Announcing the retirement of ‘Getting Started’ in the Expanded View of the Power BI Service

The Power BI Service’s expanded view gives you the option to view “Getting Started” content at the end of your Home Page. From the “Getting Started” section, you can utilize information on how to get started using Power BI, tips and tricks on how to create/utilize reports and dashboards, etc.

Getting started

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Improved Upload experience and retirement of the ‘Get Data’ page in Power BI

We will be retiring the ‘Get Data’ page in Power BI as well as the ability to connect to files from personal OneDrive accounts. Going forward, users can utilize a new streamlined Upload experience and we recommend connecting to files using OneDrive for Business or SharePoint for uploading local files.

When this will happen:

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Announcing Public Preview of Power BI and Microsoft Graph Integration

Power BI has integrated with Microsoft Graph, so you can actively interact with and view your Power BI content. Your PBI content can be seen through ‘Recommended’ content within Office Hub and search on Office.com, SharePoint Online, and Bing@Work. You will also be able to see the actions taken on Power BI content such as who viewed it, edited it, or shared the content with you. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 102409

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Power BI: Power BI content in Microsoft 365 Graph

This integration gives you the option to actively interact with and view your Power BI content. Your PBI content can be seen through ‘Recommended’ content within Office Hub and search on Office.com, SharePoint Online, and Bing@Work. You will also be able to see the actions taken on Power BI content such as who viewed it, edited it, or shared the content with you. The Public Preview is available now.

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Emissions Impact Dashboard for Microsoft 365 – General Availability

The Emissions Impact Dashboard (EID) for Microsoft 365 is a Power BI application that quantifies carbon emissions associated with your organization’s usage of Microsoft 365 applications like Exchange, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams. Power BI Pro users will now be able to install the generally available version of EID for Microsoft 365.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82196

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Announcing retirement of the Hide option in the Power BI service

The Power BI service gives you the option to Hide items from the different sections of your Home canvas: Favorites + frequents, Featured, Recents, Shared with me, and My apps. While giving you the ability to add your previously hidden content back to your Power BI Homepage at any time.

Support for the above will be removed and the option to Hide any of your Power BI content from your Homepage will be retired.

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Changes to the Power BI service – simpler navigation and improvements to lists on Home

We are making changes to the Power BI service to provide simpler navigation, improvements to lists on Home, and style updates. To simplify navigation, we are introducing a new navigation link called Browse and merging Favorites, Recent, and Shared with me navigation links under Browse. Additionally, it’s easier than ever to find content in these lists with a new experience for filtering by keyword, content type, time, and owner.

When this will happen:

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Upgrading v1 Power BI workspaces

Starting April 27th, 2022, we’ll begin rolling out the sequential automatic upgrade of all existing legacy v1 (classic) workspaces. As part of this process, on May 15th, 2022, we will begin the deletion of all empty v1 workspaces as part of the upgrade process, unless otherwise specified by Admins.

When this will happen:

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Emissions Impact Dashboard for Microsoft 365 (preview)

The Emissions Impact Dashboard for Microsoft 365 is a Power BI template app that allows Microsoft 365 admins to measure the greenhouse gas emissions associated with their organization’s usage of Microsoft 365 applications. The dashboard is now available in preview and includes emissions associated with Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Microsoft Teams.

Note: There is a separate Power BI app available to track Azure emissions. You can install this app via this page on AppSource.

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Power BI: Emissions Impact Dashboard for Microsoft 365

The Emissions Impact Dashboard for Microsoft 365 is a Power BI template app that allows Microsoft 365 admins to view the greenhouse gas emissions associated with their organization’s usage of Microsoft 365 applications. The dashboard is available in preview and includes emissions associated with Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Microsoft Teams.
More info: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-blog/measure-your-cloud-carbon-footprint-with-the-emissions-impact/ba-p/3144426

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