Episode 258 – May 2023 Power BI Feature Summary

This is episode 258 recorded on June 5th, 2023 where John & Jason review the May 2023 updates to Power BI, and boy, it’s a doozey. We cover Microsoft Fabric updates, a whole bunch of GA announcements, data model editing in the service, paginated report drillthrough, and much more.

Show Notes

• Special Announcements for Microsoft Fabric!
  • Power BI Direct Lake mode is in public preview! 
  • The Azure Analysis Services to Fabric and Power BI Premium Migration Experience is now GA! 
  • Optimize ribbon in Power BI Desktop is now GA!  
  • Hybrid tables is now GA! 
  • Azure Log Analytics for Power BI Datasets is now GA!  
  • Power BI data hub reimagined and rebranded as OneLake data hub
  • Power BI Lineage and impact analysis support all Fabric items  
  • Announcing the renaming of the Power BI Free user license
  • New Fabric Connectors
    • New Get Data Category: Fabric
    • Lakehouse in Microsoft Fabric (New Connector)
    • Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric (New Connector)
    • KQL database in Microsoft Fabric (New Connector)
• Reporting
  • Azure Maps is now Generally Available  
  • Measure driven data labels
  • Work seamlessly in Power BI Desktop with files in OneDrive and     SharePoint  
  • Matrix accessibility improvements
  • On-Object Interaction (Preview) – Updates 
  • Set Query Limits in Power BI Desktop
• Modeling
  • New DAX functions: MATCHBY
• Data Connectivity
  • On-premises data gateway May 2023 release
  • New Connectors
    • MongoDB Atlas (New Connector)
    • Celonis EMS (New Connector)
    • CloudBlue PSA (New Connector)
    • SolarWinds Service Desk (New Connector)
    • Wrike (New Connector)
  • Connector Updates
    • Anaplan (Connector Update)
    • AssembleViews (Connector Update)
    • Autodesk Construction Cloud (Connector Update)
    • Azure Databricks, Databricks (Connector Update)
    • BitSight Security Ratings (Connector Update)
    • BQE Core (Connector Update)
    • Eduframe Reporting (Connector Update)
    • Funnel (Connector Update)
  • Service
    • Data loss prevention (DLP) policies is now GA! 
      • Classify and protect your Power BI data
      • Detect sensitive information using custom keywords
      • Complex conditions in DLP for Power BI
      • DLP policies in national clouds
    • Edit your data model in the Power BI Service (Opt-in)
    • New Power BI Tab configuration experiences in Microsoft Teams
  • Paginated Reports
    • Drill through in paginated reports
    • Changes to Power BI paginated reports consumption of Power BI Premium capacity
  • Developers
    • Enhance your custom visuals with Keyboard Navigation
    • Detect filtered report state with custom visuals!
  • Visualizations
    • Editor’s pick of the Quarter
    • New visuals in AppSource
    • Zebra BI Cards 1.6
    • Create Stunning Pie Charts with Drill Down Pie PRO
    • Acterys Gantt
    • Strip Plot by Nova Silva
    • TMap 2.0
    • Calendar by MAQ Software—updated!

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