What's new and planned for Power BI

Important

This content is archived and is not being updated. For the latest documentation, see Microsoft Power Platform product documentation. For the latest release plans, see Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform release plans.

This topic lists features that are planned to release from October 2020 through March 2021. Because this topic lists features that may not have released yet, delivery timelines may change and projected functionality may not be released. For more information, go to Microsoft policy.

In the General availability column, the feature will be delivered within the month listed. The delivery date can be any day within that month. Released features show the full date, including the date of release.

This check mark ( ) shows which features have been released for public preview or early access and for public preview, early access, and general availability.

Power BI Desktop

Helping report creators analyze data, find insights, and visually communicate to their users.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Lasso select for datapoints Users, automatically Oct 11, 2020
User editing of DirectQuery query parameters Users by admins, makers, or analysts Oct 11, 2020
On-canvas watermarks Users by admins, makers, or analysts Oct 20, 2020
Small multiples visual Users by admins, makers, or analysts Dec 15, 2020
Composite models over Power BI datasets and Azure Analysis Services Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Dec 31, 2020
Apply all button for report filters Users by admins, makers, or analysts May 26, 2020 Oct 31, 2020
Visual axis zooming Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Nov 16, 2020
Q&A synonym improvements Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Dec 31, 2020
DirectQuery support for Q&A Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - Jan 31, 2021

Power BI Embedded

Embed stunning, fully interactive reports and visuals into your applications.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Add filter options to the Export to File API Users by admins, makers, or analysts Dec 31, 2020
DirectQuery support for template apps Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - Oct 31, 2020
Power BI action bar in embedded applications for your organization ('User owns data' scenario) Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Nov 10, 2020
Automated template apps installation and configuration Users by admins, makers, or analysts Nov 30, 2020 Dec 2, 2020

Power BI Mobile

Power BI Mobile continues to support data-driven cultures within organizations by providing access to business data, anytime, anywhere, and from any device.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Dark mode for Power BI Android app Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Dec 20, 2020

Power BI Service

In order to build a data culture, everyone needs to be able to discover and collaborate on insights.

Feature Enabled for Public preview General availability
Power BI data as an Excel data type Users, automatically Oct 31, 2020 -
Deployment pipelines - support new 'Premium per user' license Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Nov 13, 2020 -
Data lineage, impact, and API enhancements Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Dec 15, 2020 -
Analyze in Power BI from SharePoint lists Users, automatically Mar 31, 2021
Support for paginated reports in deployment pipelines Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Mar 31, 2021
New look rollout to all users Users, automatically - Oct 31, 2020
Connect to Power BI datasets directly in Excel Users, automatically Aug 3, 2020 Oct 31, 2020
Extend fetching data API in Power BI custom visuals Users, automatically - Nov 30, 2020
Enhanced export and subscription support for Power BI reports Users, automatically Nov 30, 2020 Nov 30, 2020
Ability for Power BI administrators to upgrade classic workspaces to V2 workspaces Users, automatically - Dec 4, 2020
Datasets larger than 10 GB in Power BI Premium Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - Dec 7, 2020
Support for conditional formatting for custom visuals Users, automatically - Jan 1, 2021
XMLA read/write Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - Jan 5, 2021
Power BI Report Server January release Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Jan 31, 2021
Advanced network isolation preview Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically - Mar 30, 2021
Power BI dataflows and Azure Data Lake Storage integration at workspace level Users by admins, makers, or analysts - Mar 31, 2021
Power BI Premium per user Users by admins, makers, or analysts Nov 13, 2020 Apr 1, 2021
Object-level security Users by admins, makers, or analysts Feb 26, 2021 Apr 9, 2021
Endorsement of Power BI reports and apps Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically Oct 31, 2020 To be announced
Data protection enhancements Users by admins, makers, or analysts Dec 31, 2020 To be announced

Description of Enabled for column values:

  • Users, automatically: These features include changes to the user experience and are enabled automatically.

  • Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically: These features are meant to be used by administrators, makers, marketers, or business analysts and are enabled automatically.

  • Users by admins, makers, or analysts: These features must be enabled or configured by the administrators, makers, or business analysts to be available for their users.

For a list of the countries or regions where Dynamics 365 business applications are available, go to the International availability guide. For more information about geographic areas and datacenters (regions), go to the Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform availability page.