Others agreed that there seemed to a higher number than normal of the plain vanilla booths. “Maybe Microsoft had to rent two halls and had to spread out to fill both,” I remarked to an ISV. “I think there are fewer exhibits,” another ISV said. I would be surprised in Microsoft would say that is true, but I’ll ask. Highlight of the show floor? Hitachi Solutions making fresh beignets at the booth, especially since on St. Patrick’s Day the legendary Café du Monde was so swamped that it was hard to get a hot beignet. The show floor reflected the reality of Microsoft’s four accounting applications – booths featuring AX were the bigger ones and yes, it is the favorite child.