Enabling broader adoption of XMLA-based tools and scenarios
Starting on June 9, 2025, all Power BI and Fabric capacity SKUs will support XMLA read/write operations by default. This change is intended to assist customers using XMLA-based tools to create, edit, and maintain semantic models, such as DAX Query View in the web, Live Editing in Power BI Desktop, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), Tabular Editor (TE), or the Semantic Link library in Fabric notebooks. This change also aims to streamline automated deployments and co-authoring scenarios.
Prior to this change, Power BI and Fabric capacities in the default configuration only supported read operations, creating confusion for semantic model owners and co-authors with write permissions. These users needed their capacity administrators to change the configuration to enable read/write mode before they were able to use XMLA-based tools to create, edit, and maintain their models. Now, the default XMLA configuration is set to read/write mode by default, delivering a smoother experience for semantic model owners and co-authors.
Note that the change in default behavior affects all Power BI and Fabric capacities that currently use the default configuration. Capacity admins who wish to maintain XMLA read-only access to their capacities can proactively switch their XMLA Endpoint to OFF and then back to read-only mode. By explicitly applying the XMLA Endpoint Read Only setting, the capacity is no longer using the default configuration.
For more information about configuration the XMLA Endpoint, refer to Semantic model connectivity with the XMLA endpoint.
