Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room S102a

Next level productivity with Microsoft Copilot

Are you looking to take your productivity to the next level? Microsoft Copilot will help you achieve just that! In this workshop, learn how Microsoft Copilot works with Microsoft 365, Bing Chat, Microsoft Edge, and Windows 11. Discover how OpenAI is integrated into Microsoft 365 to streamline your business processes, automate tasks, improve workflows, and increase productivity while saving time and effort.

Deep Dive into Microsoft 365 Copilot across pivotal apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. Discover how Copilot enhances your capabilities for document creation, data analysis, presentation design, email management, and note-taking. It’s your digital companion, optimizing each task, making daily operations smoother and unleashing new potentials for efficiency.

You'll discover Microsoft's new Bing Chat, powered by ChatGPT. Learn how to get more relevant, up-to-date, and annotated search results using natural language chat. You'll discover how the new Bing Chat helps you draft emails, summarize documents, draft blogs, and more!

You'll discover how to use Microsoft Teams premium features powered by Microsoft Copilot such as: Intelligent recap: A summary of the meeting with key points and tasks. Smart transcription: A live transcript of the meeting with speakers and edits. Meeting insights: A dashboard that shows relevant information for the meeting. Live captions: A real-time translation of the speech into different languages.

You’ll also learn how to use Power Apps and Power Automate where you can describe what you want in natural language and let AI build it for you! For example, you can use Power Apps “Ideas” to create an app from a description3, or use Power Automate “create a cloud flow from a description” or “format data by example” features3 to automate your data processing.

The future of the modern workplace is here! Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how Microsoft 365 and OpenAI can help you achieve more with less effort! With hands-on exercises and practical tips, you'll leave the workshop with a solid understanding of how to use Microsoft 365 and OpenAI to maximize your productivity.

Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room S102bc

Maximizing Microsoft 365 Productivity: Practical Strategies and Use Cases for Power Users

Are you ready to supercharge your Microsoft 365 skills and take your productivity to the next level? Join us for a dynamic and interactive workshop covering practical productivity tips for using the Microsoft 365 ecosystem to improve your and your team's everyday workflows.

In this workshop, you'll learn from experts who will showcase real-world examples of how to leverage the full potential of Microsoft 365 apps like Outlook, Microsoft Teams, OneNote, Planner, OneDrive, Microsoft Forms, Microsoft Lists, and Microsoft Viva. We will also discuss Microsoft Loop and the newly announced Microsoft 365 Copilot!

You'll come away with the best ways to use the many tools in the Microsoft 365 toolbelt, including which apps work best in different scenarios. On top of that, you'll get examples of bringing multiple apps together to extend the value of your digital workplace, based on proven practices your presenters have seen work well for power users in other organizations.

From advanced collaboration techniques to automating everyday tasks, you'll come away with practical tips and tricks that you can put into action right away.

Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room S103d

Hands-On: Azure, Azure OpenAI & ChatGPT For Power Platform Developers Masterclass

Microsoft Power Platform is a low-code platform for rapidly building customized end-to-end business solutions. It consists of five product areas: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Power Virtual Agents, and Power Pages. Each area can be used individually or together. Thanks to native integration with Azure, developers can use their cloud development skills to extend Microsoft Power Platform with different Azure services. With a low-code integrated development approach, business goals can be achieved faster and free up time for the developers.

In this hands-on workshop, we will cover how to use Azure for custom development in Microsoft Platform services like Power Automate, Power Apps, Power Pages, Power Virtual Agents, Dataverse, and Power BI.

We will cover: • Microsoft Azure Key Concepts • How does Power Platform use Azure? • How can fusion teams take advantage of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power Platform? • Authentication and Authorization in Azure • Azure + Power Automate • Azure + Power Apps • Azure + Power Pages • Azure + Power Virtual Agents • Azure + Power BI • Azure + Dataverse • Azure OpenAI + Power Platform • ChatGPT + Power Platform • What are Azure Functions? • What are Logic Apps? • What is Azure Bot Service? • How to create an enterprise-grade app using Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?

At the end of the workshop, attendees will have a working knowledge of Azure and how to use it to implement the customizations in the Microsoft Power Platform.

Access to Azure, Azure Open AI, and Microsoft Power Platform ( Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, and Power BI ) will be provided to create the customization. The target audience of this hands-on workshop is Developers, Power Users, and IT Pros who want to get into development.

Please note: Attendees will need to bring their laptops with internet access and modern browsers like Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. The tablets will not work.

Tuesday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room S103a

Navigating the AI Revolution in M365

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the way we work, and it's more accessible than ever before.

This full-day workshop led by Stephanie Donahue and Mark Rackley will explore how AI is transforming organizations and what it means for you. Attendees will learn about the AI features available in M365 and how to use them to build applications and workflows.

The workshop will also cover real-world examples of how companies are using AI today and what the future holds for this technology. Get ready to ride the AI tidal wave and discover how it can enhance your productivity and work efficiency.

Tuesday 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM · Room S104b

Azure OpenAI, ChatGPT, and Power Platform Better Together

With ChatGPT, other large language models and generative AI has caught the attention of global consumers, enterprises, and c-suite. In this demo-driven workshop, Microsoft Business Applications and AI MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer Prashant G Bhoyar will cover how organizations can use Azure Open AI, ChatGPT, and Power Platform services to build next-gen end-to-end customer engagement.

We will cover : • The new and improved Power Virtual Agents key concepts • Copilot in Power Virtual Agents • Azure Open AI Key Concepts • ChatGPT key concepts • How can fusion teams take advantage of Azure Open AI, ChatGPT, and Microsoft Power Platform? • Authentication and Authorization in Azure • Azure API Management • Azure Communication Services • Power Platform Custom Connectors • Azure Open AI + Power Virtual Agents • ChatGPT + Power Virtual Agents • How organizations can build next-gen end-to-end customer engagement with Power Virtual Agents, Azure, Power Platform, ChatGPT, and Azure Open AI

At the end of the workshop, attendees will have a working knowledge of how to build next-gen end-to-end customer engagement with Power Virtual Agents, Azure, Power Platform, ChatGPT, and Azure Open AI.

Wednesday 8:30 AM - 9:40 AM · Room S105bcd

Keynote: Flexible, AI-Powered Work

The platform shift to AI is well underway. Just as customers turned to Microsoft to help them make the shift to remote and flexible work, they’re now turning to us to help them understand how this new era of AI will change work yet again. Learn how AI is transforming work. Understand how Microsoft 365 can be your end-to-end solution spanning durable trends impacting teamwork, organizational productivity, and employee wellbeing. Join Liz and Mark - product leaders from Microsoft - as they highlight news and demos across Copilot, Teams, Viva, SharePoint, OneDrive, Lists, and more. Kick off 365 EduCon - Chicago to understand the strategy and vision - clarity on where Microsoft is taking productivity into the future.

Wednesday 9:50 AM - 11:00 AM · Room S102a

Introduction to Microsoft Syntex

Microsoft Syntex brings advanced content AI solutions into your existing Microsoft 365 investment but is it something that will help you?

In this session, we will go through what Microsoft Syntex is, how it works, and why it could be an important part of your enterprise in Microsoft 365.

Wednesday 9:50 AM - 11:00 AM · Room S106b

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Join our deep dive to learn more about accelerating your productivity, unleashing your creativity and uplevelling your skills with Microsoft 365 Copilot. We'll include answering your questions on the governance and management of these AI driven experiences.

Wednesday 11:30 AM - 12:40 PM · Room S102bc

How to Avoid AI Disasters: ChatGPT, Data Security, and Unintended Consequences

Say your company rushes in the coming months to implement a private version of ChatGPT over their Intranet. An employee asks, "Hey ChatGPT, is my company going to have a layoff?" How will it answer?

This scenario becomes plausible as ChatGPT / GPT-4 can be connected to data sources for Q&A activities. If the data related to layoffs is accessible by the AI, it's possible that an employee could get an answer to their question. You should take great care before connecting it to your own internal data.

Unfortunately hearing ChatGPT, AI and Machine Learning terms thrown about like doubloons at a Mardi Gras parade in the news is giving many organizations FOMO. We'll discuss what you should know before you jump in.

In this session, we'll address:

• What are these technologies and how they will impact you
• How can these technologies be used in your organization
• Data and security considerations
• Preparing for unintended consequences

Join us to learn about this brave new world and how you could apply it in your own work.

Wednesday 11:30 AM - 12:40 PM · Room S103d

Unleash Your Creativity: Design Power Apps Like a Pro with Microsoft Syntex

Transform your Power App design process and drive business results with data from Microsoft Syntex. This AI-powered technology streamlines the data extraction process, providing you with the information you need to create custom Power Apps that meet the unique needs of your organization. With Power Apps, you can focus on designing the app that will deliver real business value, while it takes care of the technical details.

Attend our session to discover how to efficiently extract data with Microsoft Syntex, store it in Dataverse, and manipulate it before creating your Power App.

Say goodbye to manual data extraction and hello to a more efficient, effective Power App design process. Unleash your creativity and take your app design to the next level with Microsoft Syntex.

Wednesday 11:30 AM - 12:40 PM · Room S105a

ChatGPT, Azure Open AI and Power Platform: Better Together

With ChatGPT, other large language models and generative AI has caught the attention of global consumers, enterprises, and c-suite. In this demo-driven session, we will cover the key concepts and how organizations can use ChatGPT, Azure Open AI, and Power Platform services to build next-gen enterprise-grade applications.

We will cover :

• Azure Open AI Key Concepts
• ChatGPT key concepts
• Co-Pilots in the Power Platform
• How can fusion teams take advantage of Azure Open AI, ChatGPT, and Microsoft Power Platform?
• How organizations can build next-gen enterprise-grade apps using ChatGPT, Azure OpenAI, and Power Platform services?

Wednesday 1:40 PM - 2:50 PM · Room S103d

Streamline data creation using Power Automate and Microsoft Syntex

Unleash the full potential of your data creation process with Power Automate and Microsoft Syntex. Say goodbye to manual tasks and hello to automation. Power Automate provides a simple yet powerful interface to create custom workflows that streamline your data creation process.

Microsoft Syntex, on the other hand, utilizes AI to extract valuable information from unstructured sources and categorize it for you. With these tools working together, you'll see improved accuracy, efficiency, and an overall increase in productivity.

Join our session to learn how to upgrade your data creation process today with Power Automate and Microsoft Syntex.

Wednesday 1:40 PM - 2:50 PM · Room S105a

Microsoft Copilot - the future is now!

The future of the modern workplace is now with Microsoft Copilot! In this session you'll learn how Microsoft Copilot works with Microsoft 365, Bing Chat, Microsoft Edge, and Windows 11 to streamline your business processes and increase productivity while saving you time and effort.

Deep Dive into Microsoft 365 Copilot across pivotal apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. Discover how Copilot enhances your capabilities for document creation, data analysis, presentation design, email management, and note-taking. It’s your digital companion, optimizing each task, making daily operations smoother and unleashing new potentials for efficiency.

You'll discover Microsoft's new Bing Chat, powered by ChatGPT. Learn how to get more relevant, up-to-date, and annotated search results using natural language chat. You'll discover how the new Bing Chat helps you draft emails, summarize documents, draft blogs, and more!

The future of the modern workplace is here! Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how Microsoft Copilot can help you achieve more with less effort! With lots of demos and practical tips, you'll leave with a solid understanding of how to use Microsoft Copilot to maximize your productivity.

Thursday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room S102a

Rethinking Information Architecture in the Era of Microsoft 365 Copilot

With the introduction of Microsoft 365 Copilot, it's tempting to think that information architecture is no longer relevant. After all, Copilot promises to find all your information effortlessly, acting as your personal assistant.

However, we need to consider potential challenges. What if Copilot leads users to sensitive content accidentally? Have we adequately secured our environment in our rush to enable remote work? Additionally, how valuable is the content returned in search queries? Is it time to revisit site lifecycle management and retention to optimize Copilot's performance?

Join this session as we discuss strategies to prepare your M365 environment for the future, ensuring seamless engagement with Microsoft 365 Copilot while addressing critical information architecture considerations.

Thursday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room S105a

Automate content processing using AI & SharePoint Syntex

We'll learn how to use SharePoint Syntex that uses advanced AI and machine teaching to amplify human expertise, automate content processing, and transform content into knowledge.

Thursday 10:40 AM - 11:50 AM · Room S102bc

Power Automate for Microsoft 365 Developers

Power Automate helps us to create intelligent automated workflows between your favorite apps and services to get notifications, synchronize files, collect data, and do much more.

Power Automate ( Microsoft Flow ) has opened Pandora's box of features that developers can use to build real-life enterprise-grade solutions using the low code paradigm. For example, calling the SharePoint REST APIs, calling Microsoft Graph APIs, calling External web services, and integrating with Azure services such as Azure Functions and Azure Dev Ops.

In this demo-driven session, we will cover how developers can use some of the rich feature sets of Power Automate ( Microsoft Flow ) and build real-life enterprise-grade business applications.

You will learn:

• How to use Azure AI Services like ChatGPT with Power Automate?
• How to consume the REST Endpoints using Power Automate ( Microsoft Flow )?
• How to consume Microsoft Graph APIs using Power Automate ( Microsoft Flow )?
• How to call Azure Function from Power Automate ( Microsoft Flow )?
• How to build enterprise-grade business applications in Microsoft 365 using
• Power Automate ( Microsoft Flow )?
• How to convert Power Automate ( Microsoft Flow ) to Logic Apps?

Thursday 10:40 AM - 11:50 AM · Room S102d

Using Power Apps as A Rapidly Deployable Front End for Open AI

In this session we will go over how to configure create a custom connector that accesses Microsoft Cognitive Services Face API. We will then build a Power App that will be used to configure and train face models and be used for facial recognition.

Thursday 10:40 AM - 11:50 AM · Room S105a

The future of AI and Microsoft 365

With the release of Chat GPT, Co-Pilot and so many other tools, understanding how to pilot, deploy, manage, and secure these tools is critical.

In this session we will demonstrate the top 10 AI tools available and discuss how to approach using them in your environment securely.

Thursday 10:40 AM - 11:50 AM · Room S106b

Introducing Microsoft Syntex – Content AI for the Microsoft Cloud

Every week, our customers add billions of documents to Microsoft 365. That content is essential to your organization - carrying knowledge, decisions, and transactions that are vital to the flow of work. To maximize the value of your Microsoft 365 content, Microsoft Syntex brings management, advanced AI, and automation together to simplify the way you work. Join us to learn more about this new category and hear how Syntex can help you discover, manage, and secure your organization's content in the Microsoft Cloud and beyond.

Thursday 1:20 PM - 2:30 PM · Room S103a

Winning SPFx development with GitHub Copilot

The demand for cutting edge SharePoint Framework (SPFx) solutions is more than ever. Why not let a tool help you get more done in less time? With GitHub Copilot, you will see how it can provide legitimate code snippet suggestions to get common tasks done in your web part and Microsoft Teams development.

You'll be amazed at the quality of the suggestions and how it understands your code and adapts to your naming conventions and recognizes patterns in how you personally write code. I've been using GitHub Copilot for months now and it's a must-have in my development toolbox now.

If you're looking to save time in your development cycle, you need to attend this session and see firsthand how GitHub Copilot is worth every penny.

Thursday 2:40 PM - 3:50 PM · Room S102d

Better together: Viva Connections and the Power Platform

In this session Martina and Toni will take a look on how to implement Viva Connections. With the powerful toolset behind the Power Platform you will learn how to solve business requirements for mobile users.

Thursday 2:40 PM - 3:50 PM · Room S104a

Governance for AI Builder

Overall, AI Builder governance aims to help organizations effectively manage their use of AI technology while ensuring that they adhere to legal and ethical standards. By implementing appropriate governance measures, organizations can mitigate risks and ensure that their AI solutions are used to drive business value without compromising privacy, security, or compliance requirements.

This session focuses on best practices for managing the use of AI Builder within an organization. We will covers topics such as compliance, security, and privacy considerations when implementing AI models using AI Builder.

Participants will learn how to establish policies and procedures for data management, model development, and deployment to ensure that AI solutions are developed in a responsible and ethical manner. The session will also include discussions on how to create roles and permissions for AI Builder users to control access to sensitive data and model development features.

Thursday 4:30 PM - 5:40 PM · Room S106b

Teams, Power Automate and Copilot - automate Microsoft 365 like never before!

Learn about the different ways in which your organization can be more productive with Power Automate, M365 and Copilot.

Discover experiences across, SharePoint, Teams, Excel and Windows and Process mining-based insights that help you get time to focus on what's important.

Friday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room S104b

Boosting Employee Development with Viva Goals and Copilot

In today's dynamic work environment, organizations strive to empower their employees' growth and development. Microsoft Viva Goals, a powerful platform within the Microsoft Viva suite, offers a comprehensive yet user-friendly solution for goal management and tracking within Microsoft 365.

This session dives into the capabilities of Viva Goals and explores how Copilot can augment the goal management experience, leading to improved employee performance and engagement.

Key topics covered in this session include:

• Introduction to Viva Goals
• Leveraging Copilot for Goal Creation
• Goal Tracking and Progress Monitoring
• Strategies for promoting adoption and engagement

Discover how Microsoft Viva Goals and Copilot can accelerate employee development and goal management within Microsoft 365.

Friday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room S105a

Attainable AI – Real World Artificial Intelligence for Everyone

Why has your organization not embraced AI yet? Cost? Complexity? No perceived business value? Thanks to Azure and Microsoft 365, AI is not only cost-effective (sometimes free) and easy to use, there are many real-world use-case scenarios that you can take advantage of today without having to be a developer.

Attend this demo-packed session to learn how quick and easy it is to get started with AI in your organization to create bots, translate conversations, identify objects in pictures, and more!

Friday 12:30 PM - 1:40 PM · Room S104a

Supercharge Microsoft Teams Apps with AI: Building Intelligent Bots & Messaging Extensions

This presentation will cover how to use the Microsoft Teams Conversational SDK AI and Azure OpenAI to incorporate intelligent bots and messaging extensions in Microsoft Teams.

We will explore the development process step-by-step, including how to build and deploy bots and messaging extensions using these technologies.

Whether you're a seasoned developer or new to the game, this breakout session will provide valuable insights into how you can use AI to enhance the functionality of your Teams apps.

Friday 1:50 PM - 3:00 PM · Room S104b

Unleashing the Power of Adaptive Cards in Viva Connections

In this session, we'll explore the versatility of Adaptive Cards in Microsoft 365, focusing on how they can be leveraged in Viva Connections (and Outlook and Microsoft Teams) to create custom experiences and streamline workflows. We'll explore both low-code and pro-code solutions and demonstrate how they can be used to solve common use cases such as creating interactive forms, notifications, and more.

Additionally, we'll present a decision framework to help determine when custom development is appropriate versus when low-code solutions can be used. This will include an examination of factors such as timeline, budget, technical requirements, and desired outcomes. Key Takeaways:

• Understanding the basics of Adaptive Cards and their capabilities in Viva Connections
• Hands-on demos of low-code solutions for building custom experiences
• A decision framework for choosing between custom development and low-code solutions
• Real-world examples of Adaptive Cards in action
• Best practices for leveraging Adaptive Cards in a Microsoft 365 environment, specifically for Viva Connections.