22-25 April 2026 
Hands on LLMs for Power BI Devs
Proposed session for SQLBits 2026TL; DR
In this session we will cover all of the groundwork you need to use LLMs to speed up your work with Power BI development. We'll cover getting your environment set up, basic LLM theory, and getting an intuition for model strengths and weaknesses. By the end of the session you'll feel comfortable getting started.
Session Details
In this session, we are going see how LLMs can make you faster with Power BI development from a daily development perspective. We will walk you through the process from start to finish, focusing on:
1) Getting set up, LLM theory, building an intuition
2) Legacy report discovery
3) Modeling cleanup and enhancements with LLMS
4) Advanced LLM use
1) Getting set up, LLM theory, building an intuition
2) Legacy report discovery
3) Modeling cleanup and enhancements with LLMS
4) Advanced LLM use
3 things you'll get out of this session
Learn how to get set up with Chat web UIs, VS Code, GitHub Copilot, and MCP Servers
Understand fundamental theory of LLMs and how they work under the hood
Understand how to compare model strength and capability
Speakers
Eugene Meidinger's other proposed sessions for 2026
Fabric for SQL Server Devs and DBAs - 2026
Fabric Licensing, Pricing, and Cost management - In Plain English - 2026
Hands on LLMS for Power BI Devs - 2026
How I Deal with Depression - 2026
Keeping up with Technology: Drinking from the Firehose - 2026
Optimizing SQL Server Performance for Power BI - 2026
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