Major Update – Power BI – the retirement of legacy Power BI Apps (pre-audiences) – no longer supported after May 1, 2024 – time to take action – upgrade to newer version

Hi All,

Greetings ! Today sharing one more major update related to legacy Power BI Apps (pre-audiences)

MAJOR UPDATE : Microsoft announces the retirement of legacy Power BI Apps (pre-audiences)

DETAILS

• Microsoft announce the retirement of legacy Power BI Apps (pre-audiences)
• Legacy Power BI apps – the versions of apps before the release of apps with audiences
• Legacy Power BI apps (pre-audiences) will no longer be supported after May 1, 2024
• We need to upgrade or rebuild our legacy Power BI apps (pre-audiences) using Power BI apps with audiences
• Technical support for legacy apps will cease after the deadline – May 1, 2024
• The new version of Power BI Apps includes changes on how you manage content, how you select Audience groups and content visibility
• For more details for new version of Power BI Apps, please have a look once – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/collaborate-share/service-create-distribute-apps

What action we need to take

• We need to either upgrade or rebuild to the new Power BI apps with audiences
• This transition will ensure us and our app users continue to have access to the latest features and support from our team

How to UPGRADE to newer version

• We can upgrade Legacy Power BI apps directly from the workspace our app is in or from the Update app option in the authoring view
• In both the workspace and authoring view a banner will be displayed, click Upgrade now and our app will be upgraded immediately, as shown in below fig

• We will also see prompt in authoring view as

• Or we have an option to rebuild the app. Unpublish the current app and create new app

REFERENCES

• Publish an app in Power BI – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/collaborate-share/service-create-distribute-apps#considerations-and-limitations
• Announcing the retirement of legacy Power BI Apps (pre-audiences) – https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-the-retirement-of-legacy-power-bi-apps-pre-audiences/

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