Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room 445-446

Driving employee engagement with Microsoft Viva, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and Copilot

Sarah Haase

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

Hybrid and remote work are the new normal, but work trends indicate the greatest challenges are a sense of community, connection, relationship-building, and inspiration. This full-day workshop explores how Microsoft Viva, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and Copilot come together to foster company culture, unlock communication and engagement opportunities, organize content, and spark employee creativity.

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.

Wednesday 10:20 AM - 11:30 AM · Room 445-446

Enhancing Employee Experience with Microsoft Viva: A Comprehensive Overview

Manpreet Singh

Senior Architect | MVP | MCT | Author | Speaker | Blogger

Microsoft Viva is an employee experience platform that brings together communications, knowledge, learning, resources, and insights. With Viva, foster a culture where people and teams are empowered to be their best from anywhere.

Microsoft Viva offers numerous benefits, its implementation should align with an organization's specific needs, goals, and strategies. The decision to adopt Microsoft Viva or any other platform should be based on a thorough assessment of the organization's requirements and the potential value it can bring. So, join me for this session and assess the following experiences which are important for an organization.

• VIVA Engage
• VIVA Connections
• VIVA Learning
• VIVA Insights
• VIVA Amplify
• VIVA Goals
• VIVA Glint
• VIVA Pulse

& Yes, we will see LIVE Demos.

Throughout the session, real-world case studies and best practices will be shared, showcasing how organizations are leveraging Microsoft Viva to transform their employee experience, drive business outcomes, and stay ahead in an increasingly competitive market. Whether you are an HR professional, IT leader, or business executive, this session offers invaluable insights and actionable strategies for leveraging Microsoft Viva to unlock the full potential of your workforce and thrive in the digital age.

Wednesday 11:40 AM - 12:50 PM · Room 443-444

Upgrade your Company Operating System with Microsoft Viva

Chris McNulty

CTO & CMO

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.

Wednesday 4:00 PM - 5:10 PM · Room 445-446

Viva C&C Package: Use cases for Engage, Connections and Amplify

Liz Sundet

Helping customers through challenges with technology

You have the Viva Suite or even the C&C sku from Microsoft, but how do you make use of it all together? Learn all the ways in which to use all 3 components and take your communications to the next level in your organization. In this session we will spend time on understanding how Viva Engage, Viva Connections, and Viva Amplify does different things, but can work together seamlessly. Discover the use cases in which you can take back to work and start using immediately.

Thursday 10:20 AM - 11:30 AM · Room 440-441

Building Engaging Employee Experiences for Viva Connections using SPFx

Derek Cash-Peterson

Principal Architect - Sympraxis Consulting

In this introductory developer session, we will explore ways to develop engaging employee experiences using the extensibility model for Viva Connections. We will learn how to create Adaptive Card Extensions using SPFx. We will talk about some real world use cases and how to get started.

We will explore the technical components of creating your first Adaptive Card Extensions. We will look at more advanced concepts such as geolocation, data binding, as well as layout out options for your cards using the Adaptive Card Framework. You will walk away with a better understanding of how to get started extending Viva Connections and how to avoid some common pitfalls.

Thursday 11:40 AM - 12:50 PM · Room 445-446

Power employee engagement with Microsoft Viva, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and Copilot

Sarah Haase

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

Learn how Microsoft Viva, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and Copilot come together to foster company culture, unlock communication and engagement opportunities, organize content, and spark employee creativity.

Friday 10:20 AM - 11:30 AM · Room 437-439

Navigating Communication Channels in Microsoft 365 for Meaningful Engagement

Emily Mancini

Founder & Executive Director, Left Uncharted

Microsoft 365 offers a suite of powerful tools to support communication including Viva Engage, Microsoft Teams, Viva Amplify, Viva Connections, and SharePoint Online which can transform how organizations communicate and collaborate. Navigating these channels to ensure the right message reaches the right audience at the right time requires strategic planning. Join this session to delve deep into the better practices for leveraging Microsoft 365 communication tools.

Backed by comprehensive user research, this session will provide actionable strategies for determining what-to-use-when, ensuring your messages are delivered through the most appropriate channels for your outcome objectives. We will explore the nuances of each tool, from the community-building strengths of Viva Engage to the collaborative power of Microsoft Teams, the broad reach of Viva Amplify, the seamless integration of Viva Connections, and more structured information management in SharePoint Online. We will address the critical aspect of managing responses and fostering ongoing engagement. Learn how to cultivate meaningful interactions and maintain productive communication flows within your organization.

Friday 1:50 PM - 3:00 PM · Room 432

Revamp your Communications from Strategy to Technology

Liz Sundet

Helping customers through challenges with technology

If you have ever done some type of communication, this session will help you make sense of where to start, what to use when and how to get your message out. If you are working on a large-scale campaign to the entire company or sending an update to your project team, there are all types of communications that happen in an organization. Learn how to create strategies that flow into governance guidelines and use the technology appropriately for the best results. This session will focus on using your intranet, SharePoint, Viva Engage, Viva Connections, Amplify and Teams as well as how Copilot can interact, and you will walk away with a better sense of where to start.