With the latest round of updates being pushed to Power BI, a bunch of updated AppSource visuals have been highlighted, along with the introduction of new reporting, analytics, and further components.

This month's release for Microsoft's database tool focuses on the availability of new Notebook improvements. The search experience has also been enhanced, among bug fixes and further changes.

The multinational banking firm has teamed up with Microsoft in order to pursue its goal of becoming a cloud-first bank. The strategic partnership between the firms is set to continue for three years.

This week's development update brings news for a bunch of components including the Partnership Series, the SDK, Feedback Snapshots, and the development roadmap for August-November as well.

The partnership will focus on extending Mastercard's cloud services for its clients, alongside development of new business models. Financial inclusion will also be a core component of the partnership.

The latest capability makes Blob storage the only such platform which supports NFS 3.0 over object storage natively. Microsoft has welcomed feedback to further improve the feature in the future.

This week's update switches the focus to other components on the development roadmap. These include the Partnership Series and the Feedback Snapshot, though the beta has been touched upon as well.

This time around, there are a couple more changes in comparison to the usual monthly On-premises data gateway update. As always, an updated version for the Mashup Engine has been released as well.

The collaboration will see Microsoft leverage its Azure and AI technologies along MSCI's investment tools' portfolio. As such, the firms aim to accelerate innovation in the global investment industry.

With regards to its Dynamics 365 platform, Microsoft has released Connected Store in preview. Fraud Protection is available with two new capabilities, while Customer Voice has been unveiled as well.

With the first anniversary of its ISV Connect program having been reached, Microsoft has commented on how the initiative has grown over the past year, and has also hinted toward upcoming improvements.

The new pre-built solution for the Power Platform focuses on helping customers prioritize health, safety, and security, in order to ensure that employees return to their workplace with confidence.

In terms of sustainability initiatives, the new steps announced at Inspire 2020 today are specifically aimed at accelerating progress towards Microsoft's goal of being carbon negative by 2030.

The new component enables the embedding of reports, dashboards, dashboard tiles, report visuals, and more in React applications. Support for both JavaScript and TypeScript is provided.