What’s New in Business Central 2025 Release Wave 2
The Autumn brings the second major release of the year for Business Central, as part of the 2 wave annual update cycle. Here we look at the highlight features.
Power BI Desktop February 2019 Feature Summary
Jesse Lawrence
To go with a lot of formatting and visual updates, the February update for Power BI has a lot of new connectors and custom visuals form partners and the community. With other updates from a new Key Influencers vidual to major updates to the Q&A, the Power BI platform continues to evolve with an exciting pace. Here we take a brief look at what is included.
February Updates Summary
Reporting
- Updates to the new filter pane (preview)
- Cross-highlight on a single point in line charts
- Word wrap on titles
- Update default visual interaction to cross-filter
- Rounded corners for visual borders
Analytics
- Key Influencers visual (preview)
- Insights questions in Q&A
- Auto-generated suggested questions for Q&A explorer
- Improved Python & R script editor
Custom visuals
- Additional purchases for custom visuals
- Advanced Donut Visual
- Advanced Combo Visual
- Advanced TimeSeries Visual
- Advanced Network Visualization
- 3AG Systems – Line chart with absolute variance
- Summary Table
- KPImg
- Ultimate KPI Card
- Violin Plot
Data connectivity
- Microsoft Graph Security
- Guidanz’ BI Connector for OBIEE
- MarkLogic
- Kronos Workforce Dimensions
- SurveyMonkey
- Qubole Presto
- Quick Base
- Sagra Emigo
Other
- Improved Live connect & Direct Query error messages
See the Power BI blog
If you would like to see all of the details for these February updates, please see the Power BI Blog:
If you would like to stay up to date with the latest news, why not take a minute to sign up for our newsletter.
The Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Regulation in the UK
After a recent visit to the Digital Manufacturing 2day event in Coventry and an insightful presentation by Lord Chris Holmes, I thought I would delve a bit deeper into the current AI regulation facing UK industry.
D365 Business Central vs Sage 200: Comparing Sage 50 Upgrade Options
Choosing the right ERP system when moving on from Sage 50 can shape how efficiently your business grows and adapts. If you want advanced features, greater flexibility and easier integration with familiar Microsoft tools, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is often the stronger option compared to Sage 200. As real-time data insight, automation and scalability are now necessities and not luxuries, your ERP upgrade decision is more important than ever.