What's new in Power BI?
May 2023 Update (2.117.286.0)
This May we have all sorts of new features growing, blooming, and blossoming to create a fabric of amazing visuals, insights, and intelligence for Power BI Desktop and the Power BI service.
This article describes updates to Power BI Desktop and the Power BI service. To learn about updates for mobile, check out What's new in the mobile apps for Power BI.
The links beside each feature in the list are follows:
- [blog]: Most features are explained in a section in the monthly update blog post.
- [video]: Some features have a video excerpt that discusses the feature, which plays in a new browser tab.
- [article]: Some features have an article that provides more detail.
- The remaining features are self-explanatory and don't need an article or video.
You can also watch the entire Power BI monthly update video.
Get the latest version of Power BI Desktop from the Download Center. If you're running Windows 10, you can also get Power BI Desktop from the Microsoft Store. Regardless of how you install Power BI Desktop, the monthly versions are the same, although the version numbering may differ. For more information about downloading and installing Power BI Desktop, see Get Power BI Desktop.
Important
Power BI Desktop is updated and released on a monthly basis, incorporating customer feedback and new features. Only the most recent version of Power BI Desktop is supported; customers who contact support for Power BI Desktop will be asked to upgrade to the most recent version. You can get the most recent version of Power BI Desktop from the Windows Store, or as a single executable containing all supported languages that you download and install on your computer.
Important
Power BI Desktop is no longer supported on Windows 7. Power BI Desktop is supported on Windows 8 or newer versions of Windows, for the most recent release of Power BI Desktop only.
The following updates are new to Power BI Desktop this month:
Microsoft Fabric
- Power BI Direct Lake mode (preview) [video] [blog]
- Azure Analysis Services to Fabric and Power BI Premium Migration Experience now generally available [video] [blog]
- Optimize ribbon in Power BI Desktop now generally available [video] [blog] [article]
- Hybrid tables now generally available [video] [blog] [article]
- Azure Log Analytics for Power BI datasets now generally available [video] [blog] [article]
- Power BI data hub updated and rebranded as OneLake data hub [video] [blog]
Reporting
- Azure maps now generally available [video] [blog]
- Measure driven data labels [video] [blog]
- Use OneDrive and SharePoint files in Power BI Desktop [video] [blog]
- Matrix accessibility improvements [video] [blog]
- On-object interaction - updates (preview) [video] [blog]
- Set query limits in Power BI Desktop [video] [blog]
Modeling
Data connectivity
- On-premises data gateway, May 2023 release [video] [blog]
- New Get Data category: Fabric [video] [blog]
- New connectors:
- Many updated data connectors [blog]
Note
See the data sources available to Power BI Desktop. Our list is always growing, so check back often.
Visuals
- Many new and updated visuals [blog]
For detailed information about each of new feature, see Power BI feature summary blog post.
Power BI monthly update video
The following video describes each of these updates. You can also watch this video from the blog post.
Note
The video might use earlier versions of Power BI Desktop or the Power BI service.
More videos
Like learning about Power BI through videos and other engaging content? Check out the following collection of video sources and content:
- Power BI channel: a collection of Power BI videos on YouTube.
- Microsoft Learn training for Power BI: a sequential learning tour of Power BI, in bite-size pieces.
Updates for previous months
Looking for Power BI updates for previous months? You can find them in the Power BI monthly updates archive.
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