Upgrade cycles

A new version of the Power BI Report Server is released approximately every 4 months. For example, the June 2017 release was followed by an October 2017 version, which included additional features, such as support for imported data in Power BI reports. As of this writing, the next version of Power BI Report Server (following October 2017) will likely be released in the first quarter of 2018. This new version is expected to incorporate the features introduced in the monthly updates to Power BI Desktop in Q4 of 2017, such as the Bookmarks feature described in Chapter 6, Applying Custom Visuals, Animation, and Analytics.

The following diagram describes the support provided for three hypothetical releases of the Power BI Report ...

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