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Microsoft  announced the retirement of Power BI Q&A , our legacy natural-language querying experience, with retirement planned for December 2026. To give current Q&A user's additional time to assess their dependencies and transition to newer Copilot-powered solutions, we’re extending the retirement date to February 2027. This post recaps the affected experiences and provides updates on Copilot capacity availability, embedded scenarios, and sovereign clouds. What is being deprecated? The retirement applies to both the end-user Q&A experiences, and the associated Q&A configuration tools. Retiring experience Recommended alternative Q&A in reports Copilot with Power BI reports Q&A on a dashboard Copilot standalone experience Q&A virtual analyst in mobile app Copilot in Power BI Mobile Q&A in Power BI embedded analytics Copilot for SaaS scenari...

Power BI’s February 2026 update is here, and it’s a good one. This release brings smarter Copilot and AI experiences, more flexible ways to interact with reports, polished visuals, and useful modeling enhancements—plus a few important updates to keep in mind. With FabCon right around the corner, it’s the perfect time to explore what’s new and get excited about what’s next . Contents General Deprecation of Hierarchies in Power BI scorecards Deprecation of SSRS, PBIRS and SSAS Management Packs in SCOM Deprecation of legacy Import Excel & CSV experience in Power BI Service Deprecation of the Simba Vertica ODBC driver Copilot and AI Expanded prompt input character limit Reporting Filter or enter data in reports with Input slicer (Generally Available) Paste selections into any report slicer Card visual updates Fonts compatible with non-Windows devices for Power BI reports Preview visuals update Conditional formatting dialog updates Improved error dialogs in Power BI Desktop Azure Maps v...