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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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Back to the Future with Power Query – Invalid Object name

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July 2, 2014 by Adam Saxton

I got pulled into an interest case this week that brought back some fond memories. The customer was trying to use Power Query to connect to SQL Server, but was getting errors. It was indicated that pulling in data via Power Pivot or the Excel Data Tab…

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World Cup: comparing contrast 20 years worth of data with natural language

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July 1, 2014 by The Power BI Team

June 26 th marked the end of the Round Robin stage, and we saw the World’s best teams crash out early while seeing other teams fight their way to the next round. There is no easy path to winning the World Cup, and we’re in for a treat for…

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15 World Cup history facts with Power Map

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June 30, 2014 by The Power BI Team

This blog post was authored by Igor Peev, Senior Program Manager who enjoys working on challenging projects that deliver new, innovative ways to analyze data and tell good stories with it. He works on interactive tours to present and play with data in…

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6 new updates in Power Query – June 2014

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June 26, 2014 by The Power BI Team

In this post Download Power Query Update What’s New in Power Query Support for “Whole Number” column type Additional transformations in Query Editor ribbon Aggregate Column dialog Additional Date/Time filters Improved…

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The Amir Netz Selection

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June 24, 2014 by The Power BI Team

Yesterday Microsoft News featured Amir Netz on its People series . Amir is a Technical Fellow, Chief Designer of SQL Server and Chief Architect of Microsoft BI offerings. He holds more than 40 patents, including PowerPivot and Power View. He has been…

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Visualizing the World Cup history with Excel and Power BI

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June 19, 2014 by The Power BI Team

This blog post was authored by Marc Reguera, finance director, Microsoft Besides my family and friends, I have two additional passions in life: soccer and data visualization. Like most kids growing up in Europe, my dream was to become a soccer professional…

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What would be your question if you could ask the Power BI team anything?

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June 17, 2014 by The Power BI Team

That was the question that has been on our minds for some time, and the Power BI team was up to the challenge. Thus, we decided to set up a Reddit AMA session , which we held last Tuesday June 10th. The premise was simple: ask us anything. The Power…

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Failed to find a match for the data source

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June 13, 2014 by Adam Saxton

I’ve seen this following scenario come across a few times. When trying to run a Scheduled Data Refresh, you may see an error similar to the following: “Refreshing the data failed” Within the Power BI Admin Center, if you go to System Health, you will…

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Power BI Sites vs. My Power BI

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June 13, 2014 by Adam Saxton

I have gotten some questions regarding the Power BI Sites and usage of them. There are two different aspects to Power BI, and I wanted to go through them to help folks understand their usage. Power BI Sites The Power BI Site is attached to a given SharePoint…

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Try Power BI Q&A with World Cup data!

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June 12, 2014 by The Power BI Team

In this Post The World Cup through the lens of technology The Dataset Next Week Instructions: Try Power BI Q&A yourself The World Cup through the lens of technology Want to just dive into the World Cup interactive data search…

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