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.
- For a list of the previous wave's release plans, go to 2020 release wave 1 plan.
- For a list of the next wave's release plans, go to 2021 release wave 1 plan.
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 |
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| User editing of DirectQuery query parameters | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Oct 11, 2020 |
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| On-canvas watermarks | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Oct 20, 2020 |
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| Small multiples visual | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Dec 15, 2020 |
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| Composite models over Power BI datasets and Azure Analysis Services | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Dec 31, 2020 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Deployment pipelines - support new 'Premium per user' license | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Nov 13, 2020 |
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| 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 |
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| Support for paginated reports in deployment pipelines | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically |
Mar 31, 2021 |
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| 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.