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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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Power BI Report Server January 2021 Feature Summary

We are kicking off 2021 by sharing an updated version of Power BI Report Server! With this update, we’re bringing visual zoom sliders, custom publish message and ESRI ArcGIS support, amongst others. Read on to get the full details.

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Step Folding Indicators for Power Query Online

We’re pleased to share that we are now previewing step folding indicators in Power Query Online. These indicators will allow you to understand which steps fold, and which steps don’t. Read on for more.

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Get up to speed with Power BI and Microsoft Cloud App Security

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25 January, 2021 by Danny Kadyshevitch

Using Cloud App Security, it is possible to detect and control risky Power BI sessions as they occur, thus reducing the threat that arises when malicious actors try to access content and data.

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Join Us! Power BI Dev Camp! Thursday 28 January, 2021

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22 January, 2021 by Kelly Kaye

Learn how to get started designing and implementing custom visuals for Power BI. Attendees will learn how to define the capabilities and data mappings for a custom visual and how to program D3-style data binding using categorical data from a Power BI dataset. The session also demonstrates how to extend a visual with custom properties and how to package a custom visual as a PBIVIZ file.

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Announcing the general availability of read/write XMLA endpoints in Power BI Premium

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5 January, 2021 by Ogbemi Ekwejunor-Etchie

General announcement of read/write XMLA endpoints in Power BI Premium. List of client tools that natively work with Power BI Premium.

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Happy New Year!

Power BI
1 January, 2021 by Jeroen ter Heerdt

Happy New Year! In honor of the new year, we have put together this video. Enjoy!

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Quickly create reports in the Power BI service (preview)

We’re excited to introduce a new way to quickly create reports in the Power BI service. Rather than downloading Power BI Desktop and importing the data, you’ll now be able to paste data straight into Power BI on the web and have visuals automatically generated for you.

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Announcing Datasets Hub (preview) to explore and analyze your business data

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21 December, 2020 by Yaron Canari

We’re excited to introduce a new datasets hub in the Power BI service and Power BI personal app in Teams. The datasets hub makes it easy to find, explore, and use the datasets in your organization. It provides information about the datasets as well as entry points for creating reports on top of those datasets or for using those datasets with Analyze in Excel.

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Anomaly detection (preview) is now supported in Power BI Mobile apps

With the the latest Power BI Mobile apps release report consumers can view and understand anomalies directly from the mobile apps! This capability is available on all apps (iOS, Android, Windows), in all supported form factors (phone, tablet, iPad, and laptop/desktop, including Surface Hub).

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Power BI December 2020 Feature Summary

The last update of 2020 is here! We know you are excited for this update, like a kid excited to open their presents. This update is our holiday present to you! So what is in the box? Read on to find out!

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