Texas

Session Level 2: Intermediate

Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room A

Enhance Business Efficiency with Copilot for Microsoft 365 and Power Platform

Daniel Christian

Daniel Christian

YouTuber | MVP |MCT | Solutions Architect

William Huneycutt

William Huneycutt

Upskill Tech

Discover how to transform your business efficiency with the powerful features of Copilot for Microsoft 365 and the Power Platform. This hands-on workshop is designed to equip you with practical skills and insights to optimize your workflow, automate tasks effectively, and significantly enhance productivity.

Join Microsoft MVPs Daniel Christian and Andy Huneycutt as they share their expert tips and tricks to transform your workday and help you become a Copilot star. In this session, they will dive into the powerful features of both Copilot for Microsoft 365 and Copilot for the Power Platform, demonstrating how Copilot can revolutionize your approach to everyday tasks.

Key Takeaways:

  • Copilot for Microsoft 365: Explore how Copilot integrates with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Forms, Loops, Outlook, and Teams to boost efficiency and collaboration.
  • Copilot for the Power Platform: Learn how Copilot enhances Power Apps, Power Automate, and Copilot Studio, enabling you to build, automate, and create copilots with ease.
  • Practical Demonstrations: Watch live demos showcasing real-world applications of Copilot, helping you see its potential in action.
  • Expert Tips and Tricks: Gain insights from Daniel and Andy's experiences, including best practices and advanced techniques to maximize Copilot's impact on your workflow.

Don't miss this opportunity to learn from the experts and transform your work routine with the power of Microsoft Copilot. Whether you're new to these tools or looking to deepen your understanding, this session will equip you with the knowledge and skills to excel in your role.

Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room 2

Extend Copilot for Microsoft 365 to get the most out of your investment!

Andrew Connell

Andrew Connell

I Help You Be the Best Microsoft 365 & Azure Full Stack Developer

You’ve rolled out copilot for Microsoft 365 and now your organization has entered the AI revolution. Mission accomplished… or is it? In this session, learn how you can unlock the power of copilot by customizing and extending it with your organization’s data. From populating the semantic index with Graph connectors to implementing the RAG pattern & injecting real-time data into copilot queries with plugins using Teams message extensions or OpenAPI endpoints, you can make copilot more “yours”! But that’s not all you’ll learn in this workshop for pro-code/full-stack developers… You’ll also learn how to create declarative copilots for specific scenarios and even bring copilot into your own apps with custom engine copilots.

Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room 5

Deep Dive into Data Protection with Microsoft Purview

Antonio Maio

Antonio Maio

Protiviti - Managing Director & Enterprise Architect

Effectively implementing a Data Protection Program with Microsoft Purview requires a clear understanding of the capabilities available along with industry best practices for deploying these solutions. Purview protects data by identifying what is sensitive, detecting and preventing accidental or malicious data loss, retaining data according to policy, reducing your attack surface, and even alerting you to insider risks. Successful adoption of these tools requires a robust change management program that helps users remain productive while also implementing and automating protections as much as possible. In this all day workshop, we'll review how to implement an enterprise wide Data Protection Program for unstructured data. We'll deep dive into configuring and deploying Microsoft Purview Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention, and Insider Risk Management. We'll also review industry best practices for change management to help roll out each solution so that users remain productive and protections are automatically applied.

Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room 6

Workshop: Modern Development using the SharePoint Framework (SPFx)

Don Kirkham

Don Kirkham

Microsoft MVP & MCT | Enterprise Architect, DMI

Level 200-300. SPFx is now a mature Framework for building solutions for Office 365, Microsoft Teams and the newest product, Microsoft Viva. This workshop will cover how to get started in SPFx by configuring a very flexible development environment and creating our first SPFx solution. We will then expand our sample solution to interact with data in SharePoint. Our solution will use the latest development acceleration tools from the Microsoft-led Patterns and Practices (PnP) community effort to build modern solutions in webparts, extensions, and adaptive cards for SharePoint Teams and Viva.

Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room 7

Advanced Power Apps and Power Automate: Workarounds for Common Problems

Paul Papanek Stork

Paul Papanek Stork

Don't Pa..Panic Consulting, Owner

Spend any amount of time in the Power Platform forums and you will begin to see a lot of similar questions asked over and over again.

In this workshop we will look at some of the most common issues Citizen Developers encounter when trying to develop applications and workflows in the Power Platform. We'll examine each type of problem, analyze why they occur, and provide workarounds that you can use when you encounter them.

The workshop will be divided into two parts. In the first we'll concentrate on Power Apps and in the second we'll look at Power Automate.

Here is a general list of the overall topics we will cover: • Morning: Power Apps ○ Delegation ○ Working with Dates and Times ○ Conditional Formatting of data ○ Passing Data to and Retrieving Results from a Flow • Afternoon: Power Automate ○ Using Conditions and Switches effectively ○ Handling Loops and Parallel Branches ○ Working with Large Data Sources ○ Implementing Error Checking/Correction ○ Improving Performance

Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room 8

Information Architecture (IA) for Enterprise AI

Michelle Caldwell

Michelle Caldwell

Michelle is a workplace experience leader with over 25 years of experience delivering transformative solutions to diverse organizations powered by Ethical AI

Unlock the transformative power of AI for your enterprise at our full-day workshop, "Information Architecture (IA) for Enterprise AI."

Dive into the world of AI as it explodes across enterprises, and learn how to use it to drive real value for your organization. This comprehensive event is designed to equip you with the knowledge to confidently initiate and deliver Microsoft AI across your organization.

Discover the diverse types of AI in the enterprise and understand how to organize, structure, and label enterprise content corpuses to ensure AI can best leverage existing content. Learn about popular technical stacks, LLMs, cognitive services, and how to identify the right tools for your unique needs. Prepare to run a proof of concept, find hidden opportunities for AI value, and leave with a clear roadmap for next steps.

This session is for you if:

  • You're curious about AI but unsure where the immediate benefits are.
  • You want to understand how AI can help your organization and deliver ROI.
  • You're eager to understand what programs can be used for long-term growth & scaling.
  • You need an AI strategy and a getting started checklist.

Don't miss this opportunity to unlock the incredible potential of AI for your business. Secure your spot today!

Tuesday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room B

Power Automate Multi-Stage Approval Workflows - Workshop

Amarender Peddamalku

Amarender Peddamalku

MVP | Practice Lead - Microsoft Modern Work @Perficient

In every organization there are a number of scenarios which require an Approval process. It could be Contract approvals, PTO/Leave Approvals, Event approvals and many other business processes.

In this workshop we'll learn how to design and develop Multi-Stage Approval Workflows using Power Automate. The workflow will move back and forth b/w different stages and will also learn how to restart a workflow from a given stage. We'll learn how to include Dynamic Approvers in the workflow process.

We'll also learn how to design and develop Automated escalations and Automated reminders. We'll implement timeout features in the workflows to escalate it to the next approver in the process. We will learn how to log and retain workflow history beyond what Microsoft Power Automate offers out-of-box. We'll develop a button to kick off the workflow from a SharePoint library/list.

Tuesday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room 1

SharePoint Premium Fundamentals: Your Guide to AI-Driven Content Management in Your Daily Work Life

Eric Overfield

Eric Overfield

RD, MVP, MCT

This in-depth hands-on AI-driven content management workshop will be your secret weapon to streamlining processes and putting your content to work in the age of AI. We will dive deep into practical implementation strategies of the vast capabilities built-in within SharePoint Premium that you can use every day to optimize your daily content related work tasks.

Immerse yourself in actionable insights and invaluable tips—from grasping the foundational principles to tailoring SharePoint Premium to suit your organization's specific requirements. We'll dive into tried-and-true methods for efficient content management with document processing and content assembly to seamless automation with OCR, Taxonomy, and Image Tagging, and more of what SharePoint Premium has to offer.

Witness the real-world magic of SharePoint Premium as we showcase its dynamic capabilities across various industries. We'll also showcase SharePoint Premium's harmonious capabilities within the Microsoft 365 suite, crafting a unified digital realm. This workshop is your gateway to attaining practical wisdom and the confidence necessary to unlock the boundless power of SharePoint Premium in your day-to-day work life.

In this hands-on workshop:

  • Hands-on deep dive into SharePoint Premium: A comprehensive exploration of SharePoint Premium's features and functionalities, breaking down complex aspects for practical application in everyday tasks.

  • Hands-on experience: Interactive sessions where you'll engage with SharePoint Premium's tools and learn through guided practical exercises.

  • Tailored guidance: Customization techniques demonstrated to adapt SharePoint Premium to diverse organizational structures and needs, ensuring seamless integration within existing workflows.

  • Advanced content extraction and content assembly techniques: In-depth insights into cutting-edge methods for efficient content extraction, empowering you to automate document processes and data extraction effectively.

  • Troubleshooting and best practices: Proactive identification of common pitfalls and challenges users might face, accompanied by strategies to effectively navigate and optimize SharePoint Premium usage.

  • Integration strategies: Practical demonstrations on integrating SharePoint Premium with various Microsoft 365 applications to build a unified digital ecosystem.

  • Real-life applications showcase: Real-world case studies and examples across industries illustrate the tangible benefits and applications of SharePoint Premium in diverse settings.

  • Live Q&A with an expert: Get your questions answered by an experienced professional, ensuring clarity and confidence in SharePoint Premium implementation.

Tuesday 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM · Room C

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

Drew Madelung

Drew Madelung

MS Solutions Architect | Microsoft MVP

Collaboration lives at the core of a modern workplace and collaboration is built around the ability to access and share information. 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 Microsoft 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 elements of the Microsoft data security landscape
  • How to secure you data with Microsoft 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

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.

Tuesday 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM · Room D

Real World Solutions Built with Microsoft 365

William Huneycutt

William Huneycutt

Upskill Tech

Microsoft 365 is a powerful platform that can empower business users to create their own solutions to more effectively handle daily business processes. This session is designed to showcase the capabilities of Microsoft 365 to inspire you to start building your own custom business solutions.

In this session, we'll explore real world solutions to demonstrate the capabilities of Microsoft 365 and inspire you to build your own.

A few solutions we'll discuss: Using SharePoint and Teams to build collaboration spaces for getting work done and publishing portals for sharing and distributing information.

SharePoint hub sites and homes sites for organizing and future proofing your workspaces and portals complete with navigation, access controls, branding, and more.

SharePoint News for news, announcements, and updates to keep your teammates up-to-date.

Microsoft Lists and Power Automate for simple and powerful approval, tracking, and publishing processes.

Planner for central task management with your team.

Viva Engage communities for enterprise information sharing such as frequently asked questions, weekly tips & tricks, town halls, and executive communications.

Stream for creating, editing, and sharing video across Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Viva Engage.

And Microsoft Teams to bring everything together and provide a central gateway for it all.

Tuesday 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM · Room 6

Transform Daily, Mundane Repetitive Work with Robotic Process Automation

Daniel Christian

Daniel Christian

YouTuber | MVP |MCT | Solutions Architect

Automate routine tasks, eliminate the chance for errors, and free up time for more important work with robotic process automation (RPA) and Power Automate for desktop.

This workshop allows you to experience the utility of RPA and Power Automate for desktop and use out of box actions such as manipulating Excel documents as part of an end-to-end invoice processing solution.

In addition, with the Copilot feature available, building the desktop flows has become easier than ever! Hence join Daniel Christian, a Microsoft MVP and certified trainer as he walks you everything that Power Automate desktop has to offer.

Tuesday 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM · Room D

A Deep Dive into Copilot Studio

Mark Rackley

Mark Rackley

Director, Microsoft Practice @ Protiviti

Copilot Studio is the go-to tool in your Power Platform arsenal to create custom Copilots and extend Copilot for Microsoft 365. Join this half-day, demo-packed workshop from Mark Rackley and learn all the ins and outs of Copilot Studio including:

  • How to build a Custom Copilot
  • How to Extend Copilot of Microsoft 365
  • How to incorporate Azure OpenAI for even more GenAI awesomeness
  • How does licensing work for Copilot Studio

You'll walk away eager and empowered to get started creating your own amazing solutions using Copilot Studio

Tuesday 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM · Room 5

Big Data Analytics in SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 with Microsoft Graph Data Connect

Antonio Maio

Antonio Maio

Protiviti - Managing Director & Enterprise Architect

Have you ever worked in a large enterprise-scale SharePoint Online or OneDrive environment with thousands of sites, or millions of files, or thousands of users?

If you have, then you probably understand the challenges with trying to get detailed and timely analytics on your current state, including permissions for all files across all sites, or storage information for all sites and to try and figure out which groups are consuming all your space. Governing large enterprise-scale SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 environments is a real challenge due to the sheer amount of data you need to reason over.

In this workshop, we'll look at how the Microsoft Graph Data Connect for SharePoint (Project Archimedes) provides some exciting capabilities which will help to get us this data quickly, without getting throttled, and in a form that we can easily report on, across very large enterprise scale environments.

We'll provide a step by step demonstration of how to setup and use Microsoft Graph Data Connect for SharePoint (Project Archimedes), Azure Synapse and Power BI to get access to these datasets quickly and efficiently, without getting throttled, and in a form that we can easily report on across very large enterprise environments.

Tuesday 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM · Room 6

SharePoint Data Modeling: From Requirements to Usage

Paul Papanek Stork

Paul Papanek Stork

Don't Pa..Panic Consulting, Owner

Data modeling is an essential first step in any Power Apps or Power Automate project. Power apps provides a user interface for information stored in a data source and Power Automate creates workflows that manipulate data stored in a data source based on specific events or triggers. Data modeling is difficult enough for professional developers, but it is even harder for citizen developers.

Citizen developers usually have little exposure to concepts like data normalization and often can’t use true relational databases like SQL or Dataverse because of the cost of Premium licensing. So, they are left trying to figure out how to build their flows or apps using data stored in SharePoint lists or Excel spreadsheets.

In this workshop I will show you some real-world techniques for doing data modeling. I’ll start with a typical project requirements definition and show you how to easily convert it into an Entity Relationship model. Next, I’ll show you how to map that Entity Relationship model onto a set of SharePoint lists. Once I have the lists designed, I’ll show you how to use them in a Power App and a flow.

Along the way I’ll walk you through what you need to know about using SharePoint as a data source, including:

  • What Column types work well and which ones to avoid
  • When to use (or not use) Lookup columns to create relationships between lists
  • How to plan for Security in SharePoint
  • Other Common issues

I’ll focus on SharePoint in the workshop but the techniques I teach you are also applicable for other data sources like Excel, SQL or even Dataverse.

Tuesday 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM · Room 8

From Assessment to Action: Building a Stronger Microsoft 365 Governance Framework

Christian Buckley

Christian Buckley

RD+MVP | Award-Winning Product Marketer & Tech Evangelist | Board @TekkiGurus | #CollabTalk podcast + tweetjam

In today's digital landscape, effective governance is essential for maintaining the security, compliance, and operational efficiency of your Microsoft 365 environment. This full-day workshop is designed to equip IT professionals, business leaders, and administrators with the skills and knowledge necessary to conduct comprehensive governance assessments and transform findings into actionable improvement plans.

Participants will learn a step-by-step approach to evaluating their current governance practices, identifying gaps, and benchmarking against industry standards. The workshop will provide practical insights into developing a robust governance framework that addresses security, compliance, and efficiency needs, and the ongoing feedback loops needed to better engage with and meet the needs of your end users.

Through interactive sessions, hands-on exercises, and real-world case studies, attendees will gain a deep understanding of how to:

  • Conduct thorough assessments of their Microsoft 365 systems and processes.
  • Identify and prioritize areas for improvement.
  • Develop and implement actionable plans to enhance their governance strategies.
  • Optimize existing settings across SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Viva Engage, and Azure.
  • Prepare for the integration of AI tools, ensuring seamless adoption and maximizing benefits.

By the end of the workshop, participants will leave with a documented plan and the confidence to take the next steps in strengthening their Microsoft 365 governance framework, ensuring your organization is well-equipped to navigate the complexities of the modern digital workplace.

Wednesday 8:30 AM - 9:40 AM · General Session Room

The Practical Nature of Working in the Future Present

Emily Mancini

Emily Mancini

Founder & Executive Director, Left Uncharted

Josh Leporati

Josh Leporati

Microsoft, Principal Product Manager, Microsoft 365 Customer Advocacy Group

Mark Kashman

Mark Kashman

Senior product manager - SharePoint in Microsoft 365

Martina Grom

Martina Grom

CEO atwork, MVP Azure and Microsoft 365, Microsoft RD

Discover today what you can immediately put into practice tomorrow. Take a bold step and choose your next Microsoft tech adventure.

We’ll share news and demos of recent announcements, with roadmap highlights – to prepare you for what's to come. And then we walk through proven scenarios, examples of what you can do right now – from employing Copilot and AI, to enhancing employee experiences, to integrating content services that streamline your work. It’s all grounded by real-world use and adoption.

Discover ways to optimize your investments in Copilot, Teams, Viva, SharePoint, OneDrive, and more. This keynote is your map – a guide to your future present of Microsoft 365, ripe with opportunity.

Wednesday 11:40 AM - 12:50 PM · Room 2

Build external-facing websites using Power Pages

Amarender Peddamalku

Amarender Peddamalku

MVP | Practice Lead - Microsoft Modern Work @Perficient

Microsoft Power Pages is a secure, enterprise-grade, low-code software as a service (SaaS) platform for creating, hosting, and administering modern external-facing business websites. Power Pages provides you with rich, customizable templates, a fluid visual experience through a reimagined design studio, and a new, integrated learning hub to quickly build sites that suit your unique business needs.

We'll learn how to create powerful external-facing websites that allow users outside their organizations to sign in with a wide variety of identities, create and view data in Microsoft Dataverse, or even browse content anonymously.

Also, we'll learn to quickly create a website and customize it with pages, layout, and content.

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

10 Must Dos for Success Copilot Adoption and Usage

Stephen Rose

Stephen Rose

Stephen L Rose- Consultant and Chief Technology Strategist for Petri.com

In this session we will discusss learnings from real life customers deploying Copilot. We will cover mistakes and lessons learned that halted or limited Copilot adoption within their organizations. If you are planning to deploy Copilot or are wondering why your usage is not as high as you expected, this sessions is for you.

Wednesday 11:40 AM - 12:50 PM · Room 7

Using PowerApps and Flow Together: Made for each other

Paul Papanek Stork

Paul Papanek Stork

Don't Pa..Panic Consulting, Owner

PowerApps and Flow are both powerful tools for the citizen and professional developer. But using them together can take your application to a whole new level. In this talk we'll get you started with how to invoke a Flow from a PowerApp, how to pass information to the Flow, and how to return values back to Powerapps when the Flow completes. Along the way we'll discuss Best Practices that can make your PowerApps and Flow work more efficiently togethter. Even if you know both PowerApps and Flow this session will help you get the most out of using them together.

Wednesday 2:20 PM - 3:30 PM · Room B

Power BI Sharing - Your Options for Keeping Everyone Informed

Daniel Glenn

Daniel Glenn

Microsoft MVP, Owner and Microsoft 365 Consultant at CollabFront

Every organization is a data organization, and you must collaborate on data to stay on track. Sharing insights from within Power BI will give you an advantage and help steer your organization in the right direction.

However there are some pitfalls with sharing - if you don’t know your options and set proper governance, you could be on your way to a data breach or giving your private information to the competition.

In this session, you will get a short introduction to Power BI and understand where data resides, why and how you should share with your colleagues and outside partners, and get a strategy for setting governance for your data.

You will walk away with the outline of a governance plan, an understanding of your sharing options, and the sharing settings you should immediately turn off.

Wednesday 2:20 PM - 3:30 PM · Room 1

Integrating Forms with Teams for Real-time Responses

Brian Alderman

Brian Alderman

Six-year MVP Alumni, 28-year MCT, Author, Speaker, Consultant

Do you ever wonder what your Microsoft Team members are thinking or what their thoughts are on a specific topic or initiative? Microsoft Forms is a powerful and versatile tool that allows you to create surveys, quizzes, and polls that can be responded to by your Team members which allows you to view real-time responses from your participants. These results can then be exported to an Excel spreadsheet for additional analysis, and to generate some neat visual charts or graphs using Power BI.

In this session we are going to introduce and discuss the different types of uses for Forms, how to create a form on a Microsoft Teams channel, explore the configuration options for these forms, as well as how to export the results for use in other Microsoft products, like Power BI.

Wednesday 2:20 PM - 3:30 PM · Room 2

Offline Apps Unplugged: Balancing Benefits and Drawbacks in a Connected World!

Daniel Christian

Daniel Christian

YouTuber | MVP |MCT | Solutions Architect

Join Daniel Christian, a Microsoft MVP and certified trainer for an insightful session where he dives into the intricacies of configuring Power Apps for offline use. He will guide you through the step-by-step process of setting up offline capabilities in Power Apps, ensuring your applications remain functional and efficient even without an internet connection. Additionally, he will address the potential drawbacks, including data synchronization challenges, increased complexity in deciding which backend data source to use, and potential limitations in real-time data updates.

Wednesday 2:20 PM - 3:30 PM · Room D

Microsoft Loop: The Essential Tool for Microsoft 365 Users!

William Huneycutt

William Huneycutt

Upskill Tech

Experience unparalleled team collaboration with Microsoft Loop, the newest addition to the Microsoft 365 suite! Loop redefines teamwork by offering highly collaborative workspaces, customizable pages, and dynamic, reusable components, all seamlessly integrated within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.

Unlock your team's full potential with Microsoft Loop. Design shared workspaces, tailor pages to fit your specific needs, and effortlessly integrate notes, task assignments, and real-time synchronized lists. This innovative app enhances productivity and ensures that your team remains synchronized and efficient.

Microsoft Loop meets teammates where they work, seamlessly integrating with Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Whiteboard, Word, and more. Plus, explore the possibilities with the brand-new Loop app! This integration facilitates easy access, sharing, and collaboration on content across various platforms, catering to your team's diverse working environments and styles.

Transform the way your team works with Microsoft Loop. Its powerful features and seamless integration make it the go-to collaboration hub for Microsoft 365 users. Dive into the future of teamwork and harness the power of Microsoft Loop today!

Wednesday 2:20 PM - 3:30 PM · Room 6

Empowering Your Modern Development Journey with SharePoint Framework and Viva Connections Toolkit

Don Kirkham

Don Kirkham

Microsoft MVP & MCT | Enterprise Architect, DMI

Dive into the future of modern, client-side development in the Microsoft ecosystem with the SharePoint Framework (SPFx). SPFx serves as the cornerstone for SharePoint webparts, extensions, Teams apps, Adaptive Card Extensions (ACEs), and Microsoft Viva.

This class is your gateway to SPFx development excellence. We'll start by demystifying the SPFx model and guide you through crafting the ideal development environment. Learn to configure a versatile developer workspace and embark on a hands-on journey, building, debugging, and deploying your very first SPFx webpart. We'll discover how the Viva Connections Toolkit can accelerate the process of creating, debugging, and deploying your solutions.

Join us in shaping the future of development with SPFx.

Wednesday 4:20 PM - 5:30 PM · Room 2

Deep dive into Microsoft Teams Channels

Mike Maadarani

Mike Maadarani

Microsoft MVP, Cloud Solution Architect, MCM Consulting

Microsoft Teams consist of three main channel categories: Standard, Private, and Shared. In this session, we will review the functionality and differences of each channel and explain the use case scenario of each one. We will explain the architecture of each channel, the differences between the previous Guest experience and the current B2B architecture, and how to best collaborate with others within your tenant or external users. We will finish the session by discussing how you can govern access to your data in each channel scenario.

Wednesday 4:20 PM - 5:30 PM · Room 9

Stages and State Machines: The Best Way to Model and Manage Workflows

Mike Fitzmaurice

Mike Fitzmaurice

VP - North America, WEBCON

Thinking and designing with stage/state machine logic is incredibly powerful and pays off over and over again. It's easier than you think, and surprisingly well-supported. Power Automate Business Process flows support it (if you have an enterprise license). WEBCON and Nintex support it. Even SharePoint Designer and Visual Studio implemented it back in the day.

This session will start by explaining how stage-based designs and processes work, move on to why they're often far better than classic sequential processes, and conclude with examples of how to build and run such solutions. It's the most useful workflow "secret" you can possibly learn.

Wednesday 4:20 PM - 5:30 PM · Room D

10 new features in Power Apps everyone should know

Luc Labelle

Luc Labelle

CEO at Kabesa (MVP, MCT)

This 60-minute session, delve into the dynamic world of Power Apps as we unveil the top 10 new features transforming the landscape of app development. With the ever-evolving demands of modern businesses, Microsoft's Power Apps continues to evolve, empowering users to create custom applications with unprecedented ease and efficiency. From enhanced data integration capabilities to advanced automation features, this session will provide a comprehensive overview of the latest innovations in Power Apps. Through live demonstrations, practical examples, and expert insights, attendees will gain valuable insights into harnessing the full potential of Power Apps to streamline processes, boost productivity, and drive digital transformation within their organizations. Whether you're a seasoned Power Apps user or just beginning your journey, join us to discover the game-changing features shaping the future of app development.

Wednesday 4:20 PM - 5:30 PM · Room 5

Querying Power BI REST APIs within a Power BI Dataset

John Kerski

John Kerski

Director, Client First Technologies

Would you like to build a Power BI dataset that could inventory your workspaces, reports, datasets, and refresh schedule? Would you'd like to query another dataset to import into your dataset? In this session I'll show you how to leverage an open-source custom connector that connects to Power BI's REST APIs to do just that.

Thursday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room 1

Exploring Microsoft 365 migration considerations and tools

Brian Alderman

Brian Alderman

Six-year MVP Alumni, 28-year MCT, Author, Speaker, Consultant

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 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room 2

Attainable AI – Real World Artificial Intelligence for Everyone

Mark Rackley

Mark Rackley

Director, Microsoft Practice @ Protiviti

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!

Thursday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room C

Real-World Implementation Experiences of Microsoft Purview

Antonio Maio

Antonio Maio

Protiviti - Managing Director & Enterprise Architect

Organizations have invested heavily in recent years in moving to Microsoft 365 to improve productivity and collaboration. With this transition comes incredible opportunities to increase business efficiencies. However, it also brings increased risks as users collaborate more with internal coworkers as well as with external partners and customers. In addition, the continually changing regulatory compliance landscape makes this an ever evolving challenge. Microsoft has provided a robust set of capabilities for mitigating risks and meeting compliance obligations with Microsoft Purview, such as information protection, data loss prevention, records management and eDiscovery. In this session, we'll share real-world experiences implementing Microsoft Purview across different types of organizations. We'll deep dive into many the features of Purview, share real examples and provide actionable guidance to help you leverage Microsoft Purview to mitigate risks and comply with regulations in your organization.

Thursday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room 5

Drive your digital transformation with the Power Platform

Luc Labelle

Luc Labelle

CEO at Kabesa (MVP, MCT)

Join us in this session to learn how to create applications, automate business processes and monitor your organization’s performances using Power Apps, Power Automate and Power BI. We will perform a step-by-step demo showing how to create a mobile application, an approval flow and a Dashboard to track requests from a SharePoint list. In this session, we will work with a simple use case, based on real business requirements that all attendees can relate to.

Thursday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room 7

Cracking the Code: Create a Strategy and Run a Winning Microsoft 365 Security Program

Saurabh Gupta

Saurabh Gupta

Americas Security Strategy Lead, Microsoft

In an evolving threat landscape, securing Microsoft 365 demands more than isolated controls—it requires a cohesive, strategic approach. This session provides a roadmap to develop and execute a comprehensive security program tailored for Microsoft 365, aligning security measures with business goals. Attendees will learn how to establish governance, enhance identity protection with Zero Trust principles, integrate advanced threat detection tools like Microsoft Defender and Sentinel, and enforce data protection with Microsoft Purview. Gain insights on continuous monitoring, user training, and leveraging Secure Score to maintain a proactive security posture. Join us to unlock the strategies needed to build a resilient, winning security program for Microsoft 365.

This session is perfect for security leaders, IT admins, and decision-makers seeking actionable guidance to elevate their Microsoft 365 security strategy.

Thursday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room 8

SharePoint Framework Deep Dive - Web Part Property Pane

Rob Windsor

Rob Windsor

Senior Consultant and Trainer

The session title says it all. In this session we will take a deep dive into working with properties and the property pane in SharePoint Framework web parts. Along the way we will look at topics like: property value validation, using the native property pane controls, using the PnP property pane controls, and (if time allows) building custom property pane controls.

Thursday 10:50 AM - 12:00 PM · Room A

Power Automate Desktop: How to Automate Almost Anything

Paul Papanek Stork

Paul Papanek Stork

Don't Pa..Panic Consulting, Owner

Power Automate flows can do a lot to automate repetitive tasks. But up until now they only worked if there was a pre-built connector with actions that can accomplish the task or at least an existing Application Programming Interface API that you could use to build a custom connector.

In this talk we'll look at Power Automate's entry into the world of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) called Power Automate Desktop. Using Power Automate Desktop you can automate repetitive tasks on your desktop in Windows or a Web application. Desktop flows record and play back user interface actions, like keyboard entries, mouse clicks, etc.

Desktop flows open up possibilities to automate applications that don't have a pre-built connector or an API.

Thursday 10:50 AM - 12:00 PM · Room 1

Introduction to Power Pages Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)

Amarender Peddamalku

Amarender Peddamalku

MVP | Practice Lead - Microsoft Modern Work @Perficient

Microsoft Power Pages is a secure, enterprise-grade, low-code software as a service (SaaS) platform for creating, hosting, and administering modern external-facing business websites. Power Pages provides you with rich, customizable templates, a fluid visual experience through a reimagined design studio, and a new, integrated learning hub to quickly build sites that suit your unique business needs.

But how do you deploy Power Pages from Dev/Test to Prod? In this session we'll learn how makers and pro developers can use the Microsoft Power Platform CLI to deploy Power Pages websites from one environment to the other.

Thursday 10:50 AM - 12:00 PM · Room 2

Engineering Effective Feedback Systems in the AI-Enhanced Workplace

Christian Buckley

Christian Buckley

RD+MVP | Award-Winning Product Marketer & Tech Evangelist | Board @TekkiGurus | #CollabTalk podcast + tweetjam

Transformation in the workplace, spurred by Artificial Intelligence, presents unique challenges and opportunities for feedback collection and analysis. This session will focus on the pivotal role of AI in crafting feedback mechanisms that are not only scalable and repeatable but are also crucial in driving meaningful change and improving user interaction. We will dissect various feedback methodologies including surveys, polls, and forums, aligned with Microsoft and industry-leading practices, to achieve comprehensive insights into user behavior, engagement, and return on investment. The session will also cover the importance of internal training solutions such as Adoption.Microsoft, Viva Academy, and M365 Learning Pathways, for fostering an environment conducive to continuous learning and adaptation.

The session is designed to empower those in leadership, user engagement, and tech-readiness roles with the strategic knowledge required to implement and maintain feedback systems that propel both user satisfaction and organizational growth in an ecosystem increasingly dominated by AI.

Thursday 10:50 AM - 12:00 PM · Room 9

Leverage AI to Enhance Content Management in SharePoint Premium

Eric Overfield

Eric Overfield

RD, MVP, MCT

Join us for an informative session on the cutting-edge features of SharePoint Premium, from content translation, to OCR, eSignature, analytics, and more. Discover how this powerful platform can transform your content management processes with AI-driven capabilities, enhanced security, and streamlined workflows.

In this session, we will provide an overview of SharePoint Premium's offerings, including the latest features that optimize high-value business document processes such as contracts, invoices, and statements of work. Learn how to harness the power of SharePoint Premium to revolutionize your content management and drive business success.

  • Discover the cutting-edge features of SharePoint Premium for your content management solutions
  • Learn how to optimize high-value business document processes with SharePoint Premium embedded AI
  • Harness the power of SharePoint Premium to revolutionize your content management and drive business success
Thursday 10:50 AM - 12:00 PM · Room C

Best Practices for Securing your Microsoft 365 Tenant

Brian Culver

Brian Culver

Sr. Software Engineer @ Microsoft

In today’s interconnected digital landscape, safeguarding your organization’s data is paramount. As CIOs, CISOs, and IT leaders, you understand that Microsoft 365 is more than just a suite of productivity tools - it’s the backbone of collaboration, communication, and business continuity. But with great power comes great responsibility. How can you ensure that your Microsoft 365 environment remains resilient against evolving threats? In this presentation, I deep dive into a list of best practices for securing your Microsoft 365 tenant. I’ll explore practical steps to fortify your defenses, protecting sensitive information, and empower your workforce. From multi-factor authentication to advanced threat protection, we’ll equip you with actionable insights that transcend theory and translate directly into robust security practices. Join us at the conference to discover how to thwart phishing attacks, secure your SharePoint and OneDrive assets, and elevate your organization’s security posture. Let’s turn theory into action and build a resilient fortress around your digital workplace.

In this presentation, you will: Learn the latest best practices around securing M365 Improve your security posture with Microsoft Entra ID Tiering Model See what an attack looks like and use alerting to flag suspicious activity

Thursday 10:50 AM - 12:00 PM · Room D

Knowledge Management Strategies for Microsoft 365 in the Copilot World

Susan Hanley

Susan Hanley

Information Architect/Business Analyst

With the deprecation of Viva Topics in February 2025, Microsoft is losing the “hero” application for Knowledge Management in Microsoft 365. But Viva Topics alone was never enough and certainly not the only app in your Knowledge Management toolkit.

In this session, we will discuss strategies for leveraging Microsoft 365 to achieve your KM goals – from both manual and automatic metadata classification in SharePoint to enhance explicit knowledge to AI-assisted tacit knowledge and expertise location experiences with Viva Engage and Answers in Viva to Copilot-assisted knowledge experiences grounded in your organizational content.

You will take away practical strategies for achieving your KM goals and a deeper understanding of how Microsoft 365 and Copilot can help you in your journey.

Thursday 10:50 AM - 12:00 PM · Room 8

Enhancing SPFx projects with Live Data integration to SharePoint, MS Graph and beyond

Don Kirkham

Don Kirkham

Microsoft MVP & MCT | Enterprise Architect, DMI

Level 300. SharePoint Framework (SPFx) opens the door to crafting stunning, contemporary solutions for Office 365, Microsoft Teams, and Viva. Yet, the true magic happens when these solutions seamlessly connect to real-time data sources.

In this exciting journey, we'll dive deep into the art of connecting SPFx to SharePoint and Microsoft Graph, unleashing the full potential of your creations. We'll master the art of harnessing REST APIs to forge direct links with these data sources. Moreover, we'll unveil the secrets of PnPJs and the Microsoft Graph toolkit (MGT), transforming your development process and supercharging the performance of your SPFx solutions.

Join us as we bridge the gap between innovation and data, making your SPFx projects come alive with real-time information. Elevate your solutions to a whole new level of excellence and impact.

Thursday 1:30 PM - 2:40 PM · Room A

Advanced workflow solutions with Power Automate

William Huneycutt

William Huneycutt

Upskill Tech

Power Automate is the evolution of workflow for SharePoint and Microsoft 365. This session is designed to showcase building flows for no code/low code solutions for personal productivity, team productivity, and enterprise business processes.

Topics include:

  • Data connectors, connections, and user accounts
  • Types of cloud flows - automatic, instant, scheduled, AI built, desktop, and process advisor
  • Flow elements - triggers, actions, and conditions
  • Building flows using templates versus starting from blank
  • Flow settings, run history, & debugging Advanced approval scenarios - escalation, delegation, and parallel approval
  • Expressions, formulas, and functions for managing data
  • Using OData to better work with larger data sets in SharePoint
  • Power Automate and SharePoint limits and boundaries
  • Real-world application, tips & tricks
  • Licensing

Using real-world examples, we will demonstrate how to design flow solutions to meet the ever-changing business requirements faced by today’s business professionals.

Thursday 1:30 PM - 2:40 PM · Room B

Power BI Gotchas - Dan's Dirty Dozen

Dan English

Dan English

Microsoft, Senior Program Manager | Fabric CAT

In this session you will get some insights into the Power BI gotchas that I have seen over the years. I will highlight a dozen of what I would call "what not to do" or shall we say "dirty" items. I have had an opportunity over the years to work with some of the largest customers of Power BI in the world and you might be surprised what comes up sometimes;)

We will cover items around data model development, DAX, and report design for the things to be aware of and go over how to avoid and fix these things when developing Power BI models and reports that I feel should be avoided.

The dozen items that will be covered are just a glimpse into the report development of "what not to do" items at least in my opinion, I am sure you have seen your fair share as well and would love to hear what others have come across or potentially done too:)

Thursday 1:30 PM - 2:40 PM · Room 2

Teams In The Architecture

Joy Apple

Joy Apple

The Joy of SharePoint - Microsoft MVP & Modern Work Strategist

Microsoft Teams is revolutionizing how we collaborate in business. However, many organizations struggle with their Teams implementation due to complexities and misunderstandings of how Teams impacts their Architecture. This session will cover how we can architect our intranet with Teams in mind, not only to reduce duplication of sites, but to use existing team sites with Microsoft Teams. We'll also discuss: • How Microsoft Teams fits into intranet architecture • Security best practices for Teams (and SharePoint) • Implications of private and shared channels • Copilot implications for channel content • Enhancing teamwork with Teams • How tabs and connectors help us turn channels into true hubs for teamwork

Thursday 3:30 PM - 4:40 PM · Room B

Bring Your SharePoint Data to Life Using Power BI!

Scott Shearer

Scott Shearer

Microsoft Power Platform Evangelist and MVP

Power BI can transform how your users see and interact with your SharePoint data! In this session, you'll learn tips, tricks and best practices for using SharePoint with Power BI. We'll start by discussing the "out of the box" SharePoint list integration with Power BI and Power BI licensing. Then we'll move on to importing list data into Power BI and transforming that data. Finally, we'll create and publish a Power BI report and embed that report on a SharePoint page.

Attend this session and see how Power BI can bring you SharePoint data to life!

Thursday 3:30 PM - 4:40 PM · Room C

Copilot- A Guide to Hacking, Managing, Securing Your Data

Stephen Rose

Stephen Rose

Stephen L Rose- Consultant and Chief Technology Strategist for Petri.com

In this session we will discuss how customers are managing, securing and providing governance to Copilot content and data. We will also discuss security issues and how end users are working around Chat GPT and Copilot safeguards.

Thursday 3:30 PM - 4:40 PM · Room 6

Hyperautomation in Procure-to-Pay: Revolutionizing Efficiency with AI Builder and Azure

Danielle Moon

Danielle Moon

Power Platform Enthusiast

In the digital age, hyperautomation has become a pivotal force in transforming business processes, and the procure-to-pay cycle is no exception. This session will guide you through the significance of hyperautomation in the procure-to-pay process, demonstrating how it not only streamlines operations but also serves as a strategic asset in enhancing financial health and operational agility.

Key Takeaways: Gain insights into the four-step process of the procure-to-pay cycle and the role of hyper automation in integrating purchasing and accounts payable systems for peak efficiency.

Understand how AI Builder and Azure are revolutionizing the procure-to-pay landscape by automating manual tasks, improving invoice processing, and ensuring data accuracy.

Explore real-world examples of hyper automation in action, showcasing the tangible benefits of reduced processing times, increased margins, and enhanced decision-making capabilities.

Session Highlights:

AI Builder's Role: Delve into how AI Builder brings Microsoft's cognitive and AI offerings to life, enabling users to create and consume AI with ease, thus optimizing business processes within the procure-to-pay cycle.

Azure's Impact: Discover the transformative potential of Azure AI, including tools that ensure secure and trustworthy generative AI applications, and how they contribute to a more efficient procure-to-pay process.

Customer Success Stories: Learn from successful implementations of hyper automation, such as the integration of Power Automate, Model-driven Apps, and Dataverse with AI Builder and Azure AI services, resulting in streamlined operations and improved financial outcomes.

This session is designed for finance professionals, procurement specialists, and technology enthusiasts looking to harness the power of AI and hyper automation to drive their organization's success. Join us to explore how AI Builder and Azure can be your allies in the journey towards a smarter, more efficient procure-to-pay process.

Thursday 3:30 PM - 4:40 PM · Room 8

Customizing Microsoft Search to fit your organization's needs

Virgil Carroll

Virgil Carroll

Principal Human Solutions Architect

A solid search strategy includes creating a targeted experience. Even if you have the most 'groomed' search results ever, presenting those results in a meaningful, useful manner will help people using it be more successful.

In this session, Virgil will demonstrate how to use the powerful customization features of Microsoft Search to build a visually appealing, targeted search experience.

Friday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room B

Real World Power Automate (Cloud Flows)

Scott Shearer

Scott Shearer

Microsoft Power Platform Evangelist and MVP

The Power Automate Community site is a great resource for Power Automate developers. Hundreds of questions are asked and answered on the site every day. These questions are from real Flow developers who experience real world problems.

In this constantly evolving and demo-rich session, our time will be devoted to working through common questions asked and problems encountered by Flow developers and posted on the Power Automate Community site. We will explain the issues and look at each solution in detail. You'll also see how Copilot can help overcome roadblocks that you may encounter during your Flow development.

Friday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room 1

Improving Microsoft Search by improving your Content Practices

Virgil Carroll

Virgil Carroll

Principal Human Solutions Architect

In a world where content is increasing exponentially every day, more and more people inside organizations are relying on Microsoft Search and AI-based tools (like Copilot) to help them break through their increasingly confused information environments. While these tools continue to improve and better understand people's 'intent', even the best cannot make up for poor content practices that plague most organizations.

In this session, Join Virgil as he explores how to improve your content practices to increase search findability and better support the people in your organization that rely on Microsoft Search to find the RIGHT content for what they need, when they need it.

Friday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room 2

Create Adaptative Cards with Power Apps

Luc Labelle

Luc Labelle

CEO at Kabesa (MVP, MCT)

Power Apps cards are micro-apps with enterprise data and workflows and interactive, lightweight UI elements that other applications can use as content. Because they're part of the Power Apps ecosystem, cards can add business logic through Power Fx and integration with business data through Power Platform connectors. Using cards, you can quickly build and share rich, actionable apps without any coding or IT expertise.

Join us in this session to get started with Card in Power Apps. We will take a tour of the Power App Card Designer, go over the controls it has to offer, connect to different data sources and send a Card to a Teams channel.

Friday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room 9

Teams Emergency Operations Center - Modernizing communications in critical incidents

Josh Leporati

Josh Leporati

Microsoft, Principal Product Manager, Microsoft 365 Customer Advocacy Group

During an emergency or planned event effective communication and collaboration are critical to ensuring a rapid and coordinated response. Coordinating efforts, sharing information, and making fast data informed decisions are top of mind for those trying to provide command and control over an incident. Available to use in commercial and a mix of our Government environments (GCC and GCC High), the Microsoft Teams Emergency Operations Center (TEOC) solution leverages the power of the Microsoft 365 platform to centralize incident response, information sharing and field communications. An open-source solution supported by Microsoft, TEOC includes features such as having a centralized incident creation dashboard, role assignments, records management, mobile, and extended language support. All of these features can be used to quickly disseminate critical information, assign tasks, and track progress. The Microsoft Teams Emergency Operations Center(TEOC) can help emergency response teams can minimize confusion and improve the ability to work together effectively.

Friday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room C

OneDrive: AI innovations for a new era of work

Irfan Shahdad

Irfan Shahdad

Principal Product Manager, OneDrive

Mark Kashman

Mark Kashman

Senior product manager - SharePoint in Microsoft 365

Discover what’s here and what's coming. Explore OneDrive in the AI era. You'll discover rich capabilities at its core - enhancements to storage, sync, and sharing - both within your team and outside of it. Plus, Copilot is here to help with content creation, summaries, and comparisons.

OneDrive is designed to make your files work harder for you. We'll share demos, tips, news, roadmap insights, and address questions and feedback. Join us to expand your OneDrive knowledge.

Friday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room 6

Explore SharePoint Embedded App Development: From Setup to Production Ready Apps

Andrew Connell

Andrew Connell

I Help You Be the Best Microsoft 365 & Azure Full Stack Developer

SharePoint Embedded (SPE) offers a headless, API-only pattern for building content apps that integrate management capabilities like collaboration, security, and compliance into any app by storing content within an enterprise’s existing Microsoft 365 tenant. Ready to see how to build your first app? In this session, you’ll learn how to setup SPE in your tenant and build a your first document-centric app that can read, write, and search for files in SPE Containers, render previews, and work with metadata!

Friday 10:20 AM - 11:30 AM · Room B

Power Automate Multi-Stage Approval Workflows

Amarender Peddamalku

Amarender Peddamalku

MVP | Practice Lead - Microsoft Modern Work @Perficient

In this session we’ll learn how to design and develop Multi-Stage Approval Workflows Using Power Automate.

We will also learn how to restart the workflow from a given stage and how to include Dynamic Approvers. We'll dig into how to design and develop Automated escalations and Automated reminders. We will also learn how to log workflow history and ways to retain the history indefinitely.

Friday 10:20 AM - 11:30 AM · Room 1

Communication compliance and Risk Management in Microsoft 365

Martina Grom

Martina Grom

CEO atwork, MVP Azure and Microsoft 365, Microsoft RD

Communication compliance is an insider risk solution in Microsoft 365 that helps minimize communication risks by helping you detect, capture, and act on (inappropriate) messages in your organization. Join Martina who will talk about real-world scenarios to implement Insider Risk Management and Communication compliance. Learn about the different scenarios like: Corporate policies Risk management Regulatory compliance With the new Copilot in Microsoft 365 there are additional topics to cover within communication compliance!

Friday 10:20 AM - 11:30 AM · Room D

Intranet Surgery: How Copilot and Viva Connections can give your intranet a makeover

Susan Hanley

Susan Hanley

Information Architect/Business Analyst

Are you tired of your intranet looking like it’s stuck in the 90s? Do you want to give it a makeover without breaking the bank? Look no further than Copilot, Viva Connections, and some critical best practices for helping your intranet deliver ongoing value to your employees and the organization.

In this presentation, we’ll talk about how to perform intranet surgery using the latest AI-powered tools from Microsoft. With Copilot, you can generate new content for your intranet in seconds, from catchy headlines to informative articles. With Viva Connections, you can customize your intranet to match your organization’s brand and culture and provide a seamless experience for your employees in the flow of work – to connect, collaborate, and learn. With the latest best practices for discovery and governance, you can ensure that your intranet rehab is successful and transforms your intranet powerful tool for communication, collaboration, and innovation.

Friday 10:20 AM - 11:30 AM · Room 7

Build a FHIR based Healthcare App on Power Platform

Jim Novak

Jim Novak

Principal Technical PM at Microsoft

FHIRlink Connector is a first-party connector enabling makers to build Power Apps and Flows that connect directly to a healthcare organization's FHIR services.  This reduces the need for complex data synchronization services.

Friday 10:20 AM - 11:30 AM · Room 8

What's all the hype about SharePoint/OneDrive hybrid

Brian Alderman

Brian Alderman

Six-year MVP Alumni, 28-year MCT, Author, Speaker, Consultant

Microsoft SharePoint Server on-premises now makes it better, and easier, than ever to integrate with SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business providing a rich, robust, and powerful collaboration hybrid solution for your organization.

In this session we will learn what SharePoint/OneDrive hybrid is about, as well as why it may be beneficial to your organization. We’ll explore the several hybrid components including Active Directory configurations, search, managed metadata, connectivity services, as well as other hybrid components and their requirements.

In addition, we'll introduce an overview of the configuration steps necessary in both Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Server on-premises for a successful hybrid configuration.

Friday 12:30 PM - 1:40 PM · Room B

Power BI Model and Report Optimization Tips

Dan English

Dan English

Microsoft, Senior Program Manager | Fabric CAT

Creating tabular data models and reports is easy with tools like Power BI Desktop. You can build and deploy models and reports really quick, but are they optimized? Is the model and report designed efficiently and is the DAX code in the model set up in a way that it will continue to perform well as the data volumes and number of users increase over time.

In this session we will explore the basic steps you should take as you build out your tabular data models and discuss some best practices in designing the model as well as report to avoid potential pitfalls. We will look at the tools you can use to evaluate and test your models and reports as you build them so that you will know how to use them.

After this session you will have an understanding of how to review and evaluate your tabular models and reports to follow best practices for implementation and deployment.

Friday 12:30 PM - 1:40 PM · Room 1

Accelerated Development through the M365 and Power Platform Community

Don Kirkham

Don Kirkham

Microsoft MVP & MCT | Enterprise Architect, DMI

The M365 and Power Platform Community program stands as the beacon of knowledge and collaboration within the Microsoft ecosystem. As the largest open community, it's the place where developers of all backgrounds converge to gain insights from MVPs and Microsoft engineers. But the true magic happens when you become an active part of this dynamic community.

Discover the secrets to becoming a valuable contributor in the technologies that ignite your passion. From shaping official online documentation to creating sample applications and even crafting groundbreaking tools like the Microsoft 365 CLI – it's all within your reach as a community member.

With support from the PnP Team and fellow contributors, you'll learn how to harness the community's collective knowledge and propel your skills to new heights.

Friday 12:30 PM - 1:40 PM · Room C

Data Security Breach in Microsoft 365, Now What?

Liam Cleary

Liam Cleary

CEO | Microsoft MVP Alumini | Microsoft Certified Trainer

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.

Friday 12:30 PM - 1:40 PM · Room D

Keep sane and organized with Microsoft Lists and Loop

Mark Kashman

Mark Kashman

Senior product manager - SharePoint in Microsoft 365

Keep your sanity in check. List and Loop to the rescue! Learn how to best track information and stay in sync with others using discreet parts of "easy to share" content. This is a demo-heavy, scenario-driven session - to share and show how Microsoft Lists and Microsoft Loop help you stay connected to your colleagues and your content. We'll cover recent updates, upcoming roadmap, and have time for Q&A throughout.

Friday 12:30 PM - 1:40 PM · Room 6

Introduction to the SharePoint REST API

Rob Windsor

Rob Windsor

Senior Consultant and Trainer

One of the first tasks you'll face when getting started with SharePoint Framework development is learning the APIs you can use to interact with SharePoint. This session will introduce to the most commonly used native APIs, the SharePoint REST API. It will start with a brief overview of the history of the API and then move to a series of demonstrations showing how the API may be used. This session isn't flashy or attention grabbing, but it is fundamental in understanding how to do development with the SharePoint Framework.

Friday 12:30 PM - 1:40 PM · Room 8

Knowledge Management within Microsoft 365 without Viva Topics

Daniel Glenn

Daniel Glenn

Microsoft MVP, Owner and Microsoft 365 Consultant at CollabFront

Viva Topics has been a valuable asset for knowledge management. However, as Viva Topics approaches its retirement in 2025, enterprises must strategically pivot toward more robust solutions. In this session, we will walk through how you can transition away from Viva Topics, help your employees adapt to the change, and build knowledge management into your organization’s everyday work. We will build out your organization’s roadmap to: • Assess the impact of losing Viva Topics, even if you haven’t started using it organization-wide yet. • Ensure you know how migration will work. • The setup of your alternative solutions to keep your knowledge management running. • How to train and ensure proper adoption to make the most out of your ‘institutional knowledge’. • Establish governance with guidelines for content creation, moderation, and quality control.

As Viva Topics bows out, SharePoint and Microsoft Viva Engage emerge as powerful Copilot allies. Come learn how organizations that proactively embrace this transition will thrive in the new era of knowledge management.

Friday 1:50 PM - 3:00 PM · Room 1

Upgrade your Company Operating System with Microsoft Viva

Chris McNulty

Chris McNulty

Chief Marketing Officer and SVP for Strategic Accounts at Synozur

A “Company Operating System” (“CoS”) provides a management framework and a leadership culture to optimize information sharing, goal setting, and decision making through the leadership of your organization or division. In this session, we’ll teach you why you need a Company OS, how to “upgrade,” what to expect and how to run one. We’ll also show you how you can use Microsoft Viva to drive more efficient communication and goal setting from weekly status meetings through to annual planning and beyond.

Friday 1:50 PM - 3:00 PM · Room 2

Deploying Power Platform Components: Using Solutions

Paul Papanek Stork

Paul Papanek Stork

Don't Pa..Panic Consulting, Owner

If you work with more than one application from the Power Platform or have more than one environment then you've probably heard about Solutions. But Solutions can be a confusing concept for citizen developers. In this workshop we'll discuss the following concepts:

  • Implementing a Dev > Test > Production system
  • Exporting and Importing Apps, Flows, and Bots between environments
  • When to use Managed vs. Unmanged Solutions
  • Creating, Updating, Upgrading, and Patching Solutions
  • Using Connection References
  • Leveraging Environment Variables
  • What is a Solution Publisher
  • Understanding Solution layers and dependencies
Friday 1:50 PM - 3:00 PM · Room C

I didn't know you could do that with OneDrive!

William Huneycutt

William Huneycutt

Upskill Tech

OneDrive is more than just cloud storage for your files. It’s a smart way to work and collaborate across Microsoft 365. Whether you need to share documents with your team, sync files to your desktop, or protect your work from accidental loss, OneDrive has you covered.

In this engaging and practical session, I will show you how to make the most of OneDrive’s features to boost your productivity and make work easier.

Learn how to:

  • Let OneDrive track activity and sharing for you
  • Open and save files directly from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & OneNote
  • Manage changes with document version history
  • Securely share content with people inside & outside the organization
  • Quickly access SharePoint documents and libraries without leaving OneDrive
  • Move and copy files quickly and easily with between - OneDrive and SharePoint
  • Sync files locally with OneDrive files on-demand
  • Share files in Microsoft Teams
  • Restore files if they get deleted, overwritten, corrupted, or infected by malware
  • Automate repetitive activities with flow And more!

Don’t miss this chance to learn how OneDrive can transform the way you work.

Friday 1:50 PM - 3:00 PM · Room D

Enhancing Communication and Collaboration through Customized Search Experiences

Emily Mancini

Emily Mancini

Founder & Executive Director, Left Uncharted

In SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams, we are building a flat hierarchy through separate site collections or Teams and creating connections through hub site relationships. This supports organizational change, cleaner permission models, and so much more but can prove challenging when you want to centralize a subset of content across these site collections.

Join us as we explore different approaches for centralizing your content in this modern decentralized world. You will leave with scenarios and best practices for how to structure and deliver content throughout your tenant.

What we'll cover: -Understanding the hub site structure and search scopes -Using the content type gallery for consistent information architecture -Centralizing content through search experiences (including Modern PnP search web part and search verticals) -Creating intuitive microlearning content (through Learning Pathways or Viva Learning)

Friday 1:50 PM - 3:00 PM · Room 5

Exploring Power Platform AI for Next-Generation Solutions

Manpreet Singh

Manpreet Singh

Architect | MVP | MCT | Author | Speaker | Blogger

In the era of digital transformation, organizations are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to drive innovation, streamline operations, and deliver unparalleled experiences to customers and employees alike. Microsoft Power Platform AI emerges as a game-changing toolkit, empowering citizen developers and IT professionals to harness the power of AI and build intelligent solutions without the need for extensive coding expertise.

This session invites you to embark on a journey into the world of Power Platform AI, where imagination meets innovation to unlock new possibilities and drive business growth.

Attendees will dive deep into the capabilities and functionalities of Power Platform AI, in:

  • PowerPlatform
  • Power Automate
  • DataVerse
  • Power Pages
  • Power Virtual Agent (CoPilot)

Through hands-on demos, real-world use cases, and best practices, attendees will learn how Power Platform AI is transforming industries and driving innovation across diverse business domains, including sales, marketing, finance, and customer service.

Join me as we explore the limitless possibilities of Power Platform AI and discover how you can empower your organization to innovate, automate, and thrive in the AI-powered future.

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