Microsoft Weekly News

• PowerBI:
  Fabric Copilot to help write DAX queries improvements
  This update comes with a marked improvement when generating DAX queries and conversationally editing them. This includes overall correctness of the DAX queries and Copilot shows a deeper understanding of how to utilize DAX.
  

  Thursday 08th May 2025, 9.00am

• PowerBI:
  Unify Datamart with Fabric Data Warehouse!
  The unification of Power BI datamarts with Fabric data warehouses offers a significant evolution in Microsoft’s analytics capabilities. By addressing user feedback and enhancing features such as scalability, security, and AI integration, Fabric data warehouses offer a robust solution for modern data needs. We encourage users to migrate their existing datamarts to Fabric data warehouses to take full advantage of these improvements and ensure continuity in their data operations.
  

  Wednesday 07th May 2025, 9.23am

• PowerBI:
  Power BI April 2025 Feature Summary
  There are a lot of exciting features this month, including mobile optimized report layouts, the best way to view data in the general availability of Power BI mobile apps, editing your semantic models with TMDL (Preview), and improved layouts for live editing semantic models. These are just a few of the updates this month.
  

  Tuesday 22nd April 2025, 9.00am

• PowerBI:
  IntelliSense improvements to DAX query view
  The latest update to DAX query view introduces a major improvement to IntelliSense, eliminating auto-preselection to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
  

  Monday 21st April 2025, 5.03pm

• PowerBI:
  Deep dive into Direct Lake on OneLake and creating Direct Lake semantic models in Power BI Desktop
  Microsoft Fabric’s OneLake data can be visualized and analyzed in Power BI without moving any data using the new Direct Lake storage mode. . Power BI Desktop users can now create these just like any Power BI solution, right in Power BI Desktop.
  

  Monday 21st April 2025, 9.00am

• PowerBI:
  Microsoft named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Business Intelligence Platforms, Q2 2025
  We are thrilled to share that Microsoft Power BI has been recognized as a leader in the Forrester Wave™: Business Intelligence Platforms, Q2 2025 again. Microsoft received the highest score of any vendor in generative AI functionality and excelled in several other categories.
  

  Monday 21st April 2025, 8.00am

• PowerBI:
  Watch the FabCon Las Vegas keynote recording now!
  The Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon) was a monumental success with over 6,000 attendees, 200+ breakout sessions, 20 workshops, and 70+ sponsors. Day 1 keynotes at the T-Mobile Arena featured a packed auditorium of Fabric enthusiasts ready to discover the future of Microsoft’s unified AI platform.
  

  Friday 18th April 2025, 11.30am

• PowerBI:
  New mapping and location analytics capabilities in Microsoft Power BI
  The Microsoft Azure Maps visual in Microsoft Power BI enables all Power BI users to visualize and analyze their data on maps to uncover patterns and trends.
  

  Monday 14th April 2025, 8.00am

• PowerBI:
  Update to the Power BI Embedded Analytics Accelerators Program
  Just over a year ago, we introduced a set of embedded analytics solution accelerators created by our partners with our guidance. These tools significantly reduce the time-to-market for self-service analytics embedded into multi-tenant, web applications for ISVs and customers. The accelerators also enrich the Power BI Embedded experience by adding valuable new features. Last week’ at #FabCon 2025, we highlighted a new partner accelerator and highlighted our existing partners’ achievements and important enhancements to their accelerators.
  

  Wednesday 09th April 2025, 10.00am

• PowerBI:
  Sanofi Power BI Data Visualization Competition: An Inspiring Initiative Focused on the Paris Olympic Games
  Last summer, Sanofi launched an exciting data viz challenge on the topic of the Paris Olympics.   With a goal to inspire and showcase advanced data visualization skills using Power BI, Sanofi’s initiative has proven to be nothing short of spectacular, bringing together 131 data enthusiasts across 25 countries!  In recognition of their exceptional work, Microsoft wants to put forward the three finalist teams’ reports, showcasing their diversity and creativity.  
  

  Wednesday 09th April 2025, 9.00am