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!

The Guys in a Cube, Adam Saxton and Patrick LeBlanc presenting “Getting Intimate with Power BI” in the opening session of the day.
Julie Smith presenting “Python and Power BI.”
Samara Soucy presenting “Power BI Embedded for Fun and Profit.”
Aaron Nelson presenting “PowerShell cmdlets for Power BI.”
Phil Seamark presenting “Wacky DAX.”
Melissa Coates presenting “Best Practices for Delivering Content in the Power BI Service.”
A great tip fro Melissa’s presentation that Apps must be republished when report changes are made!