Updated: January 25, 2021 (December 28, 2020)

Power BI Report Design and Clients Roadmap 2021

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Power BI report design tools introduce machine learning features to help users who are not data analysts perform advanced analytics.
Power Apps and Power Automate integration helps customers embed processes in reports.
A new Teams app for Power BI will help users access reports without leaving Teams.
The decline of on-premises features will make hybrid environments more challenging to manage.

Power BI report design tool updates have slowed to a manageable pace, as compared to previous years, with new updates focused on maturing the products, adding advanced features, and providing integrations to other Microsoft-cloud services. The Power BI clients move to a new user interface that brings consistency and improves their performance and features.

This report focuses on Power BI report design tools used to create interactive reports and dashboards, and Power BI clients that provide user access. Understanding the relationship between the report design tools and functionality available in each client is key to delivering useful content. (For more details, see the illustrations “Power BI Report Design Tools Overview” and “Power BI Clients Overview.”)

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