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Power BI January 2026 Feature Summary

January 20, 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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Announcing the Preview of Download Power BI Desktop files from the web

Announcements
November 29, 2016 by Amanda Cofsky

Many of you have asked for the ability to download your Power BI Desktop reports from the web service, and with today’s release you can now do just that! You will be able to download any report that…

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Power BI Desktop November Feature Summary

Announcements
November 28, 2016 by Amanda Cofsky

Today we released the November update of the Power BI Desktop. It is filled with many exciting features including our newest analytics feature, clustering. We’ve also added several new table and matrix improvements based on the feedback you’ve given us on our UserVoice forum.

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Power BI mobile apps feature summary – November 2016

Announcements
November 28, 2016 by RomiP Koifman

November’s updates to the the Power BI mobile apps bring familiar capabilities to new platforms – such as being able to center a map in Windows and Intune Support for Android. We’ve also added more support for links in iOS.

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ArcGIS Maps for Power BI now available in Preview in the Power BI service

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Features
November 24, 2016 by Lukasz Pawlowski

ArcGIS Maps for Power BI is now available in preview on the Power BI service. Share your ArcGIS Maps with your colleagues on dashboards and use them in reports through the Power BI service.

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Power BI Webinar 11/29 How the Microsoft BI Team manages Power BI

Announcements
November 23, 2016 by Charles Sterling

Learn how the Microsoft BI team will deliver a webinar on how they support the self service BI initiative at Microsoft. November 29, 2016 10:00 – 11:00 AM https://info.microsoft.com/US-PowerBI-WBNR-FY17-11Nov-29-BIATMIcrosoft274828_01Registration-ForminBody.html

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Turn insight into action using Microsoft Flow and Power BI

Announcements
Features
November 22, 2016 by Sirui Sun

Today, I am happy to announce general availability of the Power BI data alert connector for Microsoft Flow. By combining the power of Power BI data alerts with the hundreds of actions available…

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[Virtual Lab 11/29] From Data Prep to Visualization in Less Time with Microsoft Power BI and Alteryx

Announcements
November 18, 2016 by Miguel Martinez

Good decisions start with good data, but are you spending more time prepping and blending data than analyzing and visualizing it to make insightful decisions? Attend our virtual lab and follow along as we walk you through step-by-step instructions on how to build your very own workflow in Alteryx and create interactive reports and dashboards in Microsoft Power BI.

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Nintex delivers workflow analytics solution, Nintex Hawkeye ,with Power BI Embedded

Developers
November 17, 2016 by Saptarshi Mukherjee

Nintex, a Microsoft ISV partner, creates point-and-click workflow automation software to tackle everything from basic business functions to company-wide processes with a few clicks – not code.

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Announcing Private Preview of Azure Stream Analytics Outputting to Power BI Streaming Datasets

Announcements
Developers
Features
November 17, 2016 by Sirui Sun

Today, I am happy to announce that Azure Stream Analytics jobs will be able to output to Power BI streaming datasets. In turn, you will be able to create streaming tiles based on Stream Analytics output. This new functionality will enable the top feature requests that we’ve received for Stream Analytics outputs, including…

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PowerPivotPro and Microsoft help displaced workers with near-free Power BI Training Dec 7th

Announcements
Support
November 15, 2016 by Charles Sterling

To help our Armed Forces Veterans looking to improve their resume or the work-displaced find their next career, PowerPivotPro and Microsoft are teaming up to provide a near-free day of training on Data Analytics with Power BI. To register please see: https://avisingh.eventbrite.com

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