Laura Graham-Brown

Data Platform and Business Applications Microsoft MVP Business solutions should solve business problems and the business should own the problem and the solution. I've spent my whole career empowering businesses to do that.

Sessions for 2026

Copilots, Chaos and Control: Getting Real About AI Productivity

Join our Fun session of live demos , showing how normal business users can benefit from the range of copilots, we will show what works and what doesn't, compare the AI to "old fashion" automations to learn what tools to use where. We will tell stories of real examples and look at the security and prep needed to be magical.

Microsoft Fabric and the mess of SharePoint

Access SharePoint lists and files from Fabric notebooks using secure authentication and robust patterns to load data into Lakehouse tables for reliable analytics and Power BI reporting.

Previous Sessions

How to improve Q&A in Power BI

In this session we will go through a number of techniques to get closer to that natural language that Q&A visuals offer.

Making Dungeons and Dragons Accessible

Can we make the complex Dungeons and Dragons character sheet accessible using Power BI and low-code solutions? Lots of demos and banter between these speakers

Bringing Power BI into the Dataverse (and bringing Dataverse into Power BI)

Make the most of the data in Dataverse-based Microsoft Power Apps and Dynamics 365 with Power BI.

Gathering Report Requirements

How do we as report builders understand what our customers want and need in a report.

Power BI Charticulator

Come and learn this low-code tool to create your own visuals in Power BI

Power Query is taking over

This session will Power Query which is now a must for the keen citizen developer.