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Semantic Models & DAX03 ITEMS

MAY 07 · 2026GANewSource ↗

Execute DAX Queries REST API (Preview)

Author: Kay Unkroth - Principal Program Manager 

Semantic Models & DAX
Why it mattersYou can now run DAX queries programmatically via REST API instead of only through Power BI UI, enabling automated metric calculations and refresh orchestration outside the service.
MAY 06 · 2026GANewSource ↗

Semantic model settings pane (Preview)

Author: Kay Unkroth - Principal Program Manager

Semantic Models & DAX
Why it mattersYou can now manage semantic model configurations (like query folding preferences, directquery settings, and calculation group behavior) directly in Power BI Service without opening Desktop, saving round-trip time when adjusting production model behavior.
APR 30 · 2026GANewSource ↗

Deep dive into composite semantic models with Direct Lake and import tables

Getting your data job done just got easier with composite semantic models, mixing Direct Lake tables with import tables, now available in public preview. Direct Lake on OneLake table storage mode already could mix tables from other Fabric data sources, such as lakehouses, warehou

Fabric Warehouse & LakehouseSemantic Models & DAX
Why it mattersYou can now build a single semantic model that queries some tables live from the lake (Direct Lake) while importing others, letting you optimize query performance and refresh strategy per table instead of choosing one approach for the entire model.

Reports & Visuals02 ITEMS

APR 30 · 2026GANewSource ↗

Modern Visual Tooltips in Power BI

Power BI’s latest update introduces an enhancement to how users interact with reports with the general availability of modern visual tooltips. All Power BI reports—from Power BI Desktop to Power BI reports in the web, in the mobile app, in Teams, and embedded in any website—now u

Reports & Visuals
Why it mattersYou can now build custom multi-field tooltip layouts that render consistently across Desktop, web, mobile, and embedded reports without creating separate tooltip pages.
MAR 18 · 2026GANewSource ↗

Deep Dive into Modern Visual Defaults and Customizing Theme Improvements (Preview)

If you haven’t already, check out Arun Ulag’s hero blog “FabCon and SQLCon 2026: Unifying databases and Fabric on a single, complete platform” for a complete look at all of our FabCon and SQLCon announcements across both Fabric and our database offerings.  Power BI Desktop v

Reports & Visuals
Why it mattersYou can now programmatically control visual defaults and theme customization settings across semantic models, reducing manual styling work on CFO dashboards and line-of-business scorecards.

Service & Governance02 ITEMS

MAY 26 · 2026GANewSource ↗

Custom Live Pools for Fabric Data Engineering (Preview)

Author: Santhosh Kumar Ravindran, Principal Product Manager - Custom Live Pools for Fabric Data Engineering is a new way to schedule and manage “ready to run” Spark capacity so your teams spend less time waiting for compute and more time de

Service & Governance
Why it matters(Marked not directly relevant for this audience.)
MAY 19 · 2026GANewSource ↗

Outbound Access Protection for semantic models (Preview)

 Author: Kay Unkroth, Principl Program Manager - Outbound Access Protection (OAP) is a workspace-level network security and governance feature that blocks outbound traffic from a workspace by default and lets you allow only the destinations you explicitly trust. With this pr

Service & Governance
Why it mattersYou can now block all outbound connections from your semantic models by default, then whitelist only the specific external data sources and APIs your models are allowed to reach.

Fabric Warehouse & Lakehouse10 ITEMS

MAY 27 · 2026GANewSource ↗

Unlock IoT Hub event metadata in Fabric Eventstream with the enhanced IoT Hub connector (Preview)

Author: Xu Jiang, Principal PM Manager - Bring more context to your IoT data in Microsoft Fabric Eventstream. With the enhanced Azure IoT Hub connector (Preview), you can now preserve valuable event metadata—such as device identity, ingestion time, and authentication details—alon

Fabric Warehouse & LakehouseConnectors & Power Query
Why it matters(Marked not directly relevant for this audience.)
MAY 26 · 2026GANewSource ↗

Simplify your data movement with Copy job: CDC with SQL estate

Author: Ye Xu, Principal Program Manager - Copy job  is the go-to solution in Microsoft Fabric Data Factory for simplified data movement across multiple clouds and tenants. With native support for bulk copy, incremental copy, and change data capture (CDC) repl

Fabric Warehouse & Lakehouse
Why it mattersYou can now capture and replicate only changed rows from SQL sources into Fabric without building custom incremental logic in Power Query or staging tables.
MAY 26 · 2026GANewSource ↗

Simplify data movement with Copy job: more control, more flexibility

Author: Ye Xu, Principal Program Manager - Copy job is the go-to solution in Microsoft Fabric Data Factory for simplified data movement across multiple clouds and tenants. With native support for bulk copy, incremental copy, and change data capture (CDC) repli

Fabric Warehouse & Lakehouse
Why it mattersYou can now move incremental data changes into Fabric warehouses and lakehouses without writing custom pipelines, reducing ETL development time for semantic model refreshes.
MAY 20 · 2026GANewSource ↗

Connection string changes in Fabric Warehouse: What to expect for auditing

Author: Pradeep Srikakolapu, Senior Product Manager - Connection behavior in Fabric Warehouse is becoming more deterministic—and that has important implications for auditing. Learn what’s changing, why some login events may no longer appear where you expect, and how to preserve f

Fabric Warehouse & Lakehouse
Why it mattersYou'll need to update your audit log monitoring and connection troubleshooting procedures because Fabric Warehouse connection behavior is changing in ways that alter which login events appear in audit logs.

Copilot & AI05 ITEMS

MAY 20 · 2026GANewSource ↗

Power BI May 2026 Feature Summary

Author: Katie Murray, Senior Program Manager - Power BI continues to evolve with updates that make it easier to explore data, generate insights, and build more polished reports. This month’s release brings improvements across Copilot and AI experiences, reporting and modeling enh

Copilot & AI
Why it matters(Marked not directly relevant for this audience.)
MAY 14 · 2026GANewSource ↗

Power BI April 2026 Feature Summary

Welcome to the April Power BI update!Power BI’s April 2026 update is here, bringing continued improvements across Copilot and AI, reporting, visuals, and modeling. This release includes more flexibility when working with layouts and visuals, expanded Copilot experiences—especiall

Copilot & AI
Why it mattersCopilot can now generate DAX measures and M queries directly from natural language descriptions, saving you from manual syntax work when building semantic model logic.
MAR 30 · 2026GANewSource ↗

Chat with Copilot inside a report on the Power BI mobile app (Preview)

If you haven’t already, check out Arun Ulag’s hero blog “FabCon and SQLCon 2026: Unifying databases and Fabric on a single, complete platform” for a complete look at all of our FabCon and SQLCon announcements across both Fabric and our database offerings.  The next evolution

Copilot & AI
Why it matters(Marked not directly relevant for this audience.)
MAR 18 · 2026GANewSource ↗

Semantic Layers: The foundation of enterprise AI

If you haven’t already, check out Arun Ulag’s hero blog “FabCon and SQLCon 2026: Unifying databases and Fabric on a single, complete platform” for a complete look at all of our FabCon and SQLCon announcements across both Fabric and our database offerings.  Power BI is the de

Copilot & AI
Why it matters(Marked not directly relevant for this audience.)

Connectors & Power Query01 ITEMS

MAY 20 · 2026GANewSource ↗

New Power Query experience in Power BI Desktop (Preview)

Authored by: Sara Lammini Rodriguez - Product Manager II, and Miguel Escobar - Senior Product Manager

Connectors & Power Query
Why it mattersYou can now organize and navigate Power Query steps with a visual diagram view instead of scrolling through a flat list, making complex transformations easier to understand and debug.