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Retirement of Power BI Q&A

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Microsoft's start date
16 Jan 2026
Last changed by Microsoft
16 Jan 2026
First seen here
19 Oct 2026
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1

What the notice says

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Introduction

We are announcing the retirement of Q&A, Power BI’s legacy natural language tool. Starting December 2026, Q&A experiences will be retired. Moving forward, users can leverage Power BI Copilot, which offers a more advanced and integrated solution for querying data using generative AI. This change reduces feature overlap, accelerates innovation, and provides a consistent experience across Power BI.

When this will happen

Q&A experiences and Q&A Setup will be fully retired by the end of December 2026.

How this affects your organization

Who is affected: All organizations using Q&A experiences in Power BI reports, dashboards, mobile, or embedded analytics.

What will happen

  • Creation of new Q&A visuals or experiences will no longer be permitted after December 2026.
  • Existing Q&A visuals in reports, dashboards, mobile, and embedded scenarios will stop working and will be removed.
  • Q&A Setup tools (synonyms, linguistic relationships, teach Q&A, etc.) will be retired.
  • Users should transition to Power BI Copilot for natural language queries and insights.

What you can do to prepare

  • Review reports and dashboards for Q&A visuals and plan to replace them with Copilot experiences. Learn more: Microsoft Power BI Updates Blog: Deprecating Power BI Q&A.
  • Familiarize yourself with Power BI Copilot and Prep Data for AI as alternatives to Q&A and Q&A Setup.
  • Update internal documentation and helpdesk guidance to reflect this change.

Compliance considerations

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What changed

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