Today, we wanted to announce our roadmap for workspace upgrade so you can plan ahead.  We also announce in this post our classic workspace deprecation plans. If you’re a Power BI admin or workspace admin, this is a must read ..read more

We are excited to announce Direct Query support (Preview) for Power BI dataflows.  You can now connect directly to a dataflow without first requiring to import the data into a dataset.  ..read more

We are excited to bring you a new version of Power BI Report Server this month! With this update, we’re releasing a bevy of features across all aspects of Power BI: hierarchical slicer and decomposition tree visuals, query diagnostics, and more. Read on to get the full details of all the new additions ..read more

We’re all adapting to uncertain times. As employees shift to more remote ways of working and consumer behavior changes to meet the new normal, businesses are faced with a challenging choice: slow down operations to operate more cost-effectively, lean into new opportunities that may not have otherwise existed, or both. Either way, the ability to quickly adapt and scale to changing conditions can help businesses operate in today's environment and emerge more agile and ready to serve their customers more effectively tomorrow. Many businesses see digital transformation to the cloud as a path to de ..read more

With nearly two decades of delivering joint innovation to meet changing business demands, Microsoft and SUSE continue to focus on enabling digital transformation for our customers, building on open source solutions, and a seamless collaborative support model for SUSE workloads on SQL Server and Azure. To broaden deployment options for our customers, you can run SQL Server on-premises with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES 12, in the cloud with SLES-based Azure Virtual Machines, and in SQL Server SLES containers running on the SUSE Container as a Service (CaaS) Platform, and expect a consistent ..read more

We are pleased to announce the new page view option for Paginated Reports is now available in the Power BI service ..read more

You asked for the sessions, and we’ve got them for you! View over 50 great sessions from the Microsoft Business Applications Summit 2020. Here’s the Power Platform sessions quick reference blog ..read more

We are excited to announced general availability (GA) of shared and certified datasets in Power BI ..read more

Earlier this week, Microsoft announced that Azure Synapse Analytics, the next generation of Azure SQL Data warehouse, is now available for public preview. Azure Synapse provides incredible performance over large data volumes and has built-in capabilities for data ingestion, data preparation, machine learning, and visualization, while accelerating time to value and reducing TCO. And it works seamlessly with Power BI ..read more

The May release of Azure Data Studio is now available. Download Azure Data Studio and review the release notes to get started. Note: After downloading Azure Data Studio, say Yes to enabling preview features so that you can use extensions. Azure Data Studio is a multi-database, cross-platform desktop environment for data professionals using the family of on-premises and cloud data platforms on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. To learn more, visit our GitHub. The key highlights to cover this month include: Announcing Redgate SQL Prompt extension Announcing the new machine learning extension Added new ..read more