Power BI gets robust mapping with ArcGIS

Microsoft Power BI is slated to get some serious mapping capabilities, as Microsoft yesterday announced ArcGIS for Power BI by Esri is on the way -- "most likely this calendar year hopefully a lot sooner than that," Esri product manager Scott Ball said this morning. In fact, he added, it might be as early as within a week.
Users can create maps within Power BI now, but the existing functionality is rudimentary. Esri will be adding some, but certainly not all, of its enterprise ArcGIS capabiliti