Change history
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Power Apps
Features added to release plan
Feature | Date added |
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Add informational cards to marked locations in the map component | Nov 06, 2020 |
Customize pin colors when adding a map | Nov 06, 2020 |
View 3D models and content | Nov 03, 2020 |
View 3D content or images in the real world with mixed reality | Nov 03, 2020 |
See how a predefined shape fits in your real-world space in mixed reality | Nov 03, 2020 |
Measure distances and volumes in the real world with mixed reality | Nov 03, 2020 |
Mobile push notifications for model-driven apps | Sep 15, 2020 |
Offline capabilities for model-driven apps | Aug 03, 2020 |
Release date changed
Feature | Change | Date updated |
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Power Apps portals web API (general availability) | General availability date moved to Mar 2021. | Apr 12, 2021 |
Microsoft Dynamics 365 app on Windows | Public preview date moved to Feb 2021. | Mar 15, 2021 |
View 3D models and content | General availability date moved to Mar 2021. | Mar 01, 2021 |
View 3D content or images in the real world with mixed reality | General availability date moved to Mar 2021. | Mar 01, 2021 |
See how a predefined shape fits in your real-world space in mixed reality | General availability date moved to Mar 2021. | Mar 01, 2021 |
Measure distances and volumes in the real world with mixed reality | Public preview date updated to Oct 2020. General availability date moved to Mar 2021. | Mar 01, 2021 |
Customize pin colors when adding a map | Public preview date moved to Nov 2020. General availability date moved to Jan 2021. | Jan 19, 2021 |
Add informational cards to marked locations in the map component | Public preview date moved to Oct 2020. General availability date moved to Jan 2021. | Jan 11, 2021 |
Power Apps component framework control support in Power Apps portals | Public preview date moved to Mar 2021. | Nov 24, 2020 |
Enable Power BI report or dashboard to be a model-driven app system dashboard | General availability date moved to Dec 2020. | Nov 16, 2020 |
Traffic information in the map component | Public preview date moved to Mar 2021. | Nov 06, 2020 |
New, improved global search experience in model-driven apps | General availability date moved to Nov 2020. | Nov 02, 2020 |
Power Virtual Agents as a component of the Power Apps portals Studio | Public preview date moved to Mar 2021. | Nov 02, 2020 |
Features removed from release plan
Feature | Reason | Date removed |
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Organize business logic in your app with components | Moved to the next release wave. | Apr 09, 2021 |
Power Apps component framework for canvas apps | Moved to the next release wave. | Apr 09, 2021 |
Preview modern model-driven app designer and sitemap is more productive | Moved to the next release wave. | Apr 09, 2021 |
Usability improvements to list views in unified interface (model-driven apps) on mobile | Merged this feature with the UX improvements to sub grids and form tabs in Dynamics 365 for phones and tablets app feature. | Jan 29, 2021 |
Customize pin icons when adding a map | Merged this feature with the Customize pin colors when adding a map feature. | Jan 19, 2021 |
Support for entity permission configuration using the Power Apps portals Studio | Moved to the next release wave. | Jan 11, 2021 |
Makers can add a custom page in the model-driven app designer | Moved to the next release wave. | Dec 17, 2020 |
Bring any of your model-driven apps to Microsoft Teams | Moved to the next release wave. | Nov 17, 2020 |
Traffic information in the map component | Moved to a future release wave. | Oct 23, 2020 |
Business Q&A integration with Common Data Service relevance search | Merged this feature with the New, improved global search experience in model-driven apps feature. | Jul 21, 2020 |
AI Builder
Features added to release plan
Feature | Date added |
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ID card processing prebuilt model | Dec 10, 2020 |
Invoice processing | Dec 07, 2020 |
Release date changed
Feature | Change | Date updated |
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Form processing support for check boxes | Removed public preview date. | Jan 29, 2021 |
Form processing models can support multiple document layouts | Public preview date moved to Oct 2020. Removed general availability date. | Jul 09, 2020 |
Features removed from release plan
Feature | Reason | Date removed |
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AI Builder availability in new regions | Moved to the next release wave. | Mar 10, 2021 |
Receipt processing prebuilt AI model | Moved to the next release wave. | Mar 10, 2021 |
Form processing support for check boxes | Moved to the next release wave. | Jan 29, 2021 |
Invoice processing starter kit | Deprioritized and will not be delivered. | Sep 15, 2020 |
Text entity extraction - prebuilt and customization | Moved to the previous release wave. | Aug 25, 2020 |
Connect to remote training data | Moved to the next release wave. | Aug 24, 2020 |
Governance and administration
Release date changed
Feature | Change | Date updated |
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Model-driven apps and Microsoft Dataverse diagnostics and performance data in customer's own Azure Application Insights | Public preview date moved to Mar 2021. | Nov 10, 2020 |
Features removed from release plan
Feature | Reason | Date removed |
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Increasing the storage entitlement for the Microsoft 365 customers | Moved to the next release wave. | Apr 09, 2021 |
Microsoft Dataverse
Features added to release plan
Feature | Date added |
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CRUD support for virtual table providers | Mar 19, 2021 |
Azure Active Directory group team enhancements | Mar 05, 2021 |
New Service Reader and Service Writer security roles | Jan 27, 2021 |
Common Data Service User security role renamed to Basic User | Dec 01, 2020 |
User-specified data partitions for exported data | Nov 20, 2020 |
Read from table files instead of snapshots to reduce read latency | Nov 20, 2020 |
Custom API | Nov 18, 2020 |
TLS 1.2 and cipher suites compliance for non-Microsoft hosted servers | Nov 18, 2020 |
Microsoft Dataverse auditing enhancements | Nov 18, 2020 |
Activity rollup improvements | Nov 09, 2020 |
Honoring Azure AD group membership types in Microsoft Dataverse group teams | Oct 14, 2020 |
Record access check | Oct 14, 2020 |
Improvements to Microsoft Dataverse file and image upload and download | Oct 09, 2020 |
Relevance search API | Oct 08, 2020 |
Use Power BI to connect to Microsoft Dataverse with DirectQuery | Aug 19, 2020 |
Release date changed
Feature | Change | Date updated |
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Custom API | General availability date updated to Mar 2021. | Mar 21, 2021 |
Common Data Service User security role renamed to Basic User | General availability date moved to Jan 2021. | Jan 11, 2021 |
Record access check | Public preview date moved to Dec 2020. General availability date moved to Jan 2021. | Nov 17, 2020 |
Features removed from release plan
Feature | Reason | Date removed |
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Cascading asynchronous operations - new notification helper API | Moved to the next release wave. | Mar 05, 2021 |
Common Data Model
Features added to release plan
Feature | Date added |
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Enhanced Common Data Model SDK functionality | Dec 16, 2020 |
New business domain-focused Common Data Model semantic types | Dec 16, 2020 |
New Common Data Model standard entity definitions | Dec 16, 2020 |
Release date changed
Feature | Change | Date updated |
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New Common Data Model standard entity definitions | Public preview date updated to Mar 2021. | Apr 07, 2021 |
Enhanced Common Data Model SDK functionality | Public preview date moved to Mar 2021. General availability date moved to Mar 2021. | Jan 18, 2021 |
Features removed from release plan
Feature | Reason | Date removed |
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Common Data Model entity metadata visualization | Deprioritized and will not be delivered. | Feb 19, 2021 |
Power Automate
Features added to release plan
Release date changed
Feature | Change | Date updated |
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Integrated experiences for running flows from entry points in Microsoft Teams | General availability date moved to Mar 2021. | Apr 09, 2021 |
Run from here functionality | General availability date moved to Feb 2021. | Apr 07, 2021 |
Automation lifecycle management for Robotic Process Automation | Removed public preview date. General availability date moved to Dec 2020. | Mar 01, 2021 |
Further democratize RPA through new authoring experiences with Microsoft Power Automate Desktop | General availability date moved to Dec 2020. | Feb 22, 2021 |
See raw inputs and outputs in the run history | General availability date moved to Dec 2020. | Feb 22, 2021 |
Document Automation for Power Automate | Public preview date moved to Jan 2021. | Feb 09, 2021 |
Contextual help for Power Automate makers | Public preview date moved to Dec 2020. | Dec 08, 2020 |
Administrators can use out-of-the-box reports to monitor and govern the use of RPA | Public preview date moved to Nov 2020. General availability date moved to Nov 2020. | Nov 25, 2020 |
Diagnose trigger issues using flow checker | Public preview date moved to Dec 2020. | Nov 16, 2020 |
Makers can filter SharePoint rows without OData queries | Public preview date moved to Mar 2021. | Nov 16, 2020 |
Templatizing and distributing common business process scenarios | General availability date moved to Nov 2020. | Nov 02, 2020 |
Actionable error messages will be available in Power Automate | Public preview date moved to Mar 2021. | Nov 02, 2020 |
New and improved management and monitoring for desktop flows | Removed public preview date. General availability date moved to Dec 2020. | Oct 09, 2020 |
Sovereign cloud support for RPA | General availability date moved to Dec 2020. | Oct 07, 2020 |
Desktop flows V1 allows users to customize the retry and timeout settings for each action | Public preview date moved to Jul 2020. General availability date moved to Oct 2020. | Jul 09, 2020 |
Add support to pass arguments to the launch application step in desktop flows v1 | Public preview date moved to Jul 2020. General availability date moved to Oct 2020. | Jul 09, 2020 |
Features removed from release plan
Feature | Reason | Date removed |
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Contextual automation in Power BI | Moved to the next release wave. | Apr 13, 2021 |
Support Azure AD and Microsoft 365 groups in approvals | Moved to the next release wave. | Apr 09, 2021 |
Integrated experiences for running flows from entry points in Microsoft Teams | Moved to the next release wave. | Apr 09, 2021 |
New and improved expression editors | Moved to the next release wave. | Apr 08, 2021 |
Testing an action | Moved to the next release wave. | Apr 08, 2021 |
Support for Java apps and Java applets | Moved to the next release wave. | Apr 06, 2021 |
View shared desktop flows from Power Automate Desktop | Mar 31, 2021 | |
New Microsoft Power Automate Desktop settings panel | Mar 31, 2021 | |
Smoother on-ramps for Power Automate and Power Apps | Moved to the next release wave. | Mar 30, 2021 |
View usage analytics for desktop flows | Moved to the next release wave. | Mar 22, 2021 |
Provision a Microsoft Dataverse database from Power Automate Desktop | Mar 22, 2021 | |
A migration experience from older automation to Microsoft Power Automate Desktop | Mar 10, 2021 | |
Automated flows support batch operations in Microsoft Dataverse | Deprioritized and will not be delivered. | Feb 09, 2021 |
Support for widely used business applications in UI flows | Moved to the previous release wave. | Feb 05, 2021 |
Syntax highlighting within the actions editor in Microsoft Power Automate Desktop flow designer | Moved to the next release wave. | Jan 05, 2021 |
Friction free UI flows installation | Moved to the next release wave. | Dec 09, 2020 |
Support for clusters over a pool of hundreds of devices with automatic load balancing | Moved to the next release wave. | Oct 07, 2020 |
Scale unattended desktop flows with Windows Virtual Desktop | Moved to the next release wave. | Oct 06, 2020 |
Power Virtual Agents
Features added to release plan
Feature | Date added |
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Enable single sign-on (SSO) for chatbots in Microsoft Teams channels | Nov 20, 2020 |
Integrate bots with Microsoft Bot Framework Composer | Aug 20, 2020 |
Claim bot variables in topics | Aug 12, 2020 |
Authenticate with simplified Azure Active Directory setup | Aug 12, 2020 |
Release date changed
Feature | Change | Date updated |
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Integrate bots with Microsoft Bot Framework Composer | Public preview date moved to Nov 2020. Removed general availability date. | Oct 08, 2020 |
Authenticate with simplified Azure Active Directory setup | General availability date moved to Nov 2020. | Oct 07, 2020 |
Claim bot variables in topics | General availability date moved to Nov 2020. | Oct 07, 2020 |
Customize the icon of your chatbot | General availability date moved to Dec 2020. | Jul 14, 2020 |
Features removed from release plan
Feature | Reason | Date removed |
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Chatbot use improves chatbot responses | Moved to the next release wave. | Apr 07, 2021 |
Run flow connectors as the user | Moved to the next release wave. | Mar 26, 2021 |
Deploy Power Virtual Agents as Alexa Skills | Moved to the next release wave. | Jan 25, 2021 |
Add images and videos to topics | Moved to the next release wave. | Oct 08, 2020 |
Understand and handle Power Automate flow integration | Moved to the next release wave. | Oct 08, 2020 |
Use list variables | Moved to the next release wave. | Oct 08, 2020 |
Automatically start a bot conversation with a welcome topic | Moved to the next release wave. | Oct 08, 2020 |
Adaptive Cards | Moved to the next release wave. | Oct 08, 2020 |
Multi-turn topic suggestions from a webpage | Moved to the next release wave. | Oct 07, 2020 |
Power BI
Features added to release plan
Feature | Date added |
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Deployment pipelines - support new 'Premium per user' license | Nov 01, 2020 |
DirectQuery support for template apps | Nov 01, 2020 |
Dark mode for Power BI Android app | Nov 01, 2020 |
Object-level security | Oct 28, 2020 |
Extend fetching data API in Power BI custom visuals | Oct 27, 2020 |
Support for conditional formatting for custom visuals | Oct 21, 2020 |
Automated template apps installation and configuration | Oct 13, 2020 |
Power BI action bar in embedded applications for your organization ('User owns data' scenario) | Oct 12, 2020 |
Power BI Report Server January release | Sep 28, 2020 |
ODBC connectivity support for paginated reports | Sep 25, 2020 |
XMLA read/write | Sep 11, 2020 |
Datasets larger than 10 GB in Power BI Premium | Aug 11, 2020 |
Add filter options to the Export to File API | Aug 02, 2020 |
Release date changed
Feature | Change | Date updated |
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Automated template apps installation and configuration | General availability date moved to Dec 2020. | Apr 12, 2021 |
Power BI dataflows and Azure Data Lake Storage integration at workspace level | General availability date moved to Mar 2021. | Feb 22, 2021 |
Ability for Power BI administrators to upgrade classic workspaces to V2 workspaces | General availability date moved to Dec 2020. | Dec 04, 2020 |
Data lineage, impact, and API enhancements | Public preview date moved to Dec 2020. | Nov 01, 2020 |
XMLA read/write | General availability date moved to Jan 2021. | Oct 24, 2020 |
Composite models over Power BI datasets and Azure Analysis Services | Public preview date moved to Dec 2020. | Oct 15, 2020 |
Enhanced export and subscription support for Power BI reports | Public preview date moved to Nov 2020. General availability date moved to Nov 2020. | Oct 15, 2020 |
Visual axis zooming | Removed public preview date. General availability date updated to Nov 2020. | Oct 12, 2020 |
Small multiples visual | Public preview date moved to Dec 2020. | Aug 20, 2020 |
Connect to Power BI datasets directly in Excel | Public preview date moved to Aug 2020. | Jul 09, 2020 |
Features removed from release plan
Feature | Reason | Date removed |
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Support for modal dialog boxes for Power BI custom visuals | Moved to the next release wave. | Apr 12, 2021 |
Embed Power BI in Jupyter notebook | Moved to the next release wave. | Apr 12, 2021 |
Deployment pipelines - automation and Azure DevOps integration | Moved to the next release wave. | Apr 12, 2021 |
Dataset refresh overview | Moved to the next release wave. | Apr 09, 2021 |
Split view support for iPad | Moved to the next release wave. | Apr 08, 2021 |
Dataflows DirectQuery | Moved to the next release wave. | Apr 07, 2021 |
Analyze in Power BI from SharePoint lists | Moved to the next release wave. | Apr 07, 2021 |
Ease of use of template apps - Update | Apr 06, 2021 | |
Power Automate visual | Moved to the next release wave. | Mar 26, 2021 |
Azure Monitor integration | Moved to the next release wave. | Mar 18, 2021 |
Power BI custom visual monitoring for administrators | Moved to the next release wave. | Mar 17, 2021 |
New Power BI Embedded developers playground | Moved to the next release wave. | Feb 19, 2021 |
(Removed) Performance Accelerator for Azure Synapse Analytics | Moved to the next release wave. | Feb 10, 2021 |
Advanced network isolation preview | Jan 22, 2021 | |
Overload alerts | Moved to the next release wave. | Oct 12, 2020 |
Add visual export option to the Export to File API | Moved to the next release wave. | Sep 27, 2020 |
Support for dataflows in deployment pipelines | Moved to the next release wave. | Sep 08, 2020 |
Support for different incremental refresh policies in a deployment pipeline | Moved to the next release wave. | Jul 13, 2020 |
Data integration
Features added to release plan
Release date changed
Feature | Change | Date updated |
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Diagram view for authoring | Public preview date moved to Nov 2020. General availability date updated to Mar 2021. | Apr 05, 2021 |
Step icons within the Applied Steps pane | General availability date moved to Dec 2020. | Mar 22, 2021 |
Diagnostics for single sign-on data sources | Removed public preview date. General availability date updated to Mar 2021. | Mar 16, 2021 |
Global option to control column type detection | Removed public preview date. General availability date updated to Feb 2021. | Feb 17, 2021 |
Parquet connector | General availability date moved to Dec 2020. | Feb 17, 2021 |
Salesforce connector API upgrade for Power Query Desktop | General availability date moved to Dec 2020. | Feb 17, 2021 |
Salesforce connector API upgrade for Power Query Online | General availability date moved to Dec 2020. | Feb 17, 2021 |
Support for Kerberos SSO for Hive LLAP in Power BI | Public preview date moved to Feb 2021. Removed general availability date. | Feb 17, 2021 |
Azure Data Lake Storage support for Common Data Model folder view | General availability date moved to Feb 2021. | Feb 17, 2021 |
Telemetry for certified connectors | Removed public preview date. General availability date updated to Jan 2021. | Jan 15, 2021 |
Stronger integration of the open source repository with custom connectors | General availability date moved to Jan 2021. | Jan 15, 2021 |
Common Data Model visualization experience | Public preview date moved to Jan 2021. General availability date moved to Mar 2021. | Dec 14, 2020 |
Fuzzy matching enhancements when grouping, clustering, and merging | Public preview date moved to Mar 2021. General availability date moved to Mar 2021. | Sep 30, 2020 |
Key query indicators and actions in the status bar | Public preview date moved to Jan 2021. General availability date moved to Feb 2021. | Sep 30, 2020 |
Drag-and-drop support for managing query steps in the Steps pane | Public preview date moved to Mar 2021. Removed general availability date. | Sep 30, 2020 |
Advanced options for extracting text using delimiters | Public preview date moved to Mar 2021. General availability date moved to Mar 2021. | Sep 30, 2020 |
Features removed from release plan
Feature | Reason | Date removed |
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Custom role support for Snowflake connector for Power Query Desktop | Moved to the next release wave. | Apr 08, 2021 |
SAP ERP connector for Power Apps and Power Automate | Moved to the next release wave. | Mar 25, 2021 |
Load data from a local file without using a gateway | Moved to the next release wave. | Mar 23, 2021 |
Enhance the Power Query Get Data experience | Moved to the next release wave. | Mar 23, 2021 |
Text/CSV by example data extraction | Moved to the next release wave. | Mar 15, 2021 |
Microsoft Power Platform dataflows connector available in Excel | Moved to the next release wave. | Mar 01, 2021 |
Drag-and-drop support for managing queries in the Queries pane | Feb 17, 2021 | |
Adobe Analytics connector enhancements for Power Query Desktop | Moved to the next release wave. | Feb 17, 2021 |
Impala connector enhancements for Power Query Desktop | Moved to a future release wave. | Feb 17, 2021 |
Impala connector enhancements for Power Query Online | Moved to a future release wave. | Feb 17, 2021 |
Adobe Analytics connector enhancements for Power Query Online | Moved to the next release wave. | Feb 17, 2021 |
Gateway diagnosability | Moved to the next release wave. | Feb 05, 2021 |
Service principal support for SQL Server | Moved to the next release wave. | Jan 27, 2021 |
Support for loading data to more Microsoft Dataverse data types | Moved to the next release wave. | Jan 17, 2021 |
Support for saving analytical dataflow data in Parquet file format | Moved to the next release wave. | Jan 17, 2021 |
Feedback for certified connectors | Deprioritized and will not be delivered. | Jan 15, 2021 |
Provide in-product guidance when connectors and operators are deprecated | Deprioritized and will not be delivered. | Jan 15, 2021 |
User interface within the Connector Certification Portal to add authors | Deprioritized and will not be delivered. | Jan 15, 2021 |
Submit connector templates as part of connector certification | Deprioritized and will not be delivered. | Nov 20, 2020 |
Import and export custom dataflows templates | Moved to the next release wave. | Nov 20, 2020 |
Redshift connector enhancements for Power Query Online | Moved to the next release wave. | Nov 20, 2020 |
Redshift connector enhancements for Power Query Desktop | Moved to the next release wave. | Nov 20, 2020 |
Custom connectors in Power Query Online | Moved to the next release wave. | Nov 20, 2020 |
Certified connectors in Power Query Online | Moved to the next release wave. | Nov 20, 2020 |
Better process for handling versions during connector certification | Deprioritized and will not be delivered. | Nov 18, 2020 |
Dual-write support for Microsoft Government Cloud | Moved to the next release wave. | Nov 17, 2020 |
Support exporting audit data to Azure Data Lake | Moved to a future release wave. | Oct 29, 2020 |
Export to Data Lake support for GCC-L4 | Moved to a future release wave. | Oct 29, 2020 |
Support for entities with attachments | Moved to a future release wave. | Oct 29, 2020 |
Time series data | Moved to a future release wave. | Oct 29, 2020 |
Ability to sequence writes | Moved to a future release wave. | Oct 29, 2020 |
Update to the latest version of Common Data Model | Moved to a future release wave. | Oct 29, 2020 |
Parquet format | Moved to a future release wave. | Oct 29, 2020 |
Smart partitioning | Moved to a future release wave. | Oct 29, 2020 |
Dashboard showing count and trend of records | Moved to a future release wave. | Oct 29, 2020 |
Configurable snapshot intervals | Moved to the next release wave. | Oct 29, 2020 |
Support for soft delete | Moved to the next release wave. | Oct 29, 2020 |
Cross-tenant support | Moved to the next release wave. | Oct 29, 2020 |
Import data to Project Oakdale using dataflows | Moved to a future release wave. | Oct 26, 2020 |
Common Data Model authoring experience | Deprioritized and will not be delivered. | Oct 21, 2020 |
Connection string support for SQL Server | Deprioritized and will not be delivered. | Oct 19, 2020 |
Semantic types and transforms (Phase 2) | Moved to a future release wave. | Oct 12, 2020 |
Semantic types and transforms (Phase 1) | Deprioritized and will not be delivered. | Oct 12, 2020 |
Gateway diagnostics | Merged this feature with the Gateway diagnosability feature. | Oct 05, 2020 |
Environment lifecycle support | Moved to the next release wave. | Oct 05, 2020 |
Support for generic Kerberos SSO for custom connectors in Power BI | Moved to the next release wave. | Oct 05, 2020 |
Support for Hive LLAP connector in Power Query Online | Moved to the next release wave. | Oct 05, 2020 |
Support for IBM Netezza connector in Power Query Online | Moved to the next release wave. | Oct 05, 2020 |
Global option to control column type detection | Moved to the next release wave. | Oct 05, 2020 |
Power Platform dataflows grow up into Azure Data Factory | Moved to a future release wave. | Sep 25, 2020 |
Spark-based compute support for Power Platform dataflows | Moved to a future release wave. | Sep 25, 2020 |
Dataflow output profiling statistics | Moved to the next release wave. | Sep 25, 2020 |
Publish a dataflow from Desktop | Moved to the next release wave. | Sep 25, 2020 |
Dataflows management capabilities for admins | Moved to the next release wave. | Sep 25, 2020 |
Common Data Model visualization experience | Merged this feature with the Common Data Model authoring experience feature. | Sep 09, 2020 |
Support for streams of data as input sources | Moved to a future release wave. | Jul 02, 2020 |
Auto-update of gateways | Moved to a future release wave. | Jul 02, 2020 |