Microsoft Weekly News
- PowerBI:
Deprecating Power BI Q&A
We are announcing the deprecation of Q&A, our legacy natural language tool, which will take place in December 2026. Moving forward, users can instead utilize Power BI Copilot, which provides a more advanced and integrated solution for querying your data with natural language. Why this change? Power BI Copilot now features an advanced natural language …Continue reading “Deprecating Power BI Q&A”
Monday 01st December 2025, 10.00am
- PowerBI:
Image Visual Enhancements for Report Creators
This update empowers report creators to craft more engaging experiences for report consumers. Report creators can easily maintain image visuals with more image formatting options, more image source options, the ability to change the image in-place.Monday 24th November 2025, 10.00am
- PowerBI:
TMDL Visual Studio Code Extension (Generally Available)
This update brings DAX semantic highlighting support within TMDL documents alongside other enhanced authoring features like Power Query semantic highlighting, breadcrumb navigation, code actions, code formatting, localization, and numerous bug fixes. You can find more details about this latest release in the changelog. The Tabular Model Definition Language (TMDL) extension is essential for anyone working with TMDL documents in …Continue reading “TMDL Visual Studio Code Extension (Generally Available)”
Thursday 20th November 2025, 1.36pm
- PowerBI:
New Card visual in reports (Generally Available)
The new card visual now generally available brings a modern and visually engaging way to highlight key metrics in your reports, now with support for hero images, new defaults, and consistent formatting experience.Thursday 20th November 2025, 1.00pm
- PowerBI:
Standalone Copilot in Power BI mobile apps: Chat with your data anytime anywhere (Preview)
We’re excited to announce the release of the Standalone Copilot experience in Power BI Mobile apps! Copilot in Power BI on mobile is a new way to get insights from your Power BI data. You no longer have to search for content, open it, and scan your report. All you need to do is tell …Wednesday 19th November 2025, 3.19pm
- PowerBI:
Bringing Context Aware Intelligence to Power BI
Ten years ago, Power BI entered the market and transformed how businesses interact with data. Before self-service BI, business users waited days, sometimes weeks, for IT teams to build reports and answer data questions. With the introduction of Power BI – any user could download the app for free, connect to their data, and get …Continue reading “Bringing Context Aware Intelligence to Power BI”
Tuesday 18th November 2025, 10.30am
- PowerBI:
Power BI November 2025 Feature Summary
The November 2025 Power BI feature update brings several important announcements and enhancements across the platform. Key highlights include the deprecation of R and Python visuals in the Embed for your customers solution, significant updates to Copilot and AI capabilities—such as the standalone Copilot in Power BI mobile apps (Preview) and improvements to Verified Answers—and …Continue reading “Power BI November 2025 Feature Summary”
Tuesday 18th November 2025, 9.00am
- PowerBI:
PBIR will become the default Power BI Report Format – Get Ready for the Transition
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.Monday 17th November 2025, 8.00am
- PowerBI:
Microsoft named Leader and Outperformer in the 2025 GigaOm Radar for Semantic Layers & Metric Stores
In today’s data-driven world, semantic models have become the backbone of trustworthy analytics. They define business logic, metrics, and relationships that turn raw data into meaningful, trusted and curated insights. As organizations embrace generative AI, semantic models provide the structure and context that AI needs to deliver accurate, reliable answers. At Microsoft, we have spent nearly two decades refining the semantic layer that connects data …Tuesday 11th November 2025, 11.02am
- PowerBI:
Power BI semantic models as accelerators for AI-enabled consumption
As data volumes grow exponentially, Power BI customers demand AI-driven analytical solutions that scale to petabytes, are secure, governed, and easy to manage. Power BI semantic models, backed by Microsoft Fabric, are the foundation for user-friendly BI solutions, bridging the gap between business users and IT by enabling trusted ad-hoc analysis. Consequently, Power BI semantic …Continue reading “Power BI semantic models as accelerators for AI-enabled consumption”
Wednesday 05th November 2025, 9.00am