Retirement of Power BI Q&A

Power BI Q&A, the legacy natural language tool, will retire by December 2026. New Q&A visuals cannot be created, and existing ones will stop working. Users should transition to Power BI Copilot for querying data. Organizations should review and update reports, documentation, and support accordingly.

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.