confident they are making decisions based on the right data. Read on to explore and discover more in this month’s update.
» Read more A key enabler for a data culture is the pervasive availability of standardized, authoritative data that represents a single source of truth, enabling users to make decisions based on trusted data.
» Read more All the improvements of the ‘new look’, from navigation updates to the simplified action bar for reports and dashboards, begins rolling out next week and will be generally available to all tenants and users by early November. Thank you for your feedback during public preview as we made incremental updates to modernize and simplify the Power BI service.
» Read more Visuals, visuals, visuals. It is (almost) all about visuals this month with loads of new visuals and updates to existing visuals. Also, we are helping users getting started with the introduction of canvas watermarks. Power BI is getting a shiny new icon and we are adding a dismiss option to the Power BI Desktop splash screen. The personalization of visuals is now generally available and we are introducing dynamic M query parameters in preview. On the mobile side, we are (amongst others) adding support for notch displays and on the Service, we have some updates about the ‘new look’ experience.
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