Power BI’s July updates bring a new look and more availability

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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In a recentpostmade byMicrosoft, the monthly recap of all majorPower BIimprovements has been published, this time for the month of July.

Here’s a list of the most notable changes and improvements:

What does this all mean?

One of the keyfeaturesshowcased is the support for non-premium datasets for paginated reports. This allows you to connect to datasets, which previously was afeatureonly available to those with a premium subscription.

However, those with non-premium subscriptions cannot publish their created paginated reports.

Additionally,Power BIaggregations were also given general availability over the course of July, which translates into better overall efficiency in both costs and performance management.

Another highlight of the July recap is the overallupdatefor the on-premises data gateway. This majorupdateincludes a .NET framework update, a fix for the well-known encrypted connection bug, and a better mashup engine.

They also greatly improved the service’s notification system, improving the way you can send multiple users refresh failure notifications.

Premium subscribers get their hands on a new capacity testing tool

Those of you with a premium subscription will now also gain access to a newfeature, namely thePower BIPremium capacity testing tool.

Thisfeaturewill help test automated loads in a simulated environment. AGitHub repositorywas created especially for this newfeature, and it can be used to reliably host the tools and its utilities.

Users that live inJohannesburgshould know that thePower BIservice will finally be available in their region. This now brings Power BI’s coverage to 19 regions inMicrosoft’spublic cloud.

Last but not least, the Business Application Release Notes has also been updated and made available for the general public.

What do you think about thesePower BIimprovements?

Share your thoughts in the comments section below and we’ll be sure to continue the talk.

Power BI’s July updates bring a new look and more availability#

What does this all mean?#

Premium subscribers get their hands on a new capacity testing tool#

Power BI’s July updates bring a new look and more availability

What does this all mean?

Premium subscribers get their hands on a new capacity testing tool