Live sessions for mid-market decision makers
Free, focused sessions on Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, AI and data strategy. No vendor pitches, no filler. Built for finance, IT and analytics leads across the UK and Ireland.
11
upcoming sessions
Free
to attend
30-45
minutes each
11 sessions
Business Central + Fabric: a blueprint for D365 mid-market customers
Most Business Central partners stop at go-live. This session shows mid-market D365 teams how to connect BC to Microsoft Fabric properly - architecture, data flow, and the decisions that actually matter.
Simon Devine & Izzy Bowers
Hopton Analytics
Tuesday, 15 September 2026
Life after Fabric: cost, governance and sprawl in the mid-market
What happens after you move to Microsoft Fabric? The real operational questions around licensing cost, data governance and workspace sprawl, before they become a problem.
Simon Devine
Co-founder, Hopton Analytics
Wednesday, 16 September 2026
Power BI Q&A is dying in December 2026: what to do before the lights go out
Microsoft retires Power BI Q&A in December 2026. This session covers exactly what replaces it, what changes for your users, and how to migrate before the deadline without a reporting gap.
Simon Devine
Co-founder, Hopton Analytics
Thursday, 17 September 2026
FP&A in Power BI: planning, budgeting and forecasting for mid-market finance teams
A practical session on building a planning, budgeting and forecasting layer in Power BI - semantic model design, write-back patterns, and a real example from Hopton's work with Wasabi.
Simon Devine
Co-founder, Hopton Analytics
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
Building a data function without hiring one: when outsourced analytics works
Hiring a data team is expensive and slow. This session makes the case for outsourced analytics instead - when it works, what the engagement model looks like, and the pitfalls to avoid.
Simon Devine
Co-founder, Hopton Analytics
Wednesday, 11 November 2026
AI agents on top of Power BI: what works today, and what is still hype
Most "AI on your data" demos are staged. This session shows what AI agents and Copilot genuinely do on live Power BI data today, where they still fall short, and how Hopton Lens performs in production.
Simon Devine
Co-founder, Hopton Analytics
Thursday, 12 November 2026
Why most Power BI rollouts stall, and what to do about it
Most Power BI rollouts don't fail at launch - they fail six months later. The common failure patterns, from poor semantic model design to low adoption, and the fixes that get projects back on track.
Simon Devine
Co-founder, Hopton Analytics
Tuesday, 26 January 2027
Three machine learning models every retail and consumer brand should be running
Demand forecasting, churn prediction and basket analysis: three machine learning models with proven ROI for retail and consumer brands, including a real example from Hopton's work with Mzuri.
Simon Devine
Co-founder, Hopton Analytics
Wednesday, 27 January 2027
Replacing legacy reporting without breaking the business
Replacing Excel, SSRS or legacy BI with modern Power BI reporting, without disrupting the business day-to-day - sequencing, change management and what not to do.
Simon Devine
Co-founder, Hopton Analytics
Tuesday, 18 May 2027
Business Central reporting: from Jet, Excel and bolted-on Power BI to a Fabric foundation
For Business Central customers who've outgrown Jet Reports and Excel: the practical route from a patchwork of BC reporting tools to a single Microsoft Fabric foundation.
Simon Devine
Co-founder, Hopton Analytics
Wednesday, 19 May 2027
Design briefing - title to be confirmed
Details for this session will be confirmed shortly.
Shauna Duffy
Hopton Analytics
Thursday, 20 May 2027
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If you would like a tailored version of any session for your team, get in touch and we will put something together.