Microsoft has officially announced that Copilot in Power BI is now supported across all Microsoft Fabric capacities, marking a major milestone in the integration of generative AI with business intelligence. This expansion empowers users to harness AI-driven insights and report generation, no matter what capacity their organization is operating within, eliminating prior limitations and making this powerful feature universally accessible within the Fabric ecosystem.
Although this update rolled out a few months ago, it's a game-changing shift that still deserves attention today especially for organizations now fully embracing Copilot’s capabilities.
What This Means for Power BI Users
This update ensures that Copilot is no longer restricted to premium or high-capacity tiers. Whether you’re using F2 or F2048 capacity, Copilot can now assist your data analysis and visualization tasks, democratizing AI across organizations of all sizes. This is especially important for smaller teams or departments operating under constrained resources, who can now take advantage of Copilot’s natural language interface to simplify complex BI tasks.
Seamless Integration with Both Power BI Desktop and Service
Alongside broader capacity availability, Microsoft has also confirmed that Copilot now works across both Power BI Desktop and the Power BI Service. This integration offers a consistent, AI-powered experience whether you're building reports locally or working in the cloud.
- In Power BI Desktop, Copilot helps users generate DAX measures, explain visuals, and accelerate report creation with plain-language prompts.
- In the Power BI Service, Copilot extends these capabilities into collaboration and deployment workflows, enabling users to refine reports, explore datasets, and craft narratives using natural language, without needing to dive into code or formulas.
Key Benefits of Copilot in Power BI
- Accelerated Report Creation
Users can describe the report they need, and Copilot will generate the corresponding visuals, measures, and layout, saving hours of manual work. - Improved Data Exploration
Copilot enables users to ask questions about their data in everyday language and receive insights in the form of charts, metrics, or explanations. - Enhanced Accessibility
With support now extended to all Fabric capacities and both Desktop and Service platforms, AI-driven analytics is no longer a premium-only capability. - Enterprise-Ready Security
Copilot works within the security and compliance boundaries of your existing Power BI environment, ensuring that data governance remains intact.
Getting Started
To use Copilot, users must ensure the feature is enabled in their Power BI tenant settings and that they have a supported license. The workspace must also be assigned to a Microsoft Fabric capacity, now a universal requirement regardless of size. From there, Copilot can be activated directly in the Power BI Desktop ribbon or within the Power BI Service interface.
