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| Microsoft Power BI Desktop 2.145.1602.0 Aug 1, 2025 |
Events and announcements: Power BI is turning 10: Power BI celebrates its 10th anniversary with a special live episode featuring behind-the-scenes stories, product evolution highlights, and a sneak peek at future developments. The celebration includes a live Q&A session, contests, and giveaways. The Microsoft Fabric Community Conference is back x2. Join us in Vienna and Atlanta: The Microsoft Fabric Community Conference returns for its third year. Events are in Vienna from September 15-18, 2025, and in Atlanta, Georgia, from March 16-20, 2026. Attendees can register for discounts using specific codes. General: Expanded data sharing with M365: Power BI improves integration with Microsoft 365 by sharing more detailed metadata, like chart titles and descriptive text, so users find reports and make data-driven decisions. PBIRS will consolidate on-premises reporting services from SQL Server 2025: Starting with SQL Server 2025, all on-premises reporting services unify under Power BI Report Server (PBIRS), which is the default solution for all paid SQL Server editions. Microsoft doesn't release new versions of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). Copilot and AI: Improvements to standalone Copilot answers: Standalone Copilot prioritizes report data over model data to generate answers, so responses are more relevant. Copilot also applies filters to report responses, so answers to user queries are more specific. Limit Copilot search to prepped content: New admin settings let tenant and workspace admins limit Copilot search responses to items marked as "Prepped for use with AI." This feature helps reduce the risk of using outdated or irrelevant reports. Verified answers from Copilot search: Power BI's standalone Copilot provides human-curated common questions and visualizations, so users get accurate and relevant answers. AI data schema—updates (preview): The AI data schema capability in the "Get your data AI ready" preview now shows indicators for hidde |
| Microsoft Power BI Desktop 2.145.1457.0 Jul 29, 2025 |
Events and announcements: Power BI is turning 10: Power BI celebrates its 10th anniversary with a special live episode featuring behind-the-scenes stories, product evolution highlights, and a sneak peek at future developments. The celebration includes a live Q&A session, contests, and giveaways. The Microsoft Fabric Community Conference is back x2. Join us in Vienna and Atlanta: The Microsoft Fabric Community Conference returns for its third year. Events are in Vienna from September 15-18, 2025, and in Atlanta, Georgia, from March 16-20, 2026. Attendees can register for discounts using specific codes. General: Expanded data sharing with M365: Power BI improves integration with Microsoft 365 by sharing more detailed metadata, like chart titles and descriptive text, so users find reports and make data-driven decisions. PBIRS will consolidate on-premises reporting services from SQL Server 2025: Starting with SQL Server 2025, all on-premises reporting services unify under Power BI Report Server (PBIRS), which is the default solution for all paid SQL Server editions. Microsoft doesn't release new versions of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). Copilot and AI: Improvements to standalone Copilot answers: Standalone Copilot prioritizes report data over model data to generate answers, so responses are more relevant. Copilot also applies filters to report responses, so answers to user queries are more specific. Limit Copilot search to prepped content: New admin settings let tenant and workspace admins limit Copilot search responses to items marked as "Prepped for use with AI." This feature helps reduce the risk of using outdated or irrelevant reports. Verified answers from Copilot search: Power BI's standalone Copilot provides human-curated common questions and visualizations, so users get accurate and relevant answers. AI data schema—updates (preview): The AI data schema capability in the "Get your data AI ready" preview now shows indicators for hidde |
| Microsoft Power BI Desktop 2.145.1262.0 Jul 24, 2025 |
Events and announcements: Power BI is turning 10: Power BI celebrates its 10th anniversary with a special live episode featuring behind-the-scenes stories, product evolution highlights, and a sneak peek at future developments. The celebration includes a live Q&A session, contests, and giveaways. The Microsoft Fabric Community Conference is back x2. Join us in Vienna and Atlanta: The Microsoft Fabric Community Conference returns for its third year. Events are in Vienna from September 15-18, 2025, and in Atlanta, Georgia, from March 16-20, 2026. Attendees can register for discounts using specific codes. General: Expanded data sharing with M365: Power BI improves integration with Microsoft 365 by sharing more detailed metadata, like chart titles and descriptive text, so users find reports and make data-driven decisions. PBIRS will consolidate on-premises reporting services from SQL Server 2025: Starting with SQL Server 2025, all on-premises reporting services unify under Power BI Report Server (PBIRS), which is the default solution for all paid SQL Server editions. Microsoft doesn't release new versions of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). Copilot and AI: Improvements to standalone Copilot answers: Standalone Copilot prioritizes report data over model data to generate answers, so responses are more relevant. Copilot also applies filters to report responses, so answers to user queries are more specific. Limit Copilot search to prepped content: New admin settings let tenant and workspace admins limit Copilot search responses to items marked as "Prepped for use with AI." This feature helps reduce the risk of using outdated or irrelevant reports. Verified answers from Copilot search: Power BI's standalone Copilot provides human-curated common questions and visualizations, so users get accurate and relevant answers. AI data schema—updates (preview): The AI data schema capability in the "Get your data AI ready" preview now shows indicators for hidde |
| Microsoft Power BI Desktop 2.144.1378.0 Jul 4, 2025 |
Events and announcements: Power BI is turning 10: Celebrate a decade of Power BI innovation. Over the past 10 years, Power BI has evolved from a concept into a global platform empowering millions to transform data into actionable insights. Mark this milestone with special activities and certification prep sessions. Microsoft Fabric Community Conferences: Register for the upcoming FabCon Vienna (September 15-18, 2025) and the third annual FabCon in Atlanta, Georgia (March 16-20, 2026). General: Secure collaboration on sensitive data in Power BI Desktop: This month's release introduces new features to help organizations securely collaborate on sensitive data within Power BI Desktop. Reporting: Updates to visual calculations (preview): The update enhances visual calculations, making it easier to perform advanced data analysis directly in visuals. Sparklines (generally available): Sparklines are now fully available, allowing users to visualize trends in table and matrix visuals as part of this release. Updates to numeric range and field parameters (preview): This release improves numeric range and field parameter capabilities for more interactive and dynamic reports. New tenant settings for Azure Maps visual (action required): New administrative controls for Azure Maps visuals are included, requiring tenant admins to review and update settings. Support for mapping South Korean locations: The update expands mapping support to include accurate representation of South Korean geographic data. Support for adding paginated reports to org apps (preview): Users can now add paginated reports to organizational apps, broadening report sharing options in this release. Use Copilot on reports in org apps (preview): Copilot AI features are now available on reports in organizational apps, enhancing interactivity this month. Modeling: Power Query editing in the web for import models (preview): This release allows editing Power Query transformations for import models directly in the Powe |
| Microsoft Power BI Desktop 2.144.878.0 Jun 17, 2025 |
Events and announcements: Power BI is turning 10: Celebrate a decade of Power BI innovation. Over the past 10 years, Power BI has evolved from a concept into a global platform empowering millions to transform data into actionable insights. Mark this milestone with special activities and certification prep sessions. Microsoft Fabric Community Conferences: Register for the upcoming FabCon Vienna (September 15-18, 2025) and the third annual FabCon in Atlanta, Georgia (March 16-20, 2026). General: Secure collaboration on sensitive data in Power BI Desktop: This month's release introduces new features to help organizations securely collaborate on sensitive data within Power BI Desktop. Reporting: Updates to visual calculations (preview): The update enhances visual calculations, making it easier to perform advanced data analysis directly in visuals. Sparklines (generally available): Sparklines are now fully available, allowing users to visualize trends in table and matrix visuals as part of this release. Updates to numeric range and field parameters (preview): This release improves numeric range and field parameter capabilities for more interactive and dynamic reports. New tenant settings for Azure Maps visual (action required): New administrative controls for Azure Maps visuals are included, requiring tenant admins to review and update settings. Support for mapping South Korean locations: The update expands mapping support to include accurate representation of South Korean geographic data. Support for adding paginated reports to org apps (preview): Users can now add paginated reports to organizational apps, broadening report sharing options in this release. Use Copilot on reports in org apps (preview): Copilot AI features are now available on reports in organizational apps, enhancing interactivity this month. Modeling: Power Query editing in the web for import models (preview): This release allows editing Power Query transformations for import models directly in the Powe |
| Microsoft Power BI Desktop 2.144.679.0 Jun 10, 2025 |
Events and announcements: New Fabric roadmap tool: See the centralized Fabric roadmap experience, which offers real-time updates and integration with internal planning tools. General: Power BI Desktop 32-bit deprecation: The 32-bit build of Power BI Desktop is scheduled for deprecation in August 2025. Users should transition to the 64-bit version for continued updates and improved performance. Copilot and AI: Standalone Copilot in Power BI: Ask anything! (preview): Use the standalone Copilot feature to ask questions and receive insights directly within Power BI, enhancing user interaction and data exploration. Learn more about the standalone Copilot experience in Power BI (preview). Quality improvements to language understanding for data questions: Improve the accuracy of responses to data-related questions with enhanced language understanding capabilities. Get your data AI ready (Preview): Tools and guidance to prepare your data for AI-driven analysis and insights. Learn more about how to prep your data for AI. AI data schema: Define schemas that optimize your data for AI processing and ensure compatibility with AI features. Learn more about AI data schema. Verified answers: Gain confidence in AI-generated answers by verifying their accuracy and relevance. Learn more about verified answers. AI instructions: Customize AI behavior by providing specific instructions to tailor responses to your needs. Learn more about AI instructions. Testing with the skill picker: Test and refine AI capabilities using the skill picker to select and evaluate specific AI skills. Learn more about using the skill picker. Preparing a semantic model for AI: Learn how to optimize your semantic model for seamless integration with AI features. Learn more about how to prep your semantic model for AI. Mark a semantic model as prepared for AI: Indicate that a semantic model is AI-ready, enabling advanced AI functionalities. Learn more about how to mark your semantic model as prepped for AI. Repor |
| Microsoft Power BI Desktop 2.143.1204.0 May 29, 2025 |
In April we're showered with all sorts of updates to Power BI, enabling our customers to create a lush garden of visuals, insights, and business intelligence to data from around the world. This article describes updates to Power BI Desktop and the Power BI service. To learn about updates for mobile, check out What's new in the mobile apps for Power BI. The links beside each feature in the list are follows: [blog]: Most features are explained in a section in the monthly update blog post. [video]: Some features have a video excerpt that discusses the feature, which plays in a new browser tab. [article]: Some features have an article that provides more detail. The remaining features are self-explanatory and don't need an article or video. |
| Microsoft Power BI Desktop 2.143.878.0 May 19, 2025 |
In April we're showered with all sorts of updates to Power BI, enabling our customers to create a lush garden of visuals, insights, and business intelligence to data from around the world. This article describes updates to Power BI Desktop and the Power BI service. To learn about updates for mobile, check out What's new in the mobile apps for Power BI. The links beside each feature in the list are follows: [blog]: Most features are explained in a section in the monthly update blog post. [video]: Some features have a video excerpt that discusses the feature, which plays in a new browser tab. [article]: Some features have an article that provides more detail. The remaining features are self-explanatory and don't need an article or video. |
| Microsoft Power BI Desktop 2.142.1277.0 May 6, 2025 |
In April we're showered with all sorts of updates to Power BI, enabling our customers to create a lush garden of visuals, insights, and business intelligence to data from around the world. This article describes updates to Power BI Desktop and the Power BI service. To learn about updates for mobile, check out What's new in the mobile apps for Power BI. The links beside each feature in the list are follows: [blog]: Most features are explained in a section in the monthly update blog post. [video]: Some features have a video excerpt that discusses the feature, which plays in a new browser tab. [article]: Some features have an article that provides more detail. The remaining features are self-explanatory and don't need an article or video. |
| Microsoft Power BI Desktop 2.141.1580.0 Apr 11, 2025 |
General: Upgrade Power BI Desktop to 64-bit version [blog] [article] Upgrade Power BI Desktop to February 2025 version [blog] Copilot and AI: Copilot in the Power BI mobile apps: now available on iPads and Android tablets (preview) [blog] [video] [article] Updated section - How Copilot arrived at this [blog] [video] [article] Explore from Copilot visual answers [blog] [video] [article] Reporting: Conditional formatting support for visual calculations (preview) [blog] [video] [article] Modeling: Live edit of semantic models in Direct Lake mode with Power BI Desktop - updates (preview) [blog] [article] Visuals: Many new and updated visuals [blog] Other: The OneLake catalog is now available in Microsoft Teams [blog] Monitoring Hub enhancements for Semantic models [blog] [article] |
