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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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3 Examples of Data-Driven Sales Growth

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October 13, 2014 by The Power BI Team

Last week we announced a new Sales Productivity solution that combines Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Professional with Office 365 and Power BI. Many of our customers are already using this solution and seeing incredible results, so how can you benefit…

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Announcing Power Query support for Salesforce.com

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October 13, 2014 by The Power BI Team

Today, at the Salesforce Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, we announced the preview of a new Salesforce connector for Microsoft Power Query for Excel. With this integration customers can now connect and work with data from their Salesforce accounts…

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5 minute tutorial for creating custom maps with Excel and Power Map

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October 7, 2014 by The Power BI Team

This blog post was authored by James Marshall, Developer on the Excel Power Map team In early September, we introduced you to Custom Maps , a new feature in Power Map for Excel. Power Map is part of several analytics and visualization features, such…

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4 new updates in Power Query

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September 30, 2014 by Miguel Llopis

Take Power Query to the next level: share your queries and create a corporate data catalog. Try Power BI for Free today! In this Post Another month is almost over and that means that a new Power Query update is due. We’re glad to announce…

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Power BI August Roundup

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September 25, 2014 by Miguel Martinez

We are a little bit late with this roundup (just like the Power Query update). August was a great month for Power BI and Excel updates. We have lots of great content to share with you. To start off, we received tons of comments on our blog posts. Here…

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Retail Location Analytics using Power BI

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September 24, 2014 by The Power BI Team

This blog post was authored by Shish Shridhar , Director of Business Development – Retail, Microsoft By combining demographic data like Median Income, Education Levels, Median Age and customer purchasing data such as preferences, past purchases, and…

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Three Steps To Gleaning Actionable Insights Using Power BI

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September 11, 2014 by The Power BI Team

By Pedro Ardila; Designer at Microsoft, Ironman competitor, Data Geek Triathlon is a changing sport. Over the past twenty years, there has been a tremendous amount of change to equipment, training methodology, and racing strategy. No detail is too…

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London’s Metro Bank uses Microsoft’s Power BI to help improve customer service

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September 11, 2014 by The Power BI Team

While we love talking about the latest out of Microsoft, the best part of talking about the latest and greatest is hearing how our customers are able to use our products to meet – and beat – goals, increase efficiency, or get a leg up on competitors…

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3 Great Examples: Data Done Well

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September 10, 2014 by The Power BI Team

It’s no secret that big data has big potential – here at Microsoft, we work with hundreds of customers using technology in new ways to get the most out of data in every shape and form. While each of these companies defines “success”…

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Filtering and Custom Maps arrive to Power Map with September update

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September 9, 2014 by Miguel Martinez

Today Microsoft announced a new Power Map update that includes two of the most requested features by our users: Filtering and Custom Maps . As usual, all of the new features we incorporate into these monthly updates are based on your feedback to make…

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