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Power BI October 2025 Feature Summary

This month’s update brings exciting opportunities for learning and community engagement, including the upcoming Fabric Data Days and the return of FabCon in Atlanta next spring. Notably, Power BI is making strides in mapping capabilities by transitioning from Bing Maps to Azure Maps, ensuring users have access to the latest features and support. Dive into …

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Help Improve Power BI Desktop

We are constantly using feedback from the community to improve Power BI Desktop. This helps us understand how we’re doing and what we can do to make your experience even better. Once a quarter, we run a survey to get insight into your level of satisfaction with Power BI and to get feedback on how to make the Desktop experience even better. This is a great chance to provide direct feedback to the product team and help shape future releases of Power BI Desktop. In addition, you’ll have the chance to win some prizes.

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Power BI Community blog highlights

Did you know that the Power BI Community has its own blog? Along with rapidly growing forums, event listings, and feedback systems, the Community blog is a platform for you to share with your peers, industry experts, and us here at Microsoft. Every month, we’ll post highlights from the Community blog so you can catch up on any of the posts that you may have missed previously. Check out these great posts from September:

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Power BI Desktop September Feature Summary

The September Power BI Desktop update is out now and packed with many new features and improvements! We are excited to announce our Esri map integration, DirectQuery support for the Snowflake Connector, new forecasting features, and the ability to create a mobile report layout.

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