Episode 152: 2020 Release Wave 2 Plan for the Power BI Desktop review

This is episode 152 recorded on July 9th, 2020 where John & Jason talk about the newly released Microsoft Power Platform: 2020 release wave 2 plan for Power BI Desktop.

Show Notes

John & Jason renewed as Office Apps & Services and Data Platform MVPs for another year
John’s profile: https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/PublicProfile/4030796
Jason’s profile: https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/PublicProfile/5000510

Jason accepted as Microsoft Regional Director: http://www.sharepointlonghorn.com/microsoft-regional-director/
https://rd.microsoft.com/en-us/

Link to the Power BI Wave 1 Plan 2020 review episode

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	End users, automatically	Oct 2020
On-canvas watermarks	End users by admins, makers, or analysts	Oct 2020
Power Automate visual	End users by admins, makers, or analysts	Oct 2020
Small multiples visual	End users by admins, makers, or analysts	Oct 2020
User editing of DirectQuery query parameters	End users by admins, makers, or analysts	Oct 2020
Visual axis zooming	End users by admins, makers, or analysts	Oct 2020
DirectQuery over Power BI and Azure Analysis Services	Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically	Nov 2020
Apply all button for report filters	End users by admins, makers, or analysts	May 26, 2020	Oct 2020
Q&A synonym improvements	End users by admins, makers, or analysts	–	Dec 2020
DirectQuery support for Q&A	Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically	–	Jan 2021

Twitter conversation about Composite Models being delayed

#PowerBI pic.twitter.com/zqMATtXQs3

— Alex Power|s| BI (@notaboutthecell) June 24, 2020

Not long! Just not going to make the planned September date, and the release notes don't let me set it any later than that.

— Will Thompson (@Will_MI77) June 24, 2020