Welcome to the inaugural edition of Power BI Weekly! Hopefully the welcome email and sample edition have enlightened those of you that have subscribed on what to expect from this newsletter. If you're joining us from the website and haven't yet subscribed, don't forget to subscribe back on the home page.

There are two announcements to share this week. There is now a slideshow option in the presentation mode on the Windows Power BI app, perfect for having reports on a loop in the background during presentations or public displays. Additionally, we've been told about the Power BI open-platform connectivity with XMLA endpoints public preview, a great feature to get some more flexibility over your Power BI datasets (premium only, currently).

Also in this week's edition, Mark Allington has written the first blog in a series about a way to obtain Affordable Power BI Premium for Small Businesses, and Melissa Coates has spoken about Three Ways to Use Power BI Dataflows. Continue reading for more great content!