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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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Power BI May Roundup

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June 11, 2014 by The Power BI Team

The Power BI team is starting a new Power BI series in our blog. Our community is growing, and there is an amazing array of content that we would love to highlight and share with our readers. That is why every month we will publish a summary of the…

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Explore the Top 250 Movies since 1921

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June 10, 2014 by The Power BI Team

Moviegoers have a lot of tools at their disposal today compared to decades ago. With the amount of movies being released every week, now they can research about, find showtimes for and even rate their favorite flicks in sites like IMDb.com . Dan English…

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The visualization that changed the world of data

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June 5, 2014 by The Power BI Team

In 1854, a cholera outbreak in London puzzled the scientific community as well as the local authorities. Dr. John Snow, an epidemiologist studying the outbreak was trying to find the root causes by looking at the data available. Dr. Snow’s approach…

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New in Power BI: Data Source Management

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June 3, 2014 by The Power BI Team

Introduction The data management capabilities in Power BI for Office 365 are delivered both in the Power Query add-in for Excel, and in the Manage Data Portal in Office 365 . To help data stewards and information workers get the most from their Power…

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What’s New in Power Query

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May 29, 2014 by The Power BI Team

We are very happy to announce the availability of a new Power Query update. You can download the update from this page . Here is a summary of five exciting new features included in this release: Connect to Recent Data Sources (including pinned…

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Explore the world’s roller coasters with Power BI

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May 28, 2014 by The Power BI Team

Our Power BI demo contes t is completed! Now we want to show you some of the best submissions we received, and give you a chance to play with them. The first one comes from our finalist Devin Knight and his take on Roller Coasters. We invite you…

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May updates for Power Map now available to all Office 365 customers and Preview extension available for Office 2013

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May 21, 2014 by The Power BI Team

Today we are announcing that Power Map will become available to all Office 365 subscriptions that include the Office applications. This is part of our larger investment in making data visualizations more accessible to our customers. We are in the process…

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Power BI Connectivity to SAP BusinessObjects BI Now Generally Available

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May 19, 2014 by The Power BI Team

Today Microsoft and SAP announced the general availability of Power BI connectivity to SAP BusinessObjects BI. This joint business intelligence interoperability solution is delivered in Microsoft Excel, Power BI for Office 365 , and SAP BusinessObjects…

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Introducing new forecasting capabilities in Power View for Office 365

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May 8, 2014 by The Power BI Team

Today at the PASS Business Analytics conference we announced the availability of new forecasting capabilities for Power View in Office 365. In Power View, you can now apply predictive forecasting, and hindcasting, when visualizing and exploring your data…

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Describing the forecasting models in Power View

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May 8, 2014 by The Power BI Team

Power View performs advanced statistical analysis of the data in your line charts to generate forecasts that incorporate trends and seasonal factors. If you want to learn more about these methods and how to customize your forecasts to get the best results…

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