Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room 447-448

The Ultimate Masterclass to Microsoft Teams: From Everyday Use to Expert Administration

Gokan Ozcifci

Consultant. Entrepreneur. Microsoft Regional Director & MVP.

Vlad Catrinescu

Microsoft MVP | MCT Regional Lead | Author of over 80 courses at Pluralsight and 3 books with Apress

Microsoft Teams is a robust platform for seamless collaboration, enabling effective teamwork regardless of geographical boundaries. It is intricately intertwined with the Microsoft cloud, granting access to the full spectrum of Microsoft 365's potent tools and applications. Microsoft Teams empower users to manage discussions, share files, arrange meetings, and engage in real-time collaboration with colleagues. This workshop will comprehensively cover everything essential for optimizing your utilization of Microsoft Teams. We will start with an introductory overview of the platform and then help you through its initial setup and configuration. Subsequently, we will deep-dive into best practices tailored for various scenarios, including remote team management, conducting productive meetings, and fostering project collaboration.

Furthermore, we will explore the intricate interplay between Teams and other Microsoft applications like Viva, Loop, SharePoint, OneDrive for Business, and the Power Platform. You will learn to leverage these tools to streamline workflows and boost productivity.

Throughout the workshop, we will also address crucial subjects such as administration, management, policies, governance, and the integration of application extensions. Additionally, we will explore the array of chat options and adaptive cards available within Teams. By the workshop's conclusion, you will comprehensively understand Teams' functionality and how to harness its potential to enhance collaboration within your organization and its administration.

To fully benefit from the hands-on segment of the workshop, participants are advised to bring a laptop equipped with a demo environment. While tablets or phones can be utilized, they may need to provide the optimal experience for completing the practical exercises.

Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room 434 (workshops only)

Microsoft 365 & The Power Platform - The Ultimate Starter Kit

Daniel Glenn

Microsoft MVP, Owner and Microsoft 365 Consultant at CollabFront

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.

Tuesday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room 432

Data Protection, Collaboration, and User Engagement: Assisting Your Organization in Doing it All

David Drever

Microsoft 365 MVP - Compliance, Data Protection, and M365 Specialist

Sarah Haase

Microsoft MVP | M365 enthusiast | Principal Product Manager | User adoption advocate

With the ever-changing cloud landscape, organizations struggle to help their employees collaborate and be effective in their day-to-day responsibilities. Adding data protection and security could raise the difficulty even more, as the business needs to balance the ability to collaborate while keeping its information and users safe. Ensuring user engagement and adoption is fundamental to success.

In this workshop, David and Sarah will cover the design and implementation of Microsoft 365's collaboration tools, such as SharePoint, Teams, Viva Engage, and more, while ensuring the solution is safe, secure, and fully collaborative. They'll help you understand how you can work together to protect your organization's information and employees in a manner that encourages endorsement from those using the tools.

Tuesday 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM · Room 435-436

Develop enterprise web apps for Microsoft Teams and enhance employee productivity

Andrew Connell

Become an expert developer in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem!

Did you know you can use your existing web development skills to create apps for Microsoft Teams? Is your experience of customizing Teams limited to Power Apps and do you want to leverage those web dev skills to build more powerful solutions? If so, then this half-day workshop is perfect for you!

You'll get started building apps for Microsoft Teams using the Teams Toolkit (TTK) for VS Code and learn what's possible through lots of demos! We'll create custom tabs for channels, personal apps, and modal dialogs, learn how to leverage single-sign-on (SSO), call external services such as Microsoft Graph, and even extend conversations with action & search-based message extensions.

But that's not all! You'll learn how these apps can be used across Microsoft 365 apps, including SharePoint Online, and Outlook, and even how they're the basis for customizing & extending Microsoft 365 Copilot!

Feel free to sit back and learn or bring your laptop to build your own MS Teams apps! Everyone will walk away with all the resources used and created throughout the workshop!