{ "generated_at": "2026-10-17T23:32:46.056Z", "license": "CC BY 4.0, credit https://vizcanary.com", "count": 58, "events": [ { "id": "bf598af210", "vendor": "Fivetran", "vendor_slug": "fivetran", "category": "ingestion", "product": "MAR tiering", "title": "Fivetran moves MAR volume tiering from account to connection level", "change_type": "price_increase", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2025-03-01", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Applied from March 1, 2025 for PAYG; annual contracts at renewal after March 1, 2025. Each connection gets its own volume-discount curve, which raises costs for many small connections.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [], "summary": "MAR volume tiering is applied per connection instead of per account from March 1, 2025, raising costs for accounts with many equal-sized connections.", "source_url": "https://fivetran.com/docs/core-concepts/usage-based-pricing/pricing-updates/2025-pricing-faq", "evidence": "After March 1, tiering is applied at the connection level:", "severity": "high", "act_by": "2024-12-01", "who_affected": "Fivetran customers on pay-as-you-go (since March 1, 2025) and annual-contract customers at their first renewal after that date, especially accounts with many similarly sized, smaller connections.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/fivetran-fivetran-mar-tiering-moves-from-account-level-to-connection-l-bf59/" }, { "id": "49593991c2", "vendor": "SAP", "vendor_slug": "sap", "category": "bi", "product": "BI 2025 removed components", "title": "SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025 drops Lumira Discovery, Crystal Reports for Enterprise, .unv universes", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": "2025-07-02", "effective_date": "2025-03-01", "date_precision": "month", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Applies with SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025, available since March 2025. SAP recommends alternatives for all use cases.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "SAP Lumira Discovery", "SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise", "SAP BusinessObjects Universe Design Tool", "SAP BusinessObjects .unv universes", "SAP BusinessObjects multi-source universes", "SAP BusinessObjects Analysis edition for OLAP", "SAP BusinessObjects Live Office", "SAP BusinessObjects Mobile" ], "summary": "SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025 no longer delivers several components, including Lumira Discovery, Crystal Reports for Enterprise and .unv universes; alternatives are recommended.", "source_url": "https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-blog-posts-by-sap/sap-analytics-business-intelligence-statement-of-direction-july-2025-update/ba-p/14133389", "evidence": "With SAP BusinessObjects BI 2025, we do not deliver anymore SAP Lumira Discovery, SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise, SAP BusinessObjects Universe Design Tool and .unv universes, multi-source universes and associated connectivity,", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2024-10-02", "who_affected": "Teams running SAP BusinessObjects BI that plan to move to BI 2025 and still use Lumira Discovery, Crystal Reports for Enterprise, the Universe Design Tool, .unv or multi-source universes, Analysis edition for OLAP, Live Office or Mobile.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/sap-bi-2025-stops-delivering-lumira-discovery-crystal-reports-for-ente-4959/" }, { "id": "d84853bb4f", "vendor": "Microsoft Power BI", "vendor_slug": "microsoft-power-bi", "category": "bi", "product": "Power BI Pro license", "title": "Power BI Pro rises from $10 to $14 per user/month (+40%)", "change_type": "price_increase", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2025-04-01", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Applies globally to new and existing commercial customers, upon renewal as of April 1, 2025. Existing EA customers keep current pricing until their next renewal; new agreements after April 1, 2025 get new pricing.", "old_price": "$10", "new_price": "$14", "price_unit": "per user/month", "pct_change": 40, "affected_plans": [ "Power BI Pro" ], "summary": "Power BI Pro licenses increase to USD14 per user per month starting April 1, 2025, for new and existing commercial customers at renewal.", "source_url": "https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/important-update-to-microsoft-power-bi-pricing/", "evidence": "Starting April 1, 2025, Power BI Pro licenses will be USD14 per user per month, and PPU licenses will be USD24 per user per month.", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2025-01-01", "who_affected": "Commercial customers paying for Power BI Pro licenses, including existing customers whose subscription or agreement renews on or after April 1, 2025. EA customers move to the new price at their next renewal.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/microsoft-power-bi-power-bi-pro-rises-to-usd14-per-user-per-month-from-d848/" }, { "id": "9e249d336c", "vendor": "Microsoft Power BI", "vendor_slug": "microsoft-power-bi", "category": "bi", "product": "Power BI Premium Per User (PPU) license", "title": "Power BI Premium Per User rises from $20 to $24 per user/month (+20%)", "change_type": "price_increase", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2025-04-01", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "New customers from April 1, 2025; existing commercial customers at renewal on or after April 1, 2025 (EA customers keep current pricing until their next renewal).", "old_price": "$20", "new_price": "$24", "price_unit": "per user/month", "pct_change": 20, "affected_plans": [ "Premium Per User (PPU)" ], "summary": "Microsoft raised Power BI Premium Per User from $20 to $24 per user per month for new customers and at renewal from April 1, 2025.", "source_url": "https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/important-update-to-microsoft-power-bi-pricing/", "evidence": "Starting April 1, 2025, Power BI Pro licenses will be USD14 per user per month, and PPU licenses will be USD24 per user per month.", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2025-01-01", "who_affected": "Teams paying for Power BI Premium Per User (PPU) licenses: new buyers since April 1, 2025, and existing commercial customers whenever their renewal falls on or after that date. EA customers are hit at their next renewal.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/microsoft-power-bi-power-bi-premium-per-user-rises-from-20-to-24-per-u-9e24/" }, { "id": "ae92772185", "vendor": "Fivetran", "vendor_slug": "fivetran", "category": "ingestion", "product": "Census", "title": "Fivetran signs agreement to acquire Census (reverse ETL)", "change_type": "acquisition_merger", "announce_date": "2025-05-01", "effective_date": "2025-05-01", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Announced as signed; completion is subject to customary closing conditions and no closing date is stated.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [], "summary": "Fivetran announced a signed agreement to acquire Census, funded by cash and equity; terms were not disclosed and closing is pending.", "source_url": "https://www.fivetran.com/press/fivetran-signs-agreement-to-acquire-census-delivering-the-first-end-to-end-data-movement-platform-for-the-ai-era", "evidence": "today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Census, the leader in Reverse ETL, data activation, and operational analytics", "severity": "low", "act_by": "2025-04-01", "who_affected": "Census customers, and Fivetran customers who plan to pair ingestion with reverse ETL, should watch for contract, packaging or roadmap changes after closing. No customer action is required today.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/fivetran-fivetran-signs-agreement-to-acquire-census-the-reverse-etl-pr-ae92/" }, { "id": "2f454dbd47", "vendor": "Fivetran", "vendor_slug": "fivetran", "category": "ingestion", "product": "SQLMesh / SQLGlot", "title": "Fivetran acquires Tobiko Data (SQLMesh, SQLGlot)", "change_type": "acquisition_merger", "announce_date": "2025-09-03", "effective_date": "2025-09-03", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Press release states Fivetran has acquired Tobiko Data; no separate closing date given, so the announcement date is used.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [], "summary": "Fivetran announced it has acquired Tobiko Data, the open source company behind SQLMesh and SQLGlot, adding transformation capabilities to its platform.", "source_url": "https://www.fivetran.com/press/fivetran-acquires-tobiko-data-to-power-the-next-generation-of-advanced-ai-ready-data-transformation", "evidence": "today announced it has acquired Tobiko Data, the open source transformation company behind SQLMesh and SQLGlot.", "severity": "low", "act_by": "2025-08-04", "who_affected": "Teams that run SQLMesh or depend on SQLGlot (directly or through other tools) and want to know how Fivetran ownership might change roadmap, licensing or support. Fivetran customers may also see transformation features added to the platform.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/fivetran-fivetran-acquires-tobiko-data-maker-of-sqlmesh-and-sqlglot-2f45/" }, { "id": "6079bf4362", "vendor": "Databricks", "vendor_slug": "databricks", "category": "warehouse", "product": "Standard tier workspaces (AWS)", "title": "Databricks on AWS Standard tier reached end of life", "change_type": "sku_retirement", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2025-10-01", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Customers had until this date to upgrade; remaining Standard tier workspaces were automatically upgraded to Premium on this date.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "Standard tier" ], "summary": "Standard tier workspaces on Databricks on AWS were end-of-life'd, with customers required to upgrade to Premium or Enterprise by October 1, 2025.", "source_url": "https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/admin/account-settings/account", "evidence": "Databricks has announced the end of life for Standard tier workspaces on Databricks on AWS. Customers have until October 1, 2025, to upgrade existing workspaces to the Premium or Enterprise tier.", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2025-10-01", "who_affected": "Teams that ran Databricks on AWS Standard tier workspaces. Any workspace not upgraded by 2025-10-01 was automatically moved to Premium, so the bill and feature set may already have changed.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/databricks-databricks-on-aws-standard-tier-reaches-end-of-life-workspa-6079/" }, { "id": "076c6bfabd", "vendor": "Amazon QuickSight", "vendor_slug": "amazon-quicksight", "category": "bi", "product": "Amazon QuickSight", "title": "Amazon QuickSight becomes Amazon Quick Suite (Quick Sight)", "change_type": "packaging_change", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2025-10-09", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Rollout starts October 9, 2025 for all QuickSight customers globally; new capabilities only in US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Europe (Dublin), and Asia Pacific (Sydney).", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [], "summary": "QuickSight is renamed Amazon Quick Suite, with the new UI and branding rolling out globally from October 9, 2025 while existing BI functionality continues.", "source_url": "https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/business-intelligence/reimagine-business-intelligence-amazon-quicksight-evolves-to-amazon-quick-suite/", "evidence": "Starting October 9, 2025, all QuickSight customers globally will see the new Quick Suite UI and branding.", "severity": "low", "act_by": "2025-10-09", "who_affected": "Existing Amazon QuickSight customers globally, mainly admins and BI owners who will see new Quick Suite branding and UI. Teams that want the new capabilities must use US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Europe (Dublin) or Asia Pacific (Sydney).", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/amazon-quicksight-quicksight-evolves-into-amazon-quick-suite-with-new-076c/" }, { "id": "4a42d1c8f8", "vendor": "Amazon QuickSight", "vendor_slug": "amazon-quicksight", "category": "bi", "product": "Author Pro license", "title": "Quick Sight Author Pro drops from $50 to $40 per user/month", "change_type": "price_decrease", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2025-10-09", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Announced with the Quick Suite launch (UI rollout from October 9, 2025).", "old_price": "$50", "new_price": "$40", "price_unit": "per user/month", "pct_change": -20, "affected_plans": [ "Author Pro" ], "summary": "Author Pro list price drops from $50 to $40 per month, with Author Pro users gaining Quick Suite Enterprise capabilities.", "source_url": "https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/business-intelligence/reimagine-business-intelligence-amazon-quicksight-evolves-to-amazon-quick-suite/", "evidence": "Author Pro pricing reduced from $50 to $40/month", "severity": "low", "act_by": "2025-09-09", "who_affected": "Amazon QuickSight customers paying for Author Pro licenses, who are billed per user per month. The list price fell from $50 to $40, and Author Pro users also gain Quick Suite Enterprise capabilities.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/amazon-quicksight-author-pro-pricing-reduced-from-50-to-40-per-month-4a42/" }, { "id": "45be002ae8", "vendor": "SAP", "vendor_slug": "sap", "category": "bi", "product": "BEx Analyzer / BEx Precalculation", "title": "SAP BEx Analyzer and BEx Precalculation leave mainstream maintenance", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2025-10-15", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Applies to Excel-dependent BEx tools (BEx Analyzer/Workbooks and BEx Precalculation, including broadcasting of BEx workbooks); mainstream maintenance ends.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "BEx Analyzer", "BEx Workbooks", "BEx Precalculation" ], "summary": "BEx Analyzer and BEx Precalculation leave SAP mainstream maintenance and enter customer-specific maintenance from October 15, 2025, with new unknown bugs possibly chargeable.", "source_url": "https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-blog-posts-by-sap/sunset-of-bex-tools-frequently-asked-questions-and-answers-faq/ba-p/14112165", "evidence": "BEx Analyzer and BEx Precalculation will no longer be supported in mainstream maintenance and will enter customer-specific maintenance effective October 15, 2025", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2025-05-18", "who_affected": "SAP BW teams still running BEx Analyzer, BEx Workbooks or BEx Precalculation (including broadcasting of BEx workbooks) for Excel-based reporting. Mainstream maintenance ended 2025-10-15, so these tools are now in customer-specific maintenance.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/sap-bex-analyzer-and-bex-precalculation-move-to-customer-specific-main-45be/" }, { "id": "b3b7350e61", "vendor": "Informatica", "vendor_slug": "informatica", "category": "ingestion", "product": "Informatica (IDMC, PowerCenter)", "title": "Salesforce completes its acquisition of Informatica", "change_type": "acquisition_merger", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2025-11-18", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Acquisition closed on the press release date; the press release is dated November 18, 2025.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [], "summary": "Salesforce announced it has completed its acquisition of Informatica, folding its data catalog, integration, governance, quality, and MDM products into the Salesforce platform.", "source_url": "https://www.informatica.com/about-us/news/news-releases/2025/11/20251118-salesforce-completes-acquisition-of-informatica.html", "evidence": "Salesforce Completes Acquisition of Informatica", "severity": "low", "act_by": "2025-08-20", "who_affected": "Informatica customers on IDMC or PowerCenter, mainly those with renewals or multi-year contracts coming up, who should watch for changes to contract terms, packaging, and roadmap now that Salesforce owns the products.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/informatica-salesforce-completes-acquisition-of-informatica-b3b7/" }, { "id": "75d4901c68", "vendor": "Snowflake", "vendor_slug": "snowflake", "category": "warehouse", "product": "Snowpipe (Standard & Enterprise editions)", "title": "Snowpipe switches to a flat 0.0037 credits per GB", "change_type": "billing_model_change", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2025-12-08", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Applies to Enterprise and Standard Edition accounts, applied automatically. Business Critical and VPS accounts already moved on August 1, 2025.", "old_price": null, "new_price": "0.0037 credits per GB", "price_unit": "per GB ingested", "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "Enterprise Edition accounts", "Standard Edition accounts" ], "summary": "Snowpipe billing switches from per-second/per-core compute plus per-1,000-files fee to a fixed 0.0037 credits per GB ingested, applied automatically.", "source_url": "https://docs.snowflake.com/en/release-notes/2025/other/2025-12-08-snowpipe-simplified-pricing", "evidence": "Instead of a per-second/per-core compute charge and a per-1,000-files fee, you are now charged a fixed credit amount per gigabyte (0.0037 credits per GB) of data ingested with Snowpipe.", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2025-11-08", "who_affected": "Teams on Snowflake Standard or Enterprise Edition accounts that ingest data with Snowpipe, since the billing change applies automatically. Teams that load many small files, or very large volumes, will see the biggest shift.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/snowflake-snowpipe-moves-to-a-flat-0-0037-credits-per-gb-ingested-repl-75d4/" }, { "id": "60a83635d3", "vendor": "Fivetran", "vendor_slug": "fivetran", "category": "ingestion", "product": "Standard connections (1–1M MAR/month)", "title": "Fivetran adds a $5 minimum per connection (1 to 1M MAR)", "change_type": "price_increase", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-01-01", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "PAYG accounts from January 1, 2026; annual contracts only once renewed. Does not apply to Free plan.", "old_price": null, "new_price": "$5", "price_unit": "minimum per connection per month", "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "Standard plan", "PAYG billing plan" ], "summary": "A $5 minimum base charge applies to standard connections generating between 1 and 1 million MAR per month, starting January 1, 2026 for PAYG.", "source_url": "https://fivetran.com/docs/core-concepts/usage-based-pricing/pricing-updates/2026-pricing-updates", "evidence": "a $5 base charge will be applied on the Standard plan for connections generating between 1 and 1M MAR.", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2025-10-03", "who_affected": "Teams on the Standard plan with PAYG billing, which has had the $5 per-connection minimum since January 1, 2026. Annual-contract customers are hit when they renew, and the minimum applies to connections generating between 1 and 1M MAR per month.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/fivetran-fivetran-adds-5-minimum-charge-per-connection-generating-1-to-60a8/" }, { "id": "3e2d610129", "vendor": "Fivetran", "vendor_slug": "fivetran", "category": "ingestion", "product": "Paid MAR metering (deletes)", "title": "Fivetran deletes now count toward paid MAR", "change_type": "billing_model_change", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-01-01", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "PAYG from January 1, 2026. Annual contracts signed after March 1, 2025 at renewal; annual contracts signed before March 1, 2025 unchanged under pre-March 2025 rules.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [], "summary": "Inserts, updates and deletes all count toward paid MAR; previously deletes did not contribute to paid MAR.", "source_url": "https://fivetran.com/docs/core-concepts/usage-based-pricing/pricing-updates/2026-pricing-updates", "evidence": "As of January 1, 2026, inserts, updates, and deletes will count toward paid MAR.", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2025-10-18", "who_affected": "Fivetran pay-as-you-go customers (already in effect since 2026-01-01) and annual-contract customers who signed after March 1, 2025, from their next renewal. Teams with delete-heavy sources (CDC, soft-delete tables, frequent purges or reloads) are hit hardest.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/fivetran-fivetran-deletes-now-count-toward-paid-mar-from-january-1-202-3e2d/" }, { "id": "ab47c948ef", "vendor": "Fivetran", "vendor_slug": "fivetran", "category": "ingestion", "product": "History mode", "title": "Fivetran now bills history-mode repeated updates as paid MAR", "change_type": "billing_model_change", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-01-01", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "PAYG from January 1, 2026; annual contracts signed after March 1, 2025 at renewal; older annual contracts already under pre-March 2025 rules.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [], "summary": "Repeated updates tracked in history mode now count toward paid MAR; soft delete and live modes are alternatives.", "source_url": "https://fivetran.com/docs/core-concepts/usage-based-pricing/pricing-updates/2026-pricing-updates", "evidence": "When you enable history mode, we track repeated updates in a given month. As of January 1, 2026, the changes tracked count toward paid MAR.", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2025-10-18", "who_affected": "Fivetran customers with history mode enabled on any connection: pay-as-you-go accounts (in effect since January 1, 2026) and annual contracts signed after March 1, 2025 (once they renew).", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/fivetran-fivetran-bills-history-mode-repeated-updates-as-paid-mar-from-ab47/" }, { "id": "067c5714de", "vendor": "Snowflake", "vendor_slug": "snowflake", "category": "warehouse", "product": "Observe", "title": "Snowflake signs agreement to acquire Observe", "change_type": "acquisition_merger", "announce_date": "2026-01-08", "effective_date": "2026-01-08", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Closing is subject to receipt of required regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions; closing date not stated.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [], "summary": "Snowflake announced a signed definitive agreement to acquire Observe, an AI-powered observability vendor, pending regulatory approval.", "source_url": "https://www.snowflake.com/en/news/press-releases/snowflake-announces-intent-to-acquire-observe-to-deliver-ai-powered-observability-at-enterprise-scale/", "evidence": "today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Observe, a leader in AI-powered observability.", "severity": "low", "act_by": "2025-12-09", "who_affected": "Existing Observe customers, who may see changes to contracts, roadmap and packaging once the deal closes. Snowflake customers who plan to use Observe for observability should watch for bundling or pricing announcements.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/snowflake-snowflake-signs-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-observe-067c/" }, { "id": "95a048b7c6", "vendor": "Fivetran", "vendor_slug": "fivetran", "category": "ingestion", "product": "Activations (formerly Census)", "title": "Census becomes Fivetran Activations, billed on MAR", "change_type": "packaging_change", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-02-01", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Available as of February 1, 2026; usage measured in MAR, with per-MAR cost decreasing as usage rises.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": "per MAR", "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [], "summary": "Activations is billed on inserted, updated and deleted data measured in MAR, with cost per MAR decreasing on each activation's consumption curve.", "source_url": "https://fivetran.com/docs/core-concepts/usage-based-pricing/pricing-updates/2026-pricing-updates", "evidence": "As of February 1, 2026, Fivetran offers Activations, a cloud-based product that enables you to configure managed, automated reverse ETL pipelines without writing code.", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2025-11-03", "who_affected": "Teams running Census (now Fivetran Activations) for reverse ETL, and anyone planning to buy it from Fivetran. Billing is now measured in MAR on inserted, updated and deleted data, with the per-MAR cost set per activation.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/fivetran-fivetran-activations-formerly-census-launches-usage-based-pri-95a0/" }, { "id": "a3b969a3dc", "vendor": "Microsoft SQL Server", "vendor_slug": "microsoft-sql-server", "category": "database", "product": "Azure Data Studio", "title": "Azure Data Studio retired", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-02-28", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Retired as of the stated date; no longer receives updates, security fixes or maintenance. Migration to Visual Studio Code with MSSQL extension recommended.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [], "summary": "Azure Data Studio was retired on February 28, 2026 and no longer receives updates or security fixes; Microsoft directs users to Visual Studio Code with the MSSQL extension.", "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/tools/whats-happening-azure-data-studio?view=sql-server-ver17", "evidence": "Azure Data Studio is retired as of \nFebruary 28, 2026\n and no longer receives updates or security fixes.", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2025-10-31", "who_affected": "Anyone still using Azure Data Studio to query, administer or script against SQL Server or Azure SQL, including individual developers, DBAs and shared jump-box or golden-image setups.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/microsoft-sql-server-azure-data-studio-retired-as-of-february-28-2026-a3b9/" }, { "id": "241e895754", "vendor": "Matillion", "vendor_slug": "matillion", "category": "ingestion", "product": "Matillion ETL 1.75 LTS", "title": "Matillion ETL 1.75 LTS support ended", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-03-04", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Listed under previously supported LTS versions; support has ended.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "1.75 LTS" ], "summary": "Support has ended for Matillion ETL 1.75 LTS, with end-of-support date March 4th, 2026.", "source_url": "https://docs.matillion.com/metl/docs/matillion-etl-supported-releases/", "evidence": "1.75 May 2nd, 2024 March 4th, 2026", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2025-10-05", "who_affected": "Teams still running Matillion ETL 1.75 LTS (self-managed). Support ended on 2026-03-04, so they get no fixes or vendor help on that version.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/matillion-matillion-etl-1-75-lts-support-ended-march-4-2026-241e/" }, { "id": "ee4cb42476", "vendor": "Confluent", "vendor_slug": "confluent", "category": "streaming", "product": "Confluent (Confluent Cloud & Platform)", "title": "IBM completes its acquisition of Confluent", "change_type": "acquisition_merger", "announce_date": "2026-03-17", "effective_date": "2026-03-17", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Acquisition completed on this date; IBM acquired all issued and outstanding common shares of Confluent.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [], "summary": "IBM completed its acquisition of Confluent, the Apache Kafka-based data streaming platform, at an enterprise value of about $11 billion.", "source_url": "https://newsroom.ibm.com/2026-03-17-ibm-completes-acquisition-of-confluent,-making-real-time-data-the-engine-of-enterprise-ai-and-agents", "evidence": "IBM (NYSE: IBM ) today completed its acquisition of Confluent, Inc.", "severity": "low", "act_by": "2026-02-15", "who_affected": "Confluent Cloud and Confluent Platform customers, mainly those with contracts coming up for renewal, since ownership, contract paper and account teams may change under IBM. Nothing in the record says any plan or price has changed yet.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/confluent-ibm-completes-acquisition-of-confluent-closing-march-17-2026-ee4c/" }, { "id": "44024f45ce", "vendor": "Informatica", "vendor_slug": "informatica", "category": "ingestion", "product": "PowerCenter 10.5.x", "title": "Informatica PowerCenter 10.5.x standard support ended", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-03-31", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "After general support ends, customers must purchase extended support at an extra cost for an additional year of coverage.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "PowerCenter 10.5.x" ], "summary": "PowerCenter 10.5.x general support ends March 31, 2026, after which customers must buy extended support at extra cost for one more year.", "source_url": "https://network.informatica.com/s/question/0D5VM00000f11k80AA/is-informatica-106x-not-scheduled-for-release", "evidence": "PowerCenter 10.5.x will be supported until March 31, 2026, when the general support ends. After that date, customers would have to purchase extended support at an extra cost for an additional year of coverage.", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2025-10-02", "who_affected": "Teams still running Informatica PowerCenter 10.5.x, self-managed or otherwise. General support ended March 31, 2026, so they must now buy extended support or move off the version.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/informatica-powercenter-10-5-x-general-support-ends-march-31-2026-exte-4402/" }, { "id": "53d2921f56", "vendor": "Databricks", "vendor_slug": "databricks", "category": "warehouse", "product": "Azure Databricks Standard tier (new workspaces)", "title": "New Azure Databricks workspaces must be Premium tier", "change_type": "sku_retirement", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-04-01", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Applies to all new workspaces created starting April 1, 2026.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "Standard tier" ], "summary": "Starting April 1, 2026, new Azure Databricks workspaces can only be created on the Premium tier.", "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/admin/account-settings/standard-tier", "evidence": "Starting April 1, 2026, all new workspaces must be created on the Premium tier.", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2026-04-01", "who_affected": "Teams on Azure Databricks that plan to create new workspaces (new environments, regions, or per-team workspaces) and were relying on the Standard tier. Only workspaces created from April 1, 2026 are affected.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/databricks-all-new-azure-databricks-workspaces-must-be-created-on-prem-53d2/" }, { "id": "bb5569444f", "vendor": "Looker", "vendor_slug": "looker", "category": "bi", "product": "Looker Studio / Data Studio Pro", "title": "Looker Studio is renamed Data Studio", "change_type": "packaging_change", "announce_date": "2026-04-10", "effective_date": "2026-04-10", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "No effective date stated. Existing reports, data sources, assets and users transition to the new experience with no action required. Pro licenses are purchased via Google Cloud console or Workspace Admin Console.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "Data Studio", "Data Studio Pro" ], "summary": "Looker Studio is renamed Data Studio, split into a free Data Studio edition and a paid Data Studio Pro edition for scaling teams.", "source_url": "https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/looker-studio-is-data-studio", "evidence": "Data Studio returns as new home for Data Cloud assets", "severity": "low", "act_by": "2026-03-11", "who_affected": "Teams using Looker Studio or Looker Studio Pro who need to know the new naming, and admins who buy or manage Pro licenses through the Google Cloud console or Workspace Admin Console.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/looker-looker-studio-renamed-data-studio-with-new-paid-data-studio-pro-bb55/" }, { "id": "2107461135", "vendor": "Apache Airflow", "vendor_slug": "apache-airflow", "category": "orchestration", "product": "Apache Airflow 2.x", "title": "Apache Airflow 2 reached end of life on April 22, 2026", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-04-22", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Airflow 2 entered Limited Maintenance on Oct 22, 2025 and reaches EOL/Terminated on Apr 22, 2026; the page lists 2.11.2 as the current patch.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "Airflow 2.x (2.11.2 last patch)" ], "summary": "Airflow 2 moves to limited maintenance on Oct 22, 2025 and is EOL on Apr 22, 2026, after which it gets no fixes or support.", "source_url": "https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/stable/installation/supported-versions.html", "evidence": "2 2.11.2 EOL Dec 17, 2020 Oct 22, 2025 Apr 22, 2026", "severity": "high", "act_by": "2025-11-23", "who_affected": "Any team still running self-managed Apache Airflow 2.x (2.11.2 was the last patch). Managed services that still run 2.x are affected too, depending on the vendor's own support policy.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/apache-airflow-apache-airflow-2-reaches-eol-on-2026-04-22-after-limite-2107/" }, { "id": "89a857ad30", "vendor": "Amazon Redshift", "vendor_slug": "amazon-redshift", "category": "warehouse", "product": "DC2 node types", "title": "Amazon Redshift DC2 nodes retired April 23, 2026", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-04-23", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Existing DC2 clusters move to the Long Term Maintenance (LTM) track, where they receive critical updates until retirement; the source does not state an announcement date.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [], "summary": "DC2 node type feature development stops at release P191, and DC2 clusters retire on April 23, 2026 on the LTM track; customers should move to Serverless or RA3.", "source_url": "https://repost.aws/articles/ARqonrT0T6R9-McFa4C10Uog/amazon-redshift-dc2-to-ra3-migration-best-practices", "evidence": "On this track, existing clusters will continue to receive critical updates until their retirement on April 23rd, 2026.", "severity": "high", "act_by": "2025-12-24", "who_affected": "Anyone running Amazon Redshift clusters on DC2 node types. Existing DC2 clusters are on the Long Term Maintenance (LTM) track, cannot change tracks, and must move to Serverless or RA3.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/amazon-redshift-redshift-dc2-clusters-retire-april-23-2026-after-move-89a8/" }, { "id": "9aca88adbb", "vendor": "IBM Cognos", "vendor_slug": "ibm-cognos", "category": "bi", "product": "Cognos Analytics 11.2.x", "title": "IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.x leaves standard support", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-04-30", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Lifecycle page transitions the version to Extended/Sustained or End of Support on this date; Extended/Sustained support completion is listed as 30-Apr-2030.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "11.2.x" ], "summary": "IBM ends standard support for Cognos Analytics 11.2.x on 30-Apr-2026, moving it to Extended/Sustained support that completes 30-Apr-2030.", "source_url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-cognos-analytics112x", "evidence": "Transition to Extended/Sustained or End of Support 30-Apr-2026 , AD25-0133 Completion of Extended, Sustained, Extension availability 30-Apr-2030", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2025-12-01", "who_affected": "Teams running IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.x, on-prem or self-managed, who now rely on Extended/Sustained support instead of standard support.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/ibm-cognos-cognos-analytics-11-2-x-leaves-standard-support-on-30-apr-2-9aca/" }, { "id": "e84614e19d", "vendor": "Snowflake", "vendor_slug": "snowflake", "category": "warehouse", "product": "LEGACY_SERVICE users / password auth for new service users", "title": "Snowflake: new service users can no longer use passwords (LEGACY_SERVICE blocked)", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-05-01", "date_precision": "month", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Rolling enforcement May–July 2026; each account is notified of its enforcement date.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "LEGACY_SERVICE" ], "summary": "After enforcement, new non-human users must be TYPE=SERVICE, and LEGACY_SERVICE is invalid in CREATE USER or ALTER USER.", "source_url": "https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/security-mfa-rollout", "evidence": "May 2026 - Jul. 2026 Human users Legacy service users Strong authentication for NEW users", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2025-12-02", "who_affected": "Snowflake accounts that create or alter non-human users (pipelines, ETL/ELT tools, BI connectors, scripts) as LEGACY_SERVICE or with password auth. After your account's enforcement date, new non-human users must be TYPE=SERVICE.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/snowflake-legacy-service-user-type-unavailable-for-new-user-objects-fr-e846/" }, { "id": "9a92aa6a58", "vendor": "Tableau", "vendor_slug": "tableau", "category": "bi", "product": "Tableau Cloud extract refresh concurrency", "title": "New Tableau Cloud sites default to 10 concurrent extract refreshes", "change_type": "packaging_change", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-05-01", "date_precision": "month", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Applies to new sites from May 2026 (Tableau 2026.1); admins can change the default.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "Advanced Management add-on", "Tableau+", "Enterprise" ], "summary": "From May 2026, new Tableau Cloud sites get a default of 10 concurrent extract refreshes instead of the previous 25 for qualifying sites.", "source_url": "https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/cloud_manager_capacity.htm", "evidence": "Starting in May 2026 (Tableau 2026.1), all new sites are provisioned with a default limit of 10 concurrent extract refreshes. Cloud administrators can change this default.", "severity": "low", "act_by": "2026-04-01", "who_affected": "Admins of new Tableau Cloud sites provisioned from May 2026 (Tableau 2026.1) on Enterprise, Tableau+ or the Advanced Management add-on, especially teams running many scheduled extract refreshes at once.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/tableau-new-tableau-cloud-sites-default-to-10-concurrent-extract-refre-9a92/" }, { "id": "5f68234c13", "vendor": "Tableau", "vendor_slug": "tableau", "category": "bi", "product": "Tableau Cloud flow resource blocks", "title": "Tableau Cloud flow resource blocks move to tenant-level allocation", "change_type": "packaging_change", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-05-01", "date_precision": "month", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Each site keeps one default Resource Block that cannot be moved to other sites on the tenant.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "Flow resource blocks" ], "summary": "Flow resource blocks are no longer auto-provisioned per site; purchased blocks are allocated at tenant level by cloud administrators from May 2026.", "source_url": "https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/cloud_manager_capacity.htm", "evidence": "Starting in May 2026 (Tableau 2026.1), flow resource blocks are allocated at the tenant level. Cloud administrators can allocate purchased resource blocks to the site where they're needed.", "severity": "low", "act_by": "2026-04-01", "who_affected": "Tableau Cloud customers on multi-site tenants who run Tableau Prep flows on the server and have purchased flow resource blocks. Cloud administrators now allocate purchased blocks to sites themselves.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/tableau-flow-resource-blocks-move-to-tenant-level-allocation-from-may-5f68/" }, { "id": "9daab8d5bb", "vendor": "Fivetran", "vendor_slug": "fivetran", "category": "ingestion", "product": "Fivetran + dbt Labs", "title": "Fivetran and dbt Labs complete their merger", "change_type": "acquisition_merger", "announce_date": "2025-10-13", "effective_date": "2026-06-01", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Merger completed June 1, 2026; the transaction was all-stock and operates as Fivetran + dbt Labs.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [], "summary": "Fivetran and dbt Labs completed their all-stock merger, originally announced October 13, 2025, now operating as Fivetran + dbt Labs.", "source_url": "https://www.fivetran.com/press/fivetran-dbt-labs-complete-merger-to-create-the-data-infrastructure-for-trusted-ai-agents", "evidence": "today announced the completion of its merger with dbt Labs, the creator of dbt and the leader in standards for AI-ready structured data.", "severity": "low", "act_by": "2026-05-02", "who_affected": "Teams that buy both Fivetran and dbt (Core, Cloud or Fusion) and have contracts renewing soon, since bundling, packaging and vendor-roadmap changes could show up at renewal.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/fivetran-fivetran-completes-merger-with-dbt-labs-announced-october-13-9daa/" }, { "id": "c2ab6d1178", "vendor": "dbt Labs", "vendor_slug": "dbt-labs", "category": "ingestion", "product": "dbt Core v2.0 / Fusion engine", "title": "dbt Fusion engine runtime open-sourced as dbt Core v2.0 (Apache 2.0)", "change_type": "license_change", "announce_date": "2026-06-01", "effective_date": "2026-06-01", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "dbt Core v2.0 is described as alpha; no general availability date is stated.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "dbt Core v2.0 (alpha)" ], "summary": "The dbt Fusion engine runtime is being open sourced as dbt Core v2.0 under an Apache 2.0 license, currently in alpha.", "source_url": "https://www.fivetran.com/press/fivetran-dbt-labs-complete-merger-to-create-the-data-infrastructure-for-trusted-ai-agents", "evidence": "released as dbt Core v2.0 under an Apache 2.0 license", "severity": "low", "act_by": "2026-06-01", "who_affected": "Teams running dbt Core who want to try the Fusion-based dbt Core v2.0, which is currently alpha. Nothing forces a move: no price, plan or end-of-support date is attached to this change.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/fivetran-dbt-fusion-engine-open-sourced-as-dbt-core-v2-0-under-apache-c2ab/" }, { "id": "03be4daef7", "vendor": "Tableau", "vendor_slug": "tableau", "category": "bi", "product": "Tableau Cloud Viewer licensing", "title": "Tableau Cloud adds capacity-based Viewer Blocks (unlimited viewers)", "change_type": "billing_model_change", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-07-01", "date_precision": "month", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Starting July 2026 as an option for customers who need broader access; a deployment can use either capacity-based or role-based Viewer licensing, not both; at least one Creator license is required.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "Capacity-based Viewer Blocks", "Viewer role-based licenses", "Standard", "Enterprise", "Cloud+", "Tableau+ Bundle" ], "summary": "Tableau Cloud introduces capacity-based Viewer Blocks that replace per-user-per-month Viewer licensing, with no limit on Viewer accounts, starting July 2026.", "source_url": "https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/license_product_keys.htm", "evidence": "Starting in July 2026, the capacity-based licensing model provides customers who need to expand and scale their analytics access more broadly the option to purchase capacity-based units.", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2026-04-02", "who_affected": "Tableau Cloud customers on Standard, Enterprise, Cloud+ or the Tableau+ Bundle who pay per-user Viewer licenses and want broader access. Teams with many occasional viewers should evaluate it at their next renewal.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/tableau-tableau-cloud-adds-capacity-based-viewer-blocks-with-unlimited-03be/" }, { "id": "e3ad8d2878", "vendor": "Dagster", "vendor_slug": "dagster", "category": "orchestration", "product": "Dagster / Dagster+", "title": "Prefect is acquiring Dagster Labs; combined company to operate as Prefect", "change_type": "acquisition_merger", "announce_date": "2026-07-13", "effective_date": "2026-07-13", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Announced July 13, 2026; the combined company is expected to operate under the Prefect name beginning in August 2026. Dagster+ contracts unchanged.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [], "summary": "Prefect announced it is acquiring Dagster Labs, including the Dagster product, codebase, customer relationships and team; the vendor says customer pricing and contracts are unchanged.", "source_url": "https://dagster.io/prefect", "evidence": "Prefect is acquiring Dagster Labs, including the Dagster product, codebase, customer relationships, and many members of the Dagster team.", "severity": "low", "act_by": "2026-05-14", "who_affected": "Dagster and Dagster+ customers, mainly those on multi-year Dagster+ contracts or planning a renewal, who need to watch for roadmap, support and branding changes after the Prefect acquisition.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/dagster-prefect-acquires-dagster-labs-including-the-dagster-product-an-e3ad/" }, { "id": "28ef907ea9", "vendor": "Microsoft SQL Server", "vendor_slug": "microsoft-sql-server", "category": "database", "product": "SQL Server 2016", "title": "SQL Server 2016 (incl. SSIS/SSAS/SSRS 2016) reaches end of support", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-07-14", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Microsoft no longer provides regular security updates or technical support. Paid Extended Security Updates (ESU) are offered as a short-term bridge.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "SQL Server 2016" ], "summary": "SQL Server 2016 reached end of support on July 14, 2026, so Microsoft no longer provides regular security updates or technical support; paid ESU is offered as a bridge.", "source_url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/blog/2026/07/14/sql-server-2016-end-of-support-is-here-plan-your-next-steps/", "evidence": "As of today, July 14, 2026, SQL Server 2016 has reached end of support.", "severity": "high", "act_by": "2026-02-14", "who_affected": "Anyone still running SQL Server 2016 in production, including the SSIS, SSAS and SSRS 2016 components, on-premises, on Azure VMs, on Azure VMware Solution or multi-cloud. Support ended on 2026-07-14, so these instances now get no regular security updates or technical support.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/microsoft-sql-server-sql-server-2016-reaches-end-of-support-on-july-14-28ef/" }, { "id": "ad462170ca", "vendor": "Snowflake", "vendor_slug": "snowflake", "category": "warehouse", "product": "LEGACY_SERVICE users (all existing)", "title": "Snowflake blocks password sign-in for all remaining legacy service users", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-08-01", "date_precision": "month", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Rolling enforcement August–October 2026; existing LEGACY_SERVICE users are converted to TYPE=SERVICE (no passwords). Extensions are account-specific.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "LEGACY_SERVICE" ], "summary": "Non-human users are blocked from password authentication, and existing LEGACY_SERVICE users are migrated to TYPE=SERVICE.", "source_url": "https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/security-mfa-rollout", "evidence": "Aug. 2026 - Oct. 2026 Human users Legacy service users Strong authentication for ALL users", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2026-06-02", "who_affected": "Any Snowflake account that still has LEGACY_SERVICE users, meaning scripts, ETL/ELT tools, BI connectors, dbt jobs or other non-human logins that sign in with a password. Enforcement rolls out between August and October 2026, and each account is notified of its own date.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/snowflake-legacy-service-user-type-fully-deprecated-and-existing-legac-ad46/" }, { "id": "657d98c875", "vendor": "Airbyte", "vendor_slug": "airbyte", "category": "ingestion", "product": "Airbyte Cloud Plus plan", "title": "Airbyte Cloud Plus becomes self-serve credit tiers from $189 to $4,999/month", "change_type": "packaging_change", "announce_date": "2026-09-15", "effective_date": "2026-09-15", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "New Plus plans are available immediately; tiers range from 40 to 2,000 credits.", "old_price": null, "new_price": "$189 (40 credits) to $4,999 (2,000 credits)", "price_unit": "per month", "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "Plus" ], "summary": "Plus is split into six credit tiers (40 to 2,000 credits) with per-tier prices and lower overage rates, available immediately.", "source_url": "https://docs.airbyte.com/release_notes/cloud", "evidence": "Existing Plus subscribers are being moved from 50 to 100 credits and your plan cost has dropped $50.", "severity": "low", "act_by": "2026-08-16", "who_affected": "Airbyte Cloud customers on the Plus plan, and teams considering Plus. Plus is now sold as self-serve credit tiers, so check which tier your account is placed on.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/airbyte-airbyte-cloud-plus-plan-moves-to-new-credit-tiers-with-lower-o-657d/" }, { "id": "ccaea39484", "vendor": "Airbyte", "vendor_slug": "airbyte", "category": "ingestion", "product": "Airbyte Cloud credit rollover", "title": "Unused Airbyte Cloud credits now roll over for 3 months (was 2)", "change_type": "packaging_change", "announce_date": "2026-09-15", "effective_date": "2026-09-15", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "No effective date stated for the rollover change.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [], "summary": "Unused credits roll over for 3 months, previously 2 months.", "source_url": "https://docs.airbyte.com/release_notes/cloud", "evidence": "Unused credits now roll over for 3 months (previously 2), so you have a full quarter to use them.", "severity": "low", "act_by": "2026-09-15", "who_affected": "Airbyte Cloud customers who buy credits and sometimes leave some unused at the end of a billing period. No specific plans are listed in the record.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/airbyte-unused-airbyte-cloud-credits-now-roll-over-for-3-months-instea-ccae/" }, { "id": "d8fea83aa9", "vendor": "Airbyte", "vendor_slug": "airbyte", "category": "ingestion", "product": "Airbyte Cloud Standard plan", "title": "Airbyte Cloud Standard doubles from $10 to $20 per month", "change_type": "price_increase", "announce_date": "2026-09-15", "effective_date": "2026-09-21", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Standard plan switches to new pricing on September 21; the Standard plan's free monthly credits also rise from 4 to 5.", "old_price": "$10", "new_price": "$20", "price_unit": "per month", "pct_change": 100, "affected_plans": [ "Standard" ], "summary": "Standard base price rises from $10 to $20 per month with 5 free credits monthly, effective September 21, 2026.", "source_url": "https://docs.airbyte.com/release_notes/cloud", "evidence": "the base price for Standard increases from $10 per month to $20 per month.", "severity": "low", "act_by": "2026-08-22", "who_affected": "Teams on the Airbyte Cloud Standard plan, which moved from a $10 to a $20 per month base price (list) on September 21, 2026. The change is already in effect.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/airbyte-airbyte-cloud-standard-base-price-rises-from-10-to-20-per-mont-d8fe/" }, { "id": "3b952e5cf4", "vendor": "Airbyte", "vendor_slug": "airbyte", "category": "ingestion", "product": "Airbyte Cloud Standard plan (SSO)", "title": "SSO removed from Airbyte Cloud Standard for new subscribers", "change_type": "packaging_change", "announce_date": "2026-09-15", "effective_date": "2026-09-21", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Existing SSO users may keep SSO only while they remain on the Standard plan.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "Standard" ], "summary": "Single sign-on is no longer available on Standard; existing SSO users may continue while they keep the plan.", "source_url": "https://docs.airbyte.com/release_notes/cloud", "evidence": "Single sign on (SSO) is no longer available on Standard, but if you already use SSO, you may continue doing so as long as you keep your plan.", "severity": "low", "act_by": "2026-08-22", "who_affected": "Teams that are new to Airbyte Cloud Standard and need SSO for their workspace, or that plan to start using SSO on Standard. Existing Standard customers already using SSO are grandfathered only while they stay on the Standard plan.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/airbyte-single-sign-on-removed-from-airbyte-cloud-standard-plan-3b95/" }, { "id": "504d5501d1", "vendor": "Databricks", "vendor_slug": "databricks", "category": "warehouse", "product": "Row Zero", "title": "Databricks acquires Row Zero (governed spreadsheets for Genie)", "change_type": "acquisition_merger", "announce_date": "2026-09-24", "effective_date": "2026-09-24", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Text says Databricks 'has acquired' Row Zero as of the announcement date, so the close date is taken as 2026-09-24.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [], "summary": "Databricks announced it has acquired Row Zero, which will be integrated with Genie and made available to all Databricks customers across all major clouds.", "source_url": "https://www.databricks.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/databricks-acquires-row-zero-bringing-live-governed-spreadsheets", "evidence": "today announced it has acquired Row Zero, the spreadsheet built for humans and agents to work together with data", "severity": "low", "act_by": "2026-09-24", "who_affected": "No one is forced to act. Databricks customers who want spreadsheet-style access to governed data through Genie are the ones to watch, and existing Row Zero users should check what the integration means for their current plan.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/databricks-databricks-acquires-row-zero-the-spreadsheet-built-for-huma-504d/" }, { "id": "5573fee788", "vendor": "Databricks", "vendor_slug": "databricks", "category": "warehouse", "product": "Standard tier workspaces (Azure)", "title": "Azure Databricks Standard tier ends; workspaces auto-upgrade to Premium", "change_type": "sku_retirement", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-10-01", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Customers have until October 1, 2026 to upgrade existing workspaces; remaining Standard tier workspaces on that date are automatically upgraded to Premium.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "Standard tier" ], "summary": "Standard tier workspaces on Azure Databricks reach end of life on Oct 1, 2026, and remaining ones are auto-upgraded to Premium.", "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/admin/account-settings/standard-tier", "evidence": "Customers have until October 1, 2026, to upgrade existing workspaces to the Premium tier. Any remaining Standard tier workspaces on October 1, 2026, will be automatically upgraded to the Premium tier.", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2026-05-04", "who_affected": "Teams running Azure Databricks workspaces on the Standard tier. Any Standard workspace still in place on October 1, 2026 is auto-upgraded to Premium.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/databricks-azure-databricks-standard-tier-reaches-end-of-life-workspac-5573/" }, { "id": "fa16cf96d5", "vendor": "Matillion", "vendor_slug": "matillion", "category": "ingestion", "product": "Matillion ETL 1.78 LTS", "title": "Matillion ETL 1.78 LTS support ends November 2026", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-11-01", "date_precision": "month", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Only the month of end of support is stated in the source; day assumed as 1st.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "1.78 LTS" ], "summary": "Matillion ETL 1.78 LTS, released May 29th 2025, has an end-of-support date of November 2026 and is listed as currently supported.", "source_url": "https://docs.matillion.com/metl/docs/matillion-etl-supported-releases/", "evidence": "1.78 LTS May 29th, 2025 November 2026", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2026-07-04", "who_affected": "Teams running Matillion ETL version 1.78 LTS, which is the only plan listed in the record. They need to plan an upgrade or move before support ends in November 2026.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/matillion-matillion-etl-1-78-lts-reaches-end-of-support-in-november-20-fa16/" }, { "id": "2175e02401", "vendor": "Qlik", "vendor_slug": "qlik", "category": "bi", "product": "Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows (November 2024)", "title": "Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows November 2024 reaches end of support", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-11-26", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "End of support (EOS) date for the release listed as November 2024, released November 26, 2024.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows November 2024" ], "summary": "The Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows November 2024 release reaches its end of support date on November 26, 2026.", "source_url": "https://community.qlik.com/t5/Product-Lifecycle/Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-on-Windows-Product-Lifecycle/ta-p/1826335", "evidence": "November 2024 November 26, 2024 November 26, 2026", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2026-10-27", "who_affected": "Teams running Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows at the November 2024 release, self-hosted on Windows servers. After November 26, 2026 this release is out of support, so you need to move to a newer supported release.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/qlik-qlik-sense-enterprise-on-windows-november-2024-release-reaches-en-2175/" }, { "id": "ecf79a212f", "vendor": "Talend", "vendor_slug": "talend", "category": "ingestion", "product": "Talend 7.3 (extended support)", "title": "Paid extended support for Talend 7.3 ends December 2026", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-12-01", "date_precision": "month", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Extended support is available for purchase; the text gives December 2026 as the end date of that coverage.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "Talend 7.3" ], "summary": "Paid extended support for Talend 7.3 is available for purchase through December 2026.", "source_url": "https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/customer-support-statements/Cloud/product-end-of-life-planning", "evidence": "Additional extended support is available for purchase to support Talend 7.3 through December 2026.", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2026-07-04", "who_affected": "Teams still running Talend 7.3 who rely on paid extended support. Coverage for that release runs only through December 2026, so those customers must move to a supported version or another tool.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/talend-paid-extended-support-for-talend-7-3-runs-through-december-2026-ecf7/" }, { "id": "31221b2fd1", "vendor": "Alteryx", "vendor_slug": "alteryx", "category": "bi", "product": "Designer 2026.2", "title": "Alteryx Designer 2026.2 support ends December 13, 2026", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-12-13", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Designer-only version; support ends 60 days after the 2026.3 release, per the stated policy.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "2026.2.0.8" ], "summary": "Designer 2026.2 (Designer-only release) reaches end of technical support on December 13, 2026, 60 days after 2026.3 release.", "source_url": "https://help.alteryx.com/release-notes/en/release-notes/designer-release-notes/designer-2026-2-release-notes.html", "evidence": "Alteryx provides technical product support for each major Designer-only version until 60 days after the next Designer or LTS version becomes available.", "severity": "low", "act_by": "2026-10-14", "who_affected": "Teams running Alteryx Designer 2026.2 (build 2026.2.0.8), a Designer-only release, who want to stay in technical support past December 13, 2026.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/alteryx-designer-2026-2-end-of-support-on-december-13-2026-3122/" }, { "id": "6794f61ff4", "vendor": "Amazon QuickSight", "vendor_slug": "amazon-quicksight", "category": "bi", "product": "Quick Sight Author promotional Quick Enterprise access", "title": "Free Quick Enterprise access for Quick Sight Authors ends December 31, 2026", "change_type": "free_tier_change", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2026-12-31", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Applies only in regions where new Quick capabilities are available; the text gives December 31, 2026 as the end of the promotional access.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "Quick Sight Author" ], "summary": "Quick Sight Authors' promotional access to all Quick Enterprise capabilities is time-limited and runs until December 31, 2026.", "source_url": "https://aws.amazon.com/quick/quicksight/pricing/", "evidence": "Limited-time promotion: In regions where new Quick capabilities are available, Quick Sight Authors get promotional access to all capabilities of Quick Enterprise till December 31, 2026.", "severity": "low", "act_by": "2026-11-01", "who_affected": "QuickSight Authors in regions where the new Quick capabilities are available, who are using the promotional access to all Quick Enterprise capabilities. Anyone who built dashboards or workflows that depend on those Enterprise features needs to check what happens after the promotion ends.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/amazon-quicksight-limited-time-promotion-giving-quick-sight-authors-qu-6794/" }, { "id": "0faee6c830", "vendor": "SAP", "vendor_slug": "sap", "category": "bi", "product": "SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.3", "title": "SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.3 mainstream maintenance ends", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": "2025-07-02", "effective_date": "2026-12-31", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Stated as 'end of 2026'; the 1st of the month is used as a placeholder. Security fixes are guaranteed until end of 2027 through Customer Specific Maintenance.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.3" ], "summary": "SAP extends BI 4.3 Mainstream Maintenance to end of 2026, with security fixes guaranteed to end of 2027.", "source_url": "https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-blog-posts-by-sap/sap-analytics-business-intelligence-statement-of-direction-july-2025-update/ba-p/14133389", "evidence": "We are extending BI 4.3 Mainstream Maintenance until end of 2026 so that security fixes are guaranteed until end of 2027 as previously committed.", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2026-08-03", "who_affected": "Teams running SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.3 on-premises or self-managed, whose mainstream maintenance ends at the end of 2026 (the 2026-12-31 date is a placeholder). Whoever owns the SAP maintenance contract and the BI roadmap needs to decide what happens after that.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/sap-bi-4-3-mainstream-maintenance-extended-until-end-of-2026-0fae/" }, { "id": "b8909c8d50", "vendor": "Microsoft Power BI", "vendor_slug": "microsoft-power-bi", "category": "bi", "product": "Power BI Q&A", "title": "Power BI Q&A is retired in February 2027", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2027-02-01", "date_precision": "month", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Stated as February 2027 with no specific day; Microsoft recommends Copilot for Power BI as the alternative.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [], "summary": "Power BI Q&A experiences are being retired in February 2027, with Copilot for Power BI recommended as the replacement.", "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/explore-reports/end-user-q-and-a", "evidence": "Q&A experiences are going away in February 2027. We recommend using", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2026-10-04", "who_affected": "Power BI teams that use Q&A visuals, Q&A in dashboards, or Q&A as a self-service way for business users to ask questions of semantic models. The record lists no specific plans, so assume any tenant using Q&A is affected.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/microsoft-power-bi-power-bi-q-a-experiences-are-going-away-in-february-b890/" }, { "id": "8f3a62e10e", "vendor": "Informatica", "vendor_slug": "informatica", "category": "ingestion", "product": "PowerCenter 10.5.x (extended support)", "title": "PowerCenter 10.5.x paid extended support ends", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2027-03-31", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Paid extended support is offered through this date; sustaining support is stated as available until 2029 (year only, no day given). Source describes extended support as a stopgap with higher costs and slower response.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "PowerCenter 10.5x" ], "summary": "Paid extended support for PowerCenter ends March 31, 2027, followed by sustaining support until 2029 at higher cost with limited fixes.", "source_url": "https://dataladder.com/informatica-powercenter-end-of-life-migration-strategy/", "evidence": "Informatica will offer paid extended support through March 31, 2027, and sustaining support until 2029.", "severity": "high", "act_by": "2026-10-02", "who_affected": "Teams still running Informatica PowerCenter 10.5.x on paid extended support, which ends March 31, 2027. After that they fall back to sustaining support, which is stated as available until 2029.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/informatica-paid-extended-support-for-powercenter-runs-through-march-3-8f3a/" }, { "id": "94ed2c3877", "vendor": "Microsoft Power BI", "vendor_slug": "microsoft-power-bi", "category": "bi", "product": "Real-time streaming / push semantic models", "title": "Power BI real-time streaming semantic models retire", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2027-10-31", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "Creation of new real-time semantic models is supported until October 31, 2027; existing streaming semantic models are unaffected.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "push semantic model", "streaming semantic model", "PubNub streaming semantic model", "streaming data tiles" ], "summary": "Power BI stops supporting creation of new push, streaming, PubNub streaming semantic models and streaming data tiles after October 31, 2027; Microsoft recommends Real-Time Intelligence in Fabric.", "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/service-real-time-streaming", "evidence": "Creation of streaming models remains enabled until October 31, 2027. After that date, creation of new real-time semantic models will no longer be supported", "severity": "low", "act_by": "2027-07-03", "who_affected": "Teams that plan to create new push, streaming or PubNub streaming semantic models, or new streaming data tiles, in Power BI after October 31, 2027. Microsoft recommends Real-Time Intelligence in Fabric as the replacement.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/microsoft-power-bi-creation-of-real-time-streaming-semantic-models-end-94ed/" }, { "id": "71ec894da6", "vendor": "Qlik", "vendor_slug": "qlik", "category": "bi", "product": "Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows (November 2025)", "title": "Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows November 2025 reaches end of support", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2027-11-05", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "End of support (EOS) date for the release listed as November 2025, released November 5, 2025.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows November 2025" ], "summary": "The Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows November 2025 release reaches its end of support date on November 5, 2027.", "source_url": "https://community.qlik.com/t5/Product-Lifecycle/Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-on-Windows-Product-Lifecycle/ta-p/1826335", "evidence": "November 2025 November 5, 2025 November 5, 2027", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2027-06-08", "who_affected": "Teams running Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows on the November 2025 release who have not moved to a newer supported release. Support for that release ends on 2027-11-05.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/qlik-qlik-sense-enterprise-on-windows-november-2025-release-reaches-en-71ec/" }, { "id": "92540f7bed", "vendor": "SAP", "vendor_slug": "sap", "category": "warehouse", "product": "SAP BW 7.5", "title": "SAP BW 7.5 mainstream maintenance ends", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2027-12-31", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "End of mainstream maintenance for SAP BW 7.5; extended maintenance is available until December 31, 2030.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "SAP BW 7.5" ], "summary": "Mainstream maintenance for SAP BW 7.5 ends December 31, 2027, with extended maintenance available through 2030.", "source_url": "https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-blog-posts-by-sap/sunset-of-bex-tools-frequently-asked-questions-and-answers-faq/ba-p/14112165", "evidence": "December 31, 2027: End of mainstream maintenance for SAP BW 7.5.", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2027-07-04", "who_affected": "Teams running SAP BW 7.5 (on-premises or self-managed) who rely on mainstream maintenance for patches and support. They must decide whether to buy extended maintenance or start migrating before 2027-12-31.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/sap-sap-bw-7-5-mainstream-maintenance-ends-december-31-2027-9254/" }, { "id": "883736cec7", "vendor": "SAP", "vendor_slug": "sap", "category": "warehouse", "product": "SAP BW 7.5 (extended maintenance)", "title": "SAP BW 7.5 extended maintenance ends", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": "2030-12-31", "date_precision": "day", "rolling": false, "effective_note": "End of extended maintenance for SAP BW 7.5, BI Java based Broadcasting and BEx Query Designer.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "SAP BW 7.5", "BI Java based Broadcasting", "BEx Query Designer" ], "summary": "Extended maintenance for SAP BW 7.5, BI Java based Broadcasting and BEx Query Designer ends December 31, 2030.", "source_url": "https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-blog-posts-by-sap/sunset-of-bex-tools-frequently-asked-questions-and-answers-faq/ba-p/14112165", "evidence": "December 31, 2030: End of extended maintenance for SAP BW 7.5 and BI Java based Broadcasting and BEx Query Designer", "severity": "medium", "act_by": "2030-07-04", "who_affected": "Teams still running SAP BW 7.5 on-premises, plus anyone using BI Java based Broadcasting or the BEx Query Designer. Extended maintenance for all three ends December 31, 2030.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/sap-sap-bw-7-5-bi-java-broadcasting-and-bex-query-designer-extended-ma-8837/" }, { "id": "51a19db1f3", "vendor": "Looker", "vendor_slug": "looker", "category": "bi", "product": "Conversational Analytics (Looker)", "title": "Looker Conversational Analytics overage billing is coming ($3 / $20 per 1M tokens)", "change_type": "price_increase", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": null, "date_precision": "day", "rolling": true, "effective_note": "No start date yet: Google Cloud will provide at least 90 days advance notice via formal MSA communications before billing and quota enforcement begin.", "old_price": "Promotional: no quota limits or overage fees", "new_price": "$3.00 per 1M input tokens; $20.00 per 1M output tokens", "price_unit": "per 1M tokens", "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "Standard", "Enterprise / Advanced", "Embed / Elite" ], "summary": "Usage beyond included monthly Conversational Analytics data tokens will incur overage fees billed monthly in arrears after a not-yet-stated date.", "source_url": "https://cloud.google.com/looker/pricing", "evidence": "After this date, usage that extends beyond the instances included monthly data token allocation will be subject to overage fees. These will be billed at the end of each month based on actual usage during the billing period.", "severity": "medium", "act_by": null, "who_affected": "Looker customers on Standard, Enterprise / Advanced or Embed / Elite who use Conversational Analytics. Anything beyond the included monthly data token allocation will be billed as overage once Google Cloud starts enforcement.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/looker-looker-conversational-analytics-overage-fees-3-00-per-1m-input-51a1/" }, { "id": "c4f5d33098", "vendor": "Microsoft Fabric", "vendor_slug": "microsoft-fabric", "category": "warehouse", "product": "Fabric capacity overage (opt-in)", "title": "Fabric capacity overage (preview) billed at 3x pay-as-you-go", "change_type": "billing_model_change", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": null, "date_precision": "day", "rolling": true, "effective_note": "Preview, opt-in per capacity (announced at FabCon 2026). No general availability date stated.", "old_price": null, "new_price": "3x the pay-as-you-go rate", "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [], "summary": "Fabric adds an opt-in preview where capacity overage is billed at 3x the pay-as-you-go rate rather than throttled, subject to admin-set 24-hour limits.", "source_url": "https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Fabric-Updates-Blog/Introducing-capacity-overage-Flexibility-when-you-need-it-most/ba-p/5172085", "evidence": "This option is billed at 3x the pay-as-you-go rate, making it suitable for occasional spikes to ensure availability.", "severity": "low", "act_by": null, "who_affected": "Fabric capacity admins who enable the opt-in overage preview on a capacity, so spikes are billed rather than throttled. It applies per capacity and only if an admin turns it on.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/microsoft-fabric-fabric-capacity-overage-preview-billed-at-3x-pay-as-y-c4f5/" }, { "id": "219906255b", "vendor": "Microsoft Power BI", "vendor_slug": "microsoft-power-bi", "category": "bi", "product": "Premium P-SKUs (P1–P5)", "title": "Power BI Premium P-SKUs retire at the end of your agreement term", "change_type": "sku_retirement", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": null, "date_precision": "day", "rolling": true, "effective_note": "Rolling: at the end of each customer’s current agreement term. After the subscription ends: days 1–30 grace, days 31–90 throttled, day 91+ all operations rejected. Active EAs can renew P-SKUs annually until the EA term ends.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "P1", "P2", "P3", "P4", "P5" ], "summary": "Microsoft retires Power BI Premium P SKUs at the end of each customer's agreement term; the subscription isn't renewable.", "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/support/premium-migration-decision-guide", "evidence": "Microsoft is retiring Power BI Premium P SKUs at the end of each customer's current agreement term.", "severity": "high", "act_by": null, "who_affected": "Any team running Power BI Premium P1–P5 capacity, especially those on an Enterprise Agreement. P-SKUs cannot be renewed once your current agreement term ends, so you must move to another capacity SKU such as Fabric F-SKUs.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/microsoft-power-bi-power-bi-premium-p-skus-retired-at-end-of-each-cust-2199/" }, { "id": "99c99540a8", "vendor": "Microsoft SQL Server", "vendor_slug": "microsoft-sql-server", "category": "database", "product": "SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)", "title": "No new SSRS versions: Power BI Report Server replaces SSRS from SQL Server 2025", "change_type": "end_of_support", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": null, "date_precision": "day", "rolling": true, "effective_note": "Starting with SQL Server 2025 (no single date). Existing SSRS versions stay supported per their lifecycle.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)" ], "summary": "Microsoft will release no new SSRS versions from SQL Server 2025 on and consolidates on-premises reporting under Power BI Report Server.", "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/reporting-services/reporting-services-consolidation-faq?view=sql-server-ver17", "evidence": "Starting with SQL Server 2025, Microsoft is consolidating all on-premises reporting services under Power BI Report Server (PBIRS). No new versions of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) will be released.", "severity": "medium", "act_by": null, "who_affected": "Teams running on-premises SSRS (native or SharePoint-integrated paginated reports) that plan to move to SQL Server 2025 or later and expected a new SSRS release to come with it.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/microsoft-sql-server-no-new-ssrs-versions-after-sql-server-2025-pbirs-99c9/" }, { "id": "0bc6618954", "vendor": "Microsoft SQL Server", "vendor_slug": "microsoft-sql-server", "category": "database", "product": "Power BI Report Server usage rights", "title": "Power BI Report Server rights on SQL Server 2022 Enterprise now tied to active SA", "change_type": "license_change", "announce_date": null, "effective_date": null, "date_precision": "day", "rolling": true, "effective_note": "Rolling: the right expires when your Software Assurance coverage expires.", "old_price": null, "new_price": null, "price_unit": null, "pct_change": null, "affected_plans": [ "SQL Server Enterprise edition (2022 and earlier)" ], "summary": "For SQL Server 2022 and earlier, PBIRS usage rights apply only to Enterprise core licenses with active Software Assurance and end when SA expires.", "source_url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/reporting-services/reporting-services-consolidation-faq?view=sql-server-ver17", "evidence": "For SQL Server Enterprise edition in SQL Server 2022 and earlier versions, Power BI Report Server usage rights apply only to Enterprise edition core licenses with active Software Assurance (SA). This right expires upon expiration of the customer's SA coverage.", "severity": "medium", "act_by": null, "who_affected": "Teams running Power BI Report Server (PBIRS) under SQL Server Enterprise core licenses for 2022 and earlier. The PBIRS right only holds while Software Assurance (SA) is active, so anyone whose SA lapses or is not renewed must act.", "url": "https://vizcanary.com/event/microsoft-sql-server-pbirs-usage-rights-for-sql-server-2022-and-earlie-0bc6/" } ] }