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The month of June flew by quickly for Power BI. With summer in the air and MBAS just around the corner, we are laser focused on planning another unforgettable conference for you in Seattle! There…

The Power BI Organizational Custom Visuals (OCV) repository is the best way to share third-party custom visuals within your organization. This is especially useful for custom visuals not available in …

I must admit that I have been a little quiet with regards to my BI-RoundUp and it is partially due to being extremely busy working. As well as preparing for SQL Saturday Sydney and my presentation …

We are happy to announce that we have just released the June update for the On-premises data gateway. This month’s Gateway update includes an updated version of the Mashup Engine, which…

This blog post covers the latest updates for Power BI Developers community- Power BI Embedded and Custom Visuals.

Calling all Power BI fans and social change enthusiasts! Want to share your Power BI skills with community members and present data that will inspire change? Here’s your chance! Grab some data that is meaningful to you, use Power BI to bring the data to life, show us how you put everything tog...

Power BI has evolved into a complex and powerful BI platform capable of scaling to meet the demands of large organisations. In this article, we demystify Power BI by describing each flavor of Power BI and their pricing. We summarise it all in a single cheat sheet for you to use.

I was recently browsing the Power BI Forums, where I enjoy helping others with Power BI questions. Not only that, I also learn from other people in the community. In this instance I was unaware tha…

It’s baaaaack! The PUG World Tour will be kicking off this summer, so be sure to register for a conference near you. The 2018 World Tour lineup includes: -Melbourne, Australia -Sydney, Australia -Charlotte, North Carolina -Seattle, Washington -Copenhagen, Denmark -Dubai, United Arab Emirates -M...

You can now share customized #PowerBI report views with your own filters and slicers applied! There is a corresponding section in tenant settings too. pic.twitter.com/ShPTc66vwX— Daniil Maslyuk (@DMaslyuk) June 21, 2018

We will create a custom connector in Flow that refreshes any dataset in PowerBI you want and you can use it with any other connector.

Have you ever wondered how many times your Power BI dataset has been refreshed? And if you are using Power BI Pro, you are limited to 8 refreshes a day. This week’s blog post I am going to de…

Power BI Report Server can be thought of as a superset of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). Therefore, traditional SSRS, Mobile, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and Excel-based reports can all be hosted alongside your Power BI reports.

A past post discussed different fonts available for use in Power BI, and I have also showed how to try to expand your font selection with Themes. What if users want more variety? It’s possible to add …

Let's say you just heard someone mention a Power BI app. What exactly do they mean by that? Well, it depends. The term "app" is used kind of a lot in the Power BI world. So, here's a quick reference to help you decode the conversation. I'm going to start with the most likely options, worki

In a previous blog I discussed the Common Data Service for Apps (CDS for Apps). I explained that CDS for Apps is more suitable for OLTP-type applications, which is why its main client is PowerApps app…

Connecting datasets to their data sources is arguably one of the most important tasks BI authors must accomplish after publishing a Power BI Desktop file to the Power BI service. It is perhaps also…

I haven’t written in awhile, but wanted to get this up while it was still fresh in my mind (and had some time left at lunch). Did you know Outlook had a shortcuts feature? I didn’t (or at least I didn…

Learn to Navigate Your Way Through a Power BI Dashboard in 20 Minutes.

Recently Power BI Mobile & Devices team have released some new cool features. These features address some of the most requested items we got from you – we hear you!

This blog post covers the latest updates for Power BI Developers community- Power BI Embedded and Custom Visuals.

Today, we’re pleased to announce we’ve added the ability to subscribe other users to e-mail subscriptions you setup for reports and dashboards in PowerBI.com. This highly requested feature allows Pro…

We’re almost halfway through the year and what a great start it’s been to 2018! The Power BI team has worked in full force over the last few months to deliver the features that you’ve identified to…

In this video, Adam looks at how to migrate off of Power BI Workspace Collection to Power BI Embedded. Power BI Workspace collections will be shut down on June 30, 2018. You don’t have much time befor…

Here you go! Here's a sneak-peek of the 'Meal Order' #PowerApp I've been talking about. It is filled with variables, timer controls, formulas and screens. Stay tuned for a deep-dive vBlog which also shows the #PowerBI report I built that includes an embedded PowerApp. Enjoy! pic.twitter.com/9Jfnv3T7x1— Daniel Christian (@dchristian19) May 19, 2018

Recently, One of my friend called me and asked is there a way to selected the Gateway when publishing a Power BI report. My answer was NO because there is no such option currently.What Power BI doe…