Copilot in Power BI
by Microsoft
At a glance
Generative AI in Power BI for chatting with data, summarizing reports, and helping authors build visuals and DAX.
business-intelligence copilot microsoft
- Licence
- Not recorded
- Category
- Data & Analytics
- Business model
- Paid
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2023
Overview
Copilot in Power BI is Microsoft's generative AI layer inside Power BI Desktop and the Power BI service. Business users can chat with reports and semantic models; authors can generate pages, narratives, and DAX. It requires paid Fabric or Premium capacity and admin enablement, and is documented on Microsoft Learn.
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Key features
- Chat with reports and semantic models
- Summaries of reports and topics
- AI-assisted report pages and narrative visuals
- DAX and semantic-model assistance for authors
Use cases
- Asking follow-up questions of an open Power BI report
- Summarizing a report for a subscription or meeting
- Helping report authors draft pages and measures
Pricing
Copilot in Power BI requires paid Fabric capacity (F2+) or Power BI Premium (P1+); trial and free SKUs are not supported, per Microsoft Learn.
Record details
Provenance, dates and links are kept here so the main sections stay about the product itself.
Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-09-10
- Pricing
- www.microsoft.com ↗
- Documentation
- learn.microsoft.com ↗
- Founded
- 1975
- Headquarters
- US
Selection profile
Every field says where its value comes from. "Unknown" means we have not confirmed it — it does not mean the product lacks the feature.
Selection profile11 fields4 unknown
- Tasks it fits
- Data analysis
Derived from the record: category "data-analytics".
Suggest a correction - How you use it
- Web app
Hosted product with no desktop/CLI tag in the record; assumed web-delivered.
Suggest a correction - Runs on
- Web
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Suggest a correction - Where it runs
- Vendor cloud
Vendor-hosted product; no self-hosted option is recorded.
Suggest a correction - Works offline
- Not recorded
The record contains no offline-operation claim.
Suggest a correction - Official service region
- Global
Mirrors the availability field already on the record ("global").
Suggest a correction - Public API
- Not recorded
The record does not state whether a public API exists.
Suggest a correction - Licence
- proprietary
Commercial product; no source licence is published in the record.
Suggest a correction - Commercial use
- Not recorded
Commercial product; the terms reviewed here do not state a non-commercial restriction, but that was not verified.
Suggest a correction - Interface languages
- Not recorded
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- Subscription Free allowance: No Subscription required: Yes
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Where each value comes from
- Tasks it fits
- Our inference
- How you use it
- Our inference
- Runs on
- Our inference
- Where it runs
- Our inference
- Works offline
- Our inference
- Official service region
- Our inference
- Public API
- Our inference
- Licence
- Our inference
- Commercial use
- Our inference
- Interface languages
- Unknown
Frequently asked questions
What is Copilot in Power BI?
It is Microsoft's generative AI in Power BI for chatting with data, summarizing reports, and helping authors build visuals and DAX.
Is Copilot in Power BI free?
No. It requires paid Fabric or Premium capacity; trial and free SKUs are not supported.
Where is it documented?
Microsoft Learn publishes Copilot for Power BI overview and requirement docs.
What does the Copilot in Power BI record not confirm?
The Microsoft pages checked on 2026-10-09 state no licence terms, price figures, supported regions, or interface languages, so those fields stay inferred rather than confirmed.
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This record was last reviewed on 2026-09-10.
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