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Power BI January 2026 Feature Summary

20 January, 2026 by Katie Murray

The 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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Join us! 18-23 September 2022. The FIRST ever Microsoft Power Platform Conference!

Power BI
8 August, 2022 by Kelly Kaye

The first annual Power Platform Conference sponsored by Microsoft and Power Platform Conference is coming to Orlando for an amazing in-person event this September, with keynotes, sessions, breakouts and more! All dedicated to Microsoft Power Platform products: Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps, Power Pages, and Power Virtual Agents.

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Announcing: The Power BI app is available in Microsoft Teams Mobile

The Power BI app for Microsoft Teams is coming to Teams mobile. This helps users stay up to date and never miss activity in their Power BI reports and scorecards.

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ADLS Gen2 and Azure Blobs SAS Key Connectivity

Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2 and Azure Blobs connectors now support SAS Key connectivity!

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Analysis Services server properties in Power BI Premium are now in public preview

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Analysis Services
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Features
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Power BI Embedded
2 August, 2022 by Ogbemi Ekwejunor-Etchie

Join the public preview to enable additional settings for workspaces in Power BI

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On-premises data gateway July 2022 update is now available

Announcements
1 August, 2022 by Nikki Waghani

On-premises data gateway July 2022 update

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Power BI Ideas site improvement updates

Power BI
27 July, 2022 by Jeroen ter Heerdt

Our Ideas site has been the main place for you to leave suggestions. the past year we have made improvements to the ideas site to keep the site secure, spam free and allow users to submit ideas through the Ideas portal. Many of you have since shared feedback and suggestions on how we can further improve the ideas site. Today we would like to share the upcoming roadmap and improvements we have planned for the Ideas site to address the feedback that has been raised.

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Introducing a new way to purchase licensed Power BI visuals and manage licenses through Microsoft platforms

Power BI
24 July, 2022 by Ranin Salameh

Last week, at Inspire, we announced a key enhancement to AppSource visuals; You can now purchase and manage licenses of licensed visuals through Microsoft AppSource!

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Partners: Introducing a new way to manage, enforce and transact licenses for Power BI visuals

Partners have been listing Power BI visuals on AppSource for years, but now we’re excited to introduce e-commerce through our popular commercial marketplace. In order to ease sales, boost revenue, and optimize operations for partners, and to improve the experience for Power BI users!

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Metric visual is now available in preview

Metrics
Power BI
19 July, 2022 by Ancy Philip

Metrics visual is now available.

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ExecuteQueries REST API versus XMLA endpoints at scale

Power BI APIs can support you at any scale, but there is no one-size-fits-all API. The ExecuteQueries API is a great choice at small scale. For large-scale solutions, switch to XMLA endpoints and host your datasets on Power BI Premium.

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