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We are very excited to announce the public preview of a new REST API to query datasets in Power BI by using Data Analysis Expressions (DAX). Among other things, this new DAX REST API helps to address customer feedback concerning programmatic access to the data in a dataset (for example, the idea   REST API access to READ datasets   with almost 500 votes by the time of this announcement). The new DAX REST API avoids dependencies on Analysis Services client libraries, requires no connection to   XMLA endpoints , and works in Power BI Premium as well as in Power BI shared capacity. In short, there are many good reasons for BI solution developers to evaluate this REST API during the public preview period. One of the greatest advantages of a REST API to query datasets is that you can use this REST API in practically any modern development environment on any platform, including low-code no-code Power Apps, Power Automate, and Logic Apps, JavaScript-based languages, PowerShell, ...

Welcome to the August 2021 update, can you believe that it’s August already?! In this update we have exciting new things for Q&A as well as for Shapes. Also, new this month is Automatic aggregations for DirectQuery. There is more to explore, please continue to read on. Here is the full list of August 2021 updates: Reporting Customize shape formatting X-axis constant line improvements Default sensitivity label policy in Power BI desktop   Analytics Sharing Q&A synonyms Modeling New way of expressing Date and DateTime values Evaluation configuration settings Data connectivity and preparation One Dataflow Connector (Connector Update) Automy Data Analytics (New Connector) Azure Databricks (Connector Update) Dremio (Connector Update) Google BigQuery (Connector Update) Quickbase (Connector Update) Service Sensitivity labels for paginated reports Leverage automatic aggregations to enhance performance over DirectQuery datasets Power BI REST A...

  We are excited to announce General Availability (GA) for Single Sign-On (SSO) through the data gateway to cloud data sources that rely on Azure Active Directory (AAD)-based authentication. In addition to Kerberos-based and Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)-based SSO to on-prem data sources, you can now get seamless AAD SSO connectivity to Azure-based data sources, such as Azure Synapse Analytics (SQL DW), Azure SQL, Azure Data Explorer, and Snowflake on Azure through an on-premises data gateway. This is particularly important if your users work with reports that require SSO connectivity in DirectQuery mode to data sources deployed in an Azure virtual network (Azure VNet). When you configure SSO for an applicable data source, queries execute under the AAD identity of the user that interacts with the Power BI report. Azure VNets help to establish a private network in Azure. Among other things, you can isolate your Azure resources, such as your Azure-based da...

Power BI and Microsoft Teams are enabling you to view and analyze your personal Microsoft Teams activity in 1-click with a new Power BI ‘Teams activity analytics’ report – now in preview. Automatically, Power BI will connect you to your personal activity data from Teams and get you started with an out-of-the box report designed to help you track your key activity in Teams. The report helps you understand metrics like the number of meetings you’ve participated in, how much time you’ve spent sharing audio and video, and how many messages you’ve been sending. Additionally, you can see a summary of the activity for the Teams you’re a member. Microsoft Teams has become indispensable to how we get work done and stay connected with our colleagues. This new Power BI report connects you directly to your personal Teams activity data to help you improve how you work in Teams. Analyze your Teams Data The option to create your personal Teams activity report is available in the Power BI app for Team...