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title: July Power BI Updates
description: In my Power BI journey, I'm constantly learning to keep up with the monthly added features. Check out my review of the Power BI updates for July 2020.
---

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# [July Power BI Updates](https://pragmaticworks.com/blog/july-power-bi-updates)

 Written by [Matt Peterson](https://pragmaticworks.com/blog/author/matt-peterson) | Jul 23, 2020

As I write today’s blog, I am just a few hours shy of celebrating with friends and family (socially distanced of course) my son’s three-year-old birthday.  He officially turns three on Monday and I’m excited to have the day off.  Whoa!  Too much sharing information?  Well, this is my blog so I thought I would share how proud I am to be a dad.  

It also reminds me of how much Jack teaches me daily.  Once I think I have him figured out he flips the script on me and amazes me with a new skill.  I never thought I would be able to play with Peppa the Pig for 2 hours straight, but alas, I experienced that this morning!

More importantly, it seemed like ages ago when I was wondering if he would ever sit for more than 5 minutes with one activity.  As I am always learning from my son, **I also find myself constantly having to learn the new features of Power BI with their monthly updates.  And that is what is great about Microsoft's Power BI - - it is never "finished."  There is always a feature that is growing and evolving into a more advanced, streamlined version. **

**This month has a lot of updates including Azure maps, new Q&A features, fresh gradient level legends, and external tools.**  If you are like me and **don’t always have the time to digest the article that comes out from Microsoft about the updates, check out this monthly digest video below.**

 

**I hope it can save you some time and help you learn what’s new!**

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