The Microsoft Business Applications Summit was held June 10th and 11th at the Georgia World Congress Center here in Atlanta. While I wasn’t able to attend that event, a great benefit to the event being held locally was that the SQL Saturday Crew organized to have a much smaller event, titled Power BI Palooza on Saturday, June 8th preceding the event.

The event was held at the Alpharetta Microsoft Offices and followed a standard SQL Saturday format — a full day of 1 hour sessions, on a Saturday, made up of three tracks from which you could mix and match.

It was great seeing so many national (and international!) speakers present, with a great variety of Power BI topics. While I can’t see there being a repeat of this event in Atlanta next year (the MS Biz Apps Summit will be in Anaheim, CA next year), I’m very appreciative to the organizers and speakers for putting this event together!

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