Starting in January 2026, all new reports created in both Power BI Service and Desktop will use the PBIR format by default, and existing reports will be automatically converted to PBIR when edited and saved.
» Read moreThe Power BI August 2025 Feature Summary introduces major updates in Copilot and AI, reporting, and modeling. Highlights include Copilot integration for SharePoint Online, measure description automation, and advanced data modeling features.
» Read moreThis month’s update highlights several exciting preview features and an important action-required item for Power BI users. In preview, you’ll find updates to visual calculations, enhancements to numeric range and field parameters, both designed to offer greater flexibility and analytical power within your reports.
» Read moreEnhancing team collaboration and automation is crucial for any enterprise BI development, which is the primary goal of Power BI Desktop developer mode. The Power BI enhanced report format (PBIR) for Power BI Project files (PBIP) represents a significant milestone in achieving this goal. This new report format offers source control-friendly file structures, facilitating co-development and improving development efficiency for Power BI reports.
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