If you opened Power BI recently and noticed your QuickBooks® dashboards stopped updating, you’re not alone. In August 2025, Microsoft fully deprecated its native QuickBooks Online connector, leaving countless finance professionals scrambling for a solution to keep their financial reporting alive.
Here’s what happened and what you can do about it.
What the Deprecation Means for Your Reporting
Microsoft announced the phaseout back in May 2025, and by summer’s end, the connector was completely discontinued. The company hasn’t indicated any plans to bring it back, which means those automated refreshes you relied on? They’re permanently broken.
For CPAs and accounting professionals who’ve built sophisticated Power BI dashboards around QuickBooks data, this creates a serious problem. Your existing reports still exist, but they’re running on stale data. Manual workarounds exist—involving exports to Excel and OneDrive—but they’re time-consuming and unreliable.
Don’t fret just yet, because there’s a straightforward replacement that gets you back up and running in minutes.
Enter Coupler.io: Your New QuickBooks-Power BI Bridge
Coupler.io, developed by Railsware, is a no-code data integration and analytics platform that fills the gap Microsoft left behind. It offers a prebuilt QuickBooks-Power BI connector that mirrors what you lost—but with some notable upgrades.
Setup takes just a few minutes. You authorize QuickBooks and Power BI accounts, select which data entities you want to export (invoices, bills, customer records, etc.), and configure your refresh schedule. That’s it. No IT team required.
But here’s where it gets interesting. Unlike connectors built for a single-source-to-destination pipeline, Coupler.io supports over 380 data sources—from CRMs to payment processing applications. That means you can automatically route your QuickBooks data to Excel spreadsheets, combine it with data from Xero or Stripe, or push everything to Looker Studio, all from one platform.
More Than Just a Connector Replacement
Coupler.io also addresses some pain points you may not have realized you had.
First, there are financial dashboard templates. If you’re rebuilding reports from scratch after the Microsoft deprecation, these prebuilt templates for Power BI (and other platforms) can save you hours. They come with preselected metrics, visualizations, and data transformations designed specifically for financial reporting.
Second, the platform can connect your financial data to AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT for real-time analysis. Instead of building complex reports to answer every possible question, you can literally ask your data questions and get instant answers. It’s a secure setup—Coupler.io is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant—so your client data stays protected.
The Bottom Line
The native connector might be gone, but your Power BI reporting doesn’t have to be. Coupler.io offers a reliable, feature-rich alternative that actually expands what you can do with your QuickBooks data.
Automatic refreshes? Check. They run as frequently as every 15 minutes, so your dashboards reflect near-real-time data. Multisource integrations? Available. AI-powered insights? You got it. And with pricing starting at $24 per month (plus a forever-free plan for basic needs), it’s accessible for firms of all sizes.
The platform is designed for business users, not developers, so you can set it up yourself and maintain full control over your financial workflows. If you’re currently staring at broken dashboards and outdated reports, it’s worth a look.
Keep Your Financial Reporting Alive
Don’t let the Microsoft deprecation derail your month-end close or client reporting. Try the QuickBooks to Power BI integration by Coupler.io free—no credit card required.
Your dashboards (and your sanity) will thank you.