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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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The Power BI Designer experience

Announcements
April 22, 2015 by The Power BI Team

by Ariel Netz, Group Program Manager in the Power BI Designer team Last summer, we started our planning for the Power BI Designer, a BI desktop client tool designed to complement the Power BI SaaS offering we were already working on. As with any new…

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16 New Updates to the Power BI Designer Preview

Announcements
April 22, 2015 by Miguel Llopis

Try what’s coming next for Power BI! Today we’re announcing a new update for the Power BI Designer Preview. This update is our biggest one to date, as it brings lots of new capabilities into the Designer; particularly, the ability to create measures…

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SSL Security Error with Data Source

Support
April 22, 2015 by Adam Saxton

YouTube Video (Better Quality) I was approached with a case where the customer was trying to create a Data Source within the Power BI Admin Center and received the following error when trying to test the connection and having Encrypt Connection selected…

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What’s new in the April release of the Analysis Services Connector?

Announcements
April 17, 2015 by The Power BI Team

This is an in-place upgrade: if you already have the Connector installed, you do not have to uninstall it before installing the new version. Also, you do not have to reconfigure the Connector after installing the new versio n. What’s new in the release…

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Visualize and Explore your Google Analytics data with Power BI

Announcements
April 15, 2015 by The Power BI Team

When you own a website, analyzing and tracking your site’s traffic is critical. Knowing where your viewers are coming from, what days they come the most frequently, and how long they’re staying are just some of insights that you can use to…

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Monitor and track your SendGrid email delivery stats using Power BI

Announcements
April 2, 2015 by The Power BI Team

SendGrid is an incredibly powerful “Email Infrastructure in the Cloud” platform. If you use SendGrid as a means for reaching your customers via email, then it is very easy to use Power BI as a means of monitoring and analyzing your email deliverability…

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Power BI Preview update

Announcements
April 1, 2015 by The Power BI Team

We’re very glad to announce a new update for the Power BI Preview . This month’s update includes new features and improvements, addresses a number of bugs, and implements other enhancements to the performance and stability of the Power BI…

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Viva la Data! See you at Gartner BI and Analytics Summit in Vegas

Announcements
March 30, 2015 by The Power BI Team

Are you at the Gartner BI and Analytics Summit? So are we! Join us at these various events throughout the Summit, and follow along at @MSPowerBI to hear the latest news from the event. Microsoft Booth #311 in the Expo Hall : Stop by the booth in…

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Add Titles to Power View

Support
March 29, 2015 by Adam Saxton

NOTE: Information good as of 3/29/2015 and is subject to change! I wanted to share a quick trick that you can do to add titles to your Power View reports within the Power BI service. Let’s look at the problem. When we create a Power View report within…

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Pull Data from SQL Server with Power BI Designer

Support
March 29, 2015 by The Power BI Team

Power BI Designer is a tool that can help you create interactive reports. You can pull data from various data sources like SQL Server, OData Feeds, etc. Let’s look at how we can use Power BI Designer to pull data from SQL Server and add those data elements…

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