by kayu | Sep 17, 2026 | Power BI
The semantic model settings pane is becoming the default way to configure semantic models in the Power BI service. The pane opens alongside your workspace, so you can review and change settings without leaving the current page. It provides the same settings as the...
by mohammadali | Sep 10, 2026 | Power BI
In December, we announced the retirement of Power BI Q&A, our legacy natural-language querying experience, with retirement planned for December 2026. To give current Q&A user’s additional time to assess their dependencies and transition to newer...
by eiki_sui | Sep 3, 2026 | Power BI
Many enterprise Power BI semantic models use Azure Databricks as a data source. When building these models, developers and architects face an early and consequential decision: which storage mode to use. Cost, security, and ease of development and tuning all factor in...
by DataZoe | Sep 2, 2026 | Power BI
Microsoft has refreshed its Power BI sample reports with modern visual defaults, stronger semantic models, mobile-optimized layouts, and newer authoring features to help creators build clearer, more effective reports. This post first appeared...
by VivienneVereen | Aug 24, 2026 | Power BI
Calculated columns are now available in preview for Direct Lake on OneLake semantic models. This has been one of the most requested capabilities since Direct Lake launched and closes a long-standing gap with Import and DirectQuery storage modes.You can define...
by eranbenayun | Aug 24, 2026 | Power BI
Upgrading Power BI Dataflows Gen1 is now easier with the Dataflows Upgrade Wizard. Now in preview for eligible workspaces assigned to Fabric capacity, the wizard provides a guided experience to upgrade Power BI Dataflows Gen1 items to Fabric Dataflows Gen2 (CI/CD)....
