MC1218421 - Retirement of Power BI Q&A

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:

No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization.