{"id":14442,"date":"2026-01-08T10:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T01:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/?p=14442"},"modified":"2026-01-08T10:01:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T01:01:45","slug":"mc1215073-power-bi-report-metadata-defaults-to-power-bi-enhanced-report-format-pbir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/2026-01-08-mc1215073-power-bi-report-metadata-defaults-to-power-bi-enhanced-report-format-pbir","title":{"rendered":"MC1215073 | Power BI Report metadata defaults to Power BI Enhanced Report format (PBIR)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<hr>\n<table id=\"section\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th width=\"95%\">MC1215073 | Power BI Report metadata defaults to Power BI Enhanced Report format (PBIR)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<table id=\"data\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Classification<\/th>\n<td>stayInformed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Last Updated<\/th>\n<td>01\/08\/2026 00:53:21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Start Time<\/th>\n<td>01\/08\/2026 00:52:57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>End Time<\/th>\n<td>02\/24\/2026 08:00:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Message Content<\/th>\n<td>\n<p><b>[Introduction]<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>Starting <b>January 25, 2026<\/b>, all new reports created in the Power BI service will use the  <b>Power BI Enhanced Report format (PBIR)<\/b> by default. Existing reports will automatically convert to PBIR when edited and saved. Power BI Desktop will adopt PBIR as the default format with the  <b>March 2026 release<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>The PBIR format is designed to improve source control compatibility and enable modern development practices such as  <b>continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI\/CD)<\/b>. It also supports collaborative development and allows AI agents and scripts to programmatically create, edit, and manage Power BI reports. Learn more in the  <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/power-bi\/developer\/projects\/projects-report?tabs=v2%2Cdesktop#pbir-format\">  PBIR documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>[When this will happen:]<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>January 25, 2026<\/p>\n<p><b>[How this affects your organization:]<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<ul>  <\/p>\n<li><b>Who is affected:<\/b> Power BI developers using the Power BI Project (PBIP) file format and Fabric Git integration.<\/li>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<li><b>What will happen:<\/b><br \/> \n<ul>  <\/p>\n<li>Report metadata will now be saved in PBIR format, replacing the previous PBIR-Legacy format that relied on a single JSON file.<\/li>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<li>PBIR is more compatible with source control systems, improving versioning and collaboration.<\/li>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<li>Users working with PBIX files will not see changes in their workflow, but report metadata inside PBIX will also use PBIR.<\/li>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<li>PBIR remains in Preview; this update makes PBIR the default before general availability (<a href=\"https:\/\/roadmap.fabric.microsoft.com\/?product=powerbi\" target=\"_blank\">planned for later in 2026<\/a>).<\/li>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<li>Admins can opt out during the Preview by disabling the tenant setting: \u201cAutomatically convert and store reports in the Power BI enhanced metadata format (PBIR).\u201d<\/li>\n<p>  <\/ul>\n<p>  <\/li>\n<p>  <\/ul>\n<p><b>[What you can do to prepare:]<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<ul>  <\/p>\n<li>No immediate action is required unless you want to opt out.<\/li>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<li>If opting out, disable the <b>Admin Tenant Setting<\/b> in the Power BI Admin portal.<\/li>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<li>Review internal documentation and update any references to report metadata formats.<\/li>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<li>Communicate this change to your Power BI development teams.<\/li>\n<p>  <\/ul>\n<p>Learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/powerbi.microsoft.com\/blog\/pbir-will-become-the-default-power-bi-report-format-get-ready-for-the-transition\/\" target=\"_blank\">  Microsoft Power BI Updates Blog: PBIR will become the default Power BI Report Format \u2013 Get Ready for the Transition<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>  <\/ul>\n<p><b>[Compliance considerations:]<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MC1215073 | Power BI Report metadata defaults to Power BI Enhanced Report format (PBIR) Classification stayInf [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}