TechCon 365 Workshops & Sessions
Microsoft 365, Power Platform & AI Conference
Additional Sessions and Workshops Coming Soon!
- Keynote
- Workshops
- Admin/Implementation
- Azure / M365 Development
- Business Value
- Content Management
- Copilot / AI
- Copilot Studio (PVA)
- Intranet & Portals
- M365 Apps
- Microsoft Teams Collaboration
- Microsoft Teams Development
- Power Apps
- Power Automate
- Power BI
- Power Pages
- Power Platform
- Search
- Security & Compliance
- SharePoint Premium
- SharePoint Development
- Special Topics
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The Practical Nature of Working in the Future Present
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.General Session RoomWed 8:30 am - 9:40 am -
Ask Microsoft Anything
Grab your lunch, and take a seat! It’s time for an Ask Microsoft Anything (AMA). Got a burning question you just can't yet find an answer to? This AMA is to be a lively live hour of Q&A - to ask questions and voice feedback - direct to the product teams across Microsoft. It will be a lunchtime well spent—a mix of tech talk, laughter, and a dash of insider knowledge.
General Session RoomWed 1:10 pm - 2:10 pm
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Enhance Business Efficiency with Copilot for Microsoft 365 and Power Platform
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.Room AMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Power BI Bootcamp for SharePoint Professionals
NOTE: YOU WILL NEED A COMPUTER WITH THE LATEST VERSION OF POWER BI DESKTOP INSTALLED PRIOR TO WORKSHOP TIME. THIS IS A HANDS ON BOOTCAMP.
Need to create stunning dashboards from your SharePoint data?
Yes you do!
In this bootcamp, we’ll show you:
- How should I approach my BI need?
- What things should be considered when creating dashboards?
- What are the best practices?
- How much is this going to cost me to license?
- What security aspects should concern me?
Who should take this course:
If your company uses Office 365 or SharePoint 2013/2016 and you are a:
- Manager
- Business Analyst
- Power User
- SharePoint Administrator
- Consultant
If you work in these areas, you will see value:
- Marketing
- Information Technology
- Finance
- Sales
- Social Media
The class assumes no prior knowledge of Power BI and Data Concepts.
What is required for this class:
Install Microsoft Power BI Desktop on your laptop (recommended but not required).
We'll provide an Office 365 site for you to use for exercises
In this workshop you will:
- Learn how to create Production Dashboards using Power BI, from SharePoint list and document library data
- How to use Power BI in a multitude of situations, including ad hoc analysis and the creation of formal dashboard.
- Learn the Power BI components: Power BI Desktop, PowerBI.com, Power BI mobile applications and how they can be used with Office 365 and SharePoint
- Receive an introduction into the core functions of Power BI; Data extraction, loading and transformation using Power Query Formula Language (“M”) and DAX.
- Receive some guidelines on how to extract Project data in fast manner.
- Discover some data modeling practices that will ensure you have maximum flexibility in analysis. You'll also learn some visualization best practices to ensure you can tell your digital story effectively
- Learn best practices for maintaining content with your organization
This workshop provides an end to end view of Power BI for SharePoint reporting, so that you are able to use Power BI immediately for your needs.Room BMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
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.Room 1Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Extend Copilot for Microsoft 365 to get the most out of your investment!
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.
Room 2Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Power Apps and Power Automate (Flow) for M365/SharePoint Bootcamp
Work through a common business use case to see how Power Apps and Power Automate - and their Copilot capabilities - fit into your toolset extending M365, SharePoint, and Teams.
We'll start with some brief foundation info, dig in with demos, and then let you "take the wheel" walking through hands-on examples to build a solution as we work through the day building on top of Microsoft Lists.
You'll learn about the different types of Flows that can be used with Power Automate and will create basic Flows yourself. Then, see how Flows integrate with Power Apps you've built and the list data behind them. Your instructors will be there to assist throughout the day with your questions.
Attend this workshop to get a foothold with the Power Platform. Gain the skills you'll need to immediately start customizing your Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and Teams sites with Power Apps and Power Automate.
Notes and Requirements:
To participate in the hands-on portion of this workshop, attendees should bring a laptop computer. Attendees who bring tablets, even with keyboards, will likely experience difficulties in successfully completing the labs.
We will be using Power Apps, Power Automate, Microsoft Lists, Teams, SharePoint and other Microsoft 365 components in our labs. Attendees may choose to use a personally owned or corporate Microsoft 365 tenant. If not, please register for a free Microsoft 365 Developer tenant prior to the workshop here: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/dev-program
If you will be using a company-provided laptop and will not be using your corporate tenant, please verify that you are able to connect to the Microsoft 365 environment that you will be using prior to arrival.Room CMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Microsoft 365 & The Power Platform - The Ultimate Starter Kit
Microsoft 365 is the world's leading productivity suite that empowers you to work from anywhere, on any device, with a range of cloud-based apps and services. Microsoft’s Power Platform is a set of low-code or no-code solutions that enable you to build custom apps, automate workflows, and analyze data.
In this workshop, you will be provided with a detailed exploration of these platforms, incorporating examples from real-world applications. We will of course look at how Copilot integrates with each product along the way! This information is useful if you've moved to the cloud, are thinking about moving, or are still exploring its value.
Some of the topics covered:
• An overview of Microsoft’s cloud platforms and the evolution of collaboration.
• An introduction and best practices for collaborative work in Microsoft 365, encompassing Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Viva Engage.
• A primer on the Power Platform's favored tools: Power Automate, Power Apps, and Power BI.
• An in-depth look at the workings of Microsoft 365 Groups.
• Hands-on exercises and examples for integrating the Power Platform and Microsoft 365 to achieve business goals – bring your laptop and have company permission to use the services covered.
This starter kit is designed to enhance your understanding of the features within your cloud platform and learn how it can be leveraged within your organization.Room DMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Deep Dive into Data Protection with Microsoft Purview
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.
Room 5Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Workshop: Modern Development using the SharePoint Framework (SPFx)
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.Room 6Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Advanced Power Apps and Power Automate: Workarounds for Common Problems
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 PerformanceRoom 7Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Information Architecture (IA) for Enterprise 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!Room 8Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Maximizing Copilot: Preparing Your Content and People
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the largest user interface paradigm shift in 60 years. It will inherently shift how we interact with content and complete tasks moving forward. How can you organize, secure, and process your content in Microsoft 365 to maximize its value and prepare it for the next-generation AI assistant- Microsoft 365 Copilot?
In this workshop, we will cover:
Technical insights: Understand the differences between natural language search and semantic indexes, along with best practices for information architecture.
Effective search strategies: Explore when to leverage Copilot versus Microsoft search for optimal results to support the findability and discoverability of business-critical content.
Preparing your content: Perform a security and governance audit and adjust search or permission settings before content is unintentionally exposed through new AI tools.
Integrating Copilot into your daily workflow: Understand the new user experience behaviors emerging and learn better practices for launching Copilot to your organization so employees can unlock the full potential of AI-driven productivity.
By the end of the workshop, you will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to effectively organize your Microsoft 365 content in SharePoint Online, enabling you to harness the power of Copilot and unleash the knowledge stored in your organization.Room ATue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Power Automate Multi-Stage Approval Workflows - Workshop
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.Room BTue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
SharePoint Premium Fundamentals: Your Guide to AI-Driven Content Management in Your Daily Work Life
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.Room 1Tue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Unlocking the Power of Power BI: Your Ultimate Guide
Unlock the full potential of Power BI in this comprehensive, full-day workshop designed for professionals at all skill levels. "Mastering Power BI: From Basics to Business Impact" guides you through everything you need to know, from foundational concepts to advanced features.
Learn how to build dynamic reports, connect to various data sources, and seamlessly integrate with Microsoft Excel and SharePoint. Dive into real-world demonstrations, explore the nuances of Power BI licensing, and discover the capabilities of Power BI Report Server.
Engage with experts, ask questions, and leave with actionable insights to drive your data strategy forward.
We'll cover:
- Section 1: Understanding Power BI Architecture
- Section 2: Power BI Desktop Deep Dive
- Section 3: Power BI Web Service & Collaboration
- Section 4: Power BI Report Server and On-Premises Environments
- Section 5: Licensing, Administration, and AI
- Section 6: Power BI MetricsRoom 2Tue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Zero to Hero: Build Microsoft Teams App for Full Stack Developers
If you have little to no experience creating apps for Microsoft Teams using full-stack development techniques, this is for you!
After covering what tools you need to start creating Microsoft Teams Apps, you’ll learn how to build different components to extend Microsoft Teams.
This includes building personal & channel tabs (apps), bots, and message extensions for Microsoft Teams. And, you’ll learn how to take your message extensions and use them as Copilot plugins if your users have Copilot for Microsoft 365!Room 9Tue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
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. 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.Room CTue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
Real World Solutions Built with Microsoft 365
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.Room DTue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
Transform Daily, Mundane Repetitive Work with Robotic Process Automation
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.Room 6Tue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
Copilot for Power Platform : Accelerating your Development with AI
Microsoft is adding AI support to the Power Platform low code development platforms called Copilot. You can use Copilot to help build your next App or Flow. Using Copilot you can use natural language to describe what you are trying to build. Copilot will return a suggested design for the app, flow, or Dataverse tables which you can then use. Copilot will also help you along the way by suggesting modifications to improve your formulas.
Copilot won't replace you as a Citizen Developer, but it will help you produce amazing apps and powerful flows in a fraction of the time.Room 7Tue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
Dataverse Bootcamp for M365 Makers
Dataverse, Dataverse, Dataverse… You've been hearing about it for a while but haven't checked it out yet.
Now's the time. Adding Dataverse is an investment in time, skills, and licensing. Know when to engage and what to expect.
- Learn what Dataverse is and where it fits in the maker toolset.
- Cover what the differences are between Dataverse, Microsoft Lists, and other data sources and talk through some of the 'what to use when' considerations as Lists solution builders integrate with and shift to Power Platform tools.
- Get a perspective on the maker skills needed when using Dataverse and how to get started in your organization.
Using the Developer Plan, attendees will get a hands-on look at Creating Dataverse tables, relationships, forms, and more.
With Dataverse as a data source, we'll also do a quick compare of model-driven vs. canvas Power Apps.Room 8Tue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
How to Maximize Your Intranet Potential with Out-of-the-Box Features in Microsoft 365 and SharePoint
Microsoft 365 is packed with powerful tools and features for building an effective intranet. But with so many options, it can be overwhelming to know where to start. In this presentation, we'll take a deep dive into the "out-of-the-box" features of SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 and show you how to leverage them to build an intranet that meets your organization's unique needs.
From creating and organizing content with SharePoint to enhancing communication with Teams and Viva Engage, we'll cover everything you need to get started, including new capabilities like the Brand Center and Copilot for SharePoint.
By the end of the workshop, you'll have a solid understanding of the key features of SharePoint Online and how to use them to build an intranet that helps your organization communicate, collaborate, and succeed. You will also understand what is possible “in the box” and where you may want to invest in third party solutions or custom development.Room CTue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
A Deep Dive into Copilot Studio
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 StudioRoom DTue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
Big Data Analytics in SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 with Microsoft Graph Data Connect
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.Room 5Tue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
SharePoint Data Modeling: From Requirements to Usage
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.Room 6Tue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
Power Platform Administration and Governance
The administration and governance of Power Platform have emerged as top priorities for many companies, driven by the surge in demand for low-code services that empower users to create solutions quickly and efficiently.
As the adoption of these tools skyrockets, maintaining control and ensuring compliance have become crucial to prevent security risks and operational inefficiencies. Fortunately, a suite of robust governance tools is available, designed to streamline administration by providing comprehensive oversight, policy enforcement, and user management capabilities.
When these tools are implemented effectively, they simplify the governance process, allowing organizations to harness the full potential of Power Platform while maintaining a secure and well-regulated environment.
Join Daniel Christian, a Microsoft MVP and certified trainer as he walks you the process he has followed to guide companies in quickly setting up their Power Platform administration and governance process.Room 7Tue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
From Assessment to Action: Building a Stronger Microsoft 365 Governance Framework
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.Room 8Tue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
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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.Room 1Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
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. 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.Room CTue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
Big Data Analytics in SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 with Microsoft Graph Data Connect
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.Room 5Tue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
Power Platform Administration and Governance
The administration and governance of Power Platform have emerged as top priorities for many companies, driven by the surge in demand for low-code services that empower users to create solutions quickly and efficiently.
As the adoption of these tools skyrockets, maintaining control and ensuring compliance have become crucial to prevent security risks and operational inefficiencies. Fortunately, a suite of robust governance tools is available, designed to streamline administration by providing comprehensive oversight, policy enforcement, and user management capabilities.
When these tools are implemented effectively, they simplify the governance process, allowing organizations to harness the full potential of Power Platform while maintaining a secure and well-regulated environment.
Join Daniel Christian, a Microsoft MVP and certified trainer as he walks you the process he has followed to guide companies in quickly setting up their Power Platform administration and governance process.Room 7Tue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
From Assessment to Action: Building a Stronger Microsoft 365 Governance Framework
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.Room 8Tue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
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!
Room DWed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Top tips for self-service management using Microsoft Entra
Microsoft Entra offers self-service solutions while staying secure and compliant. In this demo session, Martina shows how you can implement governance, use out-of-box functionality for identity governance and / or create a self-service approach for lifecycle management.
We will dive into the Governance section of Microsoft Entra Id.
Covering:
Lifecycle Management
Self-Service
Access Reviews
Entitlement ManagementRoom 8Wed 11:40 am - 12:50 pm -
Offline Apps Unplugged: Balancing Benefits and Drawbacks in a Connected World!
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.
Room 2Wed 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Introduction to Microsoft Copilot for Security
Staying ahead of security risks requires cutting-edge tools and technologies. This session will explore how Copilot for Security revolutionizes threat detection, response, and automation. Discover the key features of Microsoft Copilot for Security, learn how to configure its capabilities, and see examples of its impact. Whether you’re a seasoned security professional or new to the field, this session will equip you with the knowledge and tools to enhance your organization’s security posture.
Room CWed 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Develop your custom Teams Audit process with Flows
In large organizations, it is crucial to have governance for data and train users to be responsible with their data. Microsoft Teams owners are responsible for their team members and guests. We have developed a solution that starts an audit process and sends out one email to each team owner, asking for a confirmation with all members and a review and confirmation with Azure Logic Apps and the help of Microsoft Graph and Outlook.
You will learn how to develop your custom Teams Audit process with Azure Logic Apps and how to create flows that can be used for approval and governance processes including the technical tools to develop your organization´s secure business processes.Room 7Wed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
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.Room 1Thu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Real-World Implementation Experiences of Microsoft Purview
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.
Room CThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Best Practices for Deploying Copilot in Microsoft 365
Generative AI is everywhere – but turning it on for everyone and hoping for the best is never a plan for success. In this session, we’ll review core elements of Copilot readiness – from content management and governance, security, deployment, and adoption, using tools from SharePoint Premium, Purview, and Microsoft Viva.
Room BThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Best Practices for Securing your Microsoft 365 Tenant
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 activityRoom CThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Power Apps Evolution of Efficiency: 10 Methods That Have Transformed Over Time
In recent years, the Power Apps canvas app landscape has experienced a rapid evolution, characterized by the constant release of innovative features and tools. This continuous stream of advancements has inevitably changed the way you approach app development. Join Daniel Christian, a Microsoft MVP and certified trainer and he walks you through 10 methods of his app development that have transformed over time. This includes database planning, app designing, building and permissions management and how to make it all easier using Copilot.
Room 7Thu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Labelling in Microsoft 365: Retention & Sensitivity
Are you classifying your data in Microsoft 365? You can add data classifications using sensitivity and retention labels but they do two very different things. In this session I will break down what the label options are, how you can use them, and why you should deploy them in your organization to keep your content compliant and secure.
Room CThu 1:30 pm - 2:40 pm -
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.Room DThu 1:30 pm - 2:40 pm -
Managing Microsoft 365 using Azure Functions and Runbooks
Managing Microsoft 365 services efficiently is essential to the productivity of any organization. With the rise of cloud services, IT professionals are constantly seeking ways to automate routine tasks, streamline workflows, and ensure security at scale. In this session, you will learn how to automate your Microsoft 365 operations using the power of Azure services. We will discuss the following:
Introduction to Azure Automation: Learn how Azure Automation simplifies Microsoft 365 management. Explore Azure Functions, Runbooks, and Logic Apps and know when to use them.
Azure Functions for Microsoft 365:
- Learn serverless computing with Azure Functions.
- Create functions that respond to events in Microsoft 365.
- Write scalable code and pay only for the resources you use.
PowerShell Runbooks: Automate workflows with Azure Automation Runbooks. Develop, deploy, and manage Runbooks for routine tasks in your Microsoft 365 environment.
This session is for IT professionals, system administrators, and cloud architects responsible for managing Microsoft 365 environments. Whether you are new to Azure Automation or looking to enhance your existing skills, this session will provide valuable insights into automating and optimizing your Microsoft 365 operations.Room 6Thu 1:30 pm - 2:40 pm -
Understanding & Utilizing SharePoint Advanced Management
In this session you will learn how to maximize your SharePoint capabilities with SharePoint Advanced Management. I will provide insights into the advanced features and tools available to enhance security, manage content lifecycles, and ensure compliance within your digital workspace. We'll cover:
• Advanced access policies for secure collaboration
• Data access governance reports for identifying overshared or sensitive content
• Site lifecycle management for inactive sites
• Conditional access policies for stringent security measures
Ideal for SharePoint administrators and IT professionals, this session will empower you with the knowledge to efficiently govern your organization's SharePoint environment. Join us to learn how to leverage these advanced management features to their full potential.Room 9Thu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Copilot- A Guide to Hacking, Managing, Securing Your Data
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.
Room CThu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Administratively Customize Microsoft Teams to our Environment
Microsoft Teams is a powerful tool and collaborative platform for interconnecting applications. These connections span beyond just Microsoft data connection points to 100s of other applications that your ecosystem might leverage. Making these applications easy to access, making data exchange efficient for your uses, and encouraging adoption. In this session, you will learn some of the helpful frontend platforms your users can leverage and how to modify the default configurations in Teams so that each department has its tools upfront. In this session, we will examine Microsoft Teams' structure and how you can change the front-end experience for users through the Microsoft Teams Admin center.
Room DThu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Hyperautomation in Procure-to-Pay: Revolutionizing Efficiency with AI Builder and Azure
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.Room 6Thu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Communication compliance and Risk Management in Microsoft 365
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!Room 1Fri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
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.Room CFri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Upgrade your Company Operating System with Microsoft Viva
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.
Room 1Fri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm
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Extend Copilot for Microsoft 365 to get the most out of your investment!
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.
Room 2Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Workshop: Modern Development using the SharePoint Framework (SPFx)
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.Room 6Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Inject LOB and Realtime Data into Copilot for M365 with Custom Plugins
Copilot for Microsoft 365 is a game changer for business. It not only has access to the knowledge it’s been trained on, but it also has access to all the data in your Microsoft 365 tenant. But what about real-time data like inventory or customer activity? What about data from your organization’s third-party systems? That’s where custom plugins can help! In this session, learn how to build custom plugins for Copilot for Microsoft 365!
Room 2Wed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Pro Code and Low Code Developer Story on Copilot Development
This session is an introductory level into building your own Copilot/copilot extensions whether you are a Builder or a Maker/ Low Code Dev / Pro Code Dev. Come and see what that developer experience looks like.
Come and see demos in one modality and the other.Room 5Wed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Build Solutions for Microsoft 365 with a Fluent API Library
For the most part, your imagination is the limit when it comes to extending the Microsoft 365 platform. Join me for a complete look at the PnPjs library, a collection of fluent libraries for consuming SharePoint and Microsoft Graph REST APIs that make building solutions 10x easier and faster. This free, open-source initiative, part of the Microsoft 365 & Power Platform Community can be used within the SharePoint Framework, NodeJS, or any JavaScript/TypeScript based project.
This session will cover using the library within the SharePoint Framework and Azure Functions NodeJS project. We'll cover:
• How to get started, your project template, and establishing context
• An overview of all the packages available and outline the ease of use
• More advanced scenarios like batching and cross site execution.Room 6Wed 11:40 am - 12:50 pm -
Empowering Your Modern Development Journey with SharePoint Framework and Viva Connections Toolkit
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.Room 6Wed 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Develop your custom Teams Audit process with Flows
In large organizations, it is crucial to have governance for data and train users to be responsible with their data. Microsoft Teams owners are responsible for their team members and guests. We have developed a solution that starts an audit process and sends out one email to each team owner, asking for a confirmation with all members and a review and confirmation with Azure Logic Apps and the help of Microsoft Graph and Outlook.
You will learn how to develop your custom Teams Audit process with Azure Logic Apps and how to create flows that can be used for approval and governance processes including the technical tools to develop your organization´s secure business processes.Room 7Wed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
Dataverse Virtual Tables - Build a Custom Provider
Dataverse Virtual Tables is a platform capability allowing Model Driven App developers to provide a unified experience for multiple sources of data. This means that some of your data may reside in the Dataverse database while some may reside in external data sources.
The Virtual Tables solution ships with out of the box providers, but what if these providers don't quite fit your current solution requirements? We can build our own custom data provider for Virtual Tables that surfaces data from an external data source.
This session will provide a quick walk through of requirements dive right into building our own custom data provider for Virtual Tables. We review code behind the plugin events for Retrieve and Retrieve Multiple, demonstrate how to transform your data, and see the plugin surface data live in our Model Driven App.Room BThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Extending Microsoft 365: Exploring the Art of the Possible
Ever felt like the world of Microsoft 365 is a maze? You’re not alone! In this session, we’ll take a journey together through real-life examples where we’ve turned the complexity of Microsoft 365 into simple, automated solutions.
We’ll start from the basics, exploring out-of-the-box and low-code options, and gradually move towards creating custom self-hosted solutions. Extending Microsoft 365 is not limited to just creating web parts and by the end of this session, you’ll be inspired to see how you can make Microsoft 365 work for you in ways you’ve never imagined before. So, whether you’re a beginner or have some experience under your belt, join us as we unravel the exciting possibilities of extending Microsoft 365!Room 6Thu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Enhancing SPFx projects with Live Data integration to SharePoint, MS Graph and beyond
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.Room 8Thu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
The industry's leading Microsoft 365 backup solution-Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365- is now delivered as a service.
18M+ Microsoft 365 users protected
Over a decade of continuous innovation
Key Microsoft 365 Back partnerRoom CThu 12:50 pm - 1:20 pm -
Securely Operationalizing AI in Days from the Azure Marketplace
Join us for an engaging session where we will explore how KnowledgeLake empowers organizations to operationalize AI in just days through its seamless integration with the Azure Marketplace. This session will take you beyond the hype and delve into the practical benefits of rapid AI deployment, focusing on real-world use cases that illustrate how businesses have leveraged AI to transform their operations with minimal training.
Our discussion will highlight the advantages of operationalizing AI through the Azure Marketplace for enhanced efficiency, automation, and document processing. We'll also cover essential strategies for ensuring data security, emphasizing how to protect your sensitive information and prevent it from becoming part of any public AI model. We’ll conclude with a Q&A session to discuss how you can use AI to enhance efficiency across your organization.
Key takeaways from this session will include:
• Rapid Deployment: Understand how KnowledgeLake’s integration with the Azure Marketplace facilitates rapid AI implementation without the need for extensive training.
• Real-World Use Cases: Explore examples of organizations that have effectively operationalized AI.
• Efficiency in Workflows: Discover how AI can streamline workflows and automate processes to save your organization significant time and resources.
• Enhanced Document Processing: Learn how AI improves document handling, driving speed and efficiency across your organization.
• Getting Started: Identify immediate actions you can take to leverage AI effectively in your business today.Room 7Thu 12:50 pm - 1:20 pm -
Managing Microsoft 365 using Azure Functions and Runbooks
Managing Microsoft 365 services efficiently is essential to the productivity of any organization. With the rise of cloud services, IT professionals are constantly seeking ways to automate routine tasks, streamline workflows, and ensure security at scale. In this session, you will learn how to automate your Microsoft 365 operations using the power of Azure services. We will discuss the following:
Introduction to Azure Automation: Learn how Azure Automation simplifies Microsoft 365 management. Explore Azure Functions, Runbooks, and Logic Apps and know when to use them.
Azure Functions for Microsoft 365:
- Learn serverless computing with Azure Functions.
- Create functions that respond to events in Microsoft 365.
- Write scalable code and pay only for the resources you use.
PowerShell Runbooks: Automate workflows with Azure Automation Runbooks. Develop, deploy, and manage Runbooks for routine tasks in your Microsoft 365 environment.
This session is for IT professionals, system administrators, and cloud architects responsible for managing Microsoft 365 environments. Whether you are new to Azure Automation or looking to enhance your existing skills, this session will provide valuable insights into automating and optimizing your Microsoft 365 operations.Room 6Thu 1:30 pm - 2:40 pm -
Enhance Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Graph with your own data
In this session, we explore how to leverage Microsoft Graph to seamlessly integrate custom data into your Microsoft 365 environment, resulting in optimal output when using Copilot. Furthermore, we explore a Microsoft Teams sample bot that seamlessly incorporates personalized data to provide relevant answers and perform actions. Join and see how to integrate custom data into M365 Copilot!
Room 7Thu 1:30 pm - 2:40 pm -
Level Up Your Copilot: Building Copilot Plugins
In today's fast-paced development landscape, streamlining workflows and boosting productivity is paramount. Enter Copilot plugins - powerful extensions that supercharge your coding experience within Microsoft's AI-powered code completion tool. This session delves into the exciting world of Copilot plugin development, equipping you with the knowledge and tools to unlock its full potential.
What You'll Learn:
The Power of Copilot Plugins: Discover how custom plugins extend Copilot's capabilities, enabling tailored code generation, automation of repetitive tasks, and integration with your favorite developer tools.
Demystifying Plugin Development: Explore the core concepts of building Copilot plugins. We'll break down the development process, from understanding the plugin architecture to utilizing JavaScript APIs for interaction with Copilot.
Building Your First Plugin: Get hands-on by crafting a basic Copilot plugin that addresses a specific coding need. We'll walk you through the steps of creating the plugin structure, defining functionalities, and integrating it with Copilot.
Advanced Techniques: Uncover advanced plugin development concepts, including handling user input, working with different code formats, and leveraging external APIs to enrich your plugins.
Real-World Use Cases: Gain inspiration from practical examples of how developers leverage Copilot plugins to automate code generation, insert boilerplate code, and streamline development workflows across various coding languages and frameworks.Room 7Thu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Building reusable code libraries for extending Microsoft 365
The SharePoint framework introduced 'libraries' as a project type, and although useful for very small development projects not ideal for bigger enterprise solutions and ALM strategies. This session is going to cover end to end building a library with standard web-based building blocks, using Azure Dev Ops to create a private code artifact, and then consuming that library and others together within a SharePoint framework solution while hosting the artifacts in an Azure CDN (or bundling it in if that's more appropriate). This is powerful reusability that allow you to manage the lifecycle of different components in a way that mimics all the other packages you might consume when building your solution.
Room 6Fri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Build your own Copilot within Microsoft 365 with your own data
In this session, we build a sample Copilot solution for Microsoft 365, integrate it into Microsoft Teams and show you how you can add your custom documents as an AI source. Join and see how to integrate custom data into M365 Copilot! We show you solutions starting with Copilot Studio to Azure openAI.
Room AFri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Accelerated Development through the M365 and Power Platform Community
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.Room 1Fri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm
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Microsoft 365 & The Power Platform - The Ultimate Starter Kit
Microsoft 365 is the world's leading productivity suite that empowers you to work from anywhere, on any device, with a range of cloud-based apps and services. Microsoft’s Power Platform is a set of low-code or no-code solutions that enable you to build custom apps, automate workflows, and analyze data.
In this workshop, you will be provided with a detailed exploration of these platforms, incorporating examples from real-world applications. We will of course look at how Copilot integrates with each product along the way! This information is useful if you've moved to the cloud, are thinking about moving, or are still exploring its value.
Some of the topics covered:
• An overview of Microsoft’s cloud platforms and the evolution of collaboration.
• An introduction and best practices for collaborative work in Microsoft 365, encompassing Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Viva Engage.
• A primer on the Power Platform's favored tools: Power Automate, Power Apps, and Power BI.
• An in-depth look at the workings of Microsoft 365 Groups.
• Hands-on exercises and examples for integrating the Power Platform and Microsoft 365 to achieve business goals – bring your laptop and have company permission to use the services covered.
This starter kit is designed to enhance your understanding of the features within your cloud platform and learn how it can be leveraged within your organization.Room DMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Maximizing Copilot: Preparing Your Content and People
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the largest user interface paradigm shift in 60 years. It will inherently shift how we interact with content and complete tasks moving forward. How can you organize, secure, and process your content in Microsoft 365 to maximize its value and prepare it for the next-generation AI assistant- Microsoft 365 Copilot?
In this workshop, we will cover:
Technical insights: Understand the differences between natural language search and semantic indexes, along with best practices for information architecture.
Effective search strategies: Explore when to leverage Copilot versus Microsoft search for optimal results to support the findability and discoverability of business-critical content.
Preparing your content: Perform a security and governance audit and adjust search or permission settings before content is unintentionally exposed through new AI tools.
Integrating Copilot into your daily workflow: Understand the new user experience behaviors emerging and learn better practices for launching Copilot to your organization so employees can unlock the full potential of AI-driven productivity.
By the end of the workshop, you will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to effectively organize your Microsoft 365 content in SharePoint Online, enabling you to harness the power of Copilot and unleash the knowledge stored in your organization.Room ATue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Real World Solutions Built with Microsoft 365
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.Room DTue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
Transform Daily, Mundane Repetitive Work with Robotic Process Automation
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.Room 6Tue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
The Practical Nature of Working in the Future Present
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.General Session RoomWed 8:30 am - 9:40 am -
5 steps to driving sustainable SharePoint and Microsoft 365 adoption
Are users adopting and actually using your Microsoft 365 and SharePoint implementations? If you're struggling in this area, this is the perfect session for you!
This session will discuss the 5 proven steps that you can immediately put into place to increase adoption and usage of your Microsoft 365 and SharePoint implementations by up to 3X. This presentation will show these proven strategies that have been used by renowned organizations from around the world to maximize their investment in these technologies.Room BWed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Navigating Copilot: Unleashing the Power of Intelligent Intranet Content
How do you design your message in the age of AI to successfully communicate necessary information and actions while driving engagement across the organization? On an average day, an office worker is inundated with 121 emails. Within this influx, crucial company updates, actionable tasks, and potentially irrelevant information are embedded. On top of these emails, there are Teams chats and a seemingly infinite stream of notifications, prompting many employees to turn to artificial intelligence for help in summarizing content and addressing queries.
In this session, we will take a user-centric approach to strengthen your ability to communicate in a way that fits the needs and expectations of your audience. We will discuss the steps for writing effectively for the web through organizing content, designing pages, and sharing to relevant audiences.
You will walk away from this session with actionable steps to create more engaging and inclusive content in Microsoft 365 by focusing on the audience's goals and mental models, accessibility, and user experience best practices.Room 8Wed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
TMO (Too Many Options) In M365?
Is the confusion of TMO (Too Many Options) in M365 getting to you?
SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Yammer, Outlook... When do we use what for communication? Collaboration?
In this session Joy will break down our Microsoft 365 options and bring clarity on how the M365 tools work better together for collaboration. We'll address leveraging our "Swiss Army Knife" of applications to be better equipped when communicating with the various audiences we interact with day in and day out.Room AWed 11:40 am - 12:50 pm -
Creating a solid findability foundation with Microsoft Search
You've invested in the tools, you've watched some videos, attended some educational sessions and turned everything on...yet your people still cannot find what they are looking for. What do you do? and where do you start?
In this session, we explore the good, the bad and the ugly of a solid findability strategy and how you can work with Microsoft Search to provide a more satisfying and customized search experience. Virgil will walk you through the strategic side of search and help you understand how to better leverage it for success in your organization.Room 1Wed 11:40 am - 12:50 pm -
Offline Apps Unplugged: Balancing Benefits and Drawbacks in a Connected World!
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.
Room 2Wed 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Empowering Innovation: The Power of Mentorship in Technology Teams
In today's rapidly evolving technology landscape, staying ahead in innovation while fostering individual professional growth can seem daunting. This session dives into the transformative power of integrating mentorship into your organization's culture, sharing insights into developing effective mentorship programs that not only enhance collaboration and productivity, and preparing your team for the future of tech. Drawing from real-life successes in mentoring and strategic leadership across global tech communities, this talk will explore actionable strategies for creating a nurturing environment where both mentors and mentees thrive, ensuring sustained innovation and skill development within your tech team.
Benefits of Attending This Session:
• Learn Best Practices: Gain insight into successful mentorship strategies that have been applied in leading tech environments, including the creation and management of impactful mentorship programs.
• Skill Development: Understand how mentorship can serve as a catalyst for both technical and professional growth, helping team members stay ahead of industry trends and technological advancements.
• Networking and Community Building: Discover the value of mentorship in fostering meaningful work relationships, enhancing team collaboration, and building a supportive tech community.
• Career Advancement: Learn how mentorship not only benefits mentees but also provides mentors with opportunities for career development, leadership growth, and personal satisfaction.
• Access to Resources: Find out how to leverage platforms like Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub to connect with Microsoft employees, MVPs, and RDs, enriching your organization's mentorship experience.
This session promises to equip leaders, tech professionals, and entrepreneurs with the knowledge and tools needed to implement or enhance mentorship programs within their organizations, fostering an environment of continuous learning and innovation.Room 7Wed 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Establish a Data Protection Strategy with Microsoft Purview
Data Protection is top of mind for all organizations that work with sensitive information. As those organizations move into the Microsoft Cloud and adopt Cloud services faster and faster, establishing a strong data protection strategy is critical to protecting the information that your business runs on and preventing threats from both external attackers and insiders. Whether you're concerned about unstructured or structured data, risks from accidental or malicious data leaks, external threats, ransomware, external sharing, or any combination of these, having a Data Protection Strategy that protects your data no matter where it lives is a critical part of that strategy. Microsoft Purview provides robust capabilities for protecting that data, both in the cloud, on-premises or shared externally and understanding those capabilities is an important part of rolling out controls to protect your information. Join Antonio as he shares important considerations for establishing a Data Protection strategy for your organization and learn how you can use the extensive features of Microsoft Purview to protect your critical business information.
Room CWed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
Develop your custom Teams Audit process with Flows
In large organizations, it is crucial to have governance for data and train users to be responsible with their data. Microsoft Teams owners are responsible for their team members and guests. We have developed a solution that starts an audit process and sends out one email to each team owner, asking for a confirmation with all members and a review and confirmation with Azure Logic Apps and the help of Microsoft Graph and Outlook.
You will learn how to develop your custom Teams Audit process with Azure Logic Apps and how to create flows that can be used for approval and governance processes including the technical tools to develop your organization´s secure business processes.Room 7Wed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
Extending Microsoft 365: Exploring the Art of the Possible
Ever felt like the world of Microsoft 365 is a maze? You’re not alone! In this session, we’ll take a journey together through real-life examples where we’ve turned the complexity of Microsoft 365 into simple, automated solutions.
We’ll start from the basics, exploring out-of-the-box and low-code options, and gradually move towards creating custom self-hosted solutions. Extending Microsoft 365 is not limited to just creating web parts and by the end of this session, you’ll be inspired to see how you can make Microsoft 365 work for you in ways you’ve never imagined before. So, whether you’re a beginner or have some experience under your belt, join us as we unravel the exciting possibilities of extending Microsoft 365!Room 6Thu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Engineering Effective Feedback Systems in the AI-Enhanced Workplace
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.Room 2Thu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Power Apps Evolution of Efficiency: 10 Methods That Have Transformed Over Time
In recent years, the Power Apps canvas app landscape has experienced a rapid evolution, characterized by the constant release of innovative features and tools. This continuous stream of advancements has inevitably changed the way you approach app development. Join Daniel Christian, a Microsoft MVP and certified trainer and he walks you through 10 methods of his app development that have transformed over time. This includes database planning, app designing, building and permissions management and how to make it all easier using Copilot.
Room 7Thu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
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.Room DThu 1:30 pm - 2:40 pm -
Implementing Microsoft 365 for Small Businesses and Nonprofits
Explore the Microsoft 365 suite through the lens of a grassroots nonprofit. In this session, discover how to move past resource constraints by harnessing free technology resources to improve inefficient processes (like contract management), enhance internal communication and collaboration (through intranet development), and increase productivity (with a seamless cross-functional action item tracker).
We will share practical insights, guiding you through the steps needed to implement these solutions in your environment, and a litany of cost-free resources that can empower your journey using Microsoft 365 to increase your organization's productivity, communication, and collaboration.Room 1Thu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Application Factory Thinking: You Won't Achieve Digital Transformation Without It
Low-code tools are popular, but they still don't succeed at scale. If a company's projects are one-off efforts by amateur builders using an artist's studio mindset, that's not surprising -- and not productive, either.
You won't achieve digital transformation without digital discipline, in other words, an application factory approach. It's a lot less about tools and a lot more about consistency, culture, collaboration, and design -- and this session will cover how to apply these to any tool or platform you have.Room 2Thu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Hyperautomation in Procure-to-Pay: Revolutionizing Efficiency with AI Builder and Azure
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.Room 6Thu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Improving Microsoft Search by improving your Content Practices
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.Room 1Fri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Introduction to JSON to master customizing SharePoint
JSON is EVERYWHERE in SharePoint Online and your ability to take your SharePoint deployments to the next level depend on your ability to understand and create complicated JSON objects. In this densely demo-packed session, attendees will learn:
- What is JSON and how to understand the structure
- Tips for creating JSON objects and starting with community content as a starting point
Attendees will also learn how to use JSON Objects in SharePoint Online to:
- Customize list columns and list views
- Create Site Designs for creating custom site templates
- Create stunning Quick Views for Viva Connections ACE's
- Post messages in teams as Adaptive Cards
- Process SharePoint REST queries in Power Automate
- and more!!Room 5Fri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Two Guys and A Copilot - The DnA Show!
Daniel and Andy (DnA) are two guys who work for enterprise level companies and must deal with day-to-day tasks that can be both time consuming and mundane. However, now with Copilot available across several Microsoft cloud services, these two Microsoft MVPs are finding ways to making their jobs a lot easier and, in some cases, automated.
So, join them as these two guys show share their tips and tricks with you to make your jobs easier and make you look like Copilot superstars. This session will cover both Power Platform and Microsoft 365 Copilot features.Room AFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Planner and Power Platform: Boosting collaboration and visibility
With remote work and an excess of meetings to join every day, it can be hard to find time to sync every task you are working on with your entire team. This can lead to redundant tasks being performed and uneven distribution of work in a team. Finding the right solution to this problem can be time-consuming and fail adoption. The answer is to make it easy and accessible. In this session, we will take a deeper look at how to automate Microsoft Planner with Power Automate, view and modify reporting data with PowerBI, and make this easily accessible in Microsoft Teams.
Room 2Fri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
What's all the hype about SharePoint/OneDrive hybrid
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.Room 8Fri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Effortless Conversations: Simplifying Chat Creation with Microsoft Copilot Studio
Microsoft Copilot Studio makes creating chatbots as easy as 1, 2, 3. The generative A.I. feature is able to take natural language from end-users and helps transform that into bot logic which can also be extended to Microsoft 365. Join Daniel Christian, a Microsoft MVP and certified trainer as he shows you how sophisticated artificial intelligence, Copilot Studio allows you to build intelligent chatbots with minimal effort by seamlessly integrating existing content from platforms like SharePoint. Embrace the future of chatbot development with AI that transforms your content into engaging and functional chat experiences effortlessly.
Room 5Fri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Knowledge Management within Microsoft 365 without Viva Topics
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.Room 8Fri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Deploy Microsoft 365 Learning Pathways to Automate Support and Training of Your Microsoft 365 Users
Are your employees utilizing Microsoft 365 to the fullest? Do they have the training and support needed to be successful in their job?
Microsoft 365 Learning Pathways is a Microsoft-built solution you can deploy to your tenant, today, for free. It creates an adoption and training center that showcases dynamic, always up-to-date content from Microsoft to support training and adoption for your end users. You can also customize it to fit the exact needs of your organization by incorporating your own training content and highlighting your events.
Come to the session and I will show you how you can deploy and get the best use out of the content from Microsoft 365 learning pathways.Room BFri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
Upgrade your Company Operating System with Microsoft Viva
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.
Room 1Fri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
I didn't know you could do that with OneDrive!
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.Room CFri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
Enhancing Communication and Collaboration through Customized Search Experiences
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)Room DFri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm
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Maximizing Copilot: Preparing Your Content and People
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the largest user interface paradigm shift in 60 years. It will inherently shift how we interact with content and complete tasks moving forward. How can you organize, secure, and process your content in Microsoft 365 to maximize its value and prepare it for the next-generation AI assistant- Microsoft 365 Copilot?
In this workshop, we will cover:
Technical insights: Understand the differences between natural language search and semantic indexes, along with best practices for information architecture.
Effective search strategies: Explore when to leverage Copilot versus Microsoft search for optimal results to support the findability and discoverability of business-critical content.
Preparing your content: Perform a security and governance audit and adjust search or permission settings before content is unintentionally exposed through new AI tools.
Integrating Copilot into your daily workflow: Understand the new user experience behaviors emerging and learn better practices for launching Copilot to your organization so employees can unlock the full potential of AI-driven productivity.
By the end of the workshop, you will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to effectively organize your Microsoft 365 content in SharePoint Online, enabling you to harness the power of Copilot and unleash the knowledge stored in your organization.Room ATue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Real World Solutions Built with Microsoft 365
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.Room DTue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
The Practical Nature of Working in the Future Present
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.General Session RoomWed 8:30 am - 9:40 am -
SharePoint Premium - Intelligent Content for Everyone
Microsoft advanced content management and experiences - where AI meets content. Whether SharePoint Premium, Microsoft 365 Backup, Microsoft 365 Archive, or SharePoint Embedded, you now have new ways to engage with your most critical content, while managing and protecting it through its lifecycle. In this era of AI and Copilot, learn how you can not only maximize content value with security and structure but make sure you prime and manage your content for Copilot too.
Room 1Wed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
What’s New with OneDrive?
Have you seen all the new features in OneDrive within Microsoft 365? It doesn't matter if you're just getting started or a OneDrive expert, there will always be new functionality like AI coming around and OneDrive is no exception. Join me as we walk through the newest improvements to the world of OneDrive in a session filled with demos and examples to see what you need to know that's new that will affect you and your organization.
Room 7Wed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Navigating Copilot: Unleashing the Power of Intelligent Intranet Content
How do you design your message in the age of AI to successfully communicate necessary information and actions while driving engagement across the organization? On an average day, an office worker is inundated with 121 emails. Within this influx, crucial company updates, actionable tasks, and potentially irrelevant information are embedded. On top of these emails, there are Teams chats and a seemingly infinite stream of notifications, prompting many employees to turn to artificial intelligence for help in summarizing content and addressing queries.
In this session, we will take a user-centric approach to strengthen your ability to communicate in a way that fits the needs and expectations of your audience. We will discuss the steps for writing effectively for the web through organizing content, designing pages, and sharing to relevant audiences.
You will walk away from this session with actionable steps to create more engaging and inclusive content in Microsoft 365 by focusing on the audience's goals and mental models, accessibility, and user experience best practices.Room 8Wed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Integrating Forms with Teams for Real-time Responses
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.Room 1Wed 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Empowering corporate communications with Microsoft 365
Creating and delivering compelling and consistent corporate communications messages across multiple channels can be challenging, especially in the fast-paced and dynamic business environment. In this session, you will learn tips and best practices to improve internal communications. We will talk about new and emerging capabilities in SharePoint News and Viva Engage along with premium capabilities available with Viva Amplify and Copilot. Whether you’re a seasoned communicator or a curious novice, this session promises actionable insights, practical tips, and a dash of innovation.
Room AWed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
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.Room 1Thu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Real-World Implementation Experiences of Microsoft Purview
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.
Room CThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Implementing Microsoft 365 for Small Businesses and Nonprofits
Explore the Microsoft 365 suite through the lens of a grassroots nonprofit. In this session, discover how to move past resource constraints by harnessing free technology resources to improve inefficient processes (like contract management), enhance internal communication and collaboration (through intranet development), and increase productivity (with a seamless cross-functional action item tracker).
We will share practical insights, guiding you through the steps needed to implement these solutions in your environment, and a litany of cost-free resources that can empower your journey using Microsoft 365 to increase your organization's productivity, communication, and collaboration.Room 1Thu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Understanding & Utilizing SharePoint Advanced Management
In this session you will learn how to maximize your SharePoint capabilities with SharePoint Advanced Management. I will provide insights into the advanced features and tools available to enhance security, manage content lifecycles, and ensure compliance within your digital workspace. We'll cover:
• Advanced access policies for secure collaboration
• Data access governance reports for identifying overshared or sensitive content
• Site lifecycle management for inactive sites
• Conditional access policies for stringent security measures
Ideal for SharePoint administrators and IT professionals, this session will empower you with the knowledge to efficiently govern your organization's SharePoint environment. Join us to learn how to leverage these advanced management features to their full potential.Room 9Thu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Introduction to JSON to master customizing SharePoint
JSON is EVERYWHERE in SharePoint Online and your ability to take your SharePoint deployments to the next level depend on your ability to understand and create complicated JSON objects. In this densely demo-packed session, attendees will learn:
- What is JSON and how to understand the structure
- Tips for creating JSON objects and starting with community content as a starting point
Attendees will also learn how to use JSON Objects in SharePoint Online to:
- Customize list columns and list views
- Create Site Designs for creating custom site templates
- Create stunning Quick Views for Viva Connections ACE's
- Post messages in teams as Adaptive Cards
- Process SharePoint REST queries in Power Automate
- and more!!Room 5Fri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Roundtable Discussion - Intranet Design & Information Architecture
Join us for an engaging and informal gathering where participants delve into topics that matter to them. Roundtable Discussions are a space for sharing ideas, perspectives, and experiences with other attendees. Pull up a chair, and let’s exchange insights!
Room 3Fri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
What's all the hype about SharePoint/OneDrive hybrid
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.Room 8Fri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Knowledge Management within Microsoft 365 without Viva Topics
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.Room 8Fri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
I didn't know you could do that with OneDrive!
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.Room CFri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
Enhancing Communication and Collaboration through Customized Search Experiences
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)Room DFri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm
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Enhance Business Efficiency with Copilot for Microsoft 365 and Power Platform
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.Room AMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Extend Copilot for Microsoft 365 to get the most out of your investment!
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.
Room 2Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Information Architecture (IA) for Enterprise 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!Room 8Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Maximizing Copilot: Preparing Your Content and People
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the largest user interface paradigm shift in 60 years. It will inherently shift how we interact with content and complete tasks moving forward. How can you organize, secure, and process your content in Microsoft 365 to maximize its value and prepare it for the next-generation AI assistant- Microsoft 365 Copilot?
In this workshop, we will cover:
Technical insights: Understand the differences between natural language search and semantic indexes, along with best practices for information architecture.
Effective search strategies: Explore when to leverage Copilot versus Microsoft search for optimal results to support the findability and discoverability of business-critical content.
Preparing your content: Perform a security and governance audit and adjust search or permission settings before content is unintentionally exposed through new AI tools.
Integrating Copilot into your daily workflow: Understand the new user experience behaviors emerging and learn better practices for launching Copilot to your organization so employees can unlock the full potential of AI-driven productivity.
By the end of the workshop, you will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to effectively organize your Microsoft 365 content in SharePoint Online, enabling you to harness the power of Copilot and unleash the knowledge stored in your organization.Room ATue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Copilot for Power Platform : Accelerating your Development with AI
Microsoft is adding AI support to the Power Platform low code development platforms called Copilot. You can use Copilot to help build your next App or Flow. Using Copilot you can use natural language to describe what you are trying to build. Copilot will return a suggested design for the app, flow, or Dataverse tables which you can then use. Copilot will also help you along the way by suggesting modifications to improve your formulas.
Copilot won't replace you as a Citizen Developer, but it will help you produce amazing apps and powerful flows in a fraction of the time.Room 7Tue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
A Deep Dive into Copilot Studio
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 StudioRoom DTue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
The Practical Nature of Working in the Future Present
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.General Session RoomWed 8:30 am - 9:40 am -
Inject LOB and Realtime Data into Copilot for M365 with Custom Plugins
Copilot for Microsoft 365 is a game changer for business. It not only has access to the knowledge it’s been trained on, but it also has access to all the data in your Microsoft 365 tenant. But what about real-time data like inventory or customer activity? What about data from your organization’s third-party systems? That’s where custom plugins can help! In this session, learn how to build custom plugins for Copilot for Microsoft 365!
Room 2Wed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Pro Code and Low Code Developer Story on Copilot Development
This session is an introductory level into building your own Copilot/copilot extensions whether you are a Builder or a Maker/ Low Code Dev / Pro Code Dev. Come and see what that developer experience looks like.
Come and see demos in one modality and the other.Room 5Wed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Navigating Copilot: Unleashing the Power of Intelligent Intranet Content
How do you design your message in the age of AI to successfully communicate necessary information and actions while driving engagement across the organization? On an average day, an office worker is inundated with 121 emails. Within this influx, crucial company updates, actionable tasks, and potentially irrelevant information are embedded. On top of these emails, there are Teams chats and a seemingly infinite stream of notifications, prompting many employees to turn to artificial intelligence for help in summarizing content and addressing queries.
In this session, we will take a user-centric approach to strengthen your ability to communicate in a way that fits the needs and expectations of your audience. We will discuss the steps for writing effectively for the web through organizing content, designing pages, and sharing to relevant audiences.
You will walk away from this session with actionable steps to create more engaging and inclusive content in Microsoft 365 by focusing on the audience's goals and mental models, accessibility, and user experience best practices.Room 8Wed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Preparing Your Organization to Unlock the Power of Generative AI in Enterprise Applications
Are you ready to harness the game-changing potential of Generative AI? As AI-driven innovations transform industries, unlocking this power for your organization can be a major competitive advantage—if done right. But for enterprises managing vast amounts of data, navigating the complexities of secure, high-quality, and cost-effective AI solutions remains a challenge.
In this session, you’ll discover how to overcome the real-world obstacles of deploying Generative AI and practical steps to make AI work for your enterprise.
We’ll cover:
-Key challenges in implementing Generative AI—and how to solve them effectively.
-Strategic considerations before launching your organization’s AI initiatives.
-Best practices for deploying scalable, secure, and successful enterprise AI solutions.
You’ll leave with a clear framework for assessing your current capabilities and actionable insights to guide your organization through its AI journey. Take the next step in your AI strategy and stay ahead of the curve.Room 9Wed 11:40 am - 12:50 pm -
How to Avoid AI Disasters: Copilot, Data Security, and Unintended Consequences
Say your company rushes in the coming months to implement a Copilot over their Intranet. An employee asks the Copilot, "How much does my co-worker make?" How will it answer?
This scenario becomes plausible as Copilot is connected to data sources for Q&A activities. If the data related to pay, layoffs, and other sensitive topics is accessible by the AI, it's possible that an employee could get an answer to their question. You should take great care before connecting it to your own internal data.
Unfortunately hearing GPT, AI and Machine Learning terms thrown about like doubloons at a Mardi Gras parade in the news is giving many organizations FOMO. We'll discuss what you should know before you jump in.
In this session, we'll address:
- What are these technologies and how they will impact you
- How can these technologies be used in your organization
- Data and security considerations
- Preparing for unintended consequences
Join us to learn about this brave new world and how you could apply it in your own work.Room CWed 11:40 am - 12:50 pm -
10 Must Dos for Success Copilot Adoption and Usage
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.
Room DWed 11:40 am - 12:50 pm -
Introduction to Microsoft Copilot for Security
Staying ahead of security risks requires cutting-edge tools and technologies. This session will explore how Copilot for Security revolutionizes threat detection, response, and automation. Discover the key features of Microsoft Copilot for Security, learn how to configure its capabilities, and see examples of its impact. Whether you’re a seasoned security professional or new to the field, this session will equip you with the knowledge and tools to enhance your organization’s security posture.
Room CWed 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Demystifying Copilot Studio
Copilot Studio offers the power of bringing Copilots to the masses! Now anyone can create their own Copilot and harness the power of Generative AI! But what's the real story? What are the costs of Copilot Studio? What is the cost? How does it integrate with Microsoft 365 Copilot?
Join this demo-packed session with Copilot veteran Mark Rackley and discover the truth beyond the marketing.Room 5Wed 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Adapting Copilots to maximize value for your organization
In this session, we will explore the process of selecting the most suitable Copilot solution for your specific use cases. We’ll demonstrate how Copilot Studio can help you design and customize your own Copilot or enhance Microsoft 365 Copilot with your own plugins. Additionally, we’ll show you how to integrate Copilot with Azure AI Studio to add skills such as natural language generation, sentiment analysis, image captioning, and other AI capabilities.
Maximize your organization’s AI driven experiences with custom copilots. With different options available including Copilot Studio, Azure AI Studio, and Generative Answers, you may run into challenges on know when to use what solution. By attending this session, you will learn how to create and use copilots to create results that are captivating, relevant, and personalized to you and your organization.
- Learn how to use Copilot Studio to design and customize your own Copilot
- Discover how to integrate Copilot with Azure AI Studio to enhance your solutions
- Gain knowledge on how to create captivating, relevant, and personalized results using CopilotRoom 8Wed 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Roundtable Discussion - Real World Copilot
Join us for an engaging and informal gathering where participants delve into topics that matter to them. Roundtable Discussions are a space for sharing ideas, perspectives, and experiences with other attendees. Pull up a chair, and let’s exchange insights!
Room 3Wed 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Microsoft AI Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Copilots
Struggling to keep up with all the latest Microsoft AI announcements? Not sure what to make of all these various Copilots? Copilot for Sales, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, etc. You're in good company. Come join me to learn about the rich ecosystem of Copilots and how to get started on your AI Journey.
Why Attend?
- Help to understand all of Microsoft's Copilot offerings
- Learn lessons from Slalom's Microsoft 365 Copilot Early Access Preview Program
- Build your own Copilot Roadmap
Key Learnings and Takeaways:
- Which personas align to which Copilots
- How do you get started with Copilot within your organization
- How to measure value for your GenAI investment
Who Should Attend:
This session is ideal for anyone responsible for purchasing, influencing, or driving the adoption of collaboration solutions within their organization. Whether you’re an AI expert or early on in your journey, you’ll find valuable insights and actionable knowledge.Room BWed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
Build Your Own Copilot (Jarvis) with Copilot Studio 🤖
Join me for an exciting session where we delve into the world of Copilot Studio, a revolutionary platform that empowers developers to build their own custom coding assistants inspired by the capabilities of Copilot. Whether you're a seasoned developer looking to streamline your workflow or a curious enthusiast eager to explore the possibilities of AI-driven development tools, this session is for you.
Throughout this interactive session, participants will:
- Introduction to Copilot Studio: Gain a comprehensive understanding of Copilot Studio and how it empowers developers to create personalized coding assistants. Learn about the underlying AI technologies and the philosophy behind Copilot Studio's design.
- Designing Your Assistant: Explore the intuitive interface of Copilot Studio as we guide you through the process of designing your own coding assistant. From defining coding preferences to customizing language models, discover how to tailor your assistant to suit your unique coding style and requirements.
- Training Your Assistant: Dive into the training process as we demonstrate how to teach your assistant to understand context, identify patterns, and generate relevant code suggestions. Learn best practices for optimizing training data and fine-tuning your assistant's performance.
- Integrating with Your IDE: Explore seamless integration options that allow you to leverage your custom coding assistant directly within your preferred integrated development environment (IDE), whether it's Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, or others. Discover how to enhance your coding experience and boost productivity with intelligent assistance at your fingertips.
- Advanced Features and Use Cases: Delve deeper into advanced features and use cases of Copilot Studio, such as collaboration tools, version control integration, and plugin development. Gain insights into how developers around the world are leveraging custom coding assistants to accelerate their workflows and unlock new possibilities.
By the end of this session, participants will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to embark on their journey of building and customizing their own Copilot-inspired coding assistants with Copilot Studio. Whether you're looking to streamline your development process, explore AI-driven coding assistance, or push the boundaries of innovation, Copilot Studio offers limitless opportunities to unleash your creativity and elevate your coding experience.Room 6Wed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
Attainable AI – Real World Artificial Intelligence for Everyone
Why has your organization not embraced AI yet? Cost? Complexity? No perceived business value? Thanks to Azure and Microsoft 365, AI is not only cost-effective (sometimes free) and easy to use, there are many real-world use-case scenarios that you can take advantage of today without having to be a developer. Attend this demo-packed session to learn how quick and easy it is to get started with AI in your organization to create bots, translate conversations, identify objects in pictures, and more!
Room 2Thu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Best Practices for Deploying Copilot in Microsoft 365
Generative AI is everywhere – but turning it on for everyone and hoping for the best is never a plan for success. In this session, we’ll review core elements of Copilot readiness – from content management and governance, security, deployment, and adoption, using tools from SharePoint Premium, Purview, and Microsoft Viva.
Room BThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Knowledge Management Strategies for Microsoft 365 in the Copilot World
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.Room DThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Power Apps Evolution of Efficiency: 10 Methods That Have Transformed Over Time
In recent years, the Power Apps canvas app landscape has experienced a rapid evolution, characterized by the constant release of innovative features and tools. This continuous stream of advancements has inevitably changed the way you approach app development. Join Daniel Christian, a Microsoft MVP and certified trainer and he walks you through 10 methods of his app development that have transformed over time. This includes database planning, app designing, building and permissions management and how to make it all easier using Copilot.
Room 7Thu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Unlock AI Potential: Prepare and Enable Copilot for Microsoft 365
Are you looking to maximize the effectiveness of Copilot for Microsoft 365?
Join this new AvePoint session to learn how to prepare, secure, and optimize your data for Copilot, ensuring you get the most out of this powerful tool. We'll walk and talk you through the 3 essential steps to unlocking potential with Copilot for Microsoft 365.
What we'll cover:
Preparing Your Data for Copilot
- Understand the relationship between Microsoft 365 content and Copilot for Microsoft 365
- Assess and improve your Microsoft 365 content for quality and business relevance to ensure effective Copilot recommendations and content generation
Securing Your Data for Copilot
- Understand how Copilot can highlight and intensify the risks of overshared, sensitive content in Microsoft 365
- Conduct an effective, risk-based review of overshared content across your Microsoft 365 tenant(s) and create a prioritized action plan to remediate before Copilot deployment
- Implement automated security and configuration policies across Microsoft 365 services to detect and remediate high-risk sharing activity.
Optimizing Your Operations for Copilot
- Create and implement go-forward governance rules to ensure that new sites, groups, teams, and other collaborative objects are classified with business-related metadata, have defined data owners, and have appropriate policies assigned to ensure data security and access management
- Implement automated information and content lifecycle policies to minimize the growth of redundant, obsolete, and trivial content (ROT) over time, which decreases data quality
- Measure Copilot adoption and ROI by department and use-caseRoom BThu 12:50 pm - 1:20 pm -
Revolutionizing Knowledge Work with Automation and Microsoft Copilot
Want to supercharge your team's productivity with cutting-edge AI? Join us for an exclusive demo of how an AI functionality, and seamless Microsoft Copilot integration, is transforming the way knowledge work is done.
See firsthand how your organization can accelerate day-to-day tasks like automated meeting minutes, email summaries, and document drafting. With Knowledge Work Automation powered with GenAi your team can focus on high-value work while AI takes care of the tedious details.
In this session, you'll discover:
• AI-Powered Summaries: How to generate smart, concise document summaries, making it faster to grasp key insights.
• Language-Independent Queries: Effortlessly ask questions and get answers across languages with AI-driven search capabilities.
• Streamlined Information Discovery: Cut through the data clutter and find what you need in seconds, saving valuable time.
• Uncompromised Compliance and Security: Ensure your AI solutions are secure, while adhering to industry regulations.
• Enhanced Collaboration with M365 Copilot: Seamlessly publish and share information with Copilot ensuring your team sees only what they need.Room 1Thu 12:50 pm - 1:20 pm -
Securely Operationalizing AI in Days from the Azure Marketplace
Join us for an engaging session where we will explore how KnowledgeLake empowers organizations to operationalize AI in just days through its seamless integration with the Azure Marketplace. This session will take you beyond the hype and delve into the practical benefits of rapid AI deployment, focusing on real-world use cases that illustrate how businesses have leveraged AI to transform their operations with minimal training.
Our discussion will highlight the advantages of operationalizing AI through the Azure Marketplace for enhanced efficiency, automation, and document processing. We'll also cover essential strategies for ensuring data security, emphasizing how to protect your sensitive information and prevent it from becoming part of any public AI model. We’ll conclude with a Q&A session to discuss how you can use AI to enhance efficiency across your organization.
Key takeaways from this session will include:
• Rapid Deployment: Understand how KnowledgeLake’s integration with the Azure Marketplace facilitates rapid AI implementation without the need for extensive training.
• Real-World Use Cases: Explore examples of organizations that have effectively operationalized AI.
• Efficiency in Workflows: Discover how AI can streamline workflows and automate processes to save your organization significant time and resources.
• Enhanced Document Processing: Learn how AI improves document handling, driving speed and efficiency across your organization.
• Getting Started: Identify immediate actions you can take to leverage AI effectively in your business today.Room 7Thu 12:50 pm - 1:20 pm -
Enhance Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Graph with your own data
In this session, we explore how to leverage Microsoft Graph to seamlessly integrate custom data into your Microsoft 365 environment, resulting in optimal output when using Copilot. Furthermore, we explore a Microsoft Teams sample bot that seamlessly incorporates personalized data to provide relevant answers and perform actions. Join and see how to integrate custom data into M365 Copilot!
Room 7Thu 1:30 pm - 2:40 pm -
Implementing Microsoft 365 for Small Businesses and Nonprofits
Explore the Microsoft 365 suite through the lens of a grassroots nonprofit. In this session, discover how to move past resource constraints by harnessing free technology resources to improve inefficient processes (like contract management), enhance internal communication and collaboration (through intranet development), and increase productivity (with a seamless cross-functional action item tracker).
We will share practical insights, guiding you through the steps needed to implement these solutions in your environment, and a litany of cost-free resources that can empower your journey using Microsoft 365 to increase your organization's productivity, communication, and collaboration.Room 1Thu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Copilot- A Guide to Hacking, Managing, Securing Your Data
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.
Room CThu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Hyperautomation in Procure-to-Pay: Revolutionizing Efficiency with AI Builder and Azure
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.Room 6Thu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Level Up Your Copilot: Building Copilot Plugins
In today's fast-paced development landscape, streamlining workflows and boosting productivity is paramount. Enter Copilot plugins - powerful extensions that supercharge your coding experience within Microsoft's AI-powered code completion tool. This session delves into the exciting world of Copilot plugin development, equipping you with the knowledge and tools to unlock its full potential.
What You'll Learn:
The Power of Copilot Plugins: Discover how custom plugins extend Copilot's capabilities, enabling tailored code generation, automation of repetitive tasks, and integration with your favorite developer tools.
Demystifying Plugin Development: Explore the core concepts of building Copilot plugins. We'll break down the development process, from understanding the plugin architecture to utilizing JavaScript APIs for interaction with Copilot.
Building Your First Plugin: Get hands-on by crafting a basic Copilot plugin that addresses a specific coding need. We'll walk you through the steps of creating the plugin structure, defining functionalities, and integrating it with Copilot.
Advanced Techniques: Uncover advanced plugin development concepts, including handling user input, working with different code formats, and leveraging external APIs to enrich your plugins.
Real-World Use Cases: Gain inspiration from practical examples of how developers leverage Copilot plugins to automate code generation, insert boilerplate code, and streamline development workflows across various coding languages and frameworks.Room 7Thu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
The Hive Mind: Copilot Learnings from the Community
Let's talk about real-world preparation Microsoft Copilot! Yes, it can transform modern work, if the implementation is done correctly.
Joy and her colleagues surveyed leading M365 experts on how to make Copilot a success. This session brings those insights to you!
We'll dive into:
*Expectations vs. Reality
*Three Facets of Copilot Readiness
*Technical- Essential technical preparations for Copilot.
*People- Strategies for engaging your team with Copilot.
*Content- The role of content in optimizing Copilot's performance.
*Starting Points- Leave with practical steps to embark on your Copilot journey.
Join Joy Apple as she dives into Copilot readiness, ensuring you have the knowledge to move forward with confidence.Room AFri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
OneDrive: AI innovations for a new era of work
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.Room CFri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Two Guys and A Copilot - The DnA Show!
Daniel and Andy (DnA) are two guys who work for enterprise level companies and must deal with day-to-day tasks that can be both time consuming and mundane. However, now with Copilot available across several Microsoft cloud services, these two Microsoft MVPs are finding ways to making their jobs a lot easier and, in some cases, automated.
So, join them as these two guys show share their tips and tricks with you to make your jobs easier and make you look like Copilot superstars. This session will cover both Power Platform and Microsoft 365 Copilot features.Room AFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Next-Gen SharePoint: Elevating Collaboration with Copilot & Premium Integration
In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, SharePoint continues to stand at the forefront of collaborative innovation. The introduction of Copilot in SharePoint marks a new chapter in its journey, offering unparalleled advancements in AI-driven collaboration and productivity. SharePoint Premium on the other hand helps you automate extracting data from your content to enhance your organization’s road to better compliance.
In this session, we will dive on how you can use AI in SharePoint to create Copilot custom models to generate files, and leverage SharePoint Premium to automate the content processing and extraction of your data.
You will learn how you can create an end-to-end solution for your users to enhance their collaboration using custom Copilot models in SharePoint, and to eliminate the manual document processing.Room 9Fri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Intranet Surgery: How Copilot and Viva Connections can give your intranet a makeover
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.Room DFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Build your own Copilot within Microsoft 365 with your own data
In this session, we build a sample Copilot solution for Microsoft 365, integrate it into Microsoft Teams and show you how you can add your custom documents as an AI source. Join and see how to integrate custom data into M365 Copilot! We show you solutions starting with Copilot Studio to Azure openAI.
Room AFri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Effortless Conversations: Simplifying Chat Creation with Microsoft Copilot Studio
Microsoft Copilot Studio makes creating chatbots as easy as 1, 2, 3. The generative A.I. feature is able to take natural language from end-users and helps transform that into bot logic which can also be extended to Microsoft 365. Join Daniel Christian, a Microsoft MVP and certified trainer as he shows you how sophisticated artificial intelligence, Copilot Studio allows you to build intelligent chatbots with minimal effort by seamlessly integrating existing content from platforms like SharePoint. Embrace the future of chatbot development with AI that transforms your content into engaging and functional chat experiences effortlessly.
Room 5Fri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Overcoming Digital Debt and Embracing AI in the Workplace
As we stand at the forefront of an AI digital evolution, we face the dual challenge of navigating the complexities of "digital debt" and ethically integrating AI technologies into our organizations. In this session, we'll explore the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the workplace, emphasizing its capacity to enhance productivity and amplify human creativity, and present a strategy for overcoming "digital debt" including:
1. Understanding Digital Debt: Learn strategies to mitigate digital debt, emphasizing strategic, long-term digital adoption plans.
2. Harnessing AI's Power: Discover AI's role in automating tasks and providing insights to enhance workplace efficiency.
3. Cultivating AI Fluency Among Employees: Explore the importance of AI education, tailored training, and continuous learning for workforce empowerment.
5. Navigating Ethical and Practical Dilemmas: Address ethical AI deployment with a focus on data privacy, bias avoidance, and human-centric approaches.
5. Future-Proofing the Workplace: Discuss fostering a culture of innovation through partnerships and knowledge-sharing platforms to stay ahead in AI advancements.Room 7Fri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Make Microsoft 365 Copilot your own with Microsoft Copilot Studio and Graph Connectors
Join us to learn how to enhance Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 with your organizational knowledge by leveraging the power of Microsoft Graph using Graph connectors. Microsoft Copilot Studio, with the power of Graph correctors, allows you to ground copilots with your content and data, bringing additional value to your Microsoft Copilot investment.
In this session, we will demonstrate the process of using Microsoft Copilot Studio and Graph connectors to improve how Copilot works for your organization. You will leave this session equipped with the knowledge and practical steps necessary to optimize Copilot for Microsoft 365 for your organization.
- Discover how to enhance Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 with your organizational knowledge
- Learn how to leverage the power of Microsoft Graph connectors using Microsoft Copilot Studio
- Gain practical knowledge and steps to optimize Copilot for Microsoft 365 for your needsRoom AFri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
Upgrade your Company Operating System with Microsoft Viva
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.
Room 1Fri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
Enhancing Communication and Collaboration through Customized Search Experiences
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)Room DFri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
Practical AI Everyday applications for IT life
In this session, we dive into the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence in Information Technology roles. As AI technology evolves, its applications permeate our daily tasks, offering unprecedented efficiency, creativity, and problem-solving capabilities. We will explore how tools like ChatGPT-4 are revolutionizing traditional IT roles, from automating routine tasks to enhancing complex problem-solving. Attend this session to gain insights into AI’s practical uses from programming assistance and data analysis to personal assistance and content generation. The session will highlight AI's role in creative processes within tasks, such as algorithmic design, user experience enhancements, and innovative solution development. Through real-world examples (like assisting in this session description) and interactive demonstrations, this presentation aims to showcase its potential to optimize, innovate, and streamline everyday operations. Whether you're an IT professional, a developer, or simply looking for help with everyday tasks, this session will equip you with an understanding of how to integrate AI into your daily practice, paving the way for smarter, more efficient work environments.
Room 7Fri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm
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A Deep Dive into Copilot Studio
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 StudioRoom DTue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
Pro Code and Low Code Developer Story on Copilot Development
This session is an introductory level into building your own Copilot/copilot extensions whether you are a Builder or a Maker/ Low Code Dev / Pro Code Dev. Come and see what that developer experience looks like.
Come and see demos in one modality and the other.Room 5Wed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Demystifying Copilot Studio
Copilot Studio offers the power of bringing Copilots to the masses! Now anyone can create their own Copilot and harness the power of Generative AI! But what's the real story? What are the costs of Copilot Studio? What is the cost? How does it integrate with Microsoft 365 Copilot?
Join this demo-packed session with Copilot veteran Mark Rackley and discover the truth beyond the marketing.Room 5Wed 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Adapting Copilots to maximize value for your organization
In this session, we will explore the process of selecting the most suitable Copilot solution for your specific use cases. We’ll demonstrate how Copilot Studio can help you design and customize your own Copilot or enhance Microsoft 365 Copilot with your own plugins. Additionally, we’ll show you how to integrate Copilot with Azure AI Studio to add skills such as natural language generation, sentiment analysis, image captioning, and other AI capabilities.
Maximize your organization’s AI driven experiences with custom copilots. With different options available including Copilot Studio, Azure AI Studio, and Generative Answers, you may run into challenges on know when to use what solution. By attending this session, you will learn how to create and use copilots to create results that are captivating, relevant, and personalized to you and your organization.
- Learn how to use Copilot Studio to design and customize your own Copilot
- Discover how to integrate Copilot with Azure AI Studio to enhance your solutions
- Gain knowledge on how to create captivating, relevant, and personalized results using CopilotRoom 8Wed 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Build Your Own Copilot (Jarvis) with Copilot Studio 🤖
Join me for an exciting session where we delve into the world of Copilot Studio, a revolutionary platform that empowers developers to build their own custom coding assistants inspired by the capabilities of Copilot. Whether you're a seasoned developer looking to streamline your workflow or a curious enthusiast eager to explore the possibilities of AI-driven development tools, this session is for you.
Throughout this interactive session, participants will:
- Introduction to Copilot Studio: Gain a comprehensive understanding of Copilot Studio and how it empowers developers to create personalized coding assistants. Learn about the underlying AI technologies and the philosophy behind Copilot Studio's design.
- Designing Your Assistant: Explore the intuitive interface of Copilot Studio as we guide you through the process of designing your own coding assistant. From defining coding preferences to customizing language models, discover how to tailor your assistant to suit your unique coding style and requirements.
- Training Your Assistant: Dive into the training process as we demonstrate how to teach your assistant to understand context, identify patterns, and generate relevant code suggestions. Learn best practices for optimizing training data and fine-tuning your assistant's performance.
- Integrating with Your IDE: Explore seamless integration options that allow you to leverage your custom coding assistant directly within your preferred integrated development environment (IDE), whether it's Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, or others. Discover how to enhance your coding experience and boost productivity with intelligent assistance at your fingertips.
- Advanced Features and Use Cases: Delve deeper into advanced features and use cases of Copilot Studio, such as collaboration tools, version control integration, and plugin development. Gain insights into how developers around the world are leveraging custom coding assistants to accelerate their workflows and unlock new possibilities.
By the end of this session, participants will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to embark on their journey of building and customizing their own Copilot-inspired coding assistants with Copilot Studio. Whether you're looking to streamline your development process, explore AI-driven coding assistance, or push the boundaries of innovation, Copilot Studio offers limitless opportunities to unleash your creativity and elevate your coding experience.Room 6Wed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
Roundtable Discussion - All Things Power Platform & Copilot Studio
Join us for an engaging and informal gathering where participants delve into topics that matter to them. Roundtable Discussions are a space for sharing ideas, perspectives, and experiences with other attendees. Pull up a chair, and let’s exchange insights!
Room 3Wed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
Roundtable Discussion - Copilot Studio and Copilot Extensibility
Join us for an engaging and informal gathering where participants delve into topics that matter to them. Roundtable Discussions are a space for sharing ideas, perspectives, and experiences with other attendees. Pull up a chair, and let’s exchange insights!
Room 3Thu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Enhance Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Graph with your own data
In this session, we explore how to leverage Microsoft Graph to seamlessly integrate custom data into your Microsoft 365 environment, resulting in optimal output when using Copilot. Furthermore, we explore a Microsoft Teams sample bot that seamlessly incorporates personalized data to provide relevant answers and perform actions. Join and see how to integrate custom data into M365 Copilot!
Room 7Thu 1:30 pm - 2:40 pm -
Level Up Your Copilot: Building Copilot Plugins
In today's fast-paced development landscape, streamlining workflows and boosting productivity is paramount. Enter Copilot plugins - powerful extensions that supercharge your coding experience within Microsoft's AI-powered code completion tool. This session delves into the exciting world of Copilot plugin development, equipping you with the knowledge and tools to unlock its full potential.
What You'll Learn:
The Power of Copilot Plugins: Discover how custom plugins extend Copilot's capabilities, enabling tailored code generation, automation of repetitive tasks, and integration with your favorite developer tools.
Demystifying Plugin Development: Explore the core concepts of building Copilot plugins. We'll break down the development process, from understanding the plugin architecture to utilizing JavaScript APIs for interaction with Copilot.
Building Your First Plugin: Get hands-on by crafting a basic Copilot plugin that addresses a specific coding need. We'll walk you through the steps of creating the plugin structure, defining functionalities, and integrating it with Copilot.
Advanced Techniques: Uncover advanced plugin development concepts, including handling user input, working with different code formats, and leveraging external APIs to enrich your plugins.
Real-World Use Cases: Gain inspiration from practical examples of how developers leverage Copilot plugins to automate code generation, insert boilerplate code, and streamline development workflows across various coding languages and frameworks.Room 7Thu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Build your own Copilot within Microsoft 365 with your own data
In this session, we build a sample Copilot solution for Microsoft 365, integrate it into Microsoft Teams and show you how you can add your custom documents as an AI source. Join and see how to integrate custom data into M365 Copilot! We show you solutions starting with Copilot Studio to Azure openAI.
Room AFri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Effortless Conversations: Simplifying Chat Creation with Microsoft Copilot Studio
Microsoft Copilot Studio makes creating chatbots as easy as 1, 2, 3. The generative A.I. feature is able to take natural language from end-users and helps transform that into bot logic which can also be extended to Microsoft 365. Join Daniel Christian, a Microsoft MVP and certified trainer as he shows you how sophisticated artificial intelligence, Copilot Studio allows you to build intelligent chatbots with minimal effort by seamlessly integrating existing content from platforms like SharePoint. Embrace the future of chatbot development with AI that transforms your content into engaging and functional chat experiences effortlessly.
Room 5Fri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Make Microsoft 365 Copilot your own with Microsoft Copilot Studio and Graph Connectors
Join us to learn how to enhance Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 with your organizational knowledge by leveraging the power of Microsoft Graph using Graph connectors. Microsoft Copilot Studio, with the power of Graph correctors, allows you to ground copilots with your content and data, bringing additional value to your Microsoft Copilot investment.
In this session, we will demonstrate the process of using Microsoft Copilot Studio and Graph connectors to improve how Copilot works for your organization. You will leave this session equipped with the knowledge and practical steps necessary to optimize Copilot for Microsoft 365 for your organization.
- Discover how to enhance Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 with your organizational knowledge
- Learn how to leverage the power of Microsoft Graph connectors using Microsoft Copilot Studio
- Gain practical knowledge and steps to optimize Copilot for Microsoft 365 for your needsRoom AFri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm
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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.Room 1Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Maximizing Copilot: Preparing Your Content and People
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the largest user interface paradigm shift in 60 years. It will inherently shift how we interact with content and complete tasks moving forward. How can you organize, secure, and process your content in Microsoft 365 to maximize its value and prepare it for the next-generation AI assistant- Microsoft 365 Copilot?
In this workshop, we will cover:
Technical insights: Understand the differences between natural language search and semantic indexes, along with best practices for information architecture.
Effective search strategies: Explore when to leverage Copilot versus Microsoft search for optimal results to support the findability and discoverability of business-critical content.
Preparing your content: Perform a security and governance audit and adjust search or permission settings before content is unintentionally exposed through new AI tools.
Integrating Copilot into your daily workflow: Understand the new user experience behaviors emerging and learn better practices for launching Copilot to your organization so employees can unlock the full potential of AI-driven productivity.
By the end of the workshop, you will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to effectively organize your Microsoft 365 content in SharePoint Online, enabling you to harness the power of Copilot and unleash the knowledge stored in your organization.Room ATue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
How to Maximize Your Intranet Potential with Out-of-the-Box Features in Microsoft 365 and SharePoint
Microsoft 365 is packed with powerful tools and features for building an effective intranet. But with so many options, it can be overwhelming to know where to start. In this presentation, we'll take a deep dive into the "out-of-the-box" features of SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 and show you how to leverage them to build an intranet that meets your organization's unique needs.
From creating and organizing content with SharePoint to enhancing communication with Teams and Viva Engage, we'll cover everything you need to get started, including new capabilities like the Brand Center and Copilot for SharePoint.
By the end of the workshop, you'll have a solid understanding of the key features of SharePoint Online and how to use them to build an intranet that helps your organization communicate, collaborate, and succeed. You will also understand what is possible “in the box” and where you may want to invest in third party solutions or custom development.Room CTue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
The Practical Nature of Working in the Future Present
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.General Session RoomWed 8:30 am - 9:40 am -
Navigating Copilot: Unleashing the Power of Intelligent Intranet Content
How do you design your message in the age of AI to successfully communicate necessary information and actions while driving engagement across the organization? On an average day, an office worker is inundated with 121 emails. Within this influx, crucial company updates, actionable tasks, and potentially irrelevant information are embedded. On top of these emails, there are Teams chats and a seemingly infinite stream of notifications, prompting many employees to turn to artificial intelligence for help in summarizing content and addressing queries.
In this session, we will take a user-centric approach to strengthen your ability to communicate in a way that fits the needs and expectations of your audience. We will discuss the steps for writing effectively for the web through organizing content, designing pages, and sharing to relevant audiences.
You will walk away from this session with actionable steps to create more engaging and inclusive content in Microsoft 365 by focusing on the audience's goals and mental models, accessibility, and user experience best practices.Room 8Wed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Integrating Forms with Teams for Real-time Responses
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.Room 1Wed 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Empowering corporate communications with Microsoft 365
Creating and delivering compelling and consistent corporate communications messages across multiple channels can be challenging, especially in the fast-paced and dynamic business environment. In this session, you will learn tips and best practices to improve internal communications. We will talk about new and emerging capabilities in SharePoint News and Viva Engage along with premium capabilities available with Viva Amplify and Copilot. Whether you’re a seasoned communicator or a curious novice, this session promises actionable insights, practical tips, and a dash of innovation.
Room AWed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
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.Room 1Thu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Extending Microsoft 365: Exploring the Art of the Possible
Ever felt like the world of Microsoft 365 is a maze? You’re not alone! In this session, we’ll take a journey together through real-life examples where we’ve turned the complexity of Microsoft 365 into simple, automated solutions.
We’ll start from the basics, exploring out-of-the-box and low-code options, and gradually move towards creating custom self-hosted solutions. Extending Microsoft 365 is not limited to just creating web parts and by the end of this session, you’ll be inspired to see how you can make Microsoft 365 work for you in ways you’ve never imagined before. So, whether you’re a beginner or have some experience under your belt, join us as we unravel the exciting possibilities of extending Microsoft 365!Room 6Thu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Knowledge Management Strategies for Microsoft 365 in the Copilot World
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.Room DThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Decoding User Behavior with Heatmaps and Session Recordings of your SharePoint Sites
Want to get inside the minds of your SharePoint users without relying on hit-or-miss surveys to increase digital adoption? This eye-opening session will show you how to leverage the free Microsoft Clarity product for real-time user behavioral analytics in SharePoint.
Learn how to spot popular pages, dead clicks, rage clicks, and more in your SharePoint environment to improve user training and support initiatives. You will learn first how to deploy Microsoft Clarity and then utilize heatmaps, session recordings and other dashboard insights to identify key areas where users struggle so you know exactly what to focus on. Don't miss out on this chance to revamp how you better understand and support your SharePoint users!Room 1Thu 1:30 pm - 2:40 pm -
Implementing Microsoft 365 for Small Businesses and Nonprofits
Explore the Microsoft 365 suite through the lens of a grassroots nonprofit. In this session, discover how to move past resource constraints by harnessing free technology resources to improve inefficient processes (like contract management), enhance internal communication and collaboration (through intranet development), and increase productivity (with a seamless cross-functional action item tracker).
We will share practical insights, guiding you through the steps needed to implement these solutions in your environment, and a litany of cost-free resources that can empower your journey using Microsoft 365 to increase your organization's productivity, communication, and collaboration.Room 1Thu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Roundtable Discussion - Intranet Design & Information Architecture
Join us for an engaging and informal gathering where participants delve into topics that matter to them. Roundtable Discussions are a space for sharing ideas, perspectives, and experiences with other attendees. Pull up a chair, and let’s exchange insights!
Room 3Fri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Intranet Surgery: How Copilot and Viva Connections can give your intranet a makeover
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.Room DFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
What's all the hype about SharePoint/OneDrive hybrid
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.Room 8Fri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Knowledge Management within Microsoft 365 without Viva Topics
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.Room 8Fri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Enhancing Communication and Collaboration through Customized Search Experiences
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)Room DFri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm
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Enhance Business Efficiency with Copilot for Microsoft 365 and Power Platform
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.Room AMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Extend Copilot for Microsoft 365 to get the most out of your investment!
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.
Room 2Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Power Automate Multi-Stage Approval Workflows - Workshop
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.Room BTue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Real World Solutions Built with Microsoft 365
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.Room DTue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
Intro to Power Apps for Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Lists
If you create business solutions with SharePoint lists
If you surface information and solutions via Microsoft Teams or SharePoint
If you're concerned with the potential complexity of Power Apps
This session will show why Power Apps canvas apps should be considered part of your toolset.
We will cover:
- Simple extensions of the SharePoint list experience with Power Apps
- How to take data from SharePoint lists to Teams and mobile experiences
- Power Apps examples that bring immediate value and set the stage for further enhancementsRoom AWed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
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!
Room DWed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
What’s New with OneDrive?
Have you seen all the new features in OneDrive within Microsoft 365? It doesn't matter if you're just getting started or a OneDrive expert, there will always be new functionality like AI coming around and OneDrive is no exception. Join me as we walk through the newest improvements to the world of OneDrive in a session filled with demos and examples to see what you need to know that's new that will affect you and your organization.
Room 7Wed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
TMO (Too Many Options) In M365?
Is the confusion of TMO (Too Many Options) in M365 getting to you?
SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Yammer, Outlook... When do we use what for communication? Collaboration?
In this session Joy will break down our Microsoft 365 options and bring clarity on how the M365 tools work better together for collaboration. We'll address leveraging our "Swiss Army Knife" of applications to be better equipped when communicating with the various audiences we interact with day in and day out.Room AWed 11:40 am - 12:50 pm -
10 Must Dos for Success Copilot Adoption and Usage
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.
Room DWed 11:40 am - 12:50 pm -
Microsoft Loop: The Essential Tool for Microsoft 365 Users!
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!Room DWed 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Stages and State Machines: The Best Way to Model and Manage Workflows
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.Room 9Wed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
Roundtable Discussion - Microsoft Lists
Join us for an engaging and informal gathering where participants delve into topics that matter to them. Roundtable Discussions are a space for sharing ideas, perspectives, and experiences with other attendees. Pull up a chair, and let’s exchange insights!
Room 3Thu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Top 10 Tips for Improving IT Security and Reducing Costs
Ransomware attacks are increasing at a near exponential velocity. To not just survive the onslaught, but to
get ahead is no longer optional to use all the tools in your IT kit to the fullest. However, the industry is not
using properly leveraging the power of their endpoint management and security solutions to combat
ransomware. Best-in-class solutions can leverage automation to detect and remediate both software-based
vulnerabilities and in-progress ransomware attacks.
Tune in this to webinar to learn tips and tricks for fighting ransomware, improving security, and reducing
costs simultaneously. During this session we’ll cover both software-based and process-based tips for
hardening, securing, and protecting your data, network, and users from attack.
We'll also discuss what key features you should be leveraging to deliver best-in-class IT security such as
patching, configuration hardening, and ransomware detection.
Equip yourself with the knowledge to boost your cybersecurity defenses and stay ahead of ransomware
attacks. Join us to learn how to proactively protect your organization's assetsRoom AThu 12:50 pm - 1:20 pm -
Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
The industry's leading Microsoft 365 backup solution-Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365- is now delivered as a service.
18M+ Microsoft 365 users protected
Over a decade of continuous innovation
Key Microsoft 365 Back partnerRoom CThu 12:50 pm - 1:20 pm -
Advanced Techniques for Microsoft 365 Data Protection
In today’s always-on world, data protection is critical. As businesses increasingly rely on cloud services like Microsoft 365, safeguarding your data is more essential than ever. Join this session to explore data protection best practices specifically tailored to Microsoft 365, with additional insights for Google Workspace users. Hosted by Backupify, a leading cloud-to-cloud backup provider, this session will equip you with the tools to defend against accidental deletions, malicious attacks, and other threats.
We will cover:
o The modern threat landscape for Microsoft 365.
o Understanding your role in the shared responsibility model.
o Best practices for SaaS backup, with a focus on Microsoft 365.
o Advanced security measures and protections for cloud data.
Whether you're an IT professional, system administrator, or business leader, this session offers actionable insights and practical advice to enhance data protection for Microsoft 365 and ensure business continuity.Room DThu 12:50 pm - 1:20 pm -
Forms, Forms, and more Forms. Data gathering for the modern info worker
Microsoft List (and SharePoint) forms, Forms with Power Apps, and Microsoft Forms. Which one (or more) should you use, and when?
This session will walk through updated capabilities and options available to no-code makers and citizen developers when building solutions with forms.Room 5Thu 1:30 pm - 2:40 pm -
Copilot- A Guide to Hacking, Managing, Securing Your Data
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.
Room CThu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
OneDrive: AI innovations for a new era of work
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.Room CFri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Two Guys and A Copilot - The DnA Show!
Daniel and Andy (DnA) are two guys who work for enterprise level companies and must deal with day-to-day tasks that can be both time consuming and mundane. However, now with Copilot available across several Microsoft cloud services, these two Microsoft MVPs are finding ways to making their jobs a lot easier and, in some cases, automated.
So, join them as these two guys show share their tips and tricks with you to make your jobs easier and make you look like Copilot superstars. This session will cover both Power Platform and Microsoft 365 Copilot features.Room AFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Planner and Power Platform: Boosting collaboration and visibility
With remote work and an excess of meetings to join every day, it can be hard to find time to sync every task you are working on with your entire team. This can lead to redundant tasks being performed and uneven distribution of work in a team. Finding the right solution to this problem can be time-consuming and fail adoption. The answer is to make it easy and accessible. In this session, we will take a deeper look at how to automate Microsoft Planner with Power Automate, view and modify reporting data with PowerBI, and make this easily accessible in Microsoft Teams.
Room 2Fri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
What's all the hype about SharePoint/OneDrive hybrid
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.Room 8Fri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Roundtable Discussion -Tech Skill Management - Skilling up and Keeping up
Connect with community members in a moderated session to share pains, perspectives, and ideas with each other regarding technical skills and keeping up with rapid product change.
Share your experiences, successes, and failures when it comes to keeping individuals, teams, and organizations up to speed with products and capabilities and making the most of M365 for your business.Room 3Fri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Managing the pace of change - Microsoft 365 Adoption & Champions Program
This session will guide participants through effective strategies for navigating and accelerating the adoption of Microsoft 365 within their organizations. Attendees will learn how to manage change by leveraging the Champions Program, which empowers users to become advocates and experts. The session will explore practical approaches to driving user engagement, enhancing productivity, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and adaptation in the face of evolving technologies. Participants will leave with actionable insights to optimize their Microsoft 365 rollout and sustain long-term success.
Room 9Fri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Keep sane and organized with Microsoft Lists and Loop
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.
Room DFri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Deploy Microsoft 365 Learning Pathways to Automate Support and Training of Your Microsoft 365 Users
Are your employees utilizing Microsoft 365 to the fullest? Do they have the training and support needed to be successful in their job?
Microsoft 365 Learning Pathways is a Microsoft-built solution you can deploy to your tenant, today, for free. It creates an adoption and training center that showcases dynamic, always up-to-date content from Microsoft to support training and adoption for your end users. You can also customize it to fit the exact needs of your organization by incorporating your own training content and highlighting your events.
Come to the session and I will show you how you can deploy and get the best use out of the content from Microsoft 365 learning pathways.Room BFri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
I didn't know you could do that with OneDrive!
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.Room CFri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm
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Microsoft 365 & The Power Platform - The Ultimate Starter Kit
Microsoft 365 is the world's leading productivity suite that empowers you to work from anywhere, on any device, with a range of cloud-based apps and services. Microsoft’s Power Platform is a set of low-code or no-code solutions that enable you to build custom apps, automate workflows, and analyze data.
In this workshop, you will be provided with a detailed exploration of these platforms, incorporating examples from real-world applications. We will of course look at how Copilot integrates with each product along the way! This information is useful if you've moved to the cloud, are thinking about moving, or are still exploring its value.
Some of the topics covered:
• An overview of Microsoft’s cloud platforms and the evolution of collaboration.
• An introduction and best practices for collaborative work in Microsoft 365, encompassing Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Viva Engage.
• A primer on the Power Platform's favored tools: Power Automate, Power Apps, and Power BI.
• An in-depth look at the workings of Microsoft 365 Groups.
• Hands-on exercises and examples for integrating the Power Platform and Microsoft 365 to achieve business goals – bring your laptop and have company permission to use the services covered.
This starter kit is designed to enhance your understanding of the features within your cloud platform and learn how it can be leveraged within your organization.Room DMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
The Practical Nature of Working in the Future Present
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.General Session RoomWed 8:30 am - 9:40 am -
Power Up Teams Phone with Contact Centers
In this session, we will explore the various options available for integrating contact centers with Microsoft Teams Phone. As Teams Phone continues to see remarkable global growth, with over 20 million active users and 91% of Fortune 100 companies utilizing it, the need for modernizing contact centers alongside telephony updates has become crucial.
We will delve into the different contact center solutions that complement Teams Phone, ranging from high-end customer relationship management-focused solutions to custom-built sophisticated contact center solutions and small call centers with basic call handling. Attendees will gain insights into the common functionalities of contact centers, such as call distribution, power dialers, analytics, call recording, and more.
Additionally, we will discuss the crucial role of AI in modern contact centers, highlighting how generative AI accelerates transformation by capturing digital signals, connecting and synthesizing data, and driving efficient service. We will also cover Microsoft's contact center options, including Teams Phone's basic and advanced call control capabilities, Teams Premium add-ons, and the benefits of using certified third-party contact centers.
By the end of this session, participants will have a comprehensive understanding of how to leverage Microsoft Teams Phone with contact centers to enhance customer engagement and streamline operations.
Key Takeaways:
• Understanding the growth and impact of Microsoft Teams Phone in the enterprise landscape.
• Exploring various contact center solutions that integrate with Teams Phone.
• Learning about the common functionalities and tools used in modern contact centers.
• Discovering the role of AI in transforming contact centers.
• Evaluating Microsoft's contact center options and third-party integrations.
Target Audience: This session is ideal for IT professionals, contact center managers, and business leaders looking to modernize their contact centers and improve customer engagement using Microsoft Teams Phone.Room 9Wed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
The Future of Meetings: Navigating Microsoft Teams Premium's Advanced Features
Step into the future of corporate communication with 'The Future of Meetings: Navigating Microsoft Teams Premium's Advanced Features'. This session is a deep dive into the world of Teams Premium, showcasing its cutting-edge features designed to transform your meeting experiences. We'll explore each feature in detail, discussing its practical applications and benefits for your organization. From setting up advanced meeting options to enhancing end-user engagement, you'll gain insights into the full spectrum of Teams Premium capabilities. Our hands-on demonstrations will guide IT Admins through the configuration process while providing business leaders and corporate communications professionals with a clear view of the user experience. Whether it's about facilitating seamless large-scale webinars or conducting interactive town halls, this session is your roadmap to mastering Microsoft Teams Premium. Join us to unlock the potential of next-generation meetings and propel your organizational communication into a new era of efficiency and engagement.
Room BWed 11:40 am - 12:50 pm -
10 Must Dos for Success Copilot Adoption and Usage
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.
Room DWed 11:40 am - 12:50 pm -
Integrating Forms with Teams for Real-time Responses
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.Room 1Wed 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Get started with Adaptive Cards for Microsoft Teams using Microsoft Lists and Power Automate
Adaptive Cards are everywhere. They are an incredibly versatile way to create actionable messages in the Microsoft 365 and Power Platform ecosystem.
In this session, we will transform traditional email reminders into interactive, informative, and actionable user experiences using Adaptive Cards. We will showcase Microsoft Lists, Microsoft Teams and Power Automate using a maker approach solution development.
We hope that after this session, you'll want to integrate Adaptive Cards into every solution you build!Room 1Wed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
Deep dive into Microsoft Teams Channels
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.Room 2Wed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
Teams In The Architecture
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 teamworkRoom 2Thu 1:30 pm - 2:40 pm -
Administratively Customize Microsoft Teams to our Environment
Microsoft Teams is a powerful tool and collaborative platform for interconnecting applications. These connections span beyond just Microsoft data connection points to 100s of other applications that your ecosystem might leverage. Making these applications easy to access, making data exchange efficient for your uses, and encouraging adoption. In this session, you will learn some of the helpful frontend platforms your users can leverage and how to modify the default configurations in Teams so that each department has its tools upfront. In this session, we will examine Microsoft Teams' structure and how you can change the front-end experience for users through the Microsoft Teams Admin center.
Room DThu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Teams Emergency Operations Center - Modernizing communications in critical incidents
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.Room 9Fri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Meshing Realities: Elevating Meetings and Beyond with Microsoft Mesh
Embark on a transformative journey into the future of collaborative meetings with Microsoft Mesh. In this session, we'll delve into the intricacies of setting up Microsoft Mesh, a groundbreaking platform that seamlessly integrates the virtual and physical worlds. Discover how Mesh revolutionizes traditional meetings, fostering immersive and engaging experiences for remote participants. We'll explore the myriad possibilities that Mesh brings to the meeting room. Join us to unravel the technical nuances of Microsoft Mesh setup and unlock a new era of connected and dynamic meetings.
Room DFri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
From Chaos to Collaboration: Safe, Secure & Governed Microsoft Teams Collaboration and Meetings
Have you ever thought "My Teams environment is a mess and I need to clean it up!" or "My users don't really pay attention to how they run their Teams meetings even with sensitive topics"? Many organizations feel their Microsoft Teams environments are set up inconsistently and are not well governed or secured. As well, Microsoft Teams meetings have become a critical part of our day, every day, and its important to select the right controls and policies so that meetings are safe and secure. With the move to remote and hybrid work we saw an explosion of Teams usage and adoption! We know these methods of work are here to stay, and with that Teams usage and the number of Teams we have continues to grow. This makes the need for governance and security in Teams critical! In this session, we'll share common tips and best practices for conducting safe and secure Teams meetings. We'll also look at Teams Premium and what it provides to help run secure meetings. We'll show how to govern your Teams collaboration spaces, how to safely enable guest access, and how to secure sensitive data within Teams. Join us to learn how to move from chaos to safe, secure and well-governed Microsoft Teams collaboration!
Room CFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am
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Extend Copilot for Microsoft 365 to get the most out of your investment!
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.
Room 2Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Zero to Hero: Build Microsoft Teams App for Full Stack Developers
If you have little to no experience creating apps for Microsoft Teams using full-stack development techniques, this is for you!
After covering what tools you need to start creating Microsoft Teams Apps, you’ll learn how to build different components to extend Microsoft Teams.
This includes building personal & channel tabs (apps), bots, and message extensions for Microsoft Teams. And, you’ll learn how to take your message extensions and use them as Copilot plugins if your users have Copilot for Microsoft 365!Room 9Tue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Inject LOB and Realtime Data into Copilot for M365 with Custom Plugins
Copilot for Microsoft 365 is a game changer for business. It not only has access to the knowledge it’s been trained on, but it also has access to all the data in your Microsoft 365 tenant. But what about real-time data like inventory or customer activity? What about data from your organization’s third-party systems? That’s where custom plugins can help! In this session, learn how to build custom plugins for Copilot for Microsoft 365!
Room 2Wed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Build Solutions for Microsoft 365 with a Fluent API Library
For the most part, your imagination is the limit when it comes to extending the Microsoft 365 platform. Join me for a complete look at the PnPjs library, a collection of fluent libraries for consuming SharePoint and Microsoft Graph REST APIs that make building solutions 10x easier and faster. This free, open-source initiative, part of the Microsoft 365 & Power Platform Community can be used within the SharePoint Framework, NodeJS, or any JavaScript/TypeScript based project.
This session will cover using the library within the SharePoint Framework and Azure Functions NodeJS project. We'll cover:
• How to get started, your project template, and establishing context
• An overview of all the packages available and outline the ease of use
• More advanced scenarios like batching and cross site execution.Room 6Wed 11:40 am - 12:50 pm -
Develop your custom Teams Audit process with Flows
In large organizations, it is crucial to have governance for data and train users to be responsible with their data. Microsoft Teams owners are responsible for their team members and guests. We have developed a solution that starts an audit process and sends out one email to each team owner, asking for a confirmation with all members and a review and confirmation with Azure Logic Apps and the help of Microsoft Graph and Outlook.
You will learn how to develop your custom Teams Audit process with Azure Logic Apps and how to create flows that can be used for approval and governance processes including the technical tools to develop your organization´s secure business processes.Room 7Wed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
Extending Microsoft 365: Exploring the Art of the Possible
Ever felt like the world of Microsoft 365 is a maze? You’re not alone! In this session, we’ll take a journey together through real-life examples where we’ve turned the complexity of Microsoft 365 into simple, automated solutions.
We’ll start from the basics, exploring out-of-the-box and low-code options, and gradually move towards creating custom self-hosted solutions. Extending Microsoft 365 is not limited to just creating web parts and by the end of this session, you’ll be inspired to see how you can make Microsoft 365 work for you in ways you’ve never imagined before. So, whether you’re a beginner or have some experience under your belt, join us as we unravel the exciting possibilities of extending Microsoft 365!Room 6Thu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Your onramp to Creating Microsoft Teams apps with the Teams Toolkit for VS Code
Microsoft latest release of the Teams Toolkit (TTK) for VS Code is a huge step forward in creating Microsoft Teams apps! In this session, you’ll see how you can use the TTK to create apps and learn all the customization and cool capabilities the TTK has to offer. By the end of this session, you’ll be ready to build your first Microsoft Teams app, bot, or message extension!
Room 6Thu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Roundtable Discussion - SharePoint & Microsoft Teams Development
Join us for an engaging and informal gathering where participants delve into topics that matter to them. Roundtable Discussions are a space for sharing ideas, perspectives, and experiences with other attendees. Pull up a chair, and let’s exchange insights!
Room 3Thu 1:35 pm - 2:45 pm -
Teams Emergency Operations Center - Modernizing communications in critical incidents
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.Room 9Fri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Building reusable code libraries for extending Microsoft 365
The SharePoint framework introduced 'libraries' as a project type, and although useful for very small development projects not ideal for bigger enterprise solutions and ALM strategies. This session is going to cover end to end building a library with standard web-based building blocks, using Azure Dev Ops to create a private code artifact, and then consuming that library and others together within a SharePoint framework solution while hosting the artifacts in an Azure CDN (or bundling it in if that's more appropriate). This is powerful reusability that allow you to manage the lifecycle of different components in a way that mimics all the other packages you might consume when building your solution.
Room 6Fri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Build your own Copilot within Microsoft 365 with your own data
In this session, we build a sample Copilot solution for Microsoft 365, integrate it into Microsoft Teams and show you how you can add your custom documents as an AI source. Join and see how to integrate custom data into M365 Copilot! We show you solutions starting with Copilot Studio to Azure openAI.
Room AFri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Accelerated Development through the M365 and Power Platform Community
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.Room 1Fri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm
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Power Apps and Power Automate (Flow) for M365/SharePoint Bootcamp
Work through a common business use case to see how Power Apps and Power Automate - and their Copilot capabilities - fit into your toolset extending M365, SharePoint, and Teams.
We'll start with some brief foundation info, dig in with demos, and then let you "take the wheel" walking through hands-on examples to build a solution as we work through the day building on top of Microsoft Lists.
You'll learn about the different types of Flows that can be used with Power Automate and will create basic Flows yourself. Then, see how Flows integrate with Power Apps you've built and the list data behind them. Your instructors will be there to assist throughout the day with your questions.
Attend this workshop to get a foothold with the Power Platform. Gain the skills you'll need to immediately start customizing your Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and Teams sites with Power Apps and Power Automate.
Notes and Requirements:
To participate in the hands-on portion of this workshop, attendees should bring a laptop computer. Attendees who bring tablets, even with keyboards, will likely experience difficulties in successfully completing the labs.
We will be using Power Apps, Power Automate, Microsoft Lists, Teams, SharePoint and other Microsoft 365 components in our labs. Attendees may choose to use a personally owned or corporate Microsoft 365 tenant. If not, please register for a free Microsoft 365 Developer tenant prior to the workshop here: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/dev-program
If you will be using a company-provided laptop and will not be using your corporate tenant, please verify that you are able to connect to the Microsoft 365 environment that you will be using prior to arrival.Room CMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Advanced Power Apps and Power Automate: Workarounds for Common Problems
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 PerformanceRoom 7Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Copilot for Power Platform : Accelerating your Development with AI
Microsoft is adding AI support to the Power Platform low code development platforms called Copilot. You can use Copilot to help build your next App or Flow. Using Copilot you can use natural language to describe what you are trying to build. Copilot will return a suggested design for the app, flow, or Dataverse tables which you can then use. Copilot will also help you along the way by suggesting modifications to improve your formulas.
Copilot won't replace you as a Citizen Developer, but it will help you produce amazing apps and powerful flows in a fraction of the time.Room 7Tue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
SharePoint Data Modeling: From Requirements to Usage
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.Room 6Tue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
Intro to Power Apps for Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Lists
If you create business solutions with SharePoint lists
If you surface information and solutions via Microsoft Teams or SharePoint
If you're concerned with the potential complexity of Power Apps
This session will show why Power Apps canvas apps should be considered part of your toolset.
We will cover:
- Simple extensions of the SharePoint list experience with Power Apps
- How to take data from SharePoint lists to Teams and mobile experiences
- Power Apps examples that bring immediate value and set the stage for further enhancementsRoom AWed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Using PowerApps and Flow Together: Made for each other
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.
Room 7Wed 11:40 am - 12:50 pm -
Offline Apps Unplugged: Balancing Benefits and Drawbacks in a Connected World!
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.
Room 2Wed 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
10 new features in Power Apps everyone should know
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.Room DWed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
Drive your digital transformation with the Power Platform
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.
Room 5Thu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Power Apps Evolution of Efficiency: 10 Methods That Have Transformed Over Time
In recent years, the Power Apps canvas app landscape has experienced a rapid evolution, characterized by the constant release of innovative features and tools. This continuous stream of advancements has inevitably changed the way you approach app development. Join Daniel Christian, a Microsoft MVP and certified trainer and he walks you through 10 methods of his app development that have transformed over time. This includes database planning, app designing, building and permissions management and how to make it all easier using Copilot.
Room 7Thu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Forms, Forms, and more Forms. Data gathering for the modern info worker
Microsoft List (and SharePoint) forms, Forms with Power Apps, and Microsoft Forms. Which one (or more) should you use, and when?
This session will walk through updated capabilities and options available to no-code makers and citizen developers when building solutions with forms.Room 5Thu 1:30 pm - 2:40 pm -
Hyperautomation in Procure-to-Pay: Revolutionizing Efficiency with AI Builder and Azure
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.Room 6Thu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Create Adaptative Cards with Power Apps
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.Room 2Fri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Two Guys and A Copilot - The DnA Show!
Daniel and Andy (DnA) are two guys who work for enterprise level companies and must deal with day-to-day tasks that can be both time consuming and mundane. However, now with Copilot available across several Microsoft cloud services, these two Microsoft MVPs are finding ways to making their jobs a lot easier and, in some cases, automated.
So, join them as these two guys show share their tips and tricks with you to make your jobs easier and make you look like Copilot superstars. This session will cover both Power Platform and Microsoft 365 Copilot features.Room AFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Build a FHIR based Healthcare App on Power Platform
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.
Room 7Fri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Intro to Dataverse for M365 Makers
Dataverse, Dataverse, Dataverse… You've been hearing about it for a while but haven't checked it out yet. Now's the time. Adding Dataverse is an investment in time, skills, and licensing. Know when to engage and what to expect.
- Learn what Dataverse is and where it fits in the maker toolset.
- Cover what the differences are between Dataverse, Microsoft Lists, and other data sources and talk through some of the 'what to use when' considerations as Lists solution builders integrate with and shift to Power Platform tools.
- Get a perspective on the maker skills needed when using Dataverse and how to get started in your organization.Room 2Fri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Deploying Power Platform Components: Using Solutions
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 dependenciesRoom 2Fri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
Exploring Power Platform AI for Next-Generation Solutions
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.Room 5Fri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm
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Power Apps and Power Automate (Flow) for M365/SharePoint Bootcamp
Work through a common business use case to see how Power Apps and Power Automate - and their Copilot capabilities - fit into your toolset extending M365, SharePoint, and Teams.
We'll start with some brief foundation info, dig in with demos, and then let you "take the wheel" walking through hands-on examples to build a solution as we work through the day building on top of Microsoft Lists.
You'll learn about the different types of Flows that can be used with Power Automate and will create basic Flows yourself. Then, see how Flows integrate with Power Apps you've built and the list data behind them. Your instructors will be there to assist throughout the day with your questions.
Attend this workshop to get a foothold with the Power Platform. Gain the skills you'll need to immediately start customizing your Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and Teams sites with Power Apps and Power Automate.
Notes and Requirements:
To participate in the hands-on portion of this workshop, attendees should bring a laptop computer. Attendees who bring tablets, even with keyboards, will likely experience difficulties in successfully completing the labs.
We will be using Power Apps, Power Automate, Microsoft Lists, Teams, SharePoint and other Microsoft 365 components in our labs. Attendees may choose to use a personally owned or corporate Microsoft 365 tenant. If not, please register for a free Microsoft 365 Developer tenant prior to the workshop here: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/dev-program
If you will be using a company-provided laptop and will not be using your corporate tenant, please verify that you are able to connect to the Microsoft 365 environment that you will be using prior to arrival.Room CMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Advanced Power Apps and Power Automate: Workarounds for Common Problems
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 PerformanceRoom 7Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Power Automate Multi-Stage Approval Workflows - Workshop
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.Room BTue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Transform Daily, Mundane Repetitive Work with Robotic Process Automation
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.Room 6Tue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
Copilot for Power Platform : Accelerating your Development with AI
Microsoft is adding AI support to the Power Platform low code development platforms called Copilot. You can use Copilot to help build your next App or Flow. Using Copilot you can use natural language to describe what you are trying to build. Copilot will return a suggested design for the app, flow, or Dataverse tables which you can then use. Copilot will also help you along the way by suggesting modifications to improve your formulas.
Copilot won't replace you as a Citizen Developer, but it will help you produce amazing apps and powerful flows in a fraction of the time.Room 7Tue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
SharePoint Data Modeling: From Requirements to Usage
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.Room 6Tue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
Using PowerApps and Flow Together: Made for each other
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.
Room 7Wed 11:40 am - 12:50 pm -
Power Automate for the Absolute Beginner
If you have been wanting to get started creating Flows with Power Automate, this is your chance! In this session, you'll learn:
What can be done with Flows
How are Flows different than SharePoint Designer Workflows
How to create Flows for everyday tasks such as sending automatic reminder emails
How to create Flows from templates
The best resources for advancing your Flow skills
Where to get help
And more...
Attend this demo-rich session and start creating Flows with Power Automate today!Room AWed 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Get started with Adaptive Cards for Microsoft Teams using Microsoft Lists and Power Automate
Adaptive Cards are everywhere. They are an incredibly versatile way to create actionable messages in the Microsoft 365 and Power Platform ecosystem.
In this session, we will transform traditional email reminders into interactive, informative, and actionable user experiences using Adaptive Cards. We will showcase Microsoft Lists, Microsoft Teams and Power Automate using a maker approach solution development.
We hope that after this session, you'll want to integrate Adaptive Cards into every solution you build!Room 1Wed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
Develop your custom Teams Audit process with Flows
In large organizations, it is crucial to have governance for data and train users to be responsible with their data. Microsoft Teams owners are responsible for their team members and guests. We have developed a solution that starts an audit process and sends out one email to each team owner, asking for a confirmation with all members and a review and confirmation with Azure Logic Apps and the help of Microsoft Graph and Outlook.
You will learn how to develop your custom Teams Audit process with Azure Logic Apps and how to create flows that can be used for approval and governance processes including the technical tools to develop your organization´s secure business processes.Room 7Wed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
Drive your digital transformation with the Power Platform
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.
Room 5Thu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Power Automate Desktop: How to Automate Almost Anything
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.Room AThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Advanced workflow solutions with Power Automate
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.Room AThu 1:30 pm - 2:40 pm -
Unleash the Power of Power Automate: Automating Microsoft List Operations
Are you tired of manual and time-consuming data management in Microsoft Lists? Want to streamline your list operations and increase productivity? If so, this session is for you! Join us as we explore the power of Power Automate for Microsoft Lists. We will show you how to move and copy items between lists, including multi-select person and multi-choice values, with ease. Whether you're new to Power Automate or a seasoned user, you will leave this session with the knowledge and skills to automate your Microsoft List operations and take your productivity to the next level. Register now to unleash the power of Power Automate and streamline your Microsoft List operations!
Room AThu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Bring Your SharePoint Data to Life Using Power BI!
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!Room BThu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Hyperautomation in Procure-to-Pay: Revolutionizing Efficiency with AI Builder and Azure
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.Room 6Thu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Real World Power Automate (Cloud Flows)
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.Room BFri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Two Guys and A Copilot - The DnA Show!
Daniel and Andy (DnA) are two guys who work for enterprise level companies and must deal with day-to-day tasks that can be both time consuming and mundane. However, now with Copilot available across several Microsoft cloud services, these two Microsoft MVPs are finding ways to making their jobs a lot easier and, in some cases, automated.
So, join them as these two guys show share their tips and tricks with you to make your jobs easier and make you look like Copilot superstars. This session will cover both Power Platform and Microsoft 365 Copilot features.Room AFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Power Automate Multi-Stage Approval Workflows
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.Room BFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Deploying Power Platform Components: Using Solutions
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 dependenciesRoom 2Fri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
Exploring Power Platform AI for Next-Generation Solutions
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.Room 5Fri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
Elevate Your Power Automate Workflows with Error Handling Using Adaptive Cards in Microsoft Teams
Are you tired of receiving countless error notifications from your Power Automate Flows? Do you struggle to effectively communicate errors to your team in a user-friendly manner?
If so, this session is for you! Join us as we explore the benefits of using Adaptive Cards to handle errors in Power Automate. We will show you how to create engaging and informative error notifications that can be easily viewed and acted upon within Microsoft Teams.
Say goodbye to bland and confusing error messages, and hello to a more efficient and productive team. Register now to learn how to elevate your Power Automate Flows with effective error handling using Adaptive Cards in Microsoft Teams!Room 6Fri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm
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Power BI Bootcamp for SharePoint Professionals
NOTE: YOU WILL NEED A COMPUTER WITH THE LATEST VERSION OF POWER BI DESKTOP INSTALLED PRIOR TO WORKSHOP TIME. THIS IS A HANDS ON BOOTCAMP.
Need to create stunning dashboards from your SharePoint data?
Yes you do!
In this bootcamp, we’ll show you:
- How should I approach my BI need?
- What things should be considered when creating dashboards?
- What are the best practices?
- How much is this going to cost me to license?
- What security aspects should concern me?
Who should take this course:
If your company uses Office 365 or SharePoint 2013/2016 and you are a:
- Manager
- Business Analyst
- Power User
- SharePoint Administrator
- Consultant
If you work in these areas, you will see value:
- Marketing
- Information Technology
- Finance
- Sales
- Social Media
The class assumes no prior knowledge of Power BI and Data Concepts.
What is required for this class:
Install Microsoft Power BI Desktop on your laptop (recommended but not required).
We'll provide an Office 365 site for you to use for exercises
In this workshop you will:
- Learn how to create Production Dashboards using Power BI, from SharePoint list and document library data
- How to use Power BI in a multitude of situations, including ad hoc analysis and the creation of formal dashboard.
- Learn the Power BI components: Power BI Desktop, PowerBI.com, Power BI mobile applications and how they can be used with Office 365 and SharePoint
- Receive an introduction into the core functions of Power BI; Data extraction, loading and transformation using Power Query Formula Language (“M”) and DAX.
- Receive some guidelines on how to extract Project data in fast manner.
- Discover some data modeling practices that will ensure you have maximum flexibility in analysis. You'll also learn some visualization best practices to ensure you can tell your digital story effectively
- Learn best practices for maintaining content with your organization
This workshop provides an end to end view of Power BI for SharePoint reporting, so that you are able to use Power BI immediately for your needs.Room BMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Unlocking the Power of Power BI: Your Ultimate Guide
Unlock the full potential of Power BI in this comprehensive, full-day workshop designed for professionals at all skill levels. "Mastering Power BI: From Basics to Business Impact" guides you through everything you need to know, from foundational concepts to advanced features.
Learn how to build dynamic reports, connect to various data sources, and seamlessly integrate with Microsoft Excel and SharePoint. Dive into real-world demonstrations, explore the nuances of Power BI licensing, and discover the capabilities of Power BI Report Server.
Engage with experts, ask questions, and leave with actionable insights to drive your data strategy forward.
We'll cover:
- Section 1: Understanding Power BI Architecture
- Section 2: Power BI Desktop Deep Dive
- Section 3: Power BI Web Service & Collaboration
- Section 4: Power BI Report Server and On-Premises Environments
- Section 5: Licensing, Administration, and AI
- Section 6: Power BI MetricsRoom 2Tue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Beginners Guide to Power BI
This session will provide you with the knowledge that you need to quickly become productive using Power BI.
You will be introduced to:
- Power BI licensing
- Power BI Components
- Using the Power BI Desktop app
- Using the Power BI Service
- How to create reports and dashboards
- Learning Resources
During the demo, we will
*Import data from more than one source
*Transform the data
*Create a Report
*Publish a report to the Power BI Service
*Create a Dashboard
*Schedule a data refresh
Attend this demo-rich session and get started with Power BI!Room CWed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Unraveling Microsoft Fabric for the Power BI User
Are you a Power BI developer? Have you heard about Microsoft Fabric? What are all of these new "Data" experiences - Data Factory, Data Engineering, Data Science, Data Warehousing, oh my and other items such as Data Activator and Real-Time Analytics? Wow! Where did Power BI go?
In this session we will go under the covers and unravel Microsoft Fabric to help educate Power BI developers on the new capabilities available and provide some guidance on how to get started and skilled up on using these new experiences which will include Lakehouse, Dataflows Gen2, Data Pipelines, and Direct Lake mode for Power BI.
Come and learn about Microsoft Fabric and looking forward to answering any questions you might have as well as hear your feedback!Room 5Wed 11:40 am - 12:50 pm -
Power BI Sharing - Your Options for Keeping Everyone Informed
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.Room BWed 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Querying Power BI REST APIs within a Power BI Dataset
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.
Room 5Wed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
Develop your custom Teams Audit process with Flows
In large organizations, it is crucial to have governance for data and train users to be responsible with their data. Microsoft Teams owners are responsible for their team members and guests. We have developed a solution that starts an audit process and sends out one email to each team owner, asking for a confirmation with all members and a review and confirmation with Azure Logic Apps and the help of Microsoft Graph and Outlook.
You will learn how to develop your custom Teams Audit process with Azure Logic Apps and how to create flows that can be used for approval and governance processes including the technical tools to develop your organization´s secure business processes.Room 7Wed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
What are Power BI Metrics?
In this session, you'll learn about Power BI Metrics and how they can be used in your organization to track the metrics that matter to you.
You'll learn about:
1. Scorecards
2. Goals
3. Check-ins
4. Target and Current valuesRoom AThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Drive your digital transformation with the Power Platform
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.
Room 5Thu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
DataOps 101 – A Better Way to Develop and Deliver Data Analytics
Power BI has revolutionized the industry by accelerating our ability to deliver Data Analytics solutions. But how do we ensure the code we build is reliable and the data is produced in a timely and trustworthy manner? Enter DataOps, a better way to develop and deliver Data Analytics Solutions. In this session, I’ll cover the concept of DataOps, why it matters to Power BI, and the principles that can drive you to continuously improve.
Room 5Thu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Power BI Gotchas - Dan's Dirty Dozen
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:)Room BThu 1:30 pm - 2:40 pm -
Bring Your SharePoint Data to Life Using Power BI!
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!Room BThu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Roundtable Discussion - Getting Certified with Power BI & Fabric
Join us for an engaging and informal gathering where participants delve into topics that matter to them. Roundtable Discussions are a space for sharing ideas, perspectives, and experiences with other attendees. Pull up a chair, and let’s exchange insights!
Room 3Thu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Avoiding the "Grey Box of Death": Automatically Checking For Broken Visuals in Power BI
Have you ever updated a semantic model/dataset and didn't realize it broke a visual in a Power BI report? Have you ever seen that "grey box of death" (or your customers call you about it) after making an update to Power BI? In this session, I demonstrate a way to combine Microsoft Playwright and Azure DevOps to automatically test for broken visuals and notify you about those issues.
Room 7Fri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Power BI Model and Report Optimization Tips
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.Room BFri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Exploring Power Platform AI for Next-Generation Solutions
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.Room 5Fri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm
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Build external-facing websites using Power Pages
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.Room 2Wed 11:40 am - 12:50 pm -
Introduction to Power Pages Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
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.Room 1Thu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Exploring Power Platform AI for Next-Generation Solutions
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.Room 5Fri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm
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Enhance Business Efficiency with Copilot for Microsoft 365 and Power Platform
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.Room AMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Microsoft 365 & The Power Platform - The Ultimate Starter Kit
Microsoft 365 is the world's leading productivity suite that empowers you to work from anywhere, on any device, with a range of cloud-based apps and services. Microsoft’s Power Platform is a set of low-code or no-code solutions that enable you to build custom apps, automate workflows, and analyze data.
In this workshop, you will be provided with a detailed exploration of these platforms, incorporating examples from real-world applications. We will of course look at how Copilot integrates with each product along the way! This information is useful if you've moved to the cloud, are thinking about moving, or are still exploring its value.
Some of the topics covered:
• An overview of Microsoft’s cloud platforms and the evolution of collaboration.
• An introduction and best practices for collaborative work in Microsoft 365, encompassing Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Viva Engage.
• A primer on the Power Platform's favored tools: Power Automate, Power Apps, and Power BI.
• An in-depth look at the workings of Microsoft 365 Groups.
• Hands-on exercises and examples for integrating the Power Platform and Microsoft 365 to achieve business goals – bring your laptop and have company permission to use the services covered.
This starter kit is designed to enhance your understanding of the features within your cloud platform and learn how it can be leveraged within your organization.Room DMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Advanced Power Apps and Power Automate: Workarounds for Common Problems
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 PerformanceRoom 7Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Copilot for Power Platform : Accelerating your Development with AI
Microsoft is adding AI support to the Power Platform low code development platforms called Copilot. You can use Copilot to help build your next App or Flow. Using Copilot you can use natural language to describe what you are trying to build. Copilot will return a suggested design for the app, flow, or Dataverse tables which you can then use. Copilot will also help you along the way by suggesting modifications to improve your formulas.
Copilot won't replace you as a Citizen Developer, but it will help you produce amazing apps and powerful flows in a fraction of the time.Room 7Tue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
Dataverse Bootcamp for M365 Makers
Dataverse, Dataverse, Dataverse… You've been hearing about it for a while but haven't checked it out yet.
Now's the time. Adding Dataverse is an investment in time, skills, and licensing. Know when to engage and what to expect.
- Learn what Dataverse is and where it fits in the maker toolset.
- Cover what the differences are between Dataverse, Microsoft Lists, and other data sources and talk through some of the 'what to use when' considerations as Lists solution builders integrate with and shift to Power Platform tools.
- Get a perspective on the maker skills needed when using Dataverse and how to get started in your organization.
Using the Developer Plan, attendees will get a hands-on look at Creating Dataverse tables, relationships, forms, and more.
With Dataverse as a data source, we'll also do a quick compare of model-driven vs. canvas Power Apps.Room 8Tue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
Power Platform Administration and Governance
The administration and governance of Power Platform have emerged as top priorities for many companies, driven by the surge in demand for low-code services that empower users to create solutions quickly and efficiently.
As the adoption of these tools skyrockets, maintaining control and ensuring compliance have become crucial to prevent security risks and operational inefficiencies. Fortunately, a suite of robust governance tools is available, designed to streamline administration by providing comprehensive oversight, policy enforcement, and user management capabilities.
When these tools are implemented effectively, they simplify the governance process, allowing organizations to harness the full potential of Power Platform while maintaining a secure and well-regulated environment.
Join Daniel Christian, a Microsoft MVP and certified trainer as he walks you the process he has followed to guide companies in quickly setting up their Power Platform administration and governance process.Room 7Tue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
Using PowerApps and Flow Together: Made for each other
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.
Room 7Wed 11:40 am - 12:50 pm -
Offline Apps Unplugged: Balancing Benefits and Drawbacks in a Connected World!
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.
Room 2Wed 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Roundtable Discussion - All Things Power Platform & Copilot Studio
Join us for an engaging and informal gathering where participants delve into topics that matter to them. Roundtable Discussions are a space for sharing ideas, perspectives, and experiences with other attendees. Pull up a chair, and let’s exchange insights!
Room 3Wed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
Dataverse Virtual Tables - Build a Custom Provider
Dataverse Virtual Tables is a platform capability allowing Model Driven App developers to provide a unified experience for multiple sources of data. This means that some of your data may reside in the Dataverse database while some may reside in external data sources.
The Virtual Tables solution ships with out of the box providers, but what if these providers don't quite fit your current solution requirements? We can build our own custom data provider for Virtual Tables that surfaces data from an external data source.
This session will provide a quick walk through of requirements dive right into building our own custom data provider for Virtual Tables. We review code behind the plugin events for Retrieve and Retrieve Multiple, demonstrate how to transform your data, and see the plugin surface data live in our Model Driven App.Room BThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Hyperautomation in Procure-to-Pay: Revolutionizing Efficiency with AI Builder and Azure
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.Room 6Thu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Building Business Processes that Can & Will Evolve: Product-Neutral Principles
Far more than data management apps, workflow solutions need to factor in the need for frequent change. You should expect even the best-designed models and applications to be regularly modified -- and that's a good thing.
This has an impact on how to design processes, how to create forms and reports, how to connect to external data, and how to maintain internal data.
This session will talk about reasons why workflow solutions need to be modified so often, why you should embrace this, and strategies and tactics for addressing it. Its advice can be applied to the Power Platform, SharePoint Designer, WEBCON, Nintex, or pretty much anything else.Room 5Fri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Build a FHIR based Healthcare App on Power Platform
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.
Room 7Fri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Roundtable Discussion -Tech Skill Management - Skilling up and Keeping up
Connect with community members in a moderated session to share pains, perspectives, and ideas with each other regarding technical skills and keeping up with rapid product change.
Share your experiences, successes, and failures when it comes to keeping individuals, teams, and organizations up to speed with products and capabilities and making the most of M365 for your business.Room 3Fri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Accelerated Development through the M365 and Power Platform Community
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.Room 1Fri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Intro to Dataverse for M365 Makers
Dataverse, Dataverse, Dataverse… You've been hearing about it for a while but haven't checked it out yet. Now's the time. Adding Dataverse is an investment in time, skills, and licensing. Know when to engage and what to expect.
- Learn what Dataverse is and where it fits in the maker toolset.
- Cover what the differences are between Dataverse, Microsoft Lists, and other data sources and talk through some of the 'what to use when' considerations as Lists solution builders integrate with and shift to Power Platform tools.
- Get a perspective on the maker skills needed when using Dataverse and how to get started in your organization.Room 2Fri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Deploying Power Platform Components: Using Solutions
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 dependenciesRoom 2Fri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
Exploring Power Platform AI for Next-Generation Solutions
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.Room 5Fri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm
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Maximizing Copilot: Preparing Your Content and People
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the largest user interface paradigm shift in 60 years. It will inherently shift how we interact with content and complete tasks moving forward. How can you organize, secure, and process your content in Microsoft 365 to maximize its value and prepare it for the next-generation AI assistant- Microsoft 365 Copilot?
In this workshop, we will cover:
Technical insights: Understand the differences between natural language search and semantic indexes, along with best practices for information architecture.
Effective search strategies: Explore when to leverage Copilot versus Microsoft search for optimal results to support the findability and discoverability of business-critical content.
Preparing your content: Perform a security and governance audit and adjust search or permission settings before content is unintentionally exposed through new AI tools.
Integrating Copilot into your daily workflow: Understand the new user experience behaviors emerging and learn better practices for launching Copilot to your organization so employees can unlock the full potential of AI-driven productivity.
By the end of the workshop, you will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to effectively organize your Microsoft 365 content in SharePoint Online, enabling you to harness the power of Copilot and unleash the knowledge stored in your organization.Room ATue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Creating a solid findability foundation with Microsoft Search
You've invested in the tools, you've watched some videos, attended some educational sessions and turned everything on...yet your people still cannot find what they are looking for. What do you do? and where do you start?
In this session, we explore the good, the bad and the ugly of a solid findability strategy and how you can work with Microsoft Search to provide a more satisfying and customized search experience. Virgil will walk you through the strategic side of search and help you understand how to better leverage it for success in your organization.Room 1Wed 11:40 am - 12:50 pm -
Enhance Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Graph with your own data
In this session, we explore how to leverage Microsoft Graph to seamlessly integrate custom data into your Microsoft 365 environment, resulting in optimal output when using Copilot. Furthermore, we explore a Microsoft Teams sample bot that seamlessly incorporates personalized data to provide relevant answers and perform actions. Join and see how to integrate custom data into M365 Copilot!
Room 7Thu 1:30 pm - 2:40 pm -
Customizing Microsoft Search to fit your organization's needs
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.Room 8Thu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Improving Microsoft Search by improving your Content Practices
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.Room 1Fri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
What's all the hype about SharePoint/OneDrive hybrid
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.Room 8Fri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Enhancing Communication and Collaboration through Customized Search Experiences
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)Room DFri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm
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Deep Dive into Data Protection with Microsoft Purview
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.
Room 5Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
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!
Room DWed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
How to Avoid AI Disasters: Copilot, Data Security, and Unintended Consequences
Say your company rushes in the coming months to implement a Copilot over their Intranet. An employee asks the Copilot, "How much does my co-worker make?" How will it answer?
This scenario becomes plausible as Copilot is connected to data sources for Q&A activities. If the data related to pay, layoffs, and other sensitive topics is accessible by the AI, it's possible that an employee could get an answer to their question. You should take great care before connecting it to your own internal data.
Unfortunately hearing GPT, AI and Machine Learning terms thrown about like doubloons at a Mardi Gras parade in the news is giving many organizations FOMO. We'll discuss what you should know before you jump in.
In this session, we'll address:
- What are these technologies and how they will impact you
- How can these technologies be used in your organization
- Data and security considerations
- Preparing for unintended consequences
Join us to learn about this brave new world and how you could apply it in your own work.Room CWed 11:40 am - 12:50 pm -
Introduction to Microsoft Copilot for Security
Staying ahead of security risks requires cutting-edge tools and technologies. This session will explore how Copilot for Security revolutionizes threat detection, response, and automation. Discover the key features of Microsoft Copilot for Security, learn how to configure its capabilities, and see examples of its impact. Whether you’re a seasoned security professional or new to the field, this session will equip you with the knowledge and tools to enhance your organization’s security posture.
Room CWed 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Establish a Data Protection Strategy with Microsoft Purview
Data Protection is top of mind for all organizations that work with sensitive information. As those organizations move into the Microsoft Cloud and adopt Cloud services faster and faster, establishing a strong data protection strategy is critical to protecting the information that your business runs on and preventing threats from both external attackers and insiders. Whether you're concerned about unstructured or structured data, risks from accidental or malicious data leaks, external threats, ransomware, external sharing, or any combination of these, having a Data Protection Strategy that protects your data no matter where it lives is a critical part of that strategy. Microsoft Purview provides robust capabilities for protecting that data, both in the cloud, on-premises or shared externally and understanding those capabilities is an important part of rolling out controls to protect your information. Join Antonio as he shares important considerations for establishing a Data Protection strategy for your organization and learn how you can use the extensive features of Microsoft Purview to protect your critical business information.
Room CWed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
Real-World Implementation Experiences of Microsoft Purview
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.
Room CThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Cracking the Code: Create a Strategy and Run a Winning Microsoft 365 Security Program
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.Room 7Thu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Top 10 Tips for Improving IT Security and Reducing Costs
Ransomware attacks are increasing at a near exponential velocity. To not just survive the onslaught, but to
get ahead is no longer optional to use all the tools in your IT kit to the fullest. However, the industry is not
using properly leveraging the power of their endpoint management and security solutions to combat
ransomware. Best-in-class solutions can leverage automation to detect and remediate both software-based
vulnerabilities and in-progress ransomware attacks.
Tune in this to webinar to learn tips and tricks for fighting ransomware, improving security, and reducing
costs simultaneously. During this session we’ll cover both software-based and process-based tips for
hardening, securing, and protecting your data, network, and users from attack.
We'll also discuss what key features you should be leveraging to deliver best-in-class IT security such as
patching, configuration hardening, and ransomware detection.
Equip yourself with the knowledge to boost your cybersecurity defenses and stay ahead of ransomware
attacks. Join us to learn how to proactively protect your organization's assetsRoom AThu 12:50 pm - 1:20 pm -
Advanced Techniques for Microsoft 365 Data Protection
In today’s always-on world, data protection is critical. As businesses increasingly rely on cloud services like Microsoft 365, safeguarding your data is more essential than ever. Join this session to explore data protection best practices specifically tailored to Microsoft 365, with additional insights for Google Workspace users. Hosted by Backupify, a leading cloud-to-cloud backup provider, this session will equip you with the tools to defend against accidental deletions, malicious attacks, and other threats.
We will cover:
o The modern threat landscape for Microsoft 365.
o Understanding your role in the shared responsibility model.
o Best practices for SaaS backup, with a focus on Microsoft 365.
o Advanced security measures and protections for cloud data.
Whether you're an IT professional, system administrator, or business leader, this session offers actionable insights and practical advice to enhance data protection for Microsoft 365 and ensure business continuity.Room DThu 12:50 pm - 1:20 pm -
Communication compliance and Risk Management in Microsoft 365
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!Room 1Fri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
From Chaos to Collaboration: Safe, Secure & Governed Microsoft Teams Collaboration and Meetings
Have you ever thought "My Teams environment is a mess and I need to clean it up!" or "My users don't really pay attention to how they run their Teams meetings even with sensitive topics"? Many organizations feel their Microsoft Teams environments are set up inconsistently and are not well governed or secured. As well, Microsoft Teams meetings have become a critical part of our day, every day, and its important to select the right controls and policies so that meetings are safe and secure. With the move to remote and hybrid work we saw an explosion of Teams usage and adoption! We know these methods of work are here to stay, and with that Teams usage and the number of Teams we have continues to grow. This makes the need for governance and security in Teams critical! In this session, we'll share common tips and best practices for conducting safe and secure Teams meetings. We'll also look at Teams Premium and what it provides to help run secure meetings. We'll show how to govern your Teams collaboration spaces, how to safely enable guest access, and how to secure sensitive data within Teams. Join us to learn how to move from chaos to safe, secure and well-governed Microsoft Teams collaboration!
Room CFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
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.Room CFri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm
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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.Room 1Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Power Automate Multi-Stage Approval Workflows - Workshop
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.Room BTue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
SharePoint Premium Fundamentals: Your Guide to AI-Driven Content Management in Your Daily Work Life
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.Room 1Tue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
SharePoint Premium: The journey to automating content processing
Do you want to stop wasting time on manually processing content in SharePoint? Meet SharePoint Premium, the AI-powered service that automates content processing for you.
In this session, we'll show you the different model types that SharePoint Premium uses, including Custom Models and Prebuilt Models.
With these models, SharePoint Premium can automate a variety of content processing tasks, from extracting information from structured forms to identifying metadata in unstructured text and extracting specific entities from content.
Join me for this informative session and learn how SharePoint Premium can enhance your efficiency and accuracy for content processing.Room DThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Best Practices for Deploying Copilot in Microsoft 365
Generative AI is everywhere – but turning it on for everyone and hoping for the best is never a plan for success. In this session, we’ll review core elements of Copilot readiness – from content management and governance, security, deployment, and adoption, using tools from SharePoint Premium, Purview, and Microsoft Viva.
Room BThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Leverage AI to Enhance Content Management in SharePoint Premium
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 successRoom 9Thu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
The right content to the right people with automated semantic tagging on SharePoint
SharePoint is at the heart of many organizations’ content strategy. However, it is often a challenge for users to discover the right content needed to accomplish a task, resulting in loss of time or wrong decisions. This problem is amplified even more when the content is supposed to serve as the knowledge base for AI tools such as OpenAI-based assistants or copilots, or when users start becoming citizen developers and build automations using Power Platform.
By using automated, AI-driven tagging based on a knowledge graph that describes facts about your organization, discoverability can be hugely improved and automated recommendation of the right content at the right time becomes possible.
Semantic tagging contrasts with other approaches such as machine learning or the application of language models, in that it provides a fully explainable approach, which in turn can earn better trust from human users. At the same time, both the semantically tagged documents and knowledge graph are essential building blocksRoom 2Thu 12:50 pm - 1:20 pm -
Understanding & Utilizing SharePoint Advanced Management
In this session you will learn how to maximize your SharePoint capabilities with SharePoint Advanced Management. I will provide insights into the advanced features and tools available to enhance security, manage content lifecycles, and ensure compliance within your digital workspace. We'll cover:
• Advanced access policies for secure collaboration
• Data access governance reports for identifying overshared or sensitive content
• Site lifecycle management for inactive sites
• Conditional access policies for stringent security measures
Ideal for SharePoint administrators and IT professionals, this session will empower you with the knowledge to efficiently govern your organization's SharePoint environment. Join us to learn how to leverage these advanced management features to their full potential.Room 9Thu 3:30 pm - 4:40 pm -
Explore SharePoint Embedded App Development: From Setup to Production Ready Apps
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!
Room 6Fri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Power Automate Multi-Stage Approval Workflows
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.Room BFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Next-Gen SharePoint: Elevating Collaboration with Copilot & Premium Integration
In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, SharePoint continues to stand at the forefront of collaborative innovation. The introduction of Copilot in SharePoint marks a new chapter in its journey, offering unparalleled advancements in AI-driven collaboration and productivity. SharePoint Premium on the other hand helps you automate extracting data from your content to enhance your organization’s road to better compliance.
In this session, we will dive on how you can use AI in SharePoint to create Copilot custom models to generate files, and leverage SharePoint Premium to automate the content processing and extraction of your data.
You will learn how you can create an end-to-end solution for your users to enhance their collaboration using custom Copilot models in SharePoint, and to eliminate the manual document processing.Room 9Fri 10:20 am - 11:30 am
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Workshop: Modern Development using the SharePoint Framework (SPFx)
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.Room 6Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
SharePoint Data Modeling: From Requirements to Usage
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.Room 6Tue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
An Introduction to Development with the SharePoint Framework
The SharePoint Framework (SPFx) is a page and web part model that provides full support for client-side SharePoint development, easy integration with SharePoint data, and the ability to extend Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Viva Connections. Microsoft uses SPFx to build the modern list and library user experiences you see in SharePoint Online. Developing for the SharePoint Framework is nothing like classic SharePoint development. There’s no File | New Project in Visual Studio; instead you’ll be using tools like Node, Yeoman, Gulp and TypeScript. This session will introduce you to the SharePoint Framework, show you how to setup your development environment, introduce you to the types of customizations you can build using SPFx, and show you how to build and deploy a SPFx web part.
Room 6Wed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Build Solutions for Microsoft 365 with a Fluent API Library
For the most part, your imagination is the limit when it comes to extending the Microsoft 365 platform. Join me for a complete look at the PnPjs library, a collection of fluent libraries for consuming SharePoint and Microsoft Graph REST APIs that make building solutions 10x easier and faster. This free, open-source initiative, part of the Microsoft 365 & Power Platform Community can be used within the SharePoint Framework, NodeJS, or any JavaScript/TypeScript based project.
This session will cover using the library within the SharePoint Framework and Azure Functions NodeJS project. We'll cover:
• How to get started, your project template, and establishing context
• An overview of all the packages available and outline the ease of use
• More advanced scenarios like batching and cross site execution.Room 6Wed 11:40 am - 12:50 pm -
Empowering Your Modern Development Journey with SharePoint Framework and Viva Connections Toolkit
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.Room 6Wed 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Extending Microsoft 365: Exploring the Art of the Possible
Ever felt like the world of Microsoft 365 is a maze? You’re not alone! In this session, we’ll take a journey together through real-life examples where we’ve turned the complexity of Microsoft 365 into simple, automated solutions.
We’ll start from the basics, exploring out-of-the-box and low-code options, and gradually move towards creating custom self-hosted solutions. Extending Microsoft 365 is not limited to just creating web parts and by the end of this session, you’ll be inspired to see how you can make Microsoft 365 work for you in ways you’ve never imagined before. So, whether you’re a beginner or have some experience under your belt, join us as we unravel the exciting possibilities of extending Microsoft 365!Room 6Thu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
SharePoint Framework Deep Dive - Web Part Property Pane
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.
Room 8Thu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Enhancing SPFx projects with Live Data integration to SharePoint, MS Graph and beyond
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.Room 8Thu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Get Your Hands Dirty with React
Maybe you have started with React and what to learn how to apply it in your projects. In this session we will continue your progression with React. We will create reusable components and create an application that users will want to use.
This session will have very few slides but we will take an HTML page that was generated and create a simple application out of it. We will discuss how this can then be loaded into SharePoint and Microsoft TeamsRoom 8Thu 1:30 pm - 2:40 pm -
Roundtable Discussion - SharePoint & Microsoft Teams Development
Join us for an engaging and informal gathering where participants delve into topics that matter to them. Roundtable Discussions are a space for sharing ideas, perspectives, and experiences with other attendees. Pull up a chair, and let’s exchange insights!
Room 3Thu 1:35 pm - 2:45 pm -
Explore SharePoint Embedded App Development: From Setup to Production Ready Apps
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!
Room 6Fri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Building reusable code libraries for extending Microsoft 365
The SharePoint framework introduced 'libraries' as a project type, and although useful for very small development projects not ideal for bigger enterprise solutions and ALM strategies. This session is going to cover end to end building a library with standard web-based building blocks, using Azure Dev Ops to create a private code artifact, and then consuming that library and others together within a SharePoint framework solution while hosting the artifacts in an Azure CDN (or bundling it in if that's more appropriate). This is powerful reusability that allow you to manage the lifecycle of different components in a way that mimics all the other packages you might consume when building your solution.
Room 6Fri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Accelerated Development through the M365 and Power Platform Community
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.Room 1Fri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Introduction to the SharePoint REST API
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.
Room 6Fri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm
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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.Room 1Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
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. 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.Room CTue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
From Assessment to Action: Building a Stronger Microsoft 365 Governance Framework
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.Room 8Tue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
Top tips for self-service management using Microsoft Entra
Microsoft Entra offers self-service solutions while staying secure and compliant. In this demo session, Martina shows how you can implement governance, use out-of-box functionality for identity governance and / or create a self-service approach for lifecycle management.
We will dive into the Governance section of Microsoft Entra Id.
Covering:
Lifecycle Management
Self-Service
Access Reviews
Entitlement ManagementRoom 8Wed 11:40 am - 12:50 pm -
Women in Tech and Allies Meet Up
All individuals, regardless of gender, are invited to join us to celebrate, talk about our progress, and focus on how we can continue to make the Microsoft ecosystem the best in the world for welcoming, mentoring and supporting women. Additionally, we aim to promote allyship and foster inclusiveness within our industry.
Room 3Wed 11:40 am - 12:50 pm -
Healthcare data solutions in Microsoft Fabric
Microsoft recently announced the preview of healthcare data solutions in Microsoft Fabric as part of Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare.
In this session we will review the overall architecture built on Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse, Healthcare industry standards for data, common use case scenarios, and a demo of the solution in action.Room 9Wed 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Empowering corporate communications with Microsoft 365
Creating and delivering compelling and consistent corporate communications messages across multiple channels can be challenging, especially in the fast-paced and dynamic business environment. In this session, you will learn tips and best practices to improve internal communications. We will talk about new and emerging capabilities in SharePoint News and Viva Engage along with premium capabilities available with Viva Amplify and Copilot. Whether you’re a seasoned communicator or a curious novice, this session promises actionable insights, practical tips, and a dash of innovation.
Room AWed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
Self-Care in a Digital Age: Navigating Well-Being Amidst Screens and Algorithms
In our increasingly digital world, where screens and algorithms shape our daily lives, self-care has become more critical than ever. As we engage with technology, we must also prioritize our well-being. This lightning talk explores the intersection of digital life and self-care, offering insights into how we can cultivate healthier relationships with our devices.
Room 8Wed 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm -
Engineering Effective Feedback Systems in the AI-Enhanced Workplace
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.Room 2Thu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Best Practices for Securing your Microsoft 365 Tenant
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 activityRoom CThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Knowledge Management Strategies for Microsoft 365 in the Copilot World
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.Room DThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Revolutionizing Knowledge Work with Automation and Microsoft Copilot
Want to supercharge your team's productivity with cutting-edge AI? Join us for an exclusive demo of how an AI functionality, and seamless Microsoft Copilot integration, is transforming the way knowledge work is done.
See firsthand how your organization can accelerate day-to-day tasks like automated meeting minutes, email summaries, and document drafting. With Knowledge Work Automation powered with GenAi your team can focus on high-value work while AI takes care of the tedious details.
In this session, you'll discover:
• AI-Powered Summaries: How to generate smart, concise document summaries, making it faster to grasp key insights.
• Language-Independent Queries: Effortlessly ask questions and get answers across languages with AI-driven search capabilities.
• Streamlined Information Discovery: Cut through the data clutter and find what you need in seconds, saving valuable time.
• Uncompromised Compliance and Security: Ensure your AI solutions are secure, while adhering to industry regulations.
• Enhanced Collaboration with M365 Copilot: Seamlessly publish and share information with Copilot ensuring your team sees only what they need.Room 1Thu 12:50 pm - 1:20 pm -
Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
The industry's leading Microsoft 365 backup solution-Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365- is now delivered as a service.
18M+ Microsoft 365 users protected
Over a decade of continuous innovation
Key Microsoft 365 Back partnerRoom CThu 12:50 pm - 1:20 pm -
Unlocking Career Advancement: Mentorship Strategies and Allyship
This session explores the pivotal role of mentorship in career advancement. It delves into effective strategies for establishing and nurturing mentor-mentee relationships, highlighting how these connections can drive professional growth. Additionally, the session emphasizes the importance of active participation in these relationships to support personal development and career progression. Participants will gain actionable insights into leveraging mentorship to unlock new opportunities and achieve their career goals
Room 9Thu 1:30 pm - 2:40 pm -
Labelling in Microsoft 365: Retention & Sensitivity
Are you classifying your data in Microsoft 365? You can add data classifications using sensitivity and retention labels but they do two very different things. In this session I will break down what the label options are, how you can use them, and why you should deploy them in your organization to keep your content compliant and secure.
Room CThu 1:30 pm - 2:40 pm -
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.Room DThu 1:30 pm - 2:40 pm -
Introduction to JSON to master customizing SharePoint
JSON is EVERYWHERE in SharePoint Online and your ability to take your SharePoint deployments to the next level depend on your ability to understand and create complicated JSON objects. In this densely demo-packed session, attendees will learn:
- What is JSON and how to understand the structure
- Tips for creating JSON objects and starting with community content as a starting point
Attendees will also learn how to use JSON Objects in SharePoint Online to:
- Customize list columns and list views
- Create Site Designs for creating custom site templates
- Create stunning Quick Views for Viva Connections ACE's
- Post messages in teams as Adaptive Cards
- Process SharePoint REST queries in Power Automate
- and more!!Room 5Fri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Knowledge Management within Microsoft 365 without Viva Topics
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.Room 8Fri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm