Microsoft Power BI Updates Blog

Announcing Premium Gen 2 Autoscale Preview

Launching the anticipated autoscale add-on preview for Premium gen2 capacity

Premium Gen2 utilization analysis app now available

Learn about the newly released best tool yet for managing premium gen2 capacities.

Announcing VNet Connectivity for PBI Datasets (Public Preview)

We are excited to announce the public preview of VNet connectivity for Power BI datasets.

Announcing Power BI Premium Per User general availability and autoscale preview for Gen2

The Microsoft Power BI team’s mission is to help our customers drive a data culture where everyone can make better decisions with data. Power BI empowers every business user and business analyst to get amazing insights with AI infused experiences. With Power BI Premium, we enable business analysts to not only analyze and visualize their data, but to also build an end-to-end data platform through drag and drop experiences.

Announcing the new Power BI embedded analytics playground (preview)

Today we’re excited to announce the new Power BI embedded analytics playground. The new playground is the home for Power BI embedded analytics, where you can get hands-on coding experience, embed your own reports, and interact with our client APIs to see instant results. In addition, you’ll find there our interactive showcases to get inspiration …

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Announcing public preview of Object-Level Security in Power BI

We‘re excited to announce object level security (OLS) is now available for public preview in Power BI Premium and Pro!

Announcing General Availability (GA) of the Power BI connector for Databricks

We are excited to announce General Availability (GA) of the Power BI connector for Databricks, including the ability to connect to Databricks without an on-premises data gateway as well as support for Azure Active Directory (AAD) authentication and SSO in DirectQuery mode in the Power BI service.

On-premises data gateway February 2021 update is now available

Feb 2021 gateway release

What’s new with ArcGIS for Power BI

ArcGIS for Power BI is a custom data visualization tool built within Power BI that brings mapping capabilities to your reports and dashboards. ArcGIS for Power BI is now available on Power BI Report Server. This functionality will enable all Esri Enterprise users who use Report Server to seamlessly use ArcGIS for Power BI.

Power BI February 2021 Feature Summary

Welcome to the first feature summary of 2021! This month, we have a couple of updates on ongoing previews, as well as a new color picker that features RGB color selector and a search bar to make discovery of features easier. Additionally, we are introducing new filter operations and enable subscriptions for reports and dashboards that have row-level security applied. That’s not all though, so read on for all the details.