Power BI Update - September 2026

September blog: https://aka.ms/powerbisep2026update 00:00 – Intro 01:02 – Overview – General Availability 02:27 – Overview – Preview Features 03:52 – Demos Preview 04:01 – New Power Query Editor 07:26 – Live Visual Sharing in Outlook Web 08:25 – Approximate Distinct Count for Import and Direct Lake 09:34 – Full-Text Search for Semantic Models (TEXTCONTAINS and TEXTSIMILARITY) 10:44 – String Indexing for Semantic Models 11:31 – New Report Ribbon in the Web 12:31 – On-Object Interaction Improvements 13:13 – Remote Power BI Authoring MCP Server Generally Available 15:29 – More Control & Context in Power BI Home 16:18 – Power BI Agentic Authoring Plugin 17:18 – Power BI Projects (PBIP) 18:56 – Create & Edit Semantic Models in the Web (Direct Query) 20:14 – More Control for Copilot Access on Semantic Models 21:13 – Enhanced Report Consumption Copilot with Fabric IQ 22:20 – Design Ribbon for Power BI Reports 23:43 – Pane Headers stay Visible during Scroll 24:23 – Pick Initial Axis Scroll Position 25:31 – Slider Color Options for Slicer Visual 25:54 – Set & Reset Column Widths for Table and Matrix 27:27 – UDF Details show in Format Pane 27:57 – Visual Calculations for Small Multiples 28:44 – Community Member Spotlight 29:30 – Outro #MicrosoftPowerBI #FabConBarcelona