Microsoft 365 Message Center item MC1218421
MC1218421 - 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.
- Message Center ID
- MC1218421
- Category
- plan For Change
- Severity
- normal
- Services
- Power BI
- Tags
- User impact, Admin impact, Retirement
- Published
- 2026-01-16
- Last updated
- 2026-01-16
- Expires
- 2027-01-31
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.