Microsoft is constantly updating the Power BI service with new features and improvements. As an admin, it is important to stay up-to-date on the latest changes so that you can keep your organization’s Power BI environment running smoothly and securely. Here are some of the most important Power BI service updates that admins need to know about:
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New features and capabilities
- Power BI Premium Per User (PPU) licenses: PPU licenses allow individual users to access Power BI Premium features, such as paginated reports and dedicated capacity. This can be a good option for organizations that want to give individual users access to Power BI Premium features without having to purchase a Premium capacity for the entire organization.
- Power BI datasets in Azure Synapse Analytics: Power BI datasets can now be stored in Azure Synapse Analytics. This can improve the performance of Power BI reports and dashboards for organizations with large datasets.
- Power BI security enhancements: Microsoft has added a number of new security features to Power BI, such as row-level security (RLS) for DirectQuery datasets and sensitivity labels for Power BI content. These features can help organizations protect their data and ensure that it is only accessible to authorized users.
Performance improvements
- Improved performance for large datasets: Microsoft has made a number of performance improvements to Power BI, which can make reports and dashboards load faster, especially for large datasets.
- Improved performance for paginated reports: Microsoft has also made a number of performance improvements to paginated reports, which can make them load and render faster.
Other updates
- New admin portal: Microsoft has released a new admin portal for Power BI, which provide admins with a central place to manage their organization’s Power BI environment.
- New Power BI documentation: Microsoft has also released new documentation for Power BI, which can help admins learn more about the latest features and best practices.
How to stay up-to-date on Power BI service updates
- The best way to stay up-to-date on Power BI service updates is to follow the Power BI blog and the Power BI release notes. You can also sign up for email notifications for Power BI service updates.
- In addition, Microsoft regularly hosts webinars and training sessions on Power BI service updates.You can register for these events on the Microsoft Power BI website.
- By staying up-to-date on Power BI service updates, you can ensure that your organization’s Power BI environment is running smoothly and securely, and that your users have access to the latest features and capabilities.
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