Episode 166: Power BI October 2020 Update – Part 2

This is episode 166 recorded on October 30, 2020 where John & Jason start talking about the October 2020 Power BI update, again, including updates to the mobile experience, a new HTML visual, major changes to Template Apps.

Show Notes

Service

• Updates to the ‘new look’ experience and release plan

Mobile

• Power BI for HoloLens 2 (preview)
• Automatic page refresh is now supported on the Windows app
• Support for notch displays

Embedded

• Power BI Automation and APIs
• Power BI Embedded Analytics

Visualizations

• Extended admin capability features are now generally available!
• New visuals
  • Zebra BI Charts (version 4.3)
  • Zebra BI Tables (version 4.3)
  • RoadMap by ADWISE (version v1.5.0)
  • ZoomCharts (version 1.6)
  • Bullet Chart by xViz
  • Editor’s picks

Template Apps

• Simplified installation
• Find template apps from the Power BI Desktop
• DirectQuery support for template apps

Community

• Power Platform Community Conference
• Data Stories Gallery theme

Other

• Export data source to PBIDS in Power BI Desktop
• Icon update
• Desktop splash screen dismiss