Power BI - June '25 release notes

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 As we approach the end of June, this months release notes have dropped. As with Fabric, expect the GA changes to be relatively light.


We're start with the general section.

General

Sensitivity labels

For those using sensitivity labels, do be aware that we're seeing to changes on how these are applied to make collaboration easier. The end result will be the same, but the label travels with the PBIX now. 

If you are using sensitivity labels, make sure you check out the blog:

Reporting

Sparklines

Sparklines within tables have now gone GA having been in preview since December 2021! It's insane that this has been a preview feature for so long, and is a clear example of why we need SLAs on preview features going GA across both Power BI and Fabric.

If this is something that you've been wanting to use, but been able to because of company policy, it's now time that you can go in and start applying sparklines to your reports.

Azure Maps Tenant settings

If you are using Azure Maps visual, you need to upgrade your reports to at least this April's Power BI desktop release.

Having done that, get your Power BI admin to check the tenant settings and make sure they are set right for the visual.

If this impacts you, do checkout the blog above.

Modelling

Additional write operations for external tools

Whilst this is more for the likes of Tabular editor, it's worth noting that changes have been made to how 3rd party tools interact with Power BI desktop. You could well find that, soon, new features come to your favourite tool that previously couldn't be done (such as changing query expressions).

Connectivity

As always, we've seen changes to connectors this month. If you are connecting to a Vertica database then do go check out this months release notes.

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