Wednesday 9:50 AM - 11:00 AM · Room S102a

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.

Wednesday 11:30 AM - 12:40 PM · Room S102bc

Data Recovery Options for SharePoint/OneDrive

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

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

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

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

Wednesday 11:30 AM - 12:40 PM · Room S105bcd

Secure and Govern AI and Agents with Microsoft & Agent 365

AI changes the threat landscape—and agents expand the attack surface. In this session, learn how to secure and govern Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agents with practical, tenant-ready guardrails. We’ll cover how to limit agent sprawl, apply least-privilege access, protect sensitive data, and reduce risks like prompt injection, data leakage, and shadow AI. You’ll leave with a clear control map across identity, data security, and threat protection—and the first steps to operationalize governance as Copilot and agent adoption scales.

Wednesday 1:40 PM - 2:50 PM · Room S102a

MCP Fundamentals: The What, Why, How, and the OMG Impact

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is reshaping how we extend AI systems, and this session breaks down everything you need to know to get started. Join Andrew Hess and Daniel Christian, as they will explore the core fundamentals of MCP—what it is, how it works, and why this new standard creates powerful benefits for builders, developers, and organizations adopting AI.

You’ll learn why MCP came into existence, the challenges it solves, and how it provides a unified, secure, and scalable way for models to interact with tools, data, and systems. We’ll also compare MCP vs. the connectors you’re already using in Power Platform and Microsoft 365, clarifying where each shines and how MCP changes the future of extensibility across the AI ecosystem.

To make it real, we’ll walk through live examples of existing MCPs, demonstrating how they work, what they unlock, and the “OMG” moments that make this protocol such a game changer.

Whether you’re new to Model Context Protocol or looking to elevate your Copilot strategy, this session will give you the understanding and excitement to confidently put MCP to work.

Wednesday 3:30 PM - 4:40 PM · Room S102a

Setup M365 for Education: Copilot. Teams & More

Get a clear, practical walkthrough of how to set up Microsoft 365 for Education so your environment is secure, organized, and ready for modern learning. We’ll cover the key configurations IT admins need today—including setting up Copilot responsibly for students with age‑based controls, applying the right Teams for Education policies, managing Classroom Groups at scale, and ensuring smooth access for both educators and learners. You’ll leave with recommended settings, deployment tips, and the latest guidance to keep your EDU tenant running efficiently and safely.

Wednesday 3:30 PM - 4:40 PM · Room S102d

SharePoint Advanced Management 2026 Deep Dive

SharePoint Online is at the core of collaboration in Microsoft 365, but with growth comes new challenges, especially as AI tools like Microsoft 365 Copilot becomes a daily part of how users interact with content. Securing and governing your environment has never been more critical. SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM) introduces powerful capabilities that help IT teams stay in control while preparing for the AI-driven workplace.

In this deep dive session, we’ll explore what’s new in 2026 and how SAM can help you:

 •Secure your tenant for Copilot and AI-driven scenarios with the right guardrails in place
•Identify and remediate overshared or at-risk content
•Govern SharePoint Agents and their access to organizational knowledge
•Streamline site lifecycle management

Whether you’re an admin focused on reducing risk or an architect planning for growth, you’ll walk away with practical strategies to strengthen security and governance while unlocking the full value of SharePoint Advanced Management.

Thursday 10:40 AM - 11:50 AM · Room S102bc

Implement the Top 10 Security Features for Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 is a great platform complete with collaboration tools for all types of communication. By default, Microsoft provides core Security capabilities to protect the service itself, as well as controls that are available as needed for any organization. However, most organizations do not implement them or even know where they are. Upon reading Microsoft’s documentation, there are hundreds of different configuration options that control end-user authentication, control external access to restricting downloading of content. Knowing which settings to enable or disable, and their impact on overall security is critical to a better security posture. In this half-day workshop, we will walk through not only understanding but also implementing the top 10 security controls and features that every Microsoft 365 tenant needs enabling.

Thursday 12:50 PM - 2:00 PM · Room S102a

IGNITE in Action: A Playbook for Moving From Pilots to Enterprise AI

AI is moving fast, and many organizations are scrambling to keep up. Some are experimenting in pockets while others are trying to scale without the foundations in place. AI transformation is not a single project. It is a repeatable approach to working that helps you learn, adapt, and confidently introduce new solutions. That is why I created the IGNITE framework. It gives you a clear path from early inspiration to pilots that prove value, to iteration cycles that tighten quality, and to the operating model that lets you scale safely.

In this session, we will walk through what it takes to bring AI to life in a real organization. We will examine practical lessons from the field, patterns that distinguish success from frustration, and ways to build momentum without sacrificing control over risk. By the end, you will have a simple formula for helping your teams move faster, communicate more clearly, and build AI solutions that people trust and actually use. This is not a theory, it is a working approach you can bring home and start applying on day one.

Thursday 2:10 PM - 3:20 PM · Room S102a

Deep Dive into OneDrive Management & Deployment

As Microsoft 2026 initiatives move toward a fully AI-integrated workplace, OneDrive has shifted from a basic sync tool to a primary data source for Microsoft 365 Copilot. This technical deep dive provides details in OneDrive deployment and IT Pro strategies for the modern enterprise. The session moves beyond basic setup and will go through the administrative controls across the OneDrive suite from initial setup to ongoing maintenance using the health dashboard. Attendees will gain hands-on insights into managing Known Folder Move (KFM) at scale and ensuring that OneDrive remains a secure, high-performance foundation for the next generation of digital work.

Thursday 2:10 PM - 3:20 PM · Room S102d

Permissions Impossible: A SharePoint Site Owner's Survival Guide to Access Management

Your mission, should you choose to accept/attend it: Master SharePoint permissions before they master your collaborative workspaces. This session delivers the spy-worthy tactics you need to manage access across SharePoint, Teams, and Microsoft 365 Groups—while minimizing governance headaches. Learn best practices and discover what to avoid (subsites, the "Share this site" trap, and poorly managed access requests) to keep your collaborative content secure and well-organized. Master these practices and you'll confidently control who accesses what, when, and why. This session will self-destruct in 70 minutes.

Friday 12:30 PM - 1:40 PM · Room S102a

Making M365 Reliable for AI: What to Monitor, Why it Breaks, and How to Fix It

Microsoft 365 is the backbone for modern knowledge work—and now the critical path for Copilot, RAG, and intelligent automation. Yet most organizations still monitor infrastructure signals and miss application‑level issues that actually derail user experience and AI outcomes. In this talk, I’ll share hard‑won patterns from the field and show how a service‑level assurance approach closes that gap across SharePoint, SharePoint Embedded, OneDrive, Teams, and Microsoft 365 Backup/Archive.

We’ll unpack what to measure (from page requests and search latency to anomalous user behavior), how to combine Azure-native telemetry with deeper, application‑aware tests, and when to automate remediation before users feel pain. I’ll also highlight emerging practices for Copilot observability and SharePoint Embedded scenarios, plus where AI techniques like dynamic thresholding improve signal‑to‑noise without black‑box risk. Expect pragmatic dashboards, playbooks you can copy, and a bias toward outcomes: fewer tickets, faster MTTR, safer content, and happier users.

Friday 1:50 PM - 3:00 PM · Room S104b

Managing Microsoft 365 using PowerShell

PowerShell is a standard programming language for managing both on-premises and cloud services. Microsoft 365 and its supporting service Azure both support5 execution of PowerShell. Connecting to Microsoft 365 is performed using different approaches and modules. Knowing which module to install and import and the connection methods are critical to managing services. Most management tasks that are available in the tenant are also within PowerShell. It allows IT Administrators to create reusable scripts. In this session, we will look at how to connect to the services within Microsoft 365. We will also perform essential management in the cloud.