Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room 204C

Establishing SharePoint Online Admin Rockstar Status

SharePoint Online (SPO) integrates with many services that you need to be familiar with to successfully manage your collaboration content. In this full day workshop, we are going to learn about these different services and how to manage the integration with them by exploring and discussing SharePoint Online best practices for configuring, securing, optimizing, and implementing redundancy.

We will begin by discussing and creating a new Microsoft 365 tenant, followed by exploring how to customize both the M365 and SharePoint administrator dashboards so they only display information related to the Microsoft 365 services and SPO-related components like SharePoint Online and OneDrive.

We will also explore how to create and assign users to access SharePoint Online as both an end user and as administrators.

Being most scenarios require the migration of content, we will discuss several options for migrating content from many different sources to SharePoint Online and OneDrive.

Most migrations require at least an interim hybrid configuration, so we will introduce and explore the components that can be configured for a hybrid environment as an interim solution, or as a long-term solution.

We will then roll up our sleeves and explore the configuration of several components of SharePoint Online using both the GUI and PowerShell. These SPO components and configurations include;

Creating, configuring, and managing site collections

Configuring the user profile service (UPS) to ensure your Active Directory data is included in your search index

Exploring several search service configuration options, to ensure your users are able to quickly find the information they need, along with how to access some search-related reports, as well as some suggestions on how to help your users submit better search queries for more accurate search results

Discussing both SharePoint Online and OneDrive configuration options for managing and securing your collaboration content

Create and implementing a structured taxonomy to provide consistent and reliable data in SPO by using published tenant-level content types and managed metadata fields via the term store, as well as other custom column types, that can all be managed by information architects.

As we discuss these topics throughout the day, I’ll be sharing best practices, as well as tips and tricks that every SPO admin should know about while working with SPO.

When you leave the workshop, you’ll have all the skills and best practices to migrate to, configure, manage, and secure SharePoint Online and OneDrive components using the SharePoint Online Admin center, OneDrive admin Center, and PowerShell.

Tuesday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room 202A

Elevate Your Intranet: Unleash the potential of Artificial Intelligence with Copilot and Viva

An intranet can support your organization’s ability to communicate and collaborate effectively, make information easy to find, automate business processes, and help cut administrative costs… but where do you start? In this all-day workshop, we will focus on the mechanics of building the basic structure of an intranet. We will then explore how Artificial Intelligence and Microsoft Copilot can elevate your intranet past content surfaced in SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, and the Viva suite.

At the end of the tutorial, you will understand common solutions like decentralized content management with centralized content experiences, branding capabilities across Microsoft 365, and how to create personalized content experiences. You will leave with a clear understanding of how you can best leverage Copilot and Viva to create an incredible employee experience.

During the workshop, we will demo creating a/an: -Intuitive global and site navigation -Branded experience with recommended page layouts -Scalable enterprise information architecture -Custom search experiences to surface the right information, at the right time -Artificial Intelligence assisted development of learning and onboarding content -A seamless connection between your intranet and where people are working

Join us to gain a deeper understanding of the out of the box technical capabilities using only Business Premium licenses so you can focus on identifying your desired business outcomes, defining your overall content strategy and governance, and driving the adoption of your intranet at your organization without navigating additional costs.

Tuesday 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM · Room 203AB

Balancing Collaboration and Compliance within Microsoft 365

Hybrid modern work can be full of friction and frustration when it comes to compliance. We all need to help ensure a productive and compliant workplace, but how can you enable easy collaboration in your organization AND implement compliance features? Join Joanne and Daniel as they show how to bring together two equally important yet seemingly incompatible aspects of the modern workplace: collaboration and compliance. With a he-said-she-said approach, Daniel will talk about the modern collaboration tools available in Microsoft 365 and Joanne will share what kinds of Microsoft Purview compliance controls can be applied to help collaboration tools be more compliant. You will walk away with the knowledge to combine collaboration with compliance. Topics covered in the workshop: • How to plan and implement a compliant Viva Connections and Viva Engage environment • What are retention labels and policies and what do they look like in action in collaboration areas? • How to implement data loss techniques while enabling collaboration? • What are sensitivity labels and what types of controls can they place on collaboration? • Do Microsoft Teams have an end-date and how to enable a lifecycle? • Can Copilot help with compliance when it comes to our content and collaboration?

Tuesday 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM · Room 207A

Ultimate guide to administering M365 and Teams

Are you an admin who's been administering M365 for years? Or are you brand new to the admin role? Either way, there will be something for you in this workshop!

We will be taking a deep look into the administration of M365 and some of its services, with a heavy focus on Teams, using the admin center, PowerShell, Graph, and more. Expect deep explainers on what different switches really do, and practical advice on how to configure things appropriately for your organization.

We will spend time in this workshop setting up automations together and sharing real world examples of how to make your job easier.

Tuesday 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM · Room 207A

Share, Protect, & Govern Your Data in Teams, SharePoint, & OneDrive

Collaboration lives at the core of a modern workplace and collaboration is built around the ability to access and share information securely. Not all information is the same and the ability to get content securely to the right people, both internal and external, at the right time keeps work moving. But how do you easily and securely your data in Office 365? What are your options to ensure you retain control of your data?

The ability to safeguard your data is possible! In this workshop, we will show you:

• The landscape of data security
• What is Microsoft Purview and how we can use it
• How to secure you data with Information Protection and sensitivity labels
• Control & manage sharing in your tenant
• Prevent exfiltration with Data Loss Prevention
• How to detect, investigate, and take action using Insider Risk Management
• Retain content using Data Lifecycle Management and Records Management

By the end of this workshop you will know what you can do to secure your data and allow your company to collaborate better and achieve more.

Wednesday 9:50 AM - 11:00 AM · Room 202B

Data Security: It's Not Just for IT Anymore

Data security is more important than ever before. As businesses and individuals move more of their data to the cloud, protecting it from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction is essential.

In this session, we will focus on data security for end users in Microsoft 365. We will discuss the common threats to data security and the security features available in Microsoft 365 to help protect your data. We will also share tips and advice on how to use these features effectively.

By the end of this session, you will be able to:

• Understand the importance of data security and the common threats to data security
• Identify the key data security features in Microsoft 365
• Learn how to use Microsoft 365 security features to protect your data
• Implement best practices for data security in your workplace

This session is ideal for end users in Microsoft 365 who want to learn more about how to protect their data. No prior knowledge of data security is required.

Wednesday 11:40 AM - 12:50 PM · Room 204C

IT Pro meets Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle and Records Management

This session will explain Data Lifecycle and Records Management in Microsoft Purview from an IT-Pro's perspective. With data governance concerns on the rise in the modern workplace, particularly with the use of Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365, good data governance is more important than ever. Compliance teams are reaching out to their IT-Pro partners for assistance.

This is unfamiliar territory for many IT-Pros, so this session is designed to help clear the path forward. It covers topics like:

• Recommendations for mapping a retention schedule into a "software-friendly" Purview File Plan
• Using automation to apply retention labels to your content
• Using scopes to scale and meet complex retention requirements
• SharePoint and Teams architecture impacts

Joanne will discuss the skills that IT-Pros should bring to the table when working with their Compliance team partners.

4 Objectives:

• Understand how to interpret retention schedules from a technical perspective
• Understand the dependencies for the automation features in DLM/RM
• Understand the impacts your SP/Teams architecture can have on applying DLM/RM controls
• Understand what decisions need to be solidified early on for DLM/RM

Wednesday 11:40 AM - 12:50 PM · Room 206

Power BI Analytics at Scale with Microsoft Fabric

In today's world getting true data driven insights can take a lot of time and energy. Data is spread across a wide variety of storage systems, all of which can have different operating models, security models and integration requirements. The next generation of Microsoft's data platform, which includes Power BI aims to solve this problem.

Come to this session to explore Microsoft Fabric, understand exactly what it is, and how it can help position your organization for the new age of AI. Microsoft Fabric has changed the way we all think about and utilize data. Taking lessons from Power BI Premium capacities Fabric allows us to get past many limitations of the shared Power BI service & the PAAS\IAAS world of Azure Synapse. However, with great power comes great responsibility.

This session will outline exactly what Microsoft Fabric is, what features it unlocks and what limitations it changes. We will also call out situations where Fabric may not be appropriate, and the steps that you need to take to ensure that you get the maximum value from it. If you’re considering a move to Microsoft Fabric, you’ll want to attend this session.

Wednesday 11:40 AM - 12:50 PM · Room 207B

Managing Multiple tenants in Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 uses the concept of a "tenant" to securely isolate each customer's data, users, and permissions, even as they are running on shared infrastructure. Most applications run within a single tenant, and would require a separate copy of the app for each tenant.

In this session, you'll gain a deep understanding of tenants and the new Multi-Tenant Organizations (MTO) feature. We’ll demystify the various types of users – internal, external, members, and guests – and show how they work for users and Entra ID administrators. Then you'll learn how enterprise and 3rd party applications work within this environment, how to write multi-tenant apps, and how to manage access as a tenant admin.

This is not only important to software vendors who sell SaaS solutions to many customers, it’s also relevant to customers who find themselves with multiple tenants due to mergers and acquisitions and other partnerships. Please attend to fully understand how multitenancy works in Microsoft 365, Microsoft Graph, and the apps you write and use every day!

Wednesday 2:20 PM - 3:30 PM · Room 208AB

Keeping up with change in Microsoft 365 in the AI Era

Every month there are dozens of changes made throughout the services in Microsoft 365. The changes can bring brand new features, but also change aspects on which your business solutions are based.

How do you stay informed about the changes and prepare your environment for all the updates? How can you keep your users up-to-date with the features that are available and manage the process of change? How does Ai and Copilot help (or not)?

During this session, we will discuss how IT Pros and collaboration enablers can keep up with all the changes, promote adoption with your users, and help your organization stay focused on what you do best. Real-world examples of how you can manage all the data available to you will be shared. You will leave with the tools you need to be proactive in managing cloud changes in your organization.

Wednesday 2:20 PM - 3:30 PM · Room 209AB

Implementing Microsoft 365 Data Loss Prevention. A Real World Approach

As more and more organizations' content is stored in cloud locations, it can become further at risk for accidental or malicious misuse. Users make good use of cloud collaboration features to share documents with others. Information contained within documents or even the intended recipient of the files may not be properly considered before transmission. This can often lead to data loss and poses significant risks to the organization. To protect against the loss of data control, organizations are looking for solutions that protect the data when it is shared.

Join David as he takes a practical approach to understand data loss prevention techniques and capabilities available within Microsoft 365. David will also provide a real-world approach to implementing the technologies with a strong consideration of the balance of protection and user experience.

Wednesday 4:20 PM - 5:30 PM · Room 204AB

Data recovery options for SharePoint/OneDrive

SharePoint and OneDrive include several content recovery options for SharePoint and OneDrive for Business administrators, site collection administrators, and end users. Educating your end users on SharePoint recovery options like the site recycle bin, versioning, and site collection recycle bin can lighten the burden on your admins.

Using either a GUI or PowerShell you can backup and restore your entire SharePoint Server farm or components of it. In SharePoint Server you can also perform more granular content backups by exporting site collections, site, libraries, and lists, and there are options for recovering these site collections, sites, lists and libraries from content databases that are no longer part of your SharePoint Server farm.

With a vast majority of your SharePoint Server content stored in SQL Server it is imperative that you have an efficient way to recover items or entire databases as quickly as possible.

This discussion will introduce the Best Practices framework that will allow your SharePoint Server administrators to configure SharePoint as well as SQL Server for quick content recovery, minimizing the downtime and providing shorter and achievable Service Level Agreements (SLA’s).

Thursday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room 202A

Protect at the speed and scale of AI with Microsoft Copilot for Security

Join us for an informative session on Microsoft Security Copilot, the first generative AI security product that amplifies your security and IT team’s impact and efficiency.

In this session, we will provide an overview of the threat landscape, scenarios, integrations, and demos of how Microsoft Security Copilot works. You will learn about the business value of using this product, including improved productivity and collaboration, faster investigation and response to threats, and continuous assessment and improvement of posture. Microsoft Security Copilot is grounded in responsible AI principles, ensuring that your data is protected and used responsibly.

Don't miss this opportunity to learn how Microsoft Security Copilot can transform your security operations.

Thursday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room 207A

Introduction to Microsoft Purview

Do you know or are you interested in what Microsoft Purview is?

Microsoft Purview is the solution suite of Microsoft 365 and brings a collection of risk and compliance technologies including things like information protection, retention, records, insider risk, eDiscovery, and more.

In this session we will review all of the solutions available within this suite of products, what are their use cases, how they work together, and how they could work for you within your organization.

Thursday 10:40 AM - 11:50 AM · Room 201

Managing Microsoft 365 using PowerShell

PowerShell is a standard programming language for managing both on-premises and cloud services. Microsoft 365 and its supporting service Azure both support5 execution of PowerShell. Connecting to Microsoft 365 is performed using different approaches and modules.

Knowing which module to install and import and the connection methods are critical to managing services. Most management tasks that are available in the tenant are also within PowerShell. It allows IT Administrators to create reusable scripts.

In this session, we will look at how to connect to the services within Microsoft 365. We will also perform essential management in the cloud.

Thursday 10:40 AM - 11:50 AM · Room 204C

An end-to-end look at SharePoint Premium Content Processing

SharePoint Premium is a big step forward for Content Services in Microsoft 365 by providing the ability to integrate AI into the flow of work. Unstructured content is being produced at an alarming rate in modern workplaces today and organizations need a way to improve the effectiveness of business processes surrounding it.

SharePoint Premium's content processing capabilities help by automatically classifying content, extracting metadata, improving search, enhancing knowledge sharing, and applying appropriate governance controls. SharePoint Premium is this and so much more!

To demonstrate, Joanne Klein will walk through a live demo of building and training an Unstructured Document Processing model in SharePoint as well as the additional capabilities it provides once classified.

The walkthrough will cover setup, training, deployment, and some of the "extras" you get with SharePoint Premium.

Thursday 1:10 PM - 2:20 PM · Room 203AB

Exploring Microsoft 365 migration considerations and tools

Congratulations, on your decision to move to Microsoft 365. If your mind is running rampant on how to complete the migration, this session is for you.

We will begin by exploring the steps necessary during the following migration phases • Before the migration • Completing the migration • Managing the cloud-based content after migration

As you can guess, you’re going to need to know what the best approach is to complete the migration, so we will also discuss what your migration options are, and what tools are available, including out of the box tools like the SharePoint Migration Assessment Tool (SMAT), the SharePoint Migration Tool (SPMT), Migration Manager, as well as several other tools to help streamline and successfully complete your migration to Microsoft 365.

Thursday 2:30 PM - 3:40 PM · Room 204C

Modernizing Your Data Retention. Moving Beyond the Created Date

Historically, data retention in an environment has been based mainly on two key pieces of data: when the document was created or when the document was last modified. More recently, retention policies have also been controlled based on the content of the data, but again determining disposition goes back to created or last modified dates.

Perhaps you would like more options for controlling document retention. Maybe basing retention policies for employee documents on when they are no longer with the company, or project documents that are retained based on the project end date make more sense to your organization. In this session, we will illustrate how you can go beyond the basic created or modified dates of data to controlling retention based on events that occur. No longer do you need to be constrained to a few pieces of metadata for determining the data retention policies of your content.

Thursday 4:20 PM - 5:30 PM · Room 206

Connect to your M365 Data with Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Graph Data Connect

Many people are familiar with accessing and retrieving their corporate data from the Microsoft Graph. However, what do you do when you need to access this data at scale? Microsoft Graph Data Connect (MGDC) is a robust data extraction tool that allows for secure, granular data access from Microsoft 365 to Azure Data Lake. It provides organizations with valuable insights while maintaining compliance with privacy regulations. It is a powerful, yet complex tool.

The recently introduced Microsoft Fabric is a comprehensive data analysis platform that has the potential to remove much of this complexity. This presentation will demonstrate how Microsoft Graph Data Connect within Microsoft Fabric can very quickly allow you to leverage your corporate data to enhance collaboration, productivity, and decision-making processes in your organization.

Thursday 4:20 PM - 5:30 PM · Room 209AB

Top 10 best practices every Admin should be doing in M365!

Come and learn the top 10 best practices you should be doing to both manage and secure your environment. Tenant configuration can be a balance of usability and security when planning your roll-out or management model.

These best practices will assist you in improving visibility into M365 and help you understand the necessary controls needed to have in place to ensure your tenant is protected.

Friday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room 204AB

Managing Change in a Microsoft World! Office 365 Governance and Change Management.

This session will focus on how to best operationalize your Office 365 investment. We will walk through how to develop a governance board focusing on tenant and service management, define roles and responsibilities, learn how to manage change in a SAAS solution that uses an evergreen service management model, and develop a system of communication to better support your customers.

Friday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room 207B

Essential Microsoft 365 security features crash course

Security is top of mind for any business moving to the cloud and even more so for those who had to move out of necessity without a clear action plan. Knowing where to start and what is available can be half the battle.

This session will cover some of the top concepts when it comes to securing and monitoring your Microsoft 365 environment, the best tools to start with, and which admin center you can find them in.

Including but not limited to a look at the Microsoft Purview compliance portal and Microsoft 365 Defender admin center and the osmosis process that has happened since parting ways from what was formally known as the Security and Compliance center.

The best part is that some of these are available in your subscription now at no extra charge!

Friday 10:20 AM - 11:30 AM · Room 204AB

Microsoft Purview Compliance – Tales from the Trenches

As more and more of an organization's data is stored within the cloud, controlling the sheer amount of data can be daunting. Administrators and compliance professionals are being called on more and more to support content management to ensure it is protected and maintained throughout its data lifecycle.

Joanne and David have assisted organizations for years and helped many enterprises design and build compliance solutions within Microsoft 365 Purview from the ground up. In this session, they'll discuss critical topics organizations should consider when implementing Records Management and Information Protection controls. They will also cover common pitfalls affecting the organization on its compliance journey.

Friday 12:30 PM - 1:40 PM · Room 201

Securing your organization with Microsoft Privileged Identity Managment (PIM)

This session will provide insights into effectively integrating Privileged Identity Management (PIM) systems with your existing Azure AD/ Entra infrastructure. Attendees will learn best practices for seamless integration, ensuring data consistency, and maximizing the value of their PIM systems. The session will cover various integration strategies, tools, and real-world case studies to highlight successful implementations.

Friday 12:30 PM - 1:40 PM · Room 203AB

Mastering the Champion Management Platform

This session aims to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the Champion Management Platform, its features, and how it can be leveraged to drive adoption and engagement within their organization.

The Champion Management Platform will help you onboard, manage, and inspire champions in your organization to accelerate results. Utilizing this open-source solution inside Microsoft Teams will provide a hub to track the champions’ impact on your employee learning initiatives, your adoption program progress, and recognize them with our popular Digital Badge showcasing their contributions.

Friday 12:30 PM - 1:40 PM · Room 204C

Unlock SharePoint Premium content services by connecting Azure Pay-as-you-go billing

Microsoft Syntex is evolving into the new SharePoint Premium offering and at the same time, new value in content AI is being unlocked through a first-time billing method for Microsoft 365--pay-as-you-go billing through Azure billing.

Azure billing might be new to some organizations even when they're familiar with Microsoft 365. However, taking the time to understand how and why the two services are connected for SharePoint Premium will help you unlock significant value for your organization.

Tom Resing is a member of the SharePoint Premium product engineering team at Microsoft. Every day, Tom thinks about how we communicate the user value of our content AI services.

Come to this session to get an overview of the how, why, what, when, and where you can get started with the admin steps that allow your users to begin automatically capturing information about files as they are added to SharePoint, including when they're added in conversations in Teams channels.

Friday 1:50 PM - 3:00 PM · Room 204C

Data Security Breach in Microsoft 365, Now What?

In today's world, it is almost inevitable that your organization will experience a data and security breach, no matter the on-premises or cloud software. Microsoft 365 is no different. Even though it contains many fantastic security controls and features, many organizations do not implement them for varying reasons.

In order to protect from a data security breach you need to know what you would do if that were to happen, as well as the controls and features to enable.

In this session, we will step through where to start in the event of a data and security breach within Microsoft 365. We will walk through how to analyze logs, identify which services to review, how to identify the breach, and then how to protect from future events.