What's new in Power BI?

December 2022 Update (2.112.283.0)

December's updates are a sleigh ride of fun, making us want to go door-to-door and sing about our new and updated features. May your data analytics always be cheery and bright.

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.

Power BI Desktop

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:

Reporting

• Slicer type formatting moved to Format Pane [video] [blog]

Modeling

• Making it easier to do comparison calculations [video] [blog] [article]

Data connectivity

• Many updated data connectors [video] [blog]

Note

See the data sources available to Power BI Desktop. Our list is always growing, so check back often.

Visuals

• New visuals in AppSource [video] [blog]

Power BI service

The following updates are new to the Power BI service this month:

• Power BI org app Multiple Audiences now generally available [video] [blog] [article]
• Deprecation of Getting Started in expanded view [blog]
• Changes to the Get Data experience [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.