Elayne Jones
Sr. Solutions Engineer - Microsoft
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Elayne Jones is a Senior Solution Engineer at Microsoft. Elayne specializes in Microsoft Power Platform, delivering scalable solutions through Copilot Studio, Power Apps, Power Automate. She helps organizations modernize workflows, build low‑code applications, and unlock insights through integrated, data‑driven experiences.
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Voila: Embed Power BI Reports in Power Apps for Immediate Insights
By combining the forces of Microsoft Power BI and Power Apps, developers can create holistic solutions to allow users to modify data and to analyze downstream impacts immediately. In this session, you will learn how to embed Power BI Report tiles in Canvas Power Apps in to forge a unified solution for modifying your data and for analyzing the changes using sleek reports. Talk about instant results!
Schedule Power BI Report Extracts using Power Automate
One of the major benefits of creating reports in Power BI is the flexibility in how users can distribute content. Many business users prefer reports to be accessed through PDFs to be used in external presentations. Using the Power Platform's low-code interface, Elayne Jones explains how to create a Power Automate flow to automate the PDF extraction process. Rather than relying on users to manually extract reports, the flow can then be scheduled to run on a scheduled cadence, allowing business users to receive the information on a reliable basis, without needing to request information from IT support. This solution demonstrates the time-saving potential of Power Platform integration by freeing users from manual drudgery without needing to create a custom application.
Using Python in Power BI
Python and machine learning are the keys to the future of analytics. Integrating Python scripts in traditional Power BI reporting changes the game for creating reports. In this session, discover how to bring your reports into the next level with Python. In this session, you will learn how to go beyond standard Power BI visualizations by using custom Python scripts to create truly unique visuals. Further, don’t settle for messy data any longer - learn how to use Python scripts to shape your data in the Power Query Editor. Finally, see examples of how you can leverage the full potential of machine learning by predicting null values or intelligently analyzing data. Python integration allows users to bring their Power BI reports from base descriptive reports to sophisticated predictive analyses.
Power Up with Microsoft Fabric Premium
With the recent release of Microsoft Fabric, one of the first topics you will want to consider is pricing. Some questions already riddling your mind likely include: What exactly is the Premium Licensing structure in Power BI Premium? How do I transition my existing Power BI Premium license into the Fabric licensing structure? Why do I need Microsoft Fabric in the first place? In this session, learn all about pricing details and feature components available so that you can power up your data estate using Microsoft Fabric.
Reign in the Chaos: Organizing Fabric Workspaces
Between Lakehouses, Semantic Models, Dataflows, Reports, and Paginated Reports, Fabric Workspaces can become a tangled mess. In this session, learn best practices for both organizing and documenting your Fabric Workspaces. By utilizing Fabric Folders to group related content, content creators can speed development. By leveraging the Lineage View, developers can analyze downstream impact to mitigate negative impact. Finally, learn how to empower a Center of Excellence to document and to audit item permissions.
Practical Power BI Version Control
Keeping track of the latest Power BI versions can be a nightmare for even the most meticulous report developer, much less a large team. In this session, I will demonstrate a simple approach for managing your Power BI content using OneDrive and SharePoint version history, Power BI Deployment Pipelines, and Git repositories. After this session, you can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that your Power BI content is both organized and accessible for all who need it.
Lay Down the Law as a Fabric Administrator
"With great power, comes great responsibility." Microsoft Fabric's grandiose scope spans a number of technologies and services across domains, from data science and data engineering to data visualization. The span of products and associated users can seem daunting to manage. Fear not - the Fabric Admin Portal allows admins to manage their entire Fabric tenant. This session explains requirements for accessing the Admin Portal and demonstrates the settings available. Further, this session uncovers industry best practices for governing user activity, asset health, and resource consumption.
Integrating Power Apps with Power BI Reports
When users consume Power BI content, one of the most common requests is to modify the content’s underlying data. A creative solution is to create a Power App that allows users to update the data in its source. Then, embed the Power App on a Power BI report. The seamless integration of the Power Platform allows developers to create a single location for both updating and analyzing data – creating a uniquely interactive experience for users.
Finishing Touches to Make PBI Reports More Intuitive
Picture this: the Power BI Report you've been developing for months is finally ready to be presented to your users. Before you send the link to your users, learn about some simple visualization techniques to make your reports more understandable and intuitive for your audience. In this session, I will demonstrate how to use DAX to create conditional color format measures, to filter slicer items, and to display the last refresh date in visuals. I will also explain best practices in ensuring branding standards, such as using background images and template files. The more effort you devote to the design upfront, the less time you will spend down the road fielding questions and support requests from your users.
Elevate Program Management with Power BI & DevOps
Have you ever opened Azure DevOps and felt overwhelmed by the vast sea of program management options. Between Projects, Boards, and Work Items, Azure DevOps allows teams to track progress on projects and to communicate updates to peers. However, tracking progress across Projects and digesting information can be challenging. In this session, learn how to bring DevOps Work Items to life. By connecting to DevOps Boards in Power BI Desktop, users can design interactive reports to communicate team progress and to analyze project statuses. Sleek Power BI visuals make even the most technical DevOps content accessible to Executives and actionable for Project Managers.
Become a Data Wizard Using Generative AI with Power BI
Wouldn't it be nice if you could open Power BI, utter a magical incantation, and automatically create beautiful reports to help you turn data into insights? Yearn no longer - join this session to learn how easily you can incorporate Generative AI capabilities in Power BI content. Through integration with Generative AI features, you can transform raw data into actionable reports in record time and with little to no user effort. Tools like Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT and OpenAI allow you to enter natural language prompts and automatically generate Power BI content. Saving time in development ultimately conserves costs and allows you to focus on analyzing the data and sparking change in your organization.
Awesome Automation: Fabric Data Activator
Are you tired of checking reports every day to see if your data has reached a threshold? Do you wish your data could inform you when actions should be taken? Are you dissatisfied with the current limitations of Power BI alerts, like needing to create dashboards and only being able to use card visuals? If these questions hit too close to home, the Fabric Data Activator is your saving grace. In this session, learn about how the newly released Fabric Data Activator can alert you when your data reaches your desired thresholds. You will rejoice in hearing the possibilities of actions that can be triggered using Data Activator, such as Power Automate flows, sending emails, or posting Teams messages. The possibilities of automating your workflow are endless with Data Activator.
Build Your First Agent in Copilot Studio
Build Your First Agent in Copilot Studio is a practical, hands‑on session for anyone ready to move beyond generic AI chat and start building purpose‑built, enterprise‑ready agents. You’ll learn what agents really are, how they differ from traditional chatbots, and where Copilot Studio fits alongside Microsoft 365 Copilot and Azure AI services.
How to Enable Copilot Studio Safely at Scale
Ever wondered how you can encourage adoption of AI-tools like Microsoft Copilot agents while protecting your enterprise data estate?
In this session, I'll take you on a tour of the suite of Microsoft tools that make up the Copilot Control System, such as Agent 365, the Microsoft and Power Platform Admin Centers, Microsoft Purview, and Microsoft Entra. Using the themes of Security, Governance, Management, and Monitoring, you will gain a clear understanding of which Microsoft tool to use to set up proper safety controls for your agent ecosystem.
Whether you’re an admin, architect, or solution builder, this session will equip you with the knowledge to confidently deploy and manage Microsoft Copilot usage across your environment.
Rapid Analytics: Copilot in Microsoft Fabric
Microsoft Fabric is redefining how organizations prepare for the era of AI. In this session, we’ll explore how Fabric brings data integration, analytics, and BI together on a single platform and how Copilot is embedded across every workload to accelerate insights without compromising security. You’ll see real demos showing how teams move faster from raw data to AI-powered decisions using tools they already know.
Design Agents That Reason, Orchestrate, and Act
Many agents start as a collection of topics; however, modern Copilot Studio agents can do much more. This session explores how to design agents that reason across steps, select the right tools, and take action without over‑engineering prompts. We’ll talk about orchestration patterns, agent vs child-agent responsibilities, and lessons learned from newer task completion models. If you’re ready to move past basic Q&A bots, this session will show you how to create the next phase in the automation lifecycle.
Designing Copilot Studio Agents for Business Teams
Copilot Studio shines when business users can own their own solutions. In this session, we’ll explore how to design agents that business teams can understand, maintain, and trust. We’ll cover writing clear instructions, choosing the right tools, and setting guardrails that don’t block innovation. This session is ideal for teams responsible for handing off agents to other teams, such as Finance, HR, Operations, or Center‑of‑Excellence teams.
One Agent to Rule Them All: Building Reusable Agents
Why build ten agents when one well-designed agent can do the job? In this session, I’ll show a reusable Copilot Studio pattern that supports multiple use cases, personas, and tools without forgetting governance or maintenance. We’ll look at instruction layering, tool reuse, and environment strategy, with a live demo mindset. Perfect for teams trying to scale agent creation without creating long‑term complexity.
Building Power Apps Like a Developer
What if you didn’t start a Power App with screens and controls, but with prompts? In this session, we explore vibe coding for Power Apps using GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code. You’ll see how to describe what you want the app to do, let Copilot scaffold your data and logic, and iterate through conversational prompts instead of rigid designs. We’ll cover where vibe coding shines, where it breaks down, and how to keep speed without sacrificing maintainability
Low Code Is Becoming AI‑Native: What Power Apps Looks Like Next
Power Apps is no longer just “low code with AI sprinkled in." Power Apps is becoming AI‑native across how apps are designed, built, and extended. In this session, we’ll explore how generative app creation, Power Apps Code Apps, code components, and GitHub Copilot are reshaping the Power Platform builder experience.
Walk away with a clear mental model for how AI fits into modern Power Apps development and how to future‑proof your skills as a maker.
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