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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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Using Excel Reports in Power BI is Easier than Ever with Local Files Support

Announcements
May 13, 2016 by Sharon Laivand

Today we are excited to announce a major improvement to Excel reports in Power BI: Uploading a complete Excel workbook from everywhere, including local files on your PC or on other storage service.

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Tech Tip Thursday: Row-Level Security for DirectQuery and cloud models

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May 12, 2016 by Jessica Cook

In this week’s Tech Tip Thursday, our own Guy in a Cube talks about what “Row-Level Security” means for analysts, and how it can be applied to both DirectQuery and cloud models in Power BI. He demonstrates how to create roles for datasets, add new filters, and assign users these roles using the new Security settings in the Power BI service.

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How to Design Visually Stunning Reports

Announcements
May 10, 2016 by Jessica Cook

Can a Power BI report be a work of art? It is if it was created by Power BI Community member Miguel Myers. Miguel, is a Data Scientist as well as a Graphic Designer, and in a webinar last week he shared some of his tips for creating reports and dashboards that are as beautiful as they are informative. Watch the webinar in its entirety on-demand, or read on for a few highlights!

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Custom Visualizations: Visual Awesomeness your way!

Developers
May 9, 2016 by Jono Luk

These past 2 weeks have been super exciting with all the goodness announced at the inaugural Data Insights Summit and BUILD 2016 conference! Custom Visualizations were a highlight at Insight Summit Keynote with the announcement of the SandDance visual, but that’s not where the goodness ends!

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Power BI Mobile Apps Update – May 2016

Announcements
May 9, 2016 by RomiP Koifman

Learn more about the latest updates to the Power BI mobile apps, including QR codes for reports on iOS and share notifications for Windows.

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Power BI gateways – April Update

Announcements
May 6, 2016 by Dimah Zaidalkilani

We are pleased to announce the availability of the Power BI gateway April Update. This release has a number of great new features including one of the most popular requests: UPN mapping. Before we…

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Tech Tip Tuesday: getting mobile with the Power BI apps

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May 5, 2016 by Jessica Cook

In this week’s Tech Tip Thursday, our own Guy in a Cube is joined by Spud Trooper and Darth Spud to talk about the Power BI mobile apps.

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Analyze your Microsoft Dynamics AX data with Power BI

Announcements
May 4, 2016 by Theresa Palmer

Microsoft Dynamics AX is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution that helps enterprises increase the speed of doing business. We have now released a third Dynamics AX content pack for Power BI…

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Power BI Embedded SDK for Node JS

Developers
May 3, 2016 by Josh Caplan

We are pleased to announce the availability of the Power BI Embedded SDK for Node JS. The Node JS SDK is open source and available on GitHub

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Webinar: What does your dashboard say about you?

Announcements
May 3, 2016 by Jessica Cook

On May 12, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. PT, Microsoft Principal Program Manager and Power BI dashboard expert Marc Reguera will present live Dashboard Makeovers on submissions from the Community. Marc’s tips will focus on readability, functionality, and sharing your insights more effectively.

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