TechCon365 Workshops & Sessions
Microsoft 365 & Power Platform Conference
Additional Sessions and Workshops Coming Soon!
- 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
- SharePoint Premium
- SharePoint Development
- Special Topics
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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 204CMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
From Chaos to Control: Mastering Records Management in the Digital Age with Microsoft Purview
This workshop will be a deep-dive on strategies for planning and executing Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle and Records Management in the workplace from both a Records Manager's and IT-Pro's perspective. With compliance concerns on the rise in the modern workplace today, compliance teams are reaching out to their IT-Pro partners for assistance. This is unfamiliar territory for many; this workshop is built to help clear the path forward for both sides.
The workshop will cover key topics like:
• Recommendations for mapping a retention schedule into a "software-friendly" Purview File Plan
• Using automation to help scale your solution
• Using scopes to scale and meet complex retention requirements
• Understanding what configurations can and can't (easily) be changed after-the-fact
• SharePoint/Teams architecture impacts
• Where you may need to customize
• What implications does this have for copilot?
• Enablement… what a Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 strategy might look like
To reinforce the topics, Joanne will walk thru several real-world use-cases and discuss the skills, roles, responsibilities, and approaches she's seen success with.Room 207BMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Elevate Your Intranet: Unleash the potential of Artificial Intelligence with Copilot and Viva
An intranet can support your organization’s ability to communicate and collaborate effectively, make information easy to find, automate business processes, and help cut administrative costs… but where do you start? In this all-day workshop, we will focus on the mechanics of building the basic structure of an intranet. We will then explore how Artificial Intelligence and Microsoft Copilot can elevate your intranet past content surfaced in SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, and the Viva suite.
At the end of the tutorial, you will understand common solutions like decentralized content management with centralized content experiences, branding capabilities across Microsoft 365, and how to create personalized content experiences. You will leave with a clear understanding of how you can best leverage Copilot and Viva to create an incredible employee experience.
During the workshop, we will demo creating a/an:
-Intuitive global and site navigation
-Branded experience with recommended page layouts
-Scalable enterprise information architecture
-Custom search experiences to surface the right information, at the right time
-Artificial Intelligence assisted development of learning and onboarding content
-A seamless connection between your intranet and where people are working
Join us to gain a deeper understanding of the out of the box technical capabilities using only Business Premium licenses so you can focus on identifying your desired business outcomes, defining your overall content strategy and governance, and driving the adoption of your intranet at your organization without navigating additional costs.Room 202ATue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Ultimate guide to administering M365 and Teams
Are you an admin who's been administering M365 for years? Or are you brand new to the admin role? Either way, there will be something for you in this workshop!
We will be taking a deep look into the administration of M365 and some of its services, with a heavy focus on Teams, using the admin center, PowerShell, Graph, and more. Expect deep explainers on what different switches really do, and practical advice on how to configure things appropriately for your organization.
We will spend time in this workshop setting up automations together and sharing real world examples of how to make your job easier.Room 207ATue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
Balancing Collaboration and Compliance within Microsoft 365
Hybrid modern work can be full of friction and frustration when it comes to compliance. We all need to help ensure a productive and compliant workplace, but how can you enable easy collaboration in your organization AND implement compliance features? Join Joanne and Daniel as they show how to bring together two equally important yet seemingly incompatible aspects of the modern workplace: collaboration and compliance.
With a he-said-she-said approach, Daniel will talk about the modern collaboration tools available in Microsoft 365 and Joanne will share what kinds of Microsoft Purview compliance controls can be applied to help collaboration tools be more compliant. You will walk away with the knowledge to combine collaboration with compliance.
Topics covered in the workshop:
• How to plan and implement a compliant Viva Connections and Viva Engage environment
• What are retention labels and policies and what do they look like in action in collaboration areas?
• How to implement data loss techniques while enabling collaboration?
• What are sensitivity labels and what types of controls can they place on collaboration?
• Do Microsoft Teams have an end-date and how to enable a lifecycle?
• Can Copilot help with compliance when it comes to our content and collaboration?Room 207BTue 9:00 am - 12:30 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 securely. 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 Office 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 landscape of data security
• What is Microsoft Purview and how we can use it
• How to secure you data with 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
• Retain content using Data Lifecycle Management and Records 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 207ATue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
Data Security: It's Not Just for IT Anymore
Data security is more important than ever before. As businesses and individuals move more of their data to the cloud, protecting it from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction is essential.
In this session, we will focus on data security for end users in Microsoft 365. We will discuss the common threats to data security and the security features available in Microsoft 365 to help protect your data. We will also share tips and advice on how to use these features effectively.
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
- Understand the importance of data security and the common threats to data security
- Identify the key data security features in Microsoft 365
- Learn how to use Microsoft 365 security features to protect your data
- Implement best practices for data security in your workplace
This session is ideal for end users in Microsoft 365 who want to learn more about how to protect their data. No prior knowledge of data security is required.
Room 202AWed 11:30 am - 12:40 pm -
IT Pro meets Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle and Records Management
This session will explain Data Lifecycle and Records Management in Microsoft Purview from an IT-Pro's perspective. With data governance concerns on the rise in the modern workplace, particularly with the use of Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365, good data governance is more important than ever. Compliance teams are reaching out to their IT-Pro partners for assistance.
This is unfamiliar territory for many IT-Pros, so this session is designed to help clear the path forward. It covers topics like:
- Recommendations for mapping a retention schedule into a "software-friendly" Purview File Plan
- Using automation to apply retention labels to your content
- Using scopes to scale and meet complex retention requirements
- SharePoint and Teams architecture impacts
Joanne will discuss the skills that IT-Pros should bring to the table when working with their Compliance team partners.
4 Objectives:
- Understand how to interpret retention schedules from a technical perspective
- Understand the dependencies for the automation features in DLM/RM
- Understand the impacts your SP/Teams architecture can have on applying DLM/RM controls
- Understand what decisions need to be solidified early on for DLM/RMRoom 204CWed 11:30 am - 12:40 pm -
Power BI Analytics at Scale with Microsoft Fabric
In today's world getting true data driven insights can take a lot of time and energy. Data is spread across a wide variety of storage systems, all of which can have different operating models, security models and integration requirements. The next generation of Microsoft's data platform, which includes Power BI aims to solve this problem.
Come to this session to explore Microsoft Fabric, understand exactly what it is, and how it can help position your organization for the new age of AI. Microsoft Fabric has changed the way we all think about and utilize data. Taking lessons from Power BI Premium capacities Fabric allows us to get past many limitations of the shared Power BI service & the PAAS\IAAS world of Azure Synapse. However, with great power comes great responsibility.
This session will outline exactly what Microsoft Fabric is, what features it unlocks and what limitations it changes. We will also call out situations where Fabric may not be appropriate, and the steps that you need to take to ensure that you get the maximum value from it. If you’re considering a move to Microsoft Fabric, you’ll want to attend this session.Room 206Wed 11:30 am - 12:40 pm -
Introduction to Microsoft Purview
Do you know or are you interested in what Microsoft Purview is?
Microsoft Purview is the solution suite of Microsoft 365 and brings a collection of risk and compliance technologies including things like information protection, retention, records, insider risk, eDiscovery, and more.
In this session we will review all of the solutions available within this suite of products, what are their use cases, how they work together, and how they could work for you within your organization.Room 204CWed 1:50 pm - 3:00 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 208ABWed 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
Implementing Microsoft 365 Data Loss Prevention. A Real World Approach
As more and more organizations' content is stored in cloud locations, it can become further at risk for accidental or malicious misuse. Users make good use of cloud collaboration features to share documents with others. Information contained within documents or even the intended recipient of the files may not be properly considered before transmission. This can often lead to data loss and poses significant risks to the organization. To protect against the loss of data control, organizations are looking for solutions that protect the data when it is shared.
Join David as he takes a practical approach to understand data loss prevention techniques and capabilities available within Microsoft 365. David will also provide a real-world approach to implementing the technologies with a strong consideration of the balance of protection and user experience.Room 209BCWed 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
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).Room 204ABWed 3:40 pm - 4:50 pm -
Protect at the speed and scale of AI with Microsoft Copilot for Security
Join us for an informative session on Microsoft Security Copilot, the first generative AI security product that amplifies your security and IT team’s impact and efficiency.
In this session, we will provide an overview of the threat landscape, scenarios, integrations, and demos of how Microsoft Security Copilot works. You will learn about the business value of using this product, including improved productivity and collaboration, faster investigation and response to threats, and continuous assessment and improvement of posture. Microsoft Security Copilot is grounded in responsible AI principles, ensuring that your data is protected and used responsibly.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn how Microsoft Security Copilot can transform your security operations.Room 202AThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
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.Room 204ABThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
An end-to-end look at SharePoint Premium Content Processing
SharePoint Premium is a big step forward for Content Services in Microsoft 365 by providing the ability to integrate AI into the flow of work. Unstructured content is being produced at an alarming rate in modern workplaces today and organizations need a way to improve the effectiveness of business processes surrounding it.
SharePoint Premium's content processing capabilities help by automatically classifying content, extracting metadata, improving search, enhancing knowledge sharing, and applying appropriate governance controls. SharePoint Premium is this and so much more!
To demonstrate, Joanne Klein will walk through a live demo of building and training an Unstructured Document Processing model in SharePoint as well as the additional capabilities it provides once classified.
The walkthrough will cover setup, training, deployment, and some of the "extras" you get with SharePoint Premium.Room 201Thu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
An Introduction to Implementing Microsoft Information Protection (MIP)
All organizations store sensitive information. The information can be sensitive to the organization itself, to you as an employee of the organization, to you as a customer of that organization, or in any other number of ways. All businesses have a responsibility to keep that information safe. Historically, this protection has come by locking down network locations from external access, permission control, and data encryption. But it is being discovered that this is no longer sufficient. More is required to protect your sensitive information.
David Drever has been helping organizations secure their information with Microsoft Information Protection for many years. Join him as he walks through the features of MIP, how it can protect the organization’s sensitive information, leading practices in implementing the technologies and processes, and how MIP is the foundation for many other features within Microsoft 365 for protecting your information.Room 202BThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Top 10 best practices every Admin should be doing in M365!
Come and learn the top 10 best practices you should be doing to both manage and secure your environment. Tenant configuration can be a balance of usability and security when planning your roll-out or management model.
These best practices will assist you in improving visibility into M365 and help you understand the necessary controls needed to have in place to ensure your tenant is protected.Room 209BCThu 10:50 am - 12:00 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 203ABThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm -
Connect to your M365 Data with Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Graph Data Connect
Many people are familiar with accessing and retrieving their corporate data from the Microsoft Graph. However, what do you do when you need to access this data at scale? Microsoft Graph Data Connect (MGDC) is a robust data extraction tool that allows for secure, granular data access from Microsoft 365 to Azure Data Lake. It provides organizations with valuable insights while maintaining compliance with privacy regulations. It is a powerful, yet complex tool.
The recently introduced Microsoft Fabric is a comprehensive data analysis platform that has the potential to remove much of this complexity.
This presentation will demonstrate how Microsoft Graph Data Connect within Microsoft Fabric can very quickly allow you to leverage your corporate data to enhance collaboration, productivity, and decision-making processes in your organization.Room 206Thu 4:10 pm - 5:20 pm -
Managing Change in a Microsoft World! Office 365 Governance and Change Management.
This session will focus on how to best operationalize your Office 365 investment. We will walk through how to develop a governance board focusing on tenant and service management, define roles and responsibilities, learn how to manage change in a SAAS solution that uses an evergreen service management model, and develop a system of communication to better support your customers.
Room 204ABFri 9:00 am - 10:10 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 202AFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Microsoft Purview Compliance – Tales from the Trenches
As more and more of an organization's data is stored within the cloud, controlling the sheer amount of data can be daunting. Administrators and compliance professionals are being called on more and more to support content management to ensure it is protected and maintained throughout its data lifecycle.
Joanne and David have assisted organizations for years and helped many enterprises design and build compliance solutions within Microsoft 365 Purview from the ground up. In this session, they'll discuss critical topics organizations should consider when implementing Records Management and Information Protection controls. They will also cover common pitfalls affecting the organization on its compliance journey.Room 204ABFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Deploying & Managing OneDrive in your Enterprise
OneDrive is a key workload in Microsoft 365 and can be an integral part of your collaboration strategy. OneDrive provides a cloud location to store, share, and sync your work files and then work with them from any device. Microsoft has spent a lot of effort to get a rock-solid solution including a well-oiled sync engine together.
Whether you are looking to roll-out OneDrive or are already are utilizing it, there are a lot of important things that you should know about administration. This session will go through things such as:
• Intro to OneDrive
• When to use it and when not to
• Sync capabilities and restrictions
• Overall limits, guidance, and best practices
• Security capabilities from the user to the tenant
• Reporting
• What’s new for administration
This session will be a technical focused session which will provide you the information and tools you need to ensure your OneDrive deployment is solid and secured.Room 204CFri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Unlock SharePoint Premium content services by connecting Azure Pay-as-you-go billing
Microsoft Syntex is evolving into the new SharePoint Premium offering and at the same time, new value in content AI is being unlocked through a first-time billing method for Microsoft 365--pay-as-you-go billing through Azure billing.
Azure billing might be new to some organizations even when they're familiar with Microsoft 365. However, taking the time to understand how and why the two services are connected for SharePoint Premium will help you unlock significant value for your organization.
Tom Resing is a member of the SharePoint Premium product engineering team at Microsoft. Every day, Tom thinks about how we communicate the user value of our content AI services.
Come to this session to get an overview of the how, why, what, when, and where you can get started with the admin steps that allow your users to begin automatically capturing information about files as they are added to SharePoint, including when they're added in conversations in Teams channels.Room 207AFri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm
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Hands-On : Azure For Power Platform Developers Masterclass
Gartner predicts, “by 2024, over 65% of medium to large enterprises will have adopted a Low Code Application Platform as one of their strategic application platforms.” Microsoft Power Platform is a low-code platform for rapidly building customized end-to-end business solutions. It consists of five product areas: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Copilot Studio, and Power Pages. Each area can be used individually or together. Thanks to a native integration with Azure, developers can use their cloud development skills to extend Microsoft Power Platform with different Azure services. With a low-code integrated development approach, business goals can be achieved faster and frees up time for the developers.
In this hands-on workshop, we will cover how to use Azure for custom development in Microsoft Platform services like Power Automate, Power Apps, Power Pages, Copilot Studio, Dataverse, and Power BI.
We will cover:
• Microsoft Azure Key Concepts
• How does Power Platform use Azure?
• How can fusion teams take advantage of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
• Authentication and Authorization in Azure
• Azure + Power Automate
• Azure + Power Apps
• Azure + Power Pages
• Azure + Copilot Studio
• Azure + Power BI
• Azure + Dataverse
• PowerFx
• Copilots in Power Platform
• Azure OpenAI + Power Platform
• ChatGPT + Power Platform
• What are Azure Functions?
• What are Logic Apps?
• What is Azure Bot Service?
• How to create an enterprise-grade app using Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
At the end of the workshop, attendees will have a working knowledge of Azure and how to use it to implement the customizations in the Microsoft Power Platform.
Access to Azure, Azure Open AI, and Microsoft Power Platform ( Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot Studio, and Power BI ) will be provided to create the customization. The target audience of this hands-on workshop is Developers, Power Users, and IT Pros who want to get into development.
Please note: Attendees will need to bring their laptops with internet access and modern browsers like Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari. The tablets will not work.
You Will Learn:
1) How do you handle Authentication and Authorization in Azure?
2) How does fusion teams can take advantage of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
3) How to create enterprise-grade app using Azure and Microsoft Power PlatformRoom 207AMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
The One Copilot Workshop to Rule them All
Let's face it, Copilot is everywhere, in everything, it's like the force... and sometimes just as confusing and hard to grasp. Those who learn to harness the power of Copilots within their organization will be able to go where no organization has gone before...
But what does it all mean? It all seems so overwhelming. What if your organization is unwilling to pay for Copilot licenses? What is the average person to do??
Join Mark Rackley in this full-day demo-filled tutorial where attendees will learn:
- What is Copilot and Generative AI?
- What do you need to do to prepare for Microsoft Copilot?
- What are your options for extending Microsoft Copilot?
- When and how should you use Copilot Studio?
- How can you create your own Custom Copilot that doesn't require expensive licensing?
With practical demos and real-world stories from the trenches, you will leave with all of your Copilot questions answered and feeling empowered to embrace Generative AI in your organization.Room 204ABTue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Introduction to the Microsoft Graph
This introductory session will get you started with learning how to use the Microsoft Graph in your applications. It will focus on the various applications you can build, the permission model, the various endpoints you can interact with and the many OAuth Flows you can choose from based on the type of application you are building.
Microsoft Graph is the gateway to data and intelligence in Microsoft 365. It provides a unified programmability model that you can use to access the tremendous amount of data in Microsoft 365, Windows 10, and Enterprise Mobility + Security.Room 204ABWed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Mastering React Hooks for SharePoint Framework and Microsoft Teams Apps
Delve into the world of React Hooks and discover how to leverage this powerful tool in SharePoint Framework and Microsoft Teams app development.
Learn the fundamentals of React Hooks, including integrating state with the useState hook, handling events and side effects using the useEffect hook, and even how to create custom hooks for your apps!
Whether you're new to React Hooks or looking to enhance your skills, this session will equip you with the knowledge to create dynamic and efficient apps using React Hooks.Room 208ABWed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Getting Started with the SharePoint Framework (SPFx)
Are you a developer that is just getting started trying to customize SharePoint and Teams and don't know where to start?
In this introductory level session we will look at how to get started using the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) and some potential uses for it. We will learn about setting up a development environment, creating a new project, deploying and debugging, and resources to keep the learning going.Room 209BCWed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Building Multi-tenant apps for Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 uses the concept of a "tenant" to securely isolate each customer's data, users, and permissions, even as they are running on shared infrastructure. Most applications run within a single tenant, and would require a separate copy of the app for each tenant.
In this session, you'll gain a deep understanding of tenants and how they relate to data access and Entre ID. Then you'll learn how to build apps that run across many tenants, allowing you to host a single copy of the app and share it across many Microsoft 365 customers, all while maintaining the isolation and security your customers expect.
This is not only important to software vendors, as more customers are finding themselves with multiple tenants due to mergers and acquisitions and other partnerships. Please attend to fully demystify the way multitenancy works in Microsoft 365, Microsoft Graph, and your applications!Room 207BWed 11:30 am - 12:40 pm -
From Concept to Creation: Planning and Building Your First Copilot Plugin
This session provides a comprehensive walkthrough for developing your first Microsoft Copilot plugin. From identifying the initial need to deploying a functional plugin, we cover the entire development lifecycle. Attendees will learn how to conceptualize a plugin's function, align it with specific project requirements, and navigate the technical landscape of Copilot plugin development. This session is designed to equip industry professionals with the knowledge to extend Copilot's capabilities through custom plugins, enhancing productivity and workflow within their organizations.
Room 203ABWed 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
Not Just for Citizen Development: Embracing Power Platform for Enterprise Applications
Too many people still look at Power Platform as something for citizen developers or "the smaller light-weight apps", but this misses a very large opportunity. Power Platform is incredibly well suited for the developing and hosting larger complex enterprises applications. This session will delve into why IT and business professionals and their leadership should be taking a Power Platform first strategy when looking to build applications.
In the session we'll explore the scalability of the platform technically and from a licensing perspective, the way the platform empowers developers and non-developers to both contribute to app making, talk about real-world examples, and discuss how Azure PaaS services ensures there is never a requirement that can't be met.Room 204CThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Unlock Third Party or Line of Business Data using Graph Connectors and Copilot
In this session we will focus on how anyone but especially knowledge workers can use Large Language Models (LLMs) driven tools like Copilot or custom GPTs and 3P/LOB data in a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pattern to aids individuals to ask in natural language questions and get more complete and textual responses.
Microsoft Graph Connectors allow for that by bringing in your own data into Microsoft 365 and making it available through a search index and semantic labeling (index) thus allowing the LLMs to reason over that otherwise locked data.Room 204ABThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm -
Empowering Your Solutions with AI: Custom Copilots Made Easy
A deep dive into creating AI solutions that are as dynamic and diverse as the industries they serve. Utilizing Azure OpenAI and Semantic Kernel, participants will explore the construction of AI assistants capable of interpreting complex queries, harnessing real-time data, and providing tailored insights. This presentation not only aims to equip attendees with the skills to develop these advanced AI tools but also to inspire them to innovate within their fields, transforming business operations and customer interactions through customized AI copilots.
Room 204CThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm -
Extending Microsoft 365: Exploring the Art of the Possible
The extensibility landscape of Microsoft 365 can be convoluted and confusing.
In this session I will explore real world user scenarios that were automated by artfully combining various extensibility methods of the Microsoft 365 platform into one cohesive solution.
My goal for this session is to have you start imagining how you can take solutions well beyond just a web part or just an application customizer into more robust fully functional end to end solutions.
We'll do that by discussing a problem statement, analyzing the different ways we could leverage the platform, discussing the final architecture, and when appropriate diving into bits of code where the implementation details are important.Room 209BCThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm -
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 209BCFri 9:00 am - 10:10 am
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Build Your Skills: Microsoft 365 Essentials for Beginners
Unlock the power of Microsoft 365 in this comprehensive workshop tailored for beginners. Delve into the core components of OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams, understanding their distinct roles and how they work in tandem to boost productivity. We'll explore key functionalities like document co-authoring, file sharing, managing access, and the unique document lifecycle within these platforms.
Along the way, learn to navigate the diverse terrain of other Microsoft 365 apps including Outlook, Planner, and To Do, enhancing both individual and team productivity. Understand the nuances of choosing the right tool for the right task, be it OneDrive for personal document management, SharePoint for organizational content, or Teams for collaborative projects. Attendees are encouraged to use their own devices and accounts to follow along, ensuring a comprehensive grasp of navigating and using Microsoft 365's capabilities confidently for effective communication and collaboration.Room 206Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Balancing Collaboration and Compliance within Microsoft 365
Hybrid modern work can be full of friction and frustration when it comes to compliance. We all need to help ensure a productive and compliant workplace, but how can you enable easy collaboration in your organization AND implement compliance features? Join Joanne and Daniel as they show how to bring together two equally important yet seemingly incompatible aspects of the modern workplace: collaboration and compliance.
With a he-said-she-said approach, Daniel will talk about the modern collaboration tools available in Microsoft 365 and Joanne will share what kinds of Microsoft Purview compliance controls can be applied to help collaboration tools be more compliant. You will walk away with the knowledge to combine collaboration with compliance.
Topics covered in the workshop:
• How to plan and implement a compliant Viva Connections and Viva Engage environment
• What are retention labels and policies and what do they look like in action in collaboration areas?
• How to implement data loss techniques while enabling collaboration?
• What are sensitivity labels and what types of controls can they place on collaboration?
• Do Microsoft Teams have an end-date and how to enable a lifecycle?
• Can Copilot help with compliance when it comes to our content and collaboration?Room 207BTue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Viva ,..What Should I Use, and When?
For today's fast-paced, mobile-driven, and globally dispersed hybrid workplace, Microsoft offers tons of great ways to effectively communicate and collaborate. But which tools are right for your organization?
In this interactive session, you will gain practical guidance on finding the right tools to facilitate efficient communications and collaboration both inside and outside the walls of your organization.
You'll also learn how to drive adoption and keep your chosen solution under control and get ready to walk away with the ability to chart a productive and pragmatic collaboration approach that delivers immediate and lasting value to your modern workplace.Room 203ABWed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Prepare the Organization for Self-Service in Microsoft 365
Rapidly growing companies must balance multiple strategic objectives with a seemingly endless list of action items while maintaining a focus on creating scalable solutions. Often this is all done by a team of one. How can you meet the needs of the business and avoid shadow IT with limited resources? Enter self-service.
In this session, we will share how to:
- Prepare the organization for self-service solution builds in Microsoft 365
- Create a consistent user experience across solutions
- Report on activity in your environment with out of the box tools to support your governance
- Establish a global steering committee to drive right-sized solutions across the organization
Leave this session with actionable steps to begin changing the way your organization creates spaces for collaboration.Room 201Wed 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
Elevating Your Experience: Improving Findability and Knowledge Discovery in Microsoft 365 and ShareP
In today's fast-paced business environment, quick and easy access to knowledge is critical for success. Unfortunately, many organizations and people struggle with finding and accessing information within their intranets.
In this session, we’ll review several different strategies to improve findability in Microsoft 365 – from simple tips to help users be more successful with search to more strategic approaches for intranet navigation and structure using home sites and hubs, information delivery with Viva Connections, improving knowledge management with Viva Topics and Viva Engage, and how Copilot can help.
You will learn practical and actionable tips and tricks that you can implement immediately as you evolve your employee experiences.Room 202AWed 1:50 pm - 3:00 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 208ABWed 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
To Build or Buy: Case Managment in Dynamics 365 or Power Apps
It's an age-old question: should I buy the solution "off the shelf" or build it myself? In the past, the high cost of custom development meant most people bought their software and did their best to "make it work."
But with the advent of low code, more and more organizations are not having to make that choice, but inside discovering it's really a spectrum.
This session will look the specific need many of my customers have: case management. In the past and sadly in the present, many of my customers rely on Excel to manage cases (or incidents or whatever terminology they use). Thanks to Power Apps, these customers have a better way.
But what about Dynamics 365? When should they consider it versus a "home grown" solution. I'll look at the pros and cons of both approaches and perhaps help you find the "sweet spot."Room 202AWed 3:40 pm - 4:50 pm -
Microsoft Lists: The Ultimate Guide to Track, Organize, and Collaborate
Microsoft Lists is a powerful app that helps you track information and organize your work with ease. Whether you want to manage your personal tasks or collaborate with your team, Microsoft Lists can help you create customizable lists that suit your needs.
In this session, you will learn how to:
- Access Microsoft Lists from web, desktop, mobile, and Teams
- Sync your lists for offline access
- Sort, filter, and group your list items
- Choose from different views such as Gallery, Calendar, and Board
- Format your views and columns with conditional formatting
- Customize your forms with no-code or low-code solutions
- Integrate your lists with Power Apps and Power Automate
- Set up alerts, rules, and notifications for your lists
- Share your lists with colleagues and control permissions
And more!
Join us for this ultimate guide to Microsoft Lists and discover how you can use it efficiently for any scenario.Room 207AWed 3:40 pm - 4:50 pm -
What’s New with OneDrive!
Are you caught up with all the new features in OneDrive? Have you rolled out OneDrive and not provided any new information to your users about what's new?
OneDrive in Microsoft 365 continues to evolve and we as end-users and IT professionals need to try keep up. Join me as we walk through the newest improvements and changes to the world of OneDrive and now content AI. This session will be demo filled and by the end you will see the investment and dedication that Microsoft has too provide a solid file management and sync solution.Room 207AThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Create a Compelling Employee Experience with Brand Center
Establishing a consistent brand identity is essential for any organization especially when it comes to internal communications and employee experience. Brand Center empowers businesses to expose their brand identity seamlessly across various channels in Microsoft 365. This session delves into the core functionalities and capabilities of Brand Center, unlocking a world of creative possibilities for enterprises of all sizes.
Join us as we explore the features of the Brand Center, offering attendees a comprehensive understanding of its tools and capabilities. We will look at practical applications of Brand Center in SharePoint and Viva Connections, how to get started, and some things to avoid as you start your brand journey.
In this session we will explore
- What is Brand Center and why it is important.
- Key functionality of Brand Center including font, theme, and asset management for your organization.
- How to get started rolling out Brand Center for your organization.
- Governance questions and thoughts
- Potential roadblocks and pitfalls
- Look at real world examples of organizations leveraging Brand Center
This session is designed for marketing professionals, brand managers, or communication specialists who are looking for ways to explore their brand within the Microsoft ecosystem.Room 207BThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
An end-to-end look at SharePoint Premium Content Processing
SharePoint Premium is a big step forward for Content Services in Microsoft 365 by providing the ability to integrate AI into the flow of work. Unstructured content is being produced at an alarming rate in modern workplaces today and organizations need a way to improve the effectiveness of business processes surrounding it.
SharePoint Premium's content processing capabilities help by automatically classifying content, extracting metadata, improving search, enhancing knowledge sharing, and applying appropriate governance controls. SharePoint Premium is this and so much more!
To demonstrate, Joanne Klein will walk through a live demo of building and training an Unstructured Document Processing model in SharePoint as well as the additional capabilities it provides once classified.
The walkthrough will cover setup, training, deployment, and some of the "extras" you get with SharePoint Premium.Room 201Thu 10:50 am - 12:00 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 202AThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm -
Real World Tips and Tricks for Driving Software Deployment
What do companies like Lego, AEG, Polaris, Takeda, and the Special Olympics have in common? They all have useful tips and tricks around driving internal usage of software to help them move from synchronous work to asynchronous work.
In this session we will hear from those customers and learn how they drove success in their organizations and how you can as well.Room 207AThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 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 208ABThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm -
Intro to Microsoft Fabric for the rest of us
Microsoft Fabric is a software that helps businesses analyze their data. It has many features that help businesses move their data around, analyze it in real-time, and make better decisions. It also has a lot of tools that help businesses store and organize their data in one place. With Microsoft Fabric, businesses can get a better understanding of their data and use it to make better decisions.
But what does that mean for the rest of us who don't do analytics every day or can barely spell Power BI? Join Mark Rackley and John White for this fun, demo-filled session that breaks Fabric down so that anyone can understand it's power, and how their company can take advantage of it, and get started!Room 204CFri 9:00 am - 10:10 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 207AFri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Customize SPO Columns and List Forms with JSON
JSON is not so scary. There is a ton of content out on the web to help you. In this session, we learn how to customize existing JSON code to fit our needs. During this session, you will learn how to:
1) Create a button to kick-off an instant flow.
2) Create a pop-out on hover.
3) Customize the list form header.
4) Break the list form into sections.
5) Customize the list form footer.Room 204CFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Buttons in Microsoft Lists - Logic for Non-devs
In Microsoft Lists, formatting can be done easily, and buttons can be created using a little JSON code. Wouldn't it be nice for end users to be able to click a button on an item in a list, to set a value or run a flow, without even having to open the item or file?
In this session, you will learn how to create simple buttons to click to run a workflow. No menus, no panels, super simple for end users!
Laura Rogers will teach you the logic used in order to assign the action that the button takes, how to set up the button's visual appearance, and its text, and how to create conditional formatting.Room 202AFri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Optimize Your Organization's Content for Copilot
Content is the lifeblood of every organization. It is how teams collaborate and create value for the organization. However, managing content effectively can be challenging, especially with the increasing volume and variety of content types. How can you organize, secure, and process your content to maximize its value and prepare it for Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365?
In this session, we will discuss best practices for organizing your content and sites in Microsoft 365, perform a security and governance audit to ensure information is not leaked through new AI tools, and do a walkthrough on integrating Copilot into your daily workflow.Room 204ABFri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm
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Best Practices for Intranet Information Architecture: the key to unlocking AI’s full potential
In this workshop, we will explore the basics of Information Architecture (IA) and its role in creating effective intranets using Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and Viva Connections. We’ll talk about why IA is so important to AI – and how you can ensure that your intranet content can act as a valuable partner in your AI solutions. Whether you are just starting out or looking to improve your current intranet design, this workshop will provide you with the necessary tools and techniques to make the most of new and upcoming features, capabilities, and best practices. We'll cover key topics including creating and organizing content, building site structures, creating metadata, and leveraging search functionality.
You will take away:
• Approaches for planning navigation across the entire intranet and on individual sites
• Tips and best practices for audiences, hubs, and home sites
• Page design guidance that supports accessibility and great user experiences
• Effective use of metadata on pages and documents – and whether it is OK to use folders to organize your content.
• How to leverage Viva Connections to bring your intranet to your users in the flow of work – and how to plan audiences to ensure that the right tools and information gets to the right groups.
• How Copilot can help your information architecture and vice versa.
You'll leave with a clear understanding of what IA is, why it matters, and how to get started with creating effective intranets that meet your organization's needs.Room 203ABMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
From Chaos to Control: Mastering Records Management in the Digital Age with Microsoft Purview
This workshop will be a deep-dive on strategies for planning and executing Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle and Records Management in the workplace from both a Records Manager's and IT-Pro's perspective. With compliance concerns on the rise in the modern workplace today, compliance teams are reaching out to their IT-Pro partners for assistance. This is unfamiliar territory for many; this workshop is built to help clear the path forward for both sides.
The workshop will cover key topics like:
• Recommendations for mapping a retention schedule into a "software-friendly" Purview File Plan
• Using automation to help scale your solution
• Using scopes to scale and meet complex retention requirements
• Understanding what configurations can and can't (easily) be changed after-the-fact
• SharePoint/Teams architecture impacts
• Where you may need to customize
• What implications does this have for copilot?
• Enablement… what a Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 strategy might look like
To reinforce the topics, Joanne will walk thru several real-world use-cases and discuss the skills, roles, responsibilities, and approaches she's seen success with.Room 207BMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Elevate Your Intranet: Unleash the potential of Artificial Intelligence with Copilot and Viva
An intranet can support your organization’s ability to communicate and collaborate effectively, make information easy to find, automate business processes, and help cut administrative costs… but where do you start? In this all-day workshop, we will focus on the mechanics of building the basic structure of an intranet. We will then explore how Artificial Intelligence and Microsoft Copilot can elevate your intranet past content surfaced in SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, and the Viva suite.
At the end of the tutorial, you will understand common solutions like decentralized content management with centralized content experiences, branding capabilities across Microsoft 365, and how to create personalized content experiences. You will leave with a clear understanding of how you can best leverage Copilot and Viva to create an incredible employee experience.
During the workshop, we will demo creating a/an:
-Intuitive global and site navigation
-Branded experience with recommended page layouts
-Scalable enterprise information architecture
-Custom search experiences to surface the right information, at the right time
-Artificial Intelligence assisted development of learning and onboarding content
-A seamless connection between your intranet and where people are working
Join us to gain a deeper understanding of the out of the box technical capabilities using only Business Premium licenses so you can focus on identifying your desired business outcomes, defining your overall content strategy and governance, and driving the adoption of your intranet at your organization without navigating additional costs.Room 202ATue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Balancing Collaboration and Compliance within Microsoft 365
Hybrid modern work can be full of friction and frustration when it comes to compliance. We all need to help ensure a productive and compliant workplace, but how can you enable easy collaboration in your organization AND implement compliance features? Join Joanne and Daniel as they show how to bring together two equally important yet seemingly incompatible aspects of the modern workplace: collaboration and compliance.
With a he-said-she-said approach, Daniel will talk about the modern collaboration tools available in Microsoft 365 and Joanne will share what kinds of Microsoft Purview compliance controls can be applied to help collaboration tools be more compliant. You will walk away with the knowledge to combine collaboration with compliance.
Topics covered in the workshop:
• How to plan and implement a compliant Viva Connections and Viva Engage environment
• What are retention labels and policies and what do they look like in action in collaboration areas?
• How to implement data loss techniques while enabling collaboration?
• What are sensitivity labels and what types of controls can they place on collaboration?
• Do Microsoft Teams have an end-date and how to enable a lifecycle?
• Can Copilot help with compliance when it comes to our content and collaboration?Room 207BTue 9:00 am - 12:30 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 securely. 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 Office 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 landscape of data security
• What is Microsoft Purview and how we can use it
• How to secure you data with 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
• Retain content using Data Lifecycle Management and Records 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 207ATue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
IT Pro meets Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle and Records Management
This session will explain Data Lifecycle and Records Management in Microsoft Purview from an IT-Pro's perspective. With data governance concerns on the rise in the modern workplace, particularly with the use of Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365, good data governance is more important than ever. Compliance teams are reaching out to their IT-Pro partners for assistance.
This is unfamiliar territory for many IT-Pros, so this session is designed to help clear the path forward. It covers topics like:
- Recommendations for mapping a retention schedule into a "software-friendly" Purview File Plan
- Using automation to apply retention labels to your content
- Using scopes to scale and meet complex retention requirements
- SharePoint and Teams architecture impacts
Joanne will discuss the skills that IT-Pros should bring to the table when working with their Compliance team partners.
4 Objectives:
- Understand how to interpret retention schedules from a technical perspective
- Understand the dependencies for the automation features in DLM/RM
- Understand the impacts your SP/Teams architecture can have on applying DLM/RM controls
- Understand what decisions need to be solidified early on for DLM/RMRoom 204CWed 11:30 am - 12:40 pm -
SharePoint Premium - The future of AI powered content management
SharePoint Premium brings AI, automation, and added security to your content experiences, processing, and governance. SharePoint Premium delivers new ways to engage with your most critical content, managing and protecting it through its lifecycle. It also helps you maximize content value with security and structure – and prepare it for Copilot for Microsoft 365, the next-generation AI assistant that is transforming productivity.
We'll learn about some of the core features of SharePoint Premium such as Content experiences, Content processing and Content governance.Room 209BCWed 11:30 am - 12:40 pm -
Prepare the Organization for Self-Service in Microsoft 365
Rapidly growing companies must balance multiple strategic objectives with a seemingly endless list of action items while maintaining a focus on creating scalable solutions. Often this is all done by a team of one. How can you meet the needs of the business and avoid shadow IT with limited resources? Enter self-service.
In this session, we will share how to:
- Prepare the organization for self-service solution builds in Microsoft 365
- Create a consistent user experience across solutions
- Report on activity in your environment with out of the box tools to support your governance
- Establish a global steering committee to drive right-sized solutions across the organization
Leave this session with actionable steps to begin changing the way your organization creates spaces for collaboration.Room 201Wed 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
Implementing Microsoft 365 Data Loss Prevention. A Real World Approach
As more and more organizations' content is stored in cloud locations, it can become further at risk for accidental or malicious misuse. Users make good use of cloud collaboration features to share documents with others. Information contained within documents or even the intended recipient of the files may not be properly considered before transmission. This can often lead to data loss and poses significant risks to the organization. To protect against the loss of data control, organizations are looking for solutions that protect the data when it is shared.
Join David as he takes a practical approach to understand data loss prevention techniques and capabilities available within Microsoft 365. David will also provide a real-world approach to implementing the technologies with a strong consideration of the balance of protection and user experience.Room 209BCWed 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
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).Room 204ABWed 3:40 pm - 4:50 pm -
Building a Policy Center with PnP Modern Search
In a modern Intranet, we generally want to store content in the site where it should be managed. We think of this as distributed content management and it's similar to the way News works in modern SharePoint. This usually means each department or organizational unit can manage their content using a process which makes sense for them.
At the same time, we may want to roll up that content in one central location for ease of access. A Policy Center is a great example of this approach and one we find ourselves building for many of our clients.
In this session, you'll see how the following components add up to make a Policy Center:
- Information architecture (IA) in the form of Site Columns and a Content Type to represent a Policy
- A Site Template which only instantiates a Policy library in the site and applies the IA
- A Policy library in each Intranet site, deployed using the Site Template, with Policies specific to that department
- Changes to the search schema to support metadata filtering
- A Policy Center page built using PnP Modern Search Web Parts to display the Policies from across the Intranet
Additionally, we'll discuss various approaches to solve the content management puzzle - before the Policy is even visible on the Intranet.Room 204CWed 3:40 pm - 4:50 pm -
Microsoft Lists: The Ultimate Guide to Track, Organize, and Collaborate
Microsoft Lists is a powerful app that helps you track information and organize your work with ease. Whether you want to manage your personal tasks or collaborate with your team, Microsoft Lists can help you create customizable lists that suit your needs.
In this session, you will learn how to:
- Access Microsoft Lists from web, desktop, mobile, and Teams
- Sync your lists for offline access
- Sort, filter, and group your list items
- Choose from different views such as Gallery, Calendar, and Board
- Format your views and columns with conditional formatting
- Customize your forms with no-code or low-code solutions
- Integrate your lists with Power Apps and Power Automate
- Set up alerts, rules, and notifications for your lists
- Share your lists with colleagues and control permissions
And more!
Join us for this ultimate guide to Microsoft Lists and discover how you can use it efficiently for any scenario.Room 207AWed 3:40 pm - 4:50 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 201Thu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
What’s New with OneDrive!
Are you caught up with all the new features in OneDrive? Have you rolled out OneDrive and not provided any new information to your users about what's new?
OneDrive in Microsoft 365 continues to evolve and we as end-users and IT professionals need to try keep up. Join me as we walk through the newest improvements and changes to the world of OneDrive and now content AI. This session will be demo filled and by the end you will see the investment and dedication that Microsoft has too provide a solid file management and sync solution.Room 207AThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Metadata & Folders. Better Together.
When you start using SharePoint everyone says, "Don't use folders." If that is true, how do we organize and find the stuff we put into SharePoint? Metadata.
In this session, we will explore what metadata is, how to use it, and how to get our co-workers to use it. Recreate this demo when you get back to the office to win your users over to the metadata side.
This demo works in SharePoint Online and On-Premises.
Key Take Aways:
- What is metadata?
- When to use metadata
- Choices for metadata
• When to use foldersRoom 209BCThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
An end-to-end look at SharePoint Premium Content Processing
SharePoint Premium is a big step forward for Content Services in Microsoft 365 by providing the ability to integrate AI into the flow of work. Unstructured content is being produced at an alarming rate in modern workplaces today and organizations need a way to improve the effectiveness of business processes surrounding it.
SharePoint Premium's content processing capabilities help by automatically classifying content, extracting metadata, improving search, enhancing knowledge sharing, and applying appropriate governance controls. SharePoint Premium is this and so much more!
To demonstrate, Joanne Klein will walk through a live demo of building and training an Unstructured Document Processing model in SharePoint as well as the additional capabilities it provides once classified.
The walkthrough will cover setup, training, deployment, and some of the "extras" you get with SharePoint Premium.Room 201Thu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Does Information Architecture Matter Anymore?
With all the machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) available in Microsoft 365 these days, do we still need to think about information architecture? Can automation fulfil the promise of reducing the load on information architects and developers?
In this session, we’re review some of the better practices for constructing a powerful information architecture and why it still matters. We’ll look at real-world examples and talk about what automation can and can’t do for you.
Technology is evolving quickly, so expect to see a few tidbits you don't expect, as well as healthy doses of reality.Room 202AThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
An Introduction to Implementing Microsoft Information Protection (MIP)
All organizations store sensitive information. The information can be sensitive to the organization itself, to you as an employee of the organization, to you as a customer of that organization, or in any other number of ways. All businesses have a responsibility to keep that information safe. Historically, this protection has come by locking down network locations from external access, permission control, and data encryption. But it is being discovered that this is no longer sufficient. More is required to protect your sensitive information.
David Drever has been helping organizations secure their information with Microsoft Information Protection for many years. Join him as he walks through the features of MIP, how it can protect the organization’s sensitive information, leading practices in implementing the technologies and processes, and how MIP is the foundation for many other features within Microsoft 365 for protecting your information.Room 202BThu 10:50 am - 12:00 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 202AThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 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 208ABThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm -
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 207AFri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Microsoft Purview Compliance – Tales from the Trenches
As more and more of an organization's data is stored within the cloud, controlling the sheer amount of data can be daunting. Administrators and compliance professionals are being called on more and more to support content management to ensure it is protected and maintained throughout its data lifecycle.
Joanne and David have assisted organizations for years and helped many enterprises design and build compliance solutions within Microsoft 365 Purview from the ground up. In this session, they'll discuss critical topics organizations should consider when implementing Records Management and Information Protection controls. They will also cover common pitfalls affecting the organization on its compliance journey.Room 204ABFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Buttons in Microsoft Lists - Logic for Non-devs
In Microsoft Lists, formatting can be done easily, and buttons can be created using a little JSON code. Wouldn't it be nice for end users to be able to click a button on an item in a list, to set a value or run a flow, without even having to open the item or file?
In this session, you will learn how to create simple buttons to click to run a workflow. No menus, no panels, super simple for end users!
Laura Rogers will teach you the logic used in order to assign the action that the button takes, how to set up the button's visual appearance, and its text, and how to create conditional formatting.Room 202AFri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Using Site Templates to Deploy Consistent Information Architecture
A great information architecture improves many content management scenarios, from search, to business processes, to ease of content tagging and storage.
In this session, we'll look at how Site Templates can be used to create reusable site building blocks rather than focusing on configuring the entire site. By using these specific building blocks together, you can build up your sites to have capabilities you need, in whatever combinations make the most sense for the work at hand.Room 204ABFri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Deploying & Managing OneDrive in your Enterprise
OneDrive is a key workload in Microsoft 365 and can be an integral part of your collaboration strategy. OneDrive provides a cloud location to store, share, and sync your work files and then work with them from any device. Microsoft has spent a lot of effort to get a rock-solid solution including a well-oiled sync engine together.
Whether you are looking to roll-out OneDrive or are already are utilizing it, there are a lot of important things that you should know about administration. This session will go through things such as:
• Intro to OneDrive
• When to use it and when not to
• Sync capabilities and restrictions
• Overall limits, guidance, and best practices
• Security capabilities from the user to the tenant
• Reporting
• What’s new for administration
This session will be a technical focused session which will provide you the information and tools you need to ensure your OneDrive deployment is solid and secured.Room 204CFri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Optimize Your Organization's Content for Copilot
Content is the lifeblood of every organization. It is how teams collaborate and create value for the organization. However, managing content effectively can be challenging, especially with the increasing volume and variety of content types. How can you organize, secure, and process your content to maximize its value and prepare it for Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365?
In this session, we will discuss best practices for organizing your content and sites in Microsoft 365, perform a security and governance audit to ensure information is not leaked through new AI tools, and do a walkthrough on integrating Copilot into your daily workflow.Room 204ABFri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm
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Next level productivity with Microsoft Copilot
Are you looking to take your productivity to the next level? Microsoft Copilot will help you achieve just that! In this workshop, learn how Microsoft Copilot works across Microsoft 365. Discover how Copilot is integrated into Microsoft 365 to streamline your business processes, automate tasks, improve workflows, and increase productivity while saving time and effort.
Discover Copilot M365 Chat, your powerful virtual assistant for work. Learn how Microsoft 365 Chat can help you catch up quickly, create content and brainstorm ideas, and get quick answers to your questions. Microsoft 365 Chat connects to your work data and apps to help you achieve more.
Deep Dive into Copilot for Microsoft 365 across pivotal apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. Discover how Copilot enhances your capabilities for document creation, data analysis, presentation design, email management, and note-taking. It’s your digital companion, optimizing each task, making daily operations smoother and unleashing new potentials for efficiency.
You'll discover how to use Copilot in Microsoft Teams to summarize meetings in real time or after they end, highlight the key discussion points, action items, and decisions. You can also ask Copilot questions to get more insights or suggestions during or after a meeting. Catch up on chats or channels quickly without having to scroll through long threads. Create content in chat or channels by asking Copilot to generate text or replies based on your prompt.
The future of the modern workplace is here! Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how Copilot for Microsoft 365 can help you achieve more with less effort! With hands-on exercises and practical tips, you'll leave the workshop with a solid understanding of how to use Copilot for Microsoft 365 to maximize your productivity.Room 201Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Hands-On : Azure For Power Platform Developers Masterclass
Gartner predicts, “by 2024, over 65% of medium to large enterprises will have adopted a Low Code Application Platform as one of their strategic application platforms.” Microsoft Power Platform is a low-code platform for rapidly building customized end-to-end business solutions. It consists of five product areas: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Copilot Studio, and Power Pages. Each area can be used individually or together. Thanks to a native integration with Azure, developers can use their cloud development skills to extend Microsoft Power Platform with different Azure services. With a low-code integrated development approach, business goals can be achieved faster and frees up time for the developers.
In this hands-on workshop, we will cover how to use Azure for custom development in Microsoft Platform services like Power Automate, Power Apps, Power Pages, Copilot Studio, Dataverse, and Power BI.
We will cover:
• Microsoft Azure Key Concepts
• How does Power Platform use Azure?
• How can fusion teams take advantage of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
• Authentication and Authorization in Azure
• Azure + Power Automate
• Azure + Power Apps
• Azure + Power Pages
• Azure + Copilot Studio
• Azure + Power BI
• Azure + Dataverse
• PowerFx
• Copilots in Power Platform
• Azure OpenAI + Power Platform
• ChatGPT + Power Platform
• What are Azure Functions?
• What are Logic Apps?
• What is Azure Bot Service?
• How to create an enterprise-grade app using Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
At the end of the workshop, attendees will have a working knowledge of Azure and how to use it to implement the customizations in the Microsoft Power Platform.
Access to Azure, Azure Open AI, and Microsoft Power Platform ( Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot Studio, and Power BI ) will be provided to create the customization. The target audience of this hands-on workshop is Developers, Power Users, and IT Pros who want to get into development.
Please note: Attendees will need to bring their laptops with internet access and modern browsers like Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari. The tablets will not work.
You Will Learn:
1) How do you handle Authentication and Authorization in Azure?
2) How does fusion teams can take advantage of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
3) How to create enterprise-grade app using Azure and Microsoft Power PlatformRoom 207AMon 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!
NOTE: Hey 👋, Andrew here… this workshop is not intended for attendees to follow along & build the same projects during the session. Instead, focus on learning, taking notes, & getting answers to your questions - you’ll walk away with everything at the end of the day!Room 201Tue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Elevate Your Intranet: Unleash the potential of Artificial Intelligence with Copilot and Viva
An intranet can support your organization’s ability to communicate and collaborate effectively, make information easy to find, automate business processes, and help cut administrative costs… but where do you start? In this all-day workshop, we will focus on the mechanics of building the basic structure of an intranet. We will then explore how Artificial Intelligence and Microsoft Copilot can elevate your intranet past content surfaced in SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, and the Viva suite.
At the end of the tutorial, you will understand common solutions like decentralized content management with centralized content experiences, branding capabilities across Microsoft 365, and how to create personalized content experiences. You will leave with a clear understanding of how you can best leverage Copilot and Viva to create an incredible employee experience.
During the workshop, we will demo creating a/an:
-Intuitive global and site navigation
-Branded experience with recommended page layouts
-Scalable enterprise information architecture
-Custom search experiences to surface the right information, at the right time
-Artificial Intelligence assisted development of learning and onboarding content
-A seamless connection between your intranet and where people are working
Join us to gain a deeper understanding of the out of the box technical capabilities using only Business Premium licenses so you can focus on identifying your desired business outcomes, defining your overall content strategy and governance, and driving the adoption of your intranet at your organization without navigating additional costs.Room 202ATue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
The One Copilot Workshop to Rule them All
Let's face it, Copilot is everywhere, in everything, it's like the force... and sometimes just as confusing and hard to grasp. Those who learn to harness the power of Copilots within their organization will be able to go where no organization has gone before...
But what does it all mean? It all seems so overwhelming. What if your organization is unwilling to pay for Copilot licenses? What is the average person to do??
Join Mark Rackley in this full-day demo-filled tutorial where attendees will learn:
- What is Copilot and Generative AI?
- What do you need to do to prepare for Microsoft Copilot?
- What are your options for extending Microsoft Copilot?
- When and how should you use Copilot Studio?
- How can you create your own Custom Copilot that doesn't require expensive licensing?
With practical demos and real-world stories from the trenches, you will leave with all of your Copilot questions answered and feeling empowered to embrace Generative AI in your organization.Room 204ABTue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Balancing Collaboration and Compliance within Microsoft 365
Hybrid modern work can be full of friction and frustration when it comes to compliance. We all need to help ensure a productive and compliant workplace, but how can you enable easy collaboration in your organization AND implement compliance features? Join Joanne and Daniel as they show how to bring together two equally important yet seemingly incompatible aspects of the modern workplace: collaboration and compliance.
With a he-said-she-said approach, Daniel will talk about the modern collaboration tools available in Microsoft 365 and Joanne will share what kinds of Microsoft Purview compliance controls can be applied to help collaboration tools be more compliant. You will walk away with the knowledge to combine collaboration with compliance.
Topics covered in the workshop:
• How to plan and implement a compliant Viva Connections and Viva Engage environment
• What are retention labels and policies and what do they look like in action in collaboration areas?
• How to implement data loss techniques while enabling collaboration?
• What are sensitivity labels and what types of controls can they place on collaboration?
• Do Microsoft Teams have an end-date and how to enable a lifecycle?
• Can Copilot help with compliance when it comes to our content and collaboration?Room 207BTue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
AI for non-AI professionals
AI, AI, AI! Are you overwhelmed with all of the AI messaging! Are you having trouble making sense of the new terminology? This is the workshop for you! We'll take you through all of the concepts, show how they work and how it all fits together.
Room 209BCTue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
The Art of Prompt Engineering in M365 Copilot
The art of prompt engineering of M365 Copilot is the skill of creating effective and clear instructions or questions that tell M365 Copilot what you want it to do for you.
M365 Copilot will then use its large language model to generate a summary based on your prompt. Prompt engineering helps you collaborate with M365 Copilot by following up on your prompts with more questions or feedback, which can help M365 Copilot learn from your preferences and improve its suggestions over time.
If you want to learn more about prompt engineering this session is for you as we will learn the essential ingredients of a prompt and how to properly communicate with semantic index and connect to our data.Room 203ABWed 11:30 am - 12:40 pm -
Get strated with AI Builder
Embark on a swift journey into the realm of AI Builder, Microsoft's groundbreaking tool that empowers users to integrate artificial intelligence seamlessly into their applications and business processes.
In this action-packed session, participants will explore the essentials of AI Builder, gaining key insights into how it enables the creation of custom AI models without the need for extensive coding.Room 208ABWed 11:30 am - 12:40 pm -
Prepare the Organization for Self-Service in Microsoft 365
Rapidly growing companies must balance multiple strategic objectives with a seemingly endless list of action items while maintaining a focus on creating scalable solutions. Often this is all done by a team of one. How can you meet the needs of the business and avoid shadow IT with limited resources? Enter self-service.
In this session, we will share how to:
- Prepare the organization for self-service solution builds in Microsoft 365
- Create a consistent user experience across solutions
- Report on activity in your environment with out of the box tools to support your governance
- Establish a global steering committee to drive right-sized solutions across the organization
Leave this session with actionable steps to begin changing the way your organization creates spaces for collaboration.Room 201Wed 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
From Concept to Creation: Planning and Building Your First Copilot Plugin
This session provides a comprehensive walkthrough for developing your first Microsoft Copilot plugin. From identifying the initial need to deploying a functional plugin, we cover the entire development lifecycle. Attendees will learn how to conceptualize a plugin's function, align it with specific project requirements, and navigate the technical landscape of Copilot plugin development. This session is designed to equip industry professionals with the knowledge to extend Copilot's capabilities through custom plugins, enhancing productivity and workflow within their organizations.
Room 203ABWed 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
Have you met your new Trainer? - AI as a learning tool in the Power Platform
In this session, Microsoft’s own Craig Harris will explore the innovative integration of artificial intelligence within Microsoft's Power Platform for enhanced learning experiences. In this session, attendees will delve into the capabilities of AI as it pertains to training and skill development within the Power Platform ecosystem.
Participants will gain insights into how AI-driven maker updates in the Power Platform can super charge adoption through training where your Copilot can just as easily serve as a teaching assistant to learn how elements in the Power Platform work together.
We’ll look at adoption strategies and component re-use to help your organizations get smarter on how these tools work with the goal of helping your teams focus on the meaningful work you’re passionate about. We’ll also review the state of play in US Gov clouds so Federal customers have clear line of sight of when these new and innovative technologies will come to the Government Community Clouds.Room 202BWed 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
10 Must Dos for Success Copilot Adoption and Usage
We will look at 3 real life customer Copilot case studies and what mistakes they made that 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 203ABWed 3:40 pm - 4:50 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 201Thu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Protect at the speed and scale of AI with Microsoft Copilot for Security
Join us for an informative session on Microsoft Security Copilot, the first generative AI security product that amplifies your security and IT team’s impact and efficiency.
In this session, we will provide an overview of the threat landscape, scenarios, integrations, and demos of how Microsoft Security Copilot works. You will learn about the business value of using this product, including improved productivity and collaboration, faster investigation and response to threats, and continuous assessment and improvement of posture. Microsoft Security Copilot is grounded in responsible AI principles, ensuring that your data is protected and used responsibly.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn how Microsoft Security Copilot can transform your security operations.Room 202AThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Modernizing Paper Form Processing with Power Platform and AI
In this session, we delve into the transformational journey of a large government agency’s office. Their cumbersome process of handling hundreds of paper forms submitted by employees each month was riddled with inefficiencies and prone to errors. Enter the Power Platform and AI—a dynamic duo that revolutionized their operations.
Challenges Faced ---------
- Time-Consuming Workflow: Manual data entry from legacy paper forms consumed valuable hours.
- Error-Prone Process: Human errors led to inaccuracies and delays.
- Lack of Efficiency: The existing system hindered productivity and citizen satisfaction.
Our Solution ---------
Power Platform Unleashed:
- Power Apps: We built a user-friendly front-end citizen portal, replacing a paper form
- Power Automate: Automated data extraction from scanned forms using AI. Power Pages: Streamlined collaboration and reporting.
- AI-Powered Data Extraction: Leveraging Azure Open AI and Microsoft Copilot Studio, we extracted relevant data swiftly and accurately. Citizens’ information seamlessly flowed into the system, reducing manual effort.
- Secure Data Collection: The new citizen portal ensures safe and confidential data submission. Data is directly imported into Dynamics 365 Case Management for streamlined case handling.
Key Takeaways --------------
Learn how to modernize processes using the Power Platform. Understand the role of AI in data extraction and accuracy. Witness the transition from paper forms to a secure digital interface.
Join us to explore the intersection of technology, efficiency, and citizen-centric services. Let’s empower agencies to serve their communities better!Room 204ABThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Be Your Own Copilot: How to Create your Own Generative AI Assistant
Microsoft Copilot is coming... eventually... but what can you do today to create your own Copilot experiences in Microsoft 365??
Join this demo-packed session as Mark Rackley walks you through how to leverage Azure OpenAI today to create custom Copilots without having to worry about your data leaving your tenant.Room 207AThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Copilot Extensibility: Updates from Microsoft Build
Microsoft Copilot is relatively new, and already users and developers are looking for ways to extend it to include custom features and data sources. Some exciting new approaches to this were introduced at Microsoft Build in May 2024.
In this session, we'll review all the options and show you how to get started with each of them. Then we'll compare them to guide you on the tradeoffs and "when to use what". Please join us to learn the latest and greatest advances into Microsoft's exciting Copilot capabilities!Room 208ABThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Unlock Third Party or Line of Business Data using Graph Connectors and Copilot
In this session we will focus on how anyone but especially knowledge workers can use Large Language Models (LLMs) driven tools like Copilot or custom GPTs and 3P/LOB data in a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pattern to aids individuals to ask in natural language questions and get more complete and textual responses.
Microsoft Graph Connectors allow for that by bringing in your own data into Microsoft 365 and making it available through a search index and semantic labeling (index) thus allowing the LLMs to reason over that otherwise locked data.Room 204ABThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm -
Empowering Your Solutions with AI: Custom Copilots Made Easy
A deep dive into creating AI solutions that are as dynamic and diverse as the industries they serve. Utilizing Azure OpenAI and Semantic Kernel, participants will explore the construction of AI assistants capable of interpreting complex queries, harnessing real-time data, and providing tailored insights. This presentation not only aims to equip attendees with the skills to develop these advanced AI tools but also to inspire them to innovate within their fields, transforming business operations and customer interactions through customized AI copilots.
Room 204CThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm -
Why You Need SharePoint Premium to Streamline Your Processes and Save Your Budget
If you are tired of dealing with PDFs and other documents that slow down your business processes, you should consider SharePoint Premium. SharePoint Premium is a powerful platform that can help you automate, optimize, and streamline your document-centric workflows.
In this session, I'll show you how SharePoint Premium can transform your business by:
- Enabling you to create, edit, and share documents online with ease
- Integrating with Power Platform and AI to add intelligence and automation to your processes
- Providing you with advanced security and compliance features to protect your data
- Reducing your operational costs and increasing your productivity
I'll also share with you some common business scenarios that are ideal for SharePoint Premium, such as invoice processing, contract management, and employee onboarding. And I'll give you some tips on how to build a compelling business case for SharePoint Premium, so you can convince your stakeholders and decision-makers to invest in this solution.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn how SharePoint Premium can revolutionize your document management and boost your business performance.Room 206Thu 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm -
Build smarter automation with AI Builder
Embed AI capabilities in your Power Automate flows.
Join us in this session and learn how to integrate AI capabilities in your Power Automate flows as we demonstrate how AI Builder can help you and your organization save time and money by augmenting simple flows with Artificial Intelligence.
In this session we will work with simple use cases, based on real business requirements that all attendee can relate to.Room 204CThu 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
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 207AFri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Bring your business data into Microsoft Copilot with Plugins and Connectors
Copilot for Microsoft 365 is more powerful than other AI solutions simply because it has access to your Microsoft 365 data such as documents, emails, and chat messages. In this session, you'll learn how to take it to the next level by building Copilot plugins and Graph connectors which allow Copilot to access your business applications outside of Microsoft 365.
We'll dive into the latest advances in plugin creation using Teams Toolkit as well as easy approaches for building Graph connectors. Perhaps most importantly, you'll learn about the tradeoffs so you can decide which approach is best for your project.
Don't miss this opportunity to take your Copilot to the next level by attending this presentation!Room 207AFri 10:20 am - 11:30 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 202BFri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Optimize Your Organization's Content for Copilot
Content is the lifeblood of every organization. It is how teams collaborate and create value for the organization. However, managing content effectively can be challenging, especially with the increasing volume and variety of content types. How can you organize, secure, and process your content to maximize its value and prepare it for Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365?
In this session, we will discuss best practices for organizing your content and sites in Microsoft 365, perform a security and governance audit to ensure information is not leaked through new AI tools, and do a walkthrough on integrating Copilot into your daily workflow.Room 204ABFri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm
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Hands-On : Azure For Power Platform Developers Masterclass
Gartner predicts, “by 2024, over 65% of medium to large enterprises will have adopted a Low Code Application Platform as one of their strategic application platforms.” Microsoft Power Platform is a low-code platform for rapidly building customized end-to-end business solutions. It consists of five product areas: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Copilot Studio, and Power Pages. Each area can be used individually or together. Thanks to a native integration with Azure, developers can use their cloud development skills to extend Microsoft Power Platform with different Azure services. With a low-code integrated development approach, business goals can be achieved faster and frees up time for the developers.
In this hands-on workshop, we will cover how to use Azure for custom development in Microsoft Platform services like Power Automate, Power Apps, Power Pages, Copilot Studio, Dataverse, and Power BI.
We will cover:
• Microsoft Azure Key Concepts
• How does Power Platform use Azure?
• How can fusion teams take advantage of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
• Authentication and Authorization in Azure
• Azure + Power Automate
• Azure + Power Apps
• Azure + Power Pages
• Azure + Copilot Studio
• Azure + Power BI
• Azure + Dataverse
• PowerFx
• Copilots in Power Platform
• Azure OpenAI + Power Platform
• ChatGPT + Power Platform
• What are Azure Functions?
• What are Logic Apps?
• What is Azure Bot Service?
• How to create an enterprise-grade app using Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
At the end of the workshop, attendees will have a working knowledge of Azure and how to use it to implement the customizations in the Microsoft Power Platform.
Access to Azure, Azure Open AI, and Microsoft Power Platform ( Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot Studio, and Power BI ) will be provided to create the customization. The target audience of this hands-on workshop is Developers, Power Users, and IT Pros who want to get into development.
Please note: Attendees will need to bring their laptops with internet access and modern browsers like Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari. The tablets will not work.
You Will Learn:
1) How do you handle Authentication and Authorization in Azure?
2) How does fusion teams can take advantage of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
3) How to create enterprise-grade app using Azure and Microsoft Power PlatformRoom 207AMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
The One Copilot Workshop to Rule them All
Let's face it, Copilot is everywhere, in everything, it's like the force... and sometimes just as confusing and hard to grasp. Those who learn to harness the power of Copilots within their organization will be able to go where no organization has gone before...
But what does it all mean? It all seems so overwhelming. What if your organization is unwilling to pay for Copilot licenses? What is the average person to do??
Join Mark Rackley in this full-day demo-filled tutorial where attendees will learn:
- What is Copilot and Generative AI?
- What do you need to do to prepare for Microsoft Copilot?
- What are your options for extending Microsoft Copilot?
- When and how should you use Copilot Studio?
- How can you create your own Custom Copilot that doesn't require expensive licensing?
With practical demos and real-world stories from the trenches, you will leave with all of your Copilot questions answered and feeling empowered to embrace Generative AI in your organization.Room 204ABTue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Be Your Own Copilot: How to Create your Own Generative AI Assistant
Microsoft Copilot is coming... eventually... but what can you do today to create your own Copilot experiences in Microsoft 365??
Join this demo-packed session as Mark Rackley walks you through how to leverage Azure OpenAI today to create custom Copilots without having to worry about your data leaving your tenant.Room 207AThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm
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Best Practices for Intranet Information Architecture: the key to unlocking AI’s full potential
In this workshop, we will explore the basics of Information Architecture (IA) and its role in creating effective intranets using Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and Viva Connections. We’ll talk about why IA is so important to AI – and how you can ensure that your intranet content can act as a valuable partner in your AI solutions. Whether you are just starting out or looking to improve your current intranet design, this workshop will provide you with the necessary tools and techniques to make the most of new and upcoming features, capabilities, and best practices. We'll cover key topics including creating and organizing content, building site structures, creating metadata, and leveraging search functionality.
You will take away:
• Approaches for planning navigation across the entire intranet and on individual sites
• Tips and best practices for audiences, hubs, and home sites
• Page design guidance that supports accessibility and great user experiences
• Effective use of metadata on pages and documents – and whether it is OK to use folders to organize your content.
• How to leverage Viva Connections to bring your intranet to your users in the flow of work – and how to plan audiences to ensure that the right tools and information gets to the right groups.
• How Copilot can help your information architecture and vice versa.
You'll leave with a clear understanding of what IA is, why it matters, and how to get started with creating effective intranets that meet your organization's needs.Room 203ABMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Elevate Your Intranet: Unleash the potential of Artificial Intelligence with Copilot and Viva
An intranet can support your organization’s ability to communicate and collaborate effectively, make information easy to find, automate business processes, and help cut administrative costs… but where do you start? In this all-day workshop, we will focus on the mechanics of building the basic structure of an intranet. We will then explore how Artificial Intelligence and Microsoft Copilot can elevate your intranet past content surfaced in SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, and the Viva suite.
At the end of the tutorial, you will understand common solutions like decentralized content management with centralized content experiences, branding capabilities across Microsoft 365, and how to create personalized content experiences. You will leave with a clear understanding of how you can best leverage Copilot and Viva to create an incredible employee experience.
During the workshop, we will demo creating a/an:
-Intuitive global and site navigation
-Branded experience with recommended page layouts
-Scalable enterprise information architecture
-Custom search experiences to surface the right information, at the right time
-Artificial Intelligence assisted development of learning and onboarding content
-A seamless connection between your intranet and where people are working
Join us to gain a deeper understanding of the out of the box technical capabilities using only Business Premium licenses so you can focus on identifying your desired business outcomes, defining your overall content strategy and governance, and driving the adoption of your intranet at your organization without navigating additional costs.Room 202ATue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Taking Ownership: Microsoft 365 for Site and Team Owners
This intermediate full-day workshop, tailored for Microsoft 365 site and team owners, delves into the intricacies of group and site roles, focusing on exclusive capabilities and strategies essential for effective management of SharePoint sites and Microsoft Teams.
In SharePoint, elevate your skills with advanced techniques in page and news scheduling, audience targeting, as well as in-depth list and library settings and permissions management. In Teams, master channel optimization for greater usability and member productivity.
Engage in practical, real-world scenarios to apply your knowledge in solving organizational challenges with Microsoft 365. Understand when and how to integrate Planner, Forms, and the Power Platform to broaden your site's or team's capabilities and meet business requirements.
Gain a better understanding of permissions management, learn when to responsibly break inheritance, and apply item-level permissions when appropriate. This workshop emphasizes security, privacy, and workflow efficiency, enhancing your skills in user access management when solution planning.
This hands-on workshop is ideal for those eager to explore Microsoft 365's behind-the-scenes workings, boost team collaboration, and innovate with out-of-the-box solutions. Uncover the full potential of Microsoft 365 and revolutionize your work approach.Room 204CTue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Balancing Collaboration and Compliance within Microsoft 365
Hybrid modern work can be full of friction and frustration when it comes to compliance. We all need to help ensure a productive and compliant workplace, but how can you enable easy collaboration in your organization AND implement compliance features? Join Joanne and Daniel as they show how to bring together two equally important yet seemingly incompatible aspects of the modern workplace: collaboration and compliance.
With a he-said-she-said approach, Daniel will talk about the modern collaboration tools available in Microsoft 365 and Joanne will share what kinds of Microsoft Purview compliance controls can be applied to help collaboration tools be more compliant. You will walk away with the knowledge to combine collaboration with compliance.
Topics covered in the workshop:
• How to plan and implement a compliant Viva Connections and Viva Engage environment
• What are retention labels and policies and what do they look like in action in collaboration areas?
• How to implement data loss techniques while enabling collaboration?
• What are sensitivity labels and what types of controls can they place on collaboration?
• Do Microsoft Teams have an end-date and how to enable a lifecycle?
• Can Copilot help with compliance when it comes to our content and collaboration?Room 207BTue 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 newer 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 207BTue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
Prepare the Organization for Self-Service in Microsoft 365
Rapidly growing companies must balance multiple strategic objectives with a seemingly endless list of action items while maintaining a focus on creating scalable solutions. Often this is all done by a team of one. How can you meet the needs of the business and avoid shadow IT with limited resources? Enter self-service.
In this session, we will share how to:
- Prepare the organization for self-service solution builds in Microsoft 365
- Create a consistent user experience across solutions
- Report on activity in your environment with out of the box tools to support your governance
- Establish a global steering committee to drive right-sized solutions across the organization
Leave this session with actionable steps to begin changing the way your organization creates spaces for collaboration.Room 201Wed 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
Elevating Your Experience: Improving Findability and Knowledge Discovery in Microsoft 365 and ShareP
In today's fast-paced business environment, quick and easy access to knowledge is critical for success. Unfortunately, many organizations and people struggle with finding and accessing information within their intranets.
In this session, we’ll review several different strategies to improve findability in Microsoft 365 – from simple tips to help users be more successful with search to more strategic approaches for intranet navigation and structure using home sites and hubs, information delivery with Viva Connections, improving knowledge management with Viva Topics and Viva Engage, and how Copilot can help.
You will learn practical and actionable tips and tricks that you can implement immediately as you evolve your employee experiences.Room 202AWed 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
Building a Policy Center with PnP Modern Search
In a modern Intranet, we generally want to store content in the site where it should be managed. We think of this as distributed content management and it's similar to the way News works in modern SharePoint. This usually means each department or organizational unit can manage their content using a process which makes sense for them.
At the same time, we may want to roll up that content in one central location for ease of access. A Policy Center is a great example of this approach and one we find ourselves building for many of our clients.
In this session, you'll see how the following components add up to make a Policy Center:
- Information architecture (IA) in the form of Site Columns and a Content Type to represent a Policy
- A Site Template which only instantiates a Policy library in the site and applies the IA
- A Policy library in each Intranet site, deployed using the Site Template, with Policies specific to that department
- Changes to the search schema to support metadata filtering
- A Policy Center page built using PnP Modern Search Web Parts to display the Policies from across the Intranet
Additionally, we'll discuss various approaches to solve the content management puzzle - before the Policy is even visible on the Intranet.Room 204CWed 3:40 pm - 4:50 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 201Thu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Create a Compelling Employee Experience with Brand Center
Establishing a consistent brand identity is essential for any organization especially when it comes to internal communications and employee experience. Brand Center empowers businesses to expose their brand identity seamlessly across various channels in Microsoft 365. This session delves into the core functionalities and capabilities of Brand Center, unlocking a world of creative possibilities for enterprises of all sizes.
Join us as we explore the features of the Brand Center, offering attendees a comprehensive understanding of its tools and capabilities. We will look at practical applications of Brand Center in SharePoint and Viva Connections, how to get started, and some things to avoid as you start your brand journey.
In this session we will explore
- What is Brand Center and why it is important.
- Key functionality of Brand Center including font, theme, and asset management for your organization.
- How to get started rolling out Brand Center for your organization.
- Governance questions and thoughts
- Potential roadblocks and pitfalls
- Look at real world examples of organizations leveraging Brand Center
This session is designed for marketing professionals, brand managers, or communication specialists who are looking for ways to explore their brand within the Microsoft ecosystem.Room 207BThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Does Information Architecture Matter Anymore?
With all the machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) available in Microsoft 365 these days, do we still need to think about information architecture? Can automation fulfil the promise of reducing the load on information architects and developers?
In this session, we’re review some of the better practices for constructing a powerful information architecture and why it still matters. We’ll look at real-world examples and talk about what automation can and can’t do for you.
Technology is evolving quickly, so expect to see a few tidbits you don't expect, as well as healthy doses of reality.Room 202AThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Deep Dive on Power BI, Teams and SharePoint
Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and Power BI can work very well together. SharePoint can be a data source (lists), a container for data files (Excel. CSV etc in libraries), and as a dashboarding platform (pages). Teams can be a complete front end for Power BI, and host content contextually.
This demo rich session will explore all of these scenarios in great depth. SharePoint data can be finicky to retrieve, and this session will show examples and suggest a few best practices for doing so. In addition, connecting Power BI to SharePoint opens up a whole new world for Excel. If it can be done with Power BI, SharePoint and Teams, this session will show you how.Room 206Thu 10:50 am - 12:00 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 208ABThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm -
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 201Thu 4:10 pm - 5:20 pm -
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 207AFri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Using Site Templates to Deploy Consistent Information Architecture
A great information architecture improves many content management scenarios, from search, to business processes, to ease of content tagging and storage.
In this session, we'll look at how Site Templates can be used to create reusable site building blocks rather than focusing on configuring the entire site. By using these specific building blocks together, you can build up your sites to have capabilities you need, in whatever combinations make the most sense for the work at hand.Room 204ABFri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Optimize Your Organization's Content for Copilot
Content is the lifeblood of every organization. It is how teams collaborate and create value for the organization. However, managing content effectively can be challenging, especially with the increasing volume and variety of content types. How can you organize, secure, and process your content to maximize its value and prepare it for Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365?
In this session, we will discuss best practices for organizing your content and sites in Microsoft 365, perform a security and governance audit to ensure information is not leaked through new AI tools, and do a walkthrough on integrating Copilot into your daily workflow.Room 204ABFri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm
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Build Your Skills: Microsoft 365 Essentials for Beginners
Unlock the power of Microsoft 365 in this comprehensive workshop tailored for beginners. Delve into the core components of OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams, understanding their distinct roles and how they work in tandem to boost productivity. We'll explore key functionalities like document co-authoring, file sharing, managing access, and the unique document lifecycle within these platforms.
Along the way, learn to navigate the diverse terrain of other Microsoft 365 apps including Outlook, Planner, and To Do, enhancing both individual and team productivity. Understand the nuances of choosing the right tool for the right task, be it OneDrive for personal document management, SharePoint for organizational content, or Teams for collaborative projects. Attendees are encouraged to use their own devices and accounts to follow along, ensuring a comprehensive grasp of navigating and using Microsoft 365's capabilities confidently for effective communication and collaboration.Room 206Mon 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!
NOTE: Hey 👋, Andrew here… this workshop is not intended for attendees to follow along & build the same projects during the session. Instead, focus on learning, taking notes, & getting answers to your questions - you’ll walk away with everything at the end of the day!Room 201Tue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Taking Ownership: Microsoft 365 for Site and Team Owners
This intermediate full-day workshop, tailored for Microsoft 365 site and team owners, delves into the intricacies of group and site roles, focusing on exclusive capabilities and strategies essential for effective management of SharePoint sites and Microsoft Teams.
In SharePoint, elevate your skills with advanced techniques in page and news scheduling, audience targeting, as well as in-depth list and library settings and permissions management. In Teams, master channel optimization for greater usability and member productivity.
Engage in practical, real-world scenarios to apply your knowledge in solving organizational challenges with Microsoft 365. Understand when and how to integrate Planner, Forms, and the Power Platform to broaden your site's or team's capabilities and meet business requirements.
Gain a better understanding of permissions management, learn when to responsibly break inheritance, and apply item-level permissions when appropriate. This workshop emphasizes security, privacy, and workflow efficiency, enhancing your skills in user access management when solution planning.
This hands-on workshop is ideal for those eager to explore Microsoft 365's behind-the-scenes workings, boost team collaboration, and innovate with out-of-the-box solutions. Uncover the full potential of Microsoft 365 and revolutionize your work approach.Room 204CTue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Viva ,..What Should I Use, and When?
For today's fast-paced, mobile-driven, and globally dispersed hybrid workplace, Microsoft offers tons of great ways to effectively communicate and collaborate. But which tools are right for your organization?
In this interactive session, you will gain practical guidance on finding the right tools to facilitate efficient communications and collaboration both inside and outside the walls of your organization.
You'll also learn how to drive adoption and keep your chosen solution under control and get ready to walk away with the ability to chart a productive and pragmatic collaboration approach that delivers immediate and lasting value to your modern workplace.Room 203ABWed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Introduction to the Microsoft Graph
This introductory session will get you started with learning how to use the Microsoft Graph in your applications. It will focus on the various applications you can build, the permission model, the various endpoints you can interact with and the many OAuth Flows you can choose from based on the type of application you are building.
Microsoft Graph is the gateway to data and intelligence in Microsoft 365. It provides a unified programmability model that you can use to access the tremendous amount of data in Microsoft 365, Windows 10, and Enterprise Mobility + Security.Room 204ABWed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Calendars! Calendars! Calendars!
With so many choices for calendars, it is hard to know which one to use for what.
In this session, we will explore the calendars offered by M365, when to use them, and how to make the most out of each type.Room 207BWed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
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 202BWed 11:30 am - 12:40 pm -
The Art of Prompt Engineering in M365 Copilot
The art of prompt engineering of M365 Copilot is the skill of creating effective and clear instructions or questions that tell M365 Copilot what you want it to do for you.
M365 Copilot will then use its large language model to generate a summary based on your prompt. Prompt engineering helps you collaborate with M365 Copilot by following up on your prompts with more questions or feedback, which can help M365 Copilot learn from your preferences and improve its suggestions over time.
If you want to learn more about prompt engineering this session is for you as we will learn the essential ingredients of a prompt and how to properly communicate with semantic index and connect to our data.Room 203ABWed 11:30 am - 12:40 pm -
Building Multi-tenant apps for Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 uses the concept of a "tenant" to securely isolate each customer's data, users, and permissions, even as they are running on shared infrastructure. Most applications run within a single tenant, and would require a separate copy of the app for each tenant.
In this session, you'll gain a deep understanding of tenants and how they relate to data access and Entre ID. Then you'll learn how to build apps that run across many tenants, allowing you to host a single copy of the app and share it across many Microsoft 365 customers, all while maintaining the isolation and security your customers expect.
This is not only important to software vendors, as more customers are finding themselves with multiple tenants due to mergers and acquisitions and other partnerships. Please attend to fully demystify the way multitenancy works in Microsoft 365, Microsoft Graph, and your applications!Room 207BWed 11:30 am - 12:40 pm -
Unified Task Management in Microsoft 365: A Guide to the New Planner
Unlock the full potential of task management in Microsoft 365 in this session on the new Microsoft Planner. This unified tool brings together Microsoft To Do, Planner, and Project to offer a seamless, integrated experience for managing tasks, projects, and team collaboration.
Learn how to streamline your workflow, enhance productivity, and achieve strategic goals with the flexibility, scalability, and intelligence of the new Planner.
Whether for individual tasks or enterprise project management, this session will guide you through making the most of Microsoft 365's advanced task management capabilities.Room 207BWed 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
Microsoft Lists: The Ultimate Guide to Track, Organize, and Collaborate
Microsoft Lists is a powerful app that helps you track information and organize your work with ease. Whether you want to manage your personal tasks or collaborate with your team, Microsoft Lists can help you create customizable lists that suit your needs.
In this session, you will learn how to:
- Access Microsoft Lists from web, desktop, mobile, and Teams
- Sync your lists for offline access
- Sort, filter, and group your list items
- Choose from different views such as Gallery, Calendar, and Board
- Format your views and columns with conditional formatting
- Customize your forms with no-code or low-code solutions
- Integrate your lists with Power Apps and Power Automate
- Set up alerts, rules, and notifications for your lists
- Share your lists with colleagues and control permissions
And more!
Join us for this ultimate guide to Microsoft Lists and discover how you can use it efficiently for any scenario.Room 207AWed 3:40 pm - 4:50 pm -
OneNote Reimagined: A Comprehensive Guide to Modern Note-Taking
In this session, we'll dive into the consolidation of OneNote's two versions (Win10 and desktop) into a singular app. Get ready to rediscover OneNote with an array of useful tips, tricks, and practical business applications.
We'll explore the latest features and announcements, ensuring you're ahead of the curve with OneNote's advancements.
Additionally, we'll delve into a comparative analysis of OneNote with Microsoft's other productivity tools you might use for notes like Loop, Whiteboard, Wiki, To Do, and Sticky Notes.
This comprehensive overview will empower you to select the most suitable tool for every task, enhancing efficiency and productivity in your professional endeavors.Room 203ABThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Empowering Collaboration and Productivity with Microsoft Loop
Microsoft Loop has truly redefined team collaboration and task management in Microsoft 365. This presentation showcases the innovative features of Loop, emphasizing the ability make the most of tasks within its fluid workspaces and canvases, using integration with Microsoft 365 tools like Teams, Outlook and OneNote. This platform not only facilitates real-time collaboration but also enhances task tracking and process management for improved productivity.
Learn effective methods to utilize Loop for organizing tasks, streamlining workflows, and fostering a collaborative environment that adapts to the needs of modern teams. This session provides actionable insights on utilizing Microsoft Loop to elevate team efficiency and drive forward organizational goals.Room 204CThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
How To Ensure Microsoft 365 Operational Governance & Sustainable Adoption
As we embrace the new normal and leaders tackle making hybrid work, big questions loom: What is the role of the office? How do we ensure remote meeting participants feel included? How can we maximize Microsoft 365 to collaborate confidently?
Join this interactive session and learn how you can establish a deliberate, thoughtful approach for ensuring operational governance and facilitating sustainable adoption of Microsoft 365 tools such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and Viva.
Gain insights on how you can activate your organization to embrace new cultural norms and leverage technologies designed for hybrid work – ensuring every employee can engage and contribute, regardless of where, when or how they’re working.Room 203ABThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Power Automate for SharePoint
Did you know that the SharePoint Get Items action returns only 100 items by default? If not, attend this session!
In this session, we will dive into the triggers and actions available for SharePoint in Power Automate. You'll see practical examples of how to use Power Automate with SharePoint lists and libraries. Most importantly, we'll discuss common mistakes made by Power Automate developers when interacting with SharePoint as well as best practices.
Avoid many of the "gotchas" experienced by many Power Automate developers when writing Flows for SharePoint by attending this session!Room 207BThu 10:50 am - 12:00 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 202AThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm -
Unlock Third Party or Line of Business Data using Graph Connectors and Copilot
In this session we will focus on how anyone but especially knowledge workers can use Large Language Models (LLMs) driven tools like Copilot or custom GPTs and 3P/LOB data in a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pattern to aids individuals to ask in natural language questions and get more complete and textual responses.
Microsoft Graph Connectors allow for that by bringing in your own data into Microsoft 365 and making it available through a search index and semantic labeling (index) thus allowing the LLMs to reason over that otherwise locked data.Room 204ABThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm -
Real World Tips and Tricks for Driving Software Deployment
What do companies like Lego, AEG, Polaris, Takeda, and the Special Olympics have in common? They all have useful tips and tricks around driving internal usage of software to help them move from synchronous work to asynchronous work.
In this session we will hear from those customers and learn how they drove success in their organizations and how you can as well.Room 207AThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm -
How well do you know the Office desktop apps? 70 min of tips & ideas to wow your co-workers
There's more to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote than what immediately meets the eye.
In this session, we're not learning the basics - we're learning the lesser-known gems and useful tools tucked away inside these common apps. We'll cover topics including image background removal, small app settings that make a big difference, cross-app integrations, illustrations vs images, Rehearse with Coach, and much, much more.
Note: This will be based on the Microsoft 365 version (not 2019 or earlier) of the Office desktop apps. While there will be some cross-over, there are features that will be covered that are exclusive to the most up-to-date version.Room 203ABFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Bring your business data into Microsoft Copilot with Plugins and Connectors
Copilot for Microsoft 365 is more powerful than other AI solutions simply because it has access to your Microsoft 365 data such as documents, emails, and chat messages. In this session, you'll learn how to take it to the next level by building Copilot plugins and Graph connectors which allow Copilot to access your business applications outside of Microsoft 365.
We'll dive into the latest advances in plugin creation using Teams Toolkit as well as easy approaches for building Graph connectors. Perhaps most importantly, you'll learn about the tradeoffs so you can decide which approach is best for your project.
Don't miss this opportunity to take your Copilot to the next level by attending this presentation!Room 207AFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Buttons in Microsoft Lists - Logic for Non-devs
In Microsoft Lists, formatting can be done easily, and buttons can be created using a little JSON code. Wouldn't it be nice for end users to be able to click a button on an item in a list, to set a value or run a flow, without even having to open the item or file?
In this session, you will learn how to create simple buttons to click to run a workflow. No menus, no panels, super simple for end users!
Laura Rogers will teach you the logic used in order to assign the action that the button takes, how to set up the button's visual appearance, and its text, and how to create conditional formatting.Room 202AFri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm
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Build Your Skills: Microsoft 365 Essentials for Beginners
Unlock the power of Microsoft 365 in this comprehensive workshop tailored for beginners. Delve into the core components of OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams, understanding their distinct roles and how they work in tandem to boost productivity. We'll explore key functionalities like document co-authoring, file sharing, managing access, and the unique document lifecycle within these platforms.
Along the way, learn to navigate the diverse terrain of other Microsoft 365 apps including Outlook, Planner, and To Do, enhancing both individual and team productivity. Understand the nuances of choosing the right tool for the right task, be it OneDrive for personal document management, SharePoint for organizational content, or Teams for collaborative projects. Attendees are encouraged to use their own devices and accounts to follow along, ensuring a comprehensive grasp of navigating and using Microsoft 365's capabilities confidently for effective communication and collaboration.Room 206Mon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Taking Ownership: Microsoft 365 for Site and Team Owners
This intermediate full-day workshop, tailored for Microsoft 365 site and team owners, delves into the intricacies of group and site roles, focusing on exclusive capabilities and strategies essential for effective management of SharePoint sites and Microsoft Teams.
In SharePoint, elevate your skills with advanced techniques in page and news scheduling, audience targeting, as well as in-depth list and library settings and permissions management. In Teams, master channel optimization for greater usability and member productivity.
Engage in practical, real-world scenarios to apply your knowledge in solving organizational challenges with Microsoft 365. Understand when and how to integrate Planner, Forms, and the Power Platform to broaden your site's or team's capabilities and meet business requirements.
Gain a better understanding of permissions management, learn when to responsibly break inheritance, and apply item-level permissions when appropriate. This workshop emphasizes security, privacy, and workflow efficiency, enhancing your skills in user access management when solution planning.
This hands-on workshop is ideal for those eager to explore Microsoft 365's behind-the-scenes workings, boost team collaboration, and innovate with out-of-the-box solutions. Uncover the full potential of Microsoft 365 and revolutionize your work approach.Room 204CTue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Balancing Collaboration and Compliance within Microsoft 365
Hybrid modern work can be full of friction and frustration when it comes to compliance. We all need to help ensure a productive and compliant workplace, but how can you enable easy collaboration in your organization AND implement compliance features? Join Joanne and Daniel as they show how to bring together two equally important yet seemingly incompatible aspects of the modern workplace: collaboration and compliance.
With a he-said-she-said approach, Daniel will talk about the modern collaboration tools available in Microsoft 365 and Joanne will share what kinds of Microsoft Purview compliance controls can be applied to help collaboration tools be more compliant. You will walk away with the knowledge to combine collaboration with compliance.
Topics covered in the workshop:
• How to plan and implement a compliant Viva Connections and Viva Engage environment
• What are retention labels and policies and what do they look like in action in collaboration areas?
• How to implement data loss techniques while enabling collaboration?
• What are sensitivity labels and what types of controls can they place on collaboration?
• Do Microsoft Teams have an end-date and how to enable a lifecycle?
• Can Copilot help with compliance when it comes to our content and collaboration?Room 207BTue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
Boosting Team Efficiency: Easy Automation with Teams Workflows
Dive into the world of effortless automation as we explore how Microsoft Power Automate and Teams can transform your daily grind into a breeze. This session is about cutting the manual work and boosting efficiency, making it perfect for anyone looking to streamline their team's workflow. You will see real-life examples of how integrating Power Automate flows into Teams can automate the mundane tasks we all dread, like scheduling meetings, managing approvals, and even keeping track of project updates—all within the familiar space of your Teams channels.
Learn how to spot opportunities for automation in your day-to-day tasks, customize flows that fit your team's needs, and keep everything running smoothly. By the end of this session, you'll be armed with the know-how to make your team more connected and productive without breaking a sweat. Whether you're new to automation or looking to level up your Teams game, this presentation will show you the fun in functionality with Power Automate and Teams.Room 201Wed 11:30 am - 12:40 pm -
Empowering Collaboration and Productivity with Microsoft Loop
Microsoft Loop has truly redefined team collaboration and task management in Microsoft 365. This presentation showcases the innovative features of Loop, emphasizing the ability make the most of tasks within its fluid workspaces and canvases, using integration with Microsoft 365 tools like Teams, Outlook and OneNote. This platform not only facilitates real-time collaboration but also enhances task tracking and process management for improved productivity.
Learn effective methods to utilize Loop for organizing tasks, streamlining workflows, and fostering a collaborative environment that adapts to the needs of modern teams. This session provides actionable insights on utilizing Microsoft Loop to elevate team efficiency and drive forward organizational goals.Room 204CThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Create a Compelling Employee Experience with Brand Center
Establishing a consistent brand identity is essential for any organization especially when it comes to internal communications and employee experience. Brand Center empowers businesses to expose their brand identity seamlessly across various channels in Microsoft 365. This session delves into the core functionalities and capabilities of Brand Center, unlocking a world of creative possibilities for enterprises of all sizes.
Join us as we explore the features of the Brand Center, offering attendees a comprehensive understanding of its tools and capabilities. We will look at practical applications of Brand Center in SharePoint and Viva Connections, how to get started, and some things to avoid as you start your brand journey.
In this session we will explore
- What is Brand Center and why it is important.
- Key functionality of Brand Center including font, theme, and asset management for your organization.
- How to get started rolling out Brand Center for your organization.
- Governance questions and thoughts
- Potential roadblocks and pitfalls
- Look at real world examples of organizations leveraging Brand Center
This session is designed for marketing professionals, brand managers, or communication specialists who are looking for ways to explore their brand within the Microsoft ecosystem.Room 207BThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Deep Dive on Power BI, Teams and SharePoint
Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and Power BI can work very well together. SharePoint can be a data source (lists), a container for data files (Excel. CSV etc in libraries), and as a dashboarding platform (pages). Teams can be a complete front end for Power BI, and host content contextually.
This demo rich session will explore all of these scenarios in great depth. SharePoint data can be finicky to retrieve, and this session will show examples and suggest a few best practices for doing so. In addition, connecting Power BI to SharePoint opens up a whole new world for Excel. If it can be done with Power BI, SharePoint and Teams, this session will show you how.Room 206Thu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Real World Tips and Tricks for Driving Software Deployment
What do companies like Lego, AEG, Polaris, Takeda, and the Special Olympics have in common? They all have useful tips and tricks around driving internal usage of software to help them move from synchronous work to asynchronous work.
In this session we will hear from those customers and learn how they drove success in their organizations and how you can as well.Room 207AThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 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 208ABThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 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 207BFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Optimize Your Organization's Content for Copilot
Content is the lifeblood of every organization. It is how teams collaborate and create value for the organization. However, managing content effectively can be challenging, especially with the increasing volume and variety of content types. How can you organize, secure, and process your content to maximize its value and prepare it for Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365?
In this session, we will discuss best practices for organizing your content and sites in Microsoft 365, perform a security and governance audit to ensure information is not leaked through new AI tools, and do a walkthrough on integrating Copilot into your daily workflow.Room 204ABFri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm
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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!
NOTE: Hey 👋, Andrew here… this workshop is not intended for attendees to follow along & build the same projects during the session. Instead, focus on learning, taking notes, & getting answers to your questions - you’ll walk away with everything at the end of the day!Room 201Tue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Mastering React Hooks for SharePoint Framework and Microsoft Teams Apps
Delve into the world of React Hooks and discover how to leverage this powerful tool in SharePoint Framework and Microsoft Teams app development.
Learn the fundamentals of React Hooks, including integrating state with the useState hook, handling events and side effects using the useEffect hook, and even how to create custom hooks for your apps!
Whether you're new to React Hooks or looking to enhance your skills, this session will equip you with the knowledge to create dynamic and efficient apps using React Hooks.Room 208ABWed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Your onramp to Creating Microsoft Teams apps with the Teams Toolkit for VS Code
The Microsoft Teams Toolkit (TTK) for VS Code is a huge step forward in creating Microsoft Teams apps! And with the retirement of the community "YO TEAMS" option, it isn't just the best game in town, it's the ONLY game in town!
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 208ABThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Extending Microsoft 365: Exploring the Art of the Possible
The extensibility landscape of Microsoft 365 can be convoluted and confusing.
In this session I will explore real world user scenarios that were automated by artfully combining various extensibility methods of the Microsoft 365 platform into one cohesive solution.
My goal for this session is to have you start imagining how you can take solutions well beyond just a web part or just an application customizer into more robust fully functional end to end solutions.
We'll do that by discussing a problem statement, analyzing the different ways we could leverage the platform, discussing the final architecture, and when appropriate diving into bits of code where the implementation details are important.Room 209BCThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm -
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 209BCFri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Code Once Use Everywhere - Using SPFx to create applications that work in Teams and SharePoint
Users are spending more and more time using Teams. It makes sense to try and reduce the friction of context switching by bringing our custom applications directly into Teams where they are working. We are able to harness the collaborative nature of Teams and SharePoint in one application and render it in many different contexts.
In this introductory developer session we will look at how to create and deploy a SharePoint Framework WebPart and have it be usable in Teams. We will use one code base to make the web part Teams aware in both a Teams Tab and a Personal App. We will look at how to use that app to read and write data into SharePoint using PnPjs.
Users will leave with an understanding of how to leverage SPFx to create applications they can use in Teams and resources on how to explore this further.Room 209BCFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am
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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 204ABMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Hands-On : Azure For Power Platform Developers Masterclass
Gartner predicts, “by 2024, over 65% of medium to large enterprises will have adopted a Low Code Application Platform as one of their strategic application platforms.” Microsoft Power Platform is a low-code platform for rapidly building customized end-to-end business solutions. It consists of five product areas: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Copilot Studio, and Power Pages. Each area can be used individually or together. Thanks to a native integration with Azure, developers can use their cloud development skills to extend Microsoft Power Platform with different Azure services. With a low-code integrated development approach, business goals can be achieved faster and frees up time for the developers.
In this hands-on workshop, we will cover how to use Azure for custom development in Microsoft Platform services like Power Automate, Power Apps, Power Pages, Copilot Studio, Dataverse, and Power BI.
We will cover:
• Microsoft Azure Key Concepts
• How does Power Platform use Azure?
• How can fusion teams take advantage of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
• Authentication and Authorization in Azure
• Azure + Power Automate
• Azure + Power Apps
• Azure + Power Pages
• Azure + Copilot Studio
• Azure + Power BI
• Azure + Dataverse
• PowerFx
• Copilots in Power Platform
• Azure OpenAI + Power Platform
• ChatGPT + Power Platform
• What are Azure Functions?
• What are Logic Apps?
• What is Azure Bot Service?
• How to create an enterprise-grade app using Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
At the end of the workshop, attendees will have a working knowledge of Azure and how to use it to implement the customizations in the Microsoft Power Platform.
Access to Azure, Azure Open AI, and Microsoft Power Platform ( Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot Studio, and Power BI ) will be provided to create the customization. The target audience of this hands-on workshop is Developers, Power Users, and IT Pros who want to get into development.
Please note: Attendees will need to bring their laptops with internet access and modern browsers like Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari. The tablets will not work.
You Will Learn:
1) How do you handle Authentication and Authorization in Azure?
2) How does fusion teams can take advantage of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
3) How to create enterprise-grade app using Azure and Microsoft Power PlatformRoom 207AMon 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 very 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:
Part One: Power Apps
• Managing Delegation Warnings
• Working with Dates and Times
• Conditional Formatting of data
• Passing Data to and Retrieving Results from a Flow
Part Two: Power Automate
• Using Loops and Parallel Branches
• Working with Large Data Sources
• Using Conditions and Switches effectively
• Implementing Error Checking/CorrectionRoom 208ABMon 9:00 am - 5:00 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 206Tue 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 206Tue 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 202BWed 11:30 am - 12:40 pm -
Healthcare Virtual Data Tables
Healthcare Virtual Data Tables (HVDT) is Microsoft's solution for connecting Dataverse to remote FHIR endpoints using Dataverse's Virtual Tables capabilities. Our solution extends Dataverse Virtual Tables by providing configurable mapping between FHIR and Dataverse schemas and allows customers to dynamically select where you want to persist your data.
This session includes an architectural overview of the solution, a demonstration of HVDT connecting to Azure Healt Data services, and a demo of how we can extend the data model and maps.Room 204ABWed 11:30 am - 12:40 pm -
How to Execute JavaScript, TypeScript, and Excel Formulas In Power Automate
Power Automate has become an essential tool for the Microsoft 365 developer. However, all too often executing simple logic can become tedious and painful using Power Automate standard features. Doing math in Power Automate shouldn't be so painful!
Thankfully, Power Automate developers can now create scripts that use JavaScript, TypeScript, or even Excel formulas to execute complicated business logic and bring more power to your Power Automate solutions. Attend this demo-packed session to learn out to take your Power Automate Flows to the next level as we dive into a real-world scenario and build a practical solution step-by-step.
In this session, attendees will learn to use Office Scripts to:
- Execute JavaScript, TypeScript, and Excel Formulas
- Simplify complicated Flows
- How to quickly and easily generate dynamic adaptive cards
- Generate graphs and charts on the fly for real-time updates to SharePoint dataRoom 207AWed 11:30 am - 12:40 pm -
To Build or Buy: Case Managment in Dynamics 365 or Power Apps
It's an age-old question: should I buy the solution "off the shelf" or build it myself? In the past, the high cost of custom development meant most people bought their software and did their best to "make it work."
But with the advent of low code, more and more organizations are not having to make that choice, but inside discovering it's really a spectrum.
This session will look the specific need many of my customers have: case management. In the past and sadly in the present, many of my customers rely on Excel to manage cases (or incidents or whatever terminology they use). Thanks to Power Apps, these customers have a better way.
But what about Dynamics 365? When should they consider it versus a "home grown" solution. I'll look at the pros and cons of both approaches and perhaps help you find the "sweet spot."Room 202AWed 3:40 pm - 4:50 pm -
Modernizing Paper Form Processing with Power Platform and AI
In this session, we delve into the transformational journey of a large government agency’s office. Their cumbersome process of handling hundreds of paper forms submitted by employees each month was riddled with inefficiencies and prone to errors. Enter the Power Platform and AI—a dynamic duo that revolutionized their operations.
Challenges Faced ---------
- Time-Consuming Workflow: Manual data entry from legacy paper forms consumed valuable hours.
- Error-Prone Process: Human errors led to inaccuracies and delays.
- Lack of Efficiency: The existing system hindered productivity and citizen satisfaction.
Our Solution ---------
Power Platform Unleashed:
- Power Apps: We built a user-friendly front-end citizen portal, replacing a paper form
- Power Automate: Automated data extraction from scanned forms using AI. Power Pages: Streamlined collaboration and reporting.
- AI-Powered Data Extraction: Leveraging Azure Open AI and Microsoft Copilot Studio, we extracted relevant data swiftly and accurately. Citizens’ information seamlessly flowed into the system, reducing manual effort.
- Secure Data Collection: The new citizen portal ensures safe and confidential data submission. Data is directly imported into Dynamics 365 Case Management for streamlined case handling.
Key Takeaways --------------
Learn how to modernize processes using the Power Platform. Understand the role of AI in data extraction and accuracy. Witness the transition from paper forms to a secure digital interface.
Join us to explore the intersection of technology, efficiency, and citizen-centric services. Let’s empower agencies to serve their communities better!Room 204ABThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Not Just for Citizen Development: Embracing Power Platform for Enterprise Applications
Too many people still look at Power Platform as something for citizen developers or "the smaller light-weight apps", but this misses a very large opportunity. Power Platform is incredibly well suited for the developing and hosting larger complex enterprises applications. This session will delve into why IT and business professionals and their leadership should be taking a Power Platform first strategy when looking to build applications.
In the session we'll explore the scalability of the platform technically and from a licensing perspective, the way the platform empowers developers and non-developers to both contribute to app making, talk about real-world examples, and discuss how Azure PaaS services ensures there is never a requirement that can't be met.Room 204CThu 10:50 am - 12:00 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 202BThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm -
Using Power Apps and Power Automate Together: Made for each other
Power Apps and Power Automate 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 Power App, how to pass information to the Flow, and how to return values back to Power Apps when the Flow completes.
Along the way we'll discuss Best Practices that can make your Power Apps and Power Automate Flows work more efficiently together.
Even if you know both PowerApps and Power Automate this session will help you get the most out of using them together.Room 207BThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 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 202BFri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Cast votes with confidence: Crafting a reusable Power Apps canvas app voting solution
Learn how to create a versatile and reusable voting app with Power Apps, perfect for a wide array of scenarios. From education institutions hosting student elections to photo or costume contests to organizations recognizing standout employees—this session will unveil how to harness SharePoint integration for a seamless voting experience.
You'll learn how to:
* Design a user-friendly interface for collecting votes.
* Configure a SharePoint document library to store contest entries or nominations.
* Set up a SharePoint list to track and tally votes securely.
* Implement logic to ensure fair voting and prevent duplicate entries.
* Add a touch of flair to your voting experience with custom branding and design elements.
Embrace the potential to elevate engagement in your organization. Walk away with the knowledge to implement a voting system that resonates with elegance and efficiency, year after year.Room 203ABFri 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 204ABMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Hands-On : Azure For Power Platform Developers Masterclass
Gartner predicts, “by 2024, over 65% of medium to large enterprises will have adopted a Low Code Application Platform as one of their strategic application platforms.” Microsoft Power Platform is a low-code platform for rapidly building customized end-to-end business solutions. It consists of five product areas: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Copilot Studio, and Power Pages. Each area can be used individually or together. Thanks to a native integration with Azure, developers can use their cloud development skills to extend Microsoft Power Platform with different Azure services. With a low-code integrated development approach, business goals can be achieved faster and frees up time for the developers.
In this hands-on workshop, we will cover how to use Azure for custom development in Microsoft Platform services like Power Automate, Power Apps, Power Pages, Copilot Studio, Dataverse, and Power BI.
We will cover:
• Microsoft Azure Key Concepts
• How does Power Platform use Azure?
• How can fusion teams take advantage of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
• Authentication and Authorization in Azure
• Azure + Power Automate
• Azure + Power Apps
• Azure + Power Pages
• Azure + Copilot Studio
• Azure + Power BI
• Azure + Dataverse
• PowerFx
• Copilots in Power Platform
• Azure OpenAI + Power Platform
• ChatGPT + Power Platform
• What are Azure Functions?
• What are Logic Apps?
• What is Azure Bot Service?
• How to create an enterprise-grade app using Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
At the end of the workshop, attendees will have a working knowledge of Azure and how to use it to implement the customizations in the Microsoft Power Platform.
Access to Azure, Azure Open AI, and Microsoft Power Platform ( Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot Studio, and Power BI ) will be provided to create the customization. The target audience of this hands-on workshop is Developers, Power Users, and IT Pros who want to get into development.
Please note: Attendees will need to bring their laptops with internet access and modern browsers like Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari. The tablets will not work.
You Will Learn:
1) How do you handle Authentication and Authorization in Azure?
2) How does fusion teams can take advantage of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
3) How to create enterprise-grade app using Azure and Microsoft Power PlatformRoom 207AMon 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 very 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:
Part One: Power Apps
• Managing Delegation Warnings
• Working with Dates and Times
• Conditional Formatting of data
• Passing Data to and Retrieving Results from a Flow
Part Two: Power Automate
• Using Loops and Parallel Branches
• Working with Large Data Sources
• Using Conditions and Switches effectively
• Implementing Error Checking/CorrectionRoom 208ABMon 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 202BTue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
The One Copilot Workshop to Rule them All
Let's face it, Copilot is everywhere, in everything, it's like the force... and sometimes just as confusing and hard to grasp. Those who learn to harness the power of Copilots within their organization will be able to go where no organization has gone before...
But what does it all mean? It all seems so overwhelming. What if your organization is unwilling to pay for Copilot licenses? What is the average person to do??
Join Mark Rackley in this full-day demo-filled tutorial where attendees will learn:
- What is Copilot and Generative AI?
- What do you need to do to prepare for Microsoft Copilot?
- What are your options for extending Microsoft Copilot?
- When and how should you use Copilot Studio?
- How can you create your own Custom Copilot that doesn't require expensive licensing?
With practical demos and real-world stories from the trenches, you will leave with all of your Copilot questions answered and feeling empowered to embrace Generative AI in your organization.Room 204ABTue 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 206Tue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
Power Automate for the Absolute Beginner
If you have been wanting to get started creating Cloud Flows with Power Automate, this is your chance!
In this session, you'll learn:
- What can be done with Flows
- Copilot integration with Power Automate
- 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 204CWed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Boosting Team Efficiency: Easy Automation with Teams Workflows
Dive into the world of effortless automation as we explore how Microsoft Power Automate and Teams can transform your daily grind into a breeze. This session is about cutting the manual work and boosting efficiency, making it perfect for anyone looking to streamline their team's workflow. You will see real-life examples of how integrating Power Automate flows into Teams can automate the mundane tasks we all dread, like scheduling meetings, managing approvals, and even keeping track of project updates—all within the familiar space of your Teams channels.
Learn how to spot opportunities for automation in your day-to-day tasks, customize flows that fit your team's needs, and keep everything running smoothly. By the end of this session, you'll be armed with the know-how to make your team more connected and productive without breaking a sweat. Whether you're new to automation or looking to level up your Teams game, this presentation will show you the fun in functionality with Power Automate and Teams.Room 201Wed 11:30 am - 12:40 pm -
How to Execute JavaScript, TypeScript, and Excel Formulas In Power Automate
Power Automate has become an essential tool for the Microsoft 365 developer. However, all too often executing simple logic can become tedious and painful using Power Automate standard features. Doing math in Power Automate shouldn't be so painful!
Thankfully, Power Automate developers can now create scripts that use JavaScript, TypeScript, or even Excel formulas to execute complicated business logic and bring more power to your Power Automate solutions. Attend this demo-packed session to learn out to take your Power Automate Flows to the next level as we dive into a real-world scenario and build a practical solution step-by-step.
In this session, attendees will learn to use Office Scripts to:
- Execute JavaScript, TypeScript, and Excel Formulas
- Simplify complicated Flows
- How to quickly and easily generate dynamic adaptive cards
- Generate graphs and charts on the fly for real-time updates to SharePoint dataRoom 207AWed 11:30 am - 12:40 pm -
Empowering Collaboration and Productivity with Microsoft Loop
Microsoft Loop has truly redefined team collaboration and task management in Microsoft 365. This presentation showcases the innovative features of Loop, emphasizing the ability make the most of tasks within its fluid workspaces and canvases, using integration with Microsoft 365 tools like Teams, Outlook and OneNote. This platform not only facilitates real-time collaboration but also enhances task tracking and process management for improved productivity.
Learn effective methods to utilize Loop for organizing tasks, streamlining workflows, and fostering a collaborative environment that adapts to the needs of modern teams. This session provides actionable insights on utilizing Microsoft Loop to elevate team efficiency and drive forward organizational goals.Room 204CThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Modernizing Paper Form Processing with Power Platform and AI
In this session, we delve into the transformational journey of a large government agency’s office. Their cumbersome process of handling hundreds of paper forms submitted by employees each month was riddled with inefficiencies and prone to errors. Enter the Power Platform and AI—a dynamic duo that revolutionized their operations.
Challenges Faced ---------
- Time-Consuming Workflow: Manual data entry from legacy paper forms consumed valuable hours.
- Error-Prone Process: Human errors led to inaccuracies and delays.
- Lack of Efficiency: The existing system hindered productivity and citizen satisfaction.
Our Solution ---------
Power Platform Unleashed:
- Power Apps: We built a user-friendly front-end citizen portal, replacing a paper form
- Power Automate: Automated data extraction from scanned forms using AI. Power Pages: Streamlined collaboration and reporting.
- AI-Powered Data Extraction: Leveraging Azure Open AI and Microsoft Copilot Studio, we extracted relevant data swiftly and accurately. Citizens’ information seamlessly flowed into the system, reducing manual effort.
- Secure Data Collection: The new citizen portal ensures safe and confidential data submission. Data is directly imported into Dynamics 365 Case Management for streamlined case handling.
Key Takeaways --------------
Learn how to modernize processes using the Power Platform. Understand the role of AI in data extraction and accuracy. Witness the transition from paper forms to a secure digital interface.
Join us to explore the intersection of technology, efficiency, and citizen-centric services. Let’s empower agencies to serve their communities better!Room 204ABThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Not Just for Citizen Development: Embracing Power Platform for Enterprise Applications
Too many people still look at Power Platform as something for citizen developers or "the smaller light-weight apps", but this misses a very large opportunity. Power Platform is incredibly well suited for the developing and hosting larger complex enterprises applications. This session will delve into why IT and business professionals and their leadership should be taking a Power Platform first strategy when looking to build applications.
In the session we'll explore the scalability of the platform technically and from a licensing perspective, the way the platform empowers developers and non-developers to both contribute to app making, talk about real-world examples, and discuss how Azure PaaS services ensures there is never a requirement that can't be met.Room 204CThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Power Automate for SharePoint
Did you know that the SharePoint Get Items action returns only 100 items by default? If not, attend this session!
In this session, we will dive into the triggers and actions available for SharePoint in Power Automate. You'll see practical examples of how to use Power Automate with SharePoint lists and libraries. Most importantly, we'll discuss common mistakes made by Power Automate developers when interacting with SharePoint as well as best practices.
Avoid many of the "gotchas" experienced by many Power Automate developers when writing Flows for SharePoint by attending this session!Room 207BThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Using Power Apps and Power Automate Together: Made for each other
Power Apps and Power Automate 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 Power App, how to pass information to the Flow, and how to return values back to Power Apps when the Flow completes.
Along the way we'll discuss Best Practices that can make your Power Apps and Power Automate Flows work more efficiently together.
Even if you know both PowerApps and Power Automate this session will help you get the most out of using them together.Room 207BThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm -
Build smarter automation with AI Builder
Embed AI capabilities in your Power Automate flows.
Join us in this session and learn how to integrate AI capabilities in your Power Automate flows as we demonstrate how AI Builder can help you and your organization save time and money by augmenting simple flows with Artificial Intelligence.
In this session we will work with simple use cases, based on real business requirements that all attendee can relate to.Room 204CThu 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Building Modern Approvals using Microsoft Flow: Advanced Concepts
The introduction of the Approvals Actions in Microsoft Flow has simplified the process of creating Approval Workflows.
In this talk we’ll go beyond the process of building basic parallel or serial approval flows and look at advanced techniques that can be used to take them to the next level.
We’ll demonstrate solutions for the following:
- Building Approval workflows with custom responses without requiring premium licensing
- Applying custom formatting to the approval email
- Recording approval results and comments
- Setting SharePoint content Approval status
- Forwarding an approval if the approver is out of the office
- Escalating an approval that hasn’t been responded to
- Sending periodic reminders about pending approvals
- Building an approval workflow for an adjustable list of approversRoom 206Fri 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 206Fri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Using AI Builder in Power Automate
AI Builder brings the power of Microsoft AI into Power Automate. In this session, Learn what AI Builder is and how it can benefit your organization.
Here is some of what we’ll cover:
- Use sentiment analysis on text
- Extract information from a business card
- Extract information form documents, invoices and receipts
- Detect and count objects in images
- Classify text into categories
- And more…..
Want to get started using AI Builder? This session is for you!Room 207BFri 12:30 pm - 1:40 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 202BMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Hands-On : Azure For Power Platform Developers Masterclass
Gartner predicts, “by 2024, over 65% of medium to large enterprises will have adopted a Low Code Application Platform as one of their strategic application platforms.” Microsoft Power Platform is a low-code platform for rapidly building customized end-to-end business solutions. It consists of five product areas: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Copilot Studio, and Power Pages. Each area can be used individually or together. Thanks to a native integration with Azure, developers can use their cloud development skills to extend Microsoft Power Platform with different Azure services. With a low-code integrated development approach, business goals can be achieved faster and frees up time for the developers.
In this hands-on workshop, we will cover how to use Azure for custom development in Microsoft Platform services like Power Automate, Power Apps, Power Pages, Copilot Studio, Dataverse, and Power BI.
We will cover:
• Microsoft Azure Key Concepts
• How does Power Platform use Azure?
• How can fusion teams take advantage of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
• Authentication and Authorization in Azure
• Azure + Power Automate
• Azure + Power Apps
• Azure + Power Pages
• Azure + Copilot Studio
• Azure + Power BI
• Azure + Dataverse
• PowerFx
• Copilots in Power Platform
• Azure OpenAI + Power Platform
• ChatGPT + Power Platform
• What are Azure Functions?
• What are Logic Apps?
• What is Azure Bot Service?
• How to create an enterprise-grade app using Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
At the end of the workshop, attendees will have a working knowledge of Azure and how to use it to implement the customizations in the Microsoft Power Platform.
Access to Azure, Azure Open AI, and Microsoft Power Platform ( Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot Studio, and Power BI ) will be provided to create the customization. The target audience of this hands-on workshop is Developers, Power Users, and IT Pros who want to get into development.
Please note: Attendees will need to bring their laptops with internet access and modern browsers like Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari. The tablets will not work.
You Will Learn:
1) How do you handle Authentication and Authorization in Azure?
2) How does fusion teams can take advantage of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
3) How to create enterprise-grade app using Azure and Microsoft Power PlatformRoom 207AMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Everything You Wanted to Know About Power BI... but were afraid to ask!
Power BI is the gold standard for cloud-based report delivery, and forms the reporting component of Microsoft Fabric. It's very approachable - you can get up and running with it in minutes, but it's also very robust, secure and extensible. As you might expect, it has many pieces and nuances, and it's important to understand what is possible, even if you may not take immediate advantage of some features, to understand what to use when.
This all day tutorial will explore the way that Power BI works, and what it can do. We will walk through its architecture, the Power BI web service, Power BI Desktop and how it works with Microsoft Excel. Then we focus on the relationship with SharePoint, what can be done in an on premises or hybrid environment and how to connect it and refresh it with all sorts of data. Finally, we will cover off how it is licensed, and a whole host of other miscellaneous topics including how it works on its own, and within Microsoft Fabric.
This tutorial consists of a mix of theory and demonstrations, with emphasis on the demonstrations using real world data. It is designed for the beginner and the novice user, but even advanced users will find some nuggets of new information. Power BI is a fast moving, and ever-changing product, and this tutorial is constantly updated to reflect that.
Above all we encourage questions and dialog. We can't answer your questions if you don't bring them, so please come armed! Feel free to even bring us data and we can work through any reporting challenges that you may have. If you want to get exposed to Power BI & Microsoft Fabric, this is certainly a session for you.Room 203ABTue 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Beginners Guide to Power BI Workshop
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
Don't have a Power BI license? You can start using Power BI for free!
Attend this demo-rich session and get started with Power BI!Room 209BCTue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
Power BI Analytics at Scale with Microsoft Fabric
In today's world getting true data driven insights can take a lot of time and energy. Data is spread across a wide variety of storage systems, all of which can have different operating models, security models and integration requirements. The next generation of Microsoft's data platform, which includes Power BI aims to solve this problem.
Come to this session to explore Microsoft Fabric, understand exactly what it is, and how it can help position your organization for the new age of AI. Microsoft Fabric has changed the way we all think about and utilize data. Taking lessons from Power BI Premium capacities Fabric allows us to get past many limitations of the shared Power BI service & the PAAS\IAAS world of Azure Synapse. However, with great power comes great responsibility.
This session will outline exactly what Microsoft Fabric is, what features it unlocks and what limitations it changes. We will also call out situations where Fabric may not be appropriate, and the steps that you need to take to ensure that you get the maximum value from it. If you’re considering a move to Microsoft Fabric, you’ll want to attend this session.Room 206Wed 11:30 am - 12:40 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 206Wed 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
There's No Time Like the Present - Real Time Reporting with Power BI
Power BI has many options for keeping your data up to date, but what happens when scheduled refreshes simply aren't enough? What do you do when real time or near real time reporting on your data is necessary? Fortunately, Power BI has you covered here as well. From real-time datasets, to Direct Query and the Aggregations feature and hybrid tables, there are more than a few options for accomplishing this goal, but they all do come with a few tradeoffs.
This session will examine all of the techniques available to Power BI for reporting on your data in cached mode, near real time, and real time. It will highlight some of the things to watch out for, and how to design for them.
If you need your data more up to date than what refresh schedules can provide, then this session is for you.Room 206Wed 3:40 pm - 4:50 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 206Thu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Modernizing Paper Form Processing with Power Platform and AI
In this session, we delve into the transformational journey of a large government agency’s office. Their cumbersome process of handling hundreds of paper forms submitted by employees each month was riddled with inefficiencies and prone to errors. Enter the Power Platform and AI—a dynamic duo that revolutionized their operations.
Challenges Faced ---------
- Time-Consuming Workflow: Manual data entry from legacy paper forms consumed valuable hours.
- Error-Prone Process: Human errors led to inaccuracies and delays.
- Lack of Efficiency: The existing system hindered productivity and citizen satisfaction.
Our Solution ---------
Power Platform Unleashed:
- Power Apps: We built a user-friendly front-end citizen portal, replacing a paper form
- Power Automate: Automated data extraction from scanned forms using AI. Power Pages: Streamlined collaboration and reporting.
- AI-Powered Data Extraction: Leveraging Azure Open AI and Microsoft Copilot Studio, we extracted relevant data swiftly and accurately. Citizens’ information seamlessly flowed into the system, reducing manual effort.
- Secure Data Collection: The new citizen portal ensures safe and confidential data submission. Data is directly imported into Dynamics 365 Case Management for streamlined case handling.
Key Takeaways --------------
Learn how to modernize processes using the Power Platform. Understand the role of AI in data extraction and accuracy. Witness the transition from paper forms to a secure digital interface.
Join us to explore the intersection of technology, efficiency, and citizen-centric services. Let’s empower agencies to serve their communities better!Room 204ABThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Deep Dive on Power BI, Teams and SharePoint
Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and Power BI can work very well together. SharePoint can be a data source (lists), a container for data files (Excel. CSV etc in libraries), and as a dashboarding platform (pages). Teams can be a complete front end for Power BI, and host content contextually.
This demo rich session will explore all of these scenarios in great depth. SharePoint data can be finicky to retrieve, and this session will show examples and suggest a few best practices for doing so. In addition, connecting Power BI to SharePoint opens up a whole new world for Excel. If it can be done with Power BI, SharePoint and Teams, this session will show you how.Room 206Thu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Connect to your M365 Data with Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Graph Data Connect
Many people are familiar with accessing and retrieving their corporate data from the Microsoft Graph. However, what do you do when you need to access this data at scale? Microsoft Graph Data Connect (MGDC) is a robust data extraction tool that allows for secure, granular data access from Microsoft 365 to Azure Data Lake. It provides organizations with valuable insights while maintaining compliance with privacy regulations. It is a powerful, yet complex tool.
The recently introduced Microsoft Fabric is a comprehensive data analysis platform that has the potential to remove much of this complexity.
This presentation will demonstrate how Microsoft Graph Data Connect within Microsoft Fabric can very quickly allow you to leverage your corporate data to enhance collaboration, productivity, and decision-making processes in your organization.Room 206Thu 4:10 pm - 5:20 pm -
Intro to Microsoft Fabric for the rest of us
Microsoft Fabric is a software that helps businesses analyze their data. It has many features that help businesses move their data around, analyze it in real-time, and make better decisions. It also has a lot of tools that help businesses store and organize their data in one place. With Microsoft Fabric, businesses can get a better understanding of their data and use it to make better decisions.
But what does that mean for the rest of us who don't do analytics every day or can barely spell Power BI? Join Mark Rackley and John White for this fun, demo-filled session that breaks Fabric down so that anyone can understand it's power, and how their company can take advantage of it, and get started!Room 204CFri 9:00 am - 10:10 am
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Hands-On : Azure For Power Platform Developers Masterclass
Gartner predicts, “by 2024, over 65% of medium to large enterprises will have adopted a Low Code Application Platform as one of their strategic application platforms.” Microsoft Power Platform is a low-code platform for rapidly building customized end-to-end business solutions. It consists of five product areas: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Copilot Studio, and Power Pages. Each area can be used individually or together. Thanks to a native integration with Azure, developers can use their cloud development skills to extend Microsoft Power Platform with different Azure services. With a low-code integrated development approach, business goals can be achieved faster and frees up time for the developers.
In this hands-on workshop, we will cover how to use Azure for custom development in Microsoft Platform services like Power Automate, Power Apps, Power Pages, Copilot Studio, Dataverse, and Power BI.
We will cover:
• Microsoft Azure Key Concepts
• How does Power Platform use Azure?
• How can fusion teams take advantage of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
• Authentication and Authorization in Azure
• Azure + Power Automate
• Azure + Power Apps
• Azure + Power Pages
• Azure + Copilot Studio
• Azure + Power BI
• Azure + Dataverse
• PowerFx
• Copilots in Power Platform
• Azure OpenAI + Power Platform
• ChatGPT + Power Platform
• What are Azure Functions?
• What are Logic Apps?
• What is Azure Bot Service?
• How to create an enterprise-grade app using Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
At the end of the workshop, attendees will have a working knowledge of Azure and how to use it to implement the customizations in the Microsoft Power Platform.
Access to Azure, Azure Open AI, and Microsoft Power Platform ( Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot Studio, and Power BI ) will be provided to create the customization. The target audience of this hands-on workshop is Developers, Power Users, and IT Pros who want to get into development.
Please note: Attendees will need to bring their laptops with internet access and modern browsers like Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari. The tablets will not work.
You Will Learn:
1) How do you handle Authentication and Authorization in Azure?
2) How does fusion teams can take advantage of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
3) How to create enterprise-grade app using Azure and Microsoft Power PlatformRoom 207AMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Modernizing Paper Form Processing with Power Platform and AI
In this session, we delve into the transformational journey of a large government agency’s office. Their cumbersome process of handling hundreds of paper forms submitted by employees each month was riddled with inefficiencies and prone to errors. Enter the Power Platform and AI—a dynamic duo that revolutionized their operations.
Challenges Faced ---------
- Time-Consuming Workflow: Manual data entry from legacy paper forms consumed valuable hours.
- Error-Prone Process: Human errors led to inaccuracies and delays.
- Lack of Efficiency: The existing system hindered productivity and citizen satisfaction.
Our Solution ---------
Power Platform Unleashed:
- Power Apps: We built a user-friendly front-end citizen portal, replacing a paper form
- Power Automate: Automated data extraction from scanned forms using AI. Power Pages: Streamlined collaboration and reporting.
- AI-Powered Data Extraction: Leveraging Azure Open AI and Microsoft Copilot Studio, we extracted relevant data swiftly and accurately. Citizens’ information seamlessly flowed into the system, reducing manual effort.
- Secure Data Collection: The new citizen portal ensures safe and confidential data submission. Data is directly imported into Dynamics 365 Case Management for streamlined case handling.
Key Takeaways --------------
Learn how to modernize processes using the Power Platform. Understand the role of AI in data extraction and accuracy. Witness the transition from paper forms to a secure digital interface.
Join us to explore the intersection of technology, efficiency, and citizen-centric services. Let’s empower agencies to serve their communities better!Room 204ABThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Not Just for Citizen Development: Embracing Power Platform for Enterprise Applications
Too many people still look at Power Platform as something for citizen developers or "the smaller light-weight apps", but this misses a very large opportunity. Power Platform is incredibly well suited for the developing and hosting larger complex enterprises applications. This session will delve into why IT and business professionals and their leadership should be taking a Power Platform first strategy when looking to build applications.
In the session we'll explore the scalability of the platform technically and from a licensing perspective, the way the platform empowers developers and non-developers to both contribute to app making, talk about real-world examples, and discuss how Azure PaaS services ensures there is never a requirement that can't be met.Room 204CThu 10:50 am - 12:00 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 204ABMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Hands-On : Azure For Power Platform Developers Masterclass
Gartner predicts, “by 2024, over 65% of medium to large enterprises will have adopted a Low Code Application Platform as one of their strategic application platforms.” Microsoft Power Platform is a low-code platform for rapidly building customized end-to-end business solutions. It consists of five product areas: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Copilot Studio, and Power Pages. Each area can be used individually or together. Thanks to a native integration with Azure, developers can use their cloud development skills to extend Microsoft Power Platform with different Azure services. With a low-code integrated development approach, business goals can be achieved faster and frees up time for the developers.
In this hands-on workshop, we will cover how to use Azure for custom development in Microsoft Platform services like Power Automate, Power Apps, Power Pages, Copilot Studio, Dataverse, and Power BI.
We will cover:
• Microsoft Azure Key Concepts
• How does Power Platform use Azure?
• How can fusion teams take advantage of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
• Authentication and Authorization in Azure
• Azure + Power Automate
• Azure + Power Apps
• Azure + Power Pages
• Azure + Copilot Studio
• Azure + Power BI
• Azure + Dataverse
• PowerFx
• Copilots in Power Platform
• Azure OpenAI + Power Platform
• ChatGPT + Power Platform
• What are Azure Functions?
• What are Logic Apps?
• What is Azure Bot Service?
• How to create an enterprise-grade app using Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
At the end of the workshop, attendees will have a working knowledge of Azure and how to use it to implement the customizations in the Microsoft Power Platform.
Access to Azure, Azure Open AI, and Microsoft Power Platform ( Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot Studio, and Power BI ) will be provided to create the customization. The target audience of this hands-on workshop is Developers, Power Users, and IT Pros who want to get into development.
Please note: Attendees will need to bring their laptops with internet access and modern browsers like Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari. The tablets will not work.
You Will Learn:
1) How do you handle Authentication and Authorization in Azure?
2) How does fusion teams can take advantage of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
3) How to create enterprise-grade app using Azure and Microsoft Power PlatformRoom 207AMon 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 202BTue 9:00 am - 5:00 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 206Tue 9:00 am - 12:30 pm -
Healthcare Virtual Data Tables
Healthcare Virtual Data Tables (HVDT) is Microsoft's solution for connecting Dataverse to remote FHIR endpoints using Dataverse's Virtual Tables capabilities. Our solution extends Dataverse Virtual Tables by providing configurable mapping between FHIR and Dataverse schemas and allows customers to dynamically select where you want to persist your data.
This session includes an architectural overview of the solution, a demonstration of HVDT connecting to Azure Healt Data services, and a demo of how we can extend the data model and maps.Room 204ABWed 11:30 am - 12:40 pm -
Have you met your new Trainer? - AI as a learning tool in the Power Platform
In this session, Microsoft’s own Craig Harris will explore the innovative integration of artificial intelligence within Microsoft's Power Platform for enhanced learning experiences. In this session, attendees will delve into the capabilities of AI as it pertains to training and skill development within the Power Platform ecosystem.
Participants will gain insights into how AI-driven maker updates in the Power Platform can super charge adoption through training where your Copilot can just as easily serve as a teaching assistant to learn how elements in the Power Platform work together.
We’ll look at adoption strategies and component re-use to help your organizations get smarter on how these tools work with the goal of helping your teams focus on the meaningful work you’re passionate about. We’ll also review the state of play in US Gov clouds so Federal customers have clear line of sight of when these new and innovative technologies will come to the Government Community Clouds.Room 202BWed 1:50 pm - 3:00 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 202BThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Modernizing Paper Form Processing with Power Platform and AI
In this session, we delve into the transformational journey of a large government agency’s office. Their cumbersome process of handling hundreds of paper forms submitted by employees each month was riddled with inefficiencies and prone to errors. Enter the Power Platform and AI—a dynamic duo that revolutionized their operations.
Challenges Faced ---------
- Time-Consuming Workflow: Manual data entry from legacy paper forms consumed valuable hours.
- Error-Prone Process: Human errors led to inaccuracies and delays.
- Lack of Efficiency: The existing system hindered productivity and citizen satisfaction.
Our Solution ---------
Power Platform Unleashed:
- Power Apps: We built a user-friendly front-end citizen portal, replacing a paper form
- Power Automate: Automated data extraction from scanned forms using AI. Power Pages: Streamlined collaboration and reporting.
- AI-Powered Data Extraction: Leveraging Azure Open AI and Microsoft Copilot Studio, we extracted relevant data swiftly and accurately. Citizens’ information seamlessly flowed into the system, reducing manual effort.
- Secure Data Collection: The new citizen portal ensures safe and confidential data submission. Data is directly imported into Dynamics 365 Case Management for streamlined case handling.
Key Takeaways --------------
Learn how to modernize processes using the Power Platform. Understand the role of AI in data extraction and accuracy. Witness the transition from paper forms to a secure digital interface.
Join us to explore the intersection of technology, efficiency, and citizen-centric services. Let’s empower agencies to serve their communities better!Room 204ABThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Not Just for Citizen Development: Embracing Power Platform for Enterprise Applications
Too many people still look at Power Platform as something for citizen developers or "the smaller light-weight apps", but this misses a very large opportunity. Power Platform is incredibly well suited for the developing and hosting larger complex enterprises applications. This session will delve into why IT and business professionals and their leadership should be taking a Power Platform first strategy when looking to build applications.
In the session we'll explore the scalability of the platform technically and from a licensing perspective, the way the platform empowers developers and non-developers to both contribute to app making, talk about real-world examples, and discuss how Azure PaaS services ensures there is never a requirement that can't be met.Room 204CThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Deep Dive on Power BI, Teams and SharePoint
Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and Power BI can work very well together. SharePoint can be a data source (lists), a container for data files (Excel. CSV etc in libraries), and as a dashboarding platform (pages). Teams can be a complete front end for Power BI, and host content contextually.
This demo rich session will explore all of these scenarios in great depth. SharePoint data can be finicky to retrieve, and this session will show examples and suggest a few best practices for doing so. In addition, connecting Power BI to SharePoint opens up a whole new world for Excel. If it can be done with Power BI, SharePoint and Teams, this session will show you how.Room 206Thu 10:50 am - 12:00 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 202BThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm -
Why You Need SharePoint Premium to Streamline Your Processes and Save Your Budget
If you are tired of dealing with PDFs and other documents that slow down your business processes, you should consider SharePoint Premium. SharePoint Premium is a powerful platform that can help you automate, optimize, and streamline your document-centric workflows.
In this session, I'll show you how SharePoint Premium can transform your business by:
- Enabling you to create, edit, and share documents online with ease
- Integrating with Power Platform and AI to add intelligence and automation to your processes
- Providing you with advanced security and compliance features to protect your data
- Reducing your operational costs and increasing your productivity
I'll also share with you some common business scenarios that are ideal for SharePoint Premium, such as invoice processing, contract management, and employee onboarding. And I'll give you some tips on how to build a compelling business case for SharePoint Premium, so you can convince your stakeholders and decision-makers to invest in this solution.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn how SharePoint Premium can revolutionize your document management and boost your business performance.Room 206Thu 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm -
Using Power Apps and Power Automate Together: Made for each other
Power Apps and Power Automate 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 Power App, how to pass information to the Flow, and how to return values back to Power Apps when the Flow completes.
Along the way we'll discuss Best Practices that can make your Power Apps and Power Automate Flows work more efficiently together.
Even if you know both PowerApps and Power Automate this session will help you get the most out of using them together.Room 207BThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 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 202BFri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Deploying and governing the Power Platform in your organization
Join us in this session and learn how to build a deployment strategy, a governance plan and a support model to enable a successful Power Platform deployment in your organization. We will share with you what we’ve learned when deploying the Power Platform in large organizations.
We will discuss key architecture components and licensing options. Provide you with a framework to help you identify your use cases, audiences and define your onboarding process.
We will also provide you with guidelines on how to identify stakeholders, define roles and responsibilities and give you tips and tricks to help drive the adoption of the Power Platform in your organization.Room 206Fri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm
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Elevating Your Experience: Improving Findability and Knowledge Discovery in Microsoft 365 and ShareP
In today's fast-paced business environment, quick and easy access to knowledge is critical for success. Unfortunately, many organizations and people struggle with finding and accessing information within their intranets.
In this session, we’ll review several different strategies to improve findability in Microsoft 365 – from simple tips to help users be more successful with search to more strategic approaches for intranet navigation and structure using home sites and hubs, information delivery with Viva Connections, improving knowledge management with Viva Topics and Viva Engage, and how Copilot can help.
You will learn practical and actionable tips and tricks that you can implement immediately as you evolve your employee experiences.Room 202AWed 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
Building a Policy Center with PnP Modern Search
In a modern Intranet, we generally want to store content in the site where it should be managed. We think of this as distributed content management and it's similar to the way News works in modern SharePoint. This usually means each department or organizational unit can manage their content using a process which makes sense for them.
At the same time, we may want to roll up that content in one central location for ease of access. A Policy Center is a great example of this approach and one we find ourselves building for many of our clients.
In this session, you'll see how the following components add up to make a Policy Center:
- Information architecture (IA) in the form of Site Columns and a Content Type to represent a Policy
- A Site Template which only instantiates a Policy library in the site and applies the IA
- A Policy library in each Intranet site, deployed using the Site Template, with Policies specific to that department
- Changes to the search schema to support metadata filtering
- A Policy Center page built using PnP Modern Search Web Parts to display the Policies from across the Intranet
Additionally, we'll discuss various approaches to solve the content management puzzle - before the Policy is even visible on the Intranet.Room 204CWed 3:40 pm - 4:50 pm -
Unlock Third Party or Line of Business Data using Graph Connectors and Copilot
In this session we will focus on how anyone but especially knowledge workers can use Large Language Models (LLMs) driven tools like Copilot or custom GPTs and 3P/LOB data in a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pattern to aids individuals to ask in natural language questions and get more complete and textual responses.
Microsoft Graph Connectors allow for that by bringing in your own data into Microsoft 365 and making it available through a search index and semantic labeling (index) thus allowing the LLMs to reason over that otherwise locked data.Room 204ABThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm -
Using Site Templates to Deploy Consistent Information Architecture
A great information architecture improves many content management scenarios, from search, to business processes, to ease of content tagging and storage.
In this session, we'll look at how Site Templates can be used to create reusable site building blocks rather than focusing on configuring the entire site. By using these specific building blocks together, you can build up your sites to have capabilities you need, in whatever combinations make the most sense for the work at hand.Room 204ABFri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm -
Optimize Your Organization's Content for Copilot
Content is the lifeblood of every organization. It is how teams collaborate and create value for the organization. However, managing content effectively can be challenging, especially with the increasing volume and variety of content types. How can you organize, secure, and process your content to maximize its value and prepare it for Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365?
In this session, we will discuss best practices for organizing your content and sites in Microsoft 365, perform a security and governance audit to ensure information is not leaked through new AI tools, and do a walkthrough on integrating Copilot into your daily workflow.Room 204ABFri 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm
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SharePoint Premium - The future of AI powered content management
SharePoint Premium brings AI, automation, and added security to your content experiences, processing, and governance. SharePoint Premium delivers new ways to engage with your most critical content, managing and protecting it through its lifecycle. It also helps you maximize content value with security and structure – and prepare it for Copilot for Microsoft 365, the next-generation AI assistant that is transforming productivity.
We'll learn about some of the core features of SharePoint Premium such as Content experiences, Content processing and Content governance.Room 209BCWed 11:30 am - 12:40 pm -
An end-to-end look at SharePoint Premium Content Processing
SharePoint Premium is a big step forward for Content Services in Microsoft 365 by providing the ability to integrate AI into the flow of work. Unstructured content is being produced at an alarming rate in modern workplaces today and organizations need a way to improve the effectiveness of business processes surrounding it.
SharePoint Premium's content processing capabilities help by automatically classifying content, extracting metadata, improving search, enhancing knowledge sharing, and applying appropriate governance controls. SharePoint Premium is this and so much more!
To demonstrate, Joanne Klein will walk through a live demo of building and training an Unstructured Document Processing model in SharePoint as well as the additional capabilities it provides once classified.
The walkthrough will cover setup, training, deployment, and some of the "extras" you get with SharePoint Premium.Room 201Thu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
Why You Need SharePoint Premium to Streamline Your Processes and Save Your Budget
If you are tired of dealing with PDFs and other documents that slow down your business processes, you should consider SharePoint Premium. SharePoint Premium is a powerful platform that can help you automate, optimize, and streamline your document-centric workflows.
In this session, I'll show you how SharePoint Premium can transform your business by:
- Enabling you to create, edit, and share documents online with ease
- Integrating with Power Platform and AI to add intelligence and automation to your processes
- Providing you with advanced security and compliance features to protect your data
- Reducing your operational costs and increasing your productivity
I'll also share with you some common business scenarios that are ideal for SharePoint Premium, such as invoice processing, contract management, and employee onboarding. And I'll give you some tips on how to build a compelling business case for SharePoint Premium, so you can convince your stakeholders and decision-makers to invest in this solution.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn how SharePoint Premium can revolutionize your document management and boost your business performance.Room 206Thu 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm -
Automate content processing using AI & SharePoint Premium (Microsoft Syntex)
We'll learn how to use SharePoint Premium (previously known as Microsoft Syntex) that uses advanced AI and machine teaching to amplify human expertise, automate content processing, and transform content into knowledge.
Room 207BThu 2:20 pm - 3:30 pm -
Explore SharePoint Embedded App Development: From Setup to Production Ready Apps
Dive into the world of SharePoint Embedded and discover the optimal scenarios for custom apps that use SharePoint for all document storage.
Uncover the key scenarios where SharePoint Embedded apps shine and learn how to set up SharePoint Embedded in your tenant.
By the end of this session, you'll be equipped to start integrating SharePoint Embedded into your app development projects!Room 208ABFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Unlock SharePoint Premium content services by connecting Azure Pay-as-you-go billing
Microsoft Syntex is evolving into the new SharePoint Premium offering and at the same time, new value in content AI is being unlocked through a first-time billing method for Microsoft 365--pay-as-you-go billing through Azure billing.
Azure billing might be new to some organizations even when they're familiar with Microsoft 365. However, taking the time to understand how and why the two services are connected for SharePoint Premium will help you unlock significant value for your organization.
Tom Resing is a member of the SharePoint Premium product engineering team at Microsoft. Every day, Tom thinks about how we communicate the user value of our content AI services.
Come to this session to get an overview of the how, why, what, when, and where you can get started with the admin steps that allow your users to begin automatically capturing information about files as they are added to SharePoint, including when they're added in conversations in Teams channels.Room 207AFri 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm
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Developers! Learn how to use the SharePoint Framework to customize and extend SharePoint
The best way you can customize and extend your SharePoint site is using the SharePoint Framework (SPFx), the latest evolution of SharePoint development. This model is the way you customize and extend the modern experience in SharePoint.
In this workshop, you'll learn what the SharePoint Framework is & how to get started installing everything you need on your workstation to start building. Then you'll learn how to build web parts and customize the user experience with extensions.Room 209BCMon 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 206Tue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
Mastering React Hooks for SharePoint Framework and Microsoft Teams Apps
Delve into the world of React Hooks and discover how to leverage this powerful tool in SharePoint Framework and Microsoft Teams app development.
Learn the fundamentals of React Hooks, including integrating state with the useState hook, handling events and side effects using the useEffect hook, and even how to create custom hooks for your apps!
Whether you're new to React Hooks or looking to enhance your skills, this session will equip you with the knowledge to create dynamic and efficient apps using React Hooks.Room 208ABWed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Getting Started with the SharePoint Framework (SPFx)
Are you a developer that is just getting started trying to customize SharePoint and Teams and don't know where to start?
In this introductory level session we will look at how to get started using the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) and some potential uses for it. We will learn about setting up a development environment, creating a new project, deploying and debugging, and resources to keep the learning going.Room 209BCWed 9:50 am - 11:00 am -
Extending Microsoft 365: Exploring the Art of the Possible
The extensibility landscape of Microsoft 365 can be convoluted and confusing.
In this session I will explore real world user scenarios that were automated by artfully combining various extensibility methods of the Microsoft 365 platform into one cohesive solution.
My goal for this session is to have you start imagining how you can take solutions well beyond just a web part or just an application customizer into more robust fully functional end to end solutions.
We'll do that by discussing a problem statement, analyzing the different ways we could leverage the platform, discussing the final architecture, and when appropriate diving into bits of code where the implementation details are important.Room 209BCThu 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm -
Connect to your M365 Data with Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Graph Data Connect
Many people are familiar with accessing and retrieving their corporate data from the Microsoft Graph. However, what do you do when you need to access this data at scale? Microsoft Graph Data Connect (MGDC) is a robust data extraction tool that allows for secure, granular data access from Microsoft 365 to Azure Data Lake. It provides organizations with valuable insights while maintaining compliance with privacy regulations. It is a powerful, yet complex tool.
The recently introduced Microsoft Fabric is a comprehensive data analysis platform that has the potential to remove much of this complexity.
This presentation will demonstrate how Microsoft Graph Data Connect within Microsoft Fabric can very quickly allow you to leverage your corporate data to enhance collaboration, productivity, and decision-making processes in your organization.Room 206Thu 4:10 pm - 5:20 pm -
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 209BCFri 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
Building Modern Approvals using Microsoft Flow: Advanced Concepts
The introduction of the Approvals Actions in Microsoft Flow has simplified the process of creating Approval Workflows.
In this talk we’ll go beyond the process of building basic parallel or serial approval flows and look at advanced techniques that can be used to take them to the next level.
We’ll demonstrate solutions for the following:
- Building Approval workflows with custom responses without requiring premium licensing
- Applying custom formatting to the approval email
- Recording approval results and comments
- Setting SharePoint content Approval status
- Forwarding an approval if the approver is out of the office
- Escalating an approval that hasn’t been responded to
- Sending periodic reminders about pending approvals
- Building an approval workflow for an adjustable list of approversRoom 206Fri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Explore SharePoint Embedded App Development: From Setup to Production Ready Apps
Dive into the world of SharePoint Embedded and discover the optimal scenarios for custom apps that use SharePoint for all document storage.
Uncover the key scenarios where SharePoint Embedded apps shine and learn how to set up SharePoint Embedded in your tenant.
By the end of this session, you'll be equipped to start integrating SharePoint Embedded into your app development projects!Room 208ABFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Code Once Use Everywhere - Using SPFx to create applications that work in Teams and SharePoint
Users are spending more and more time using Teams. It makes sense to try and reduce the friction of context switching by bringing our custom applications directly into Teams where they are working. We are able to harness the collaborative nature of Teams and SharePoint in one application and render it in many different contexts.
In this introductory developer session we will look at how to create and deploy a SharePoint Framework WebPart and have it be usable in Teams. We will use one code base to make the web part Teams aware in both a Teams Tab and a Personal App. We will look at how to use that app to read and write data into SharePoint using PnPjs.
Users will leave with an understanding of how to leverage SPFx to create applications they can use in Teams and resources on how to explore this further.Room 209BCFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am
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SharePoint: Zero to Hero
If you are new to SharePoint, this is your workshop. We will start at the beginning with, “What is this thing you call SharePoint?” and then go step-by-step to “Now I can build basic business solutions.” Everything we do during this session will be in SharePoint Online, but also works for On-Premises environments. No Code.
Here’s what we will cover:
1. What is SharePoint
2. Getting around SharePoint
3. How to build and use a solution for your business needs
4. Discover what metadata is and how it can help
5. How to make sure the right people have the right access to the right things at the right time
6. Create a one-stop-shop with a custom page
At the end of this workshop, you will have the information needed to create simple solutions using the tools provided by SharePoint without waiting for IT to build it for you. Buckle up. We’ve got a lot to cover.Room 202AMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Best Practices for Intranet Information Architecture: the key to unlocking AI’s full potential
In this workshop, we will explore the basics of Information Architecture (IA) and its role in creating effective intranets using Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and Viva Connections. We’ll talk about why IA is so important to AI – and how you can ensure that your intranet content can act as a valuable partner in your AI solutions. Whether you are just starting out or looking to improve your current intranet design, this workshop will provide you with the necessary tools and techniques to make the most of new and upcoming features, capabilities, and best practices. We'll cover key topics including creating and organizing content, building site structures, creating metadata, and leveraging search functionality.
You will take away:
• Approaches for planning navigation across the entire intranet and on individual sites
• Tips and best practices for audiences, hubs, and home sites
• Page design guidance that supports accessibility and great user experiences
• Effective use of metadata on pages and documents – and whether it is OK to use folders to organize your content.
• How to leverage Viva Connections to bring your intranet to your users in the flow of work – and how to plan audiences to ensure that the right tools and information gets to the right groups.
• How Copilot can help your information architecture and vice versa.
You'll leave with a clear understanding of what IA is, why it matters, and how to get started with creating effective intranets that meet your organization's needs.Room 203ABMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Hands-On : Azure For Power Platform Developers Masterclass
Gartner predicts, “by 2024, over 65% of medium to large enterprises will have adopted a Low Code Application Platform as one of their strategic application platforms.” Microsoft Power Platform is a low-code platform for rapidly building customized end-to-end business solutions. It consists of five product areas: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Copilot Studio, and Power Pages. Each area can be used individually or together. Thanks to a native integration with Azure, developers can use their cloud development skills to extend Microsoft Power Platform with different Azure services. With a low-code integrated development approach, business goals can be achieved faster and frees up time for the developers.
In this hands-on workshop, we will cover how to use Azure for custom development in Microsoft Platform services like Power Automate, Power Apps, Power Pages, Copilot Studio, Dataverse, and Power BI.
We will cover:
• Microsoft Azure Key Concepts
• How does Power Platform use Azure?
• How can fusion teams take advantage of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
• Authentication and Authorization in Azure
• Azure + Power Automate
• Azure + Power Apps
• Azure + Power Pages
• Azure + Copilot Studio
• Azure + Power BI
• Azure + Dataverse
• PowerFx
• Copilots in Power Platform
• Azure OpenAI + Power Platform
• ChatGPT + Power Platform
• What are Azure Functions?
• What are Logic Apps?
• What is Azure Bot Service?
• How to create an enterprise-grade app using Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
At the end of the workshop, attendees will have a working knowledge of Azure and how to use it to implement the customizations in the Microsoft Power Platform.
Access to Azure, Azure Open AI, and Microsoft Power Platform ( Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot Studio, and Power BI ) will be provided to create the customization. The target audience of this hands-on workshop is Developers, Power Users, and IT Pros who want to get into development.
Please note: Attendees will need to bring their laptops with internet access and modern browsers like Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari. The tablets will not work.
You Will Learn:
1) How do you handle Authentication and Authorization in Azure?
2) How does fusion teams can take advantage of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power Platform?
3) How to create enterprise-grade app using Azure and Microsoft Power PlatformRoom 207AMon 9:00 am - 5:00 pm -
Balancing Collaboration and Compliance within Microsoft 365
Hybrid modern work can be full of friction and frustration when it comes to compliance. We all need to help ensure a productive and compliant workplace, but how can you enable easy collaboration in your organization AND implement compliance features? Join Joanne and Daniel as they show how to bring together two equally important yet seemingly incompatible aspects of the modern workplace: collaboration and compliance.
With a he-said-she-said approach, Daniel will talk about the modern collaboration tools available in Microsoft 365 and Joanne will share what kinds of Microsoft Purview compliance controls can be applied to help collaboration tools be more compliant. You will walk away with the knowledge to combine collaboration with compliance.
Topics covered in the workshop:
• How to plan and implement a compliant Viva Connections and Viva Engage environment
• What are retention labels and policies and what do they look like in action in collaboration areas?
• How to implement data loss techniques while enabling collaboration?
• What are sensitivity labels and what types of controls can they place on collaboration?
• Do Microsoft Teams have an end-date and how to enable a lifecycle?
• Can Copilot help with compliance when it comes to our content and collaboration?Room 207BTue 9:00 am - 12:30 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 securely. 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 Office 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 landscape of data security
• What is Microsoft Purview and how we can use it
• How to secure you data with 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
• Retain content using Data Lifecycle Management and Records 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 207ATue 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm -
Data Security: It's Not Just for IT Anymore
Data security is more important than ever before. As businesses and individuals move more of their data to the cloud, protecting it from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction is essential.
In this session, we will focus on data security for end users in Microsoft 365. We will discuss the common threats to data security and the security features available in Microsoft 365 to help protect your data. We will also share tips and advice on how to use these features effectively.
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
- Understand the importance of data security and the common threats to data security
- Identify the key data security features in Microsoft 365
- Learn how to use Microsoft 365 security features to protect your data
- Implement best practices for data security in your workplace
This session is ideal for end users in Microsoft 365 who want to learn more about how to protect their data. No prior knowledge of data security is required.
Room 202AWed 11:30 am - 12:40 pm -
Introduction to Microsoft Purview
Do you know or are you interested in what Microsoft Purview is?
Microsoft Purview is the solution suite of Microsoft 365 and brings a collection of risk and compliance technologies including things like information protection, retention, records, insider risk, eDiscovery, and more.
In this session we will review all of the solutions available within this suite of products, what are their use cases, how they work together, and how they could work for you within your organization.Room 204CWed 1:50 pm - 3:00 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 208ABWed 1:50 pm - 3:00 pm -
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).Room 204ABWed 3:40 pm - 4:50 pm -
Protect at the speed and scale of AI with Microsoft Copilot for Security
Join us for an informative session on Microsoft Security Copilot, the first generative AI security product that amplifies your security and IT team’s impact and efficiency.
In this session, we will provide an overview of the threat landscape, scenarios, integrations, and demos of how Microsoft Security Copilot works. You will learn about the business value of using this product, including improved productivity and collaboration, faster investigation and response to threats, and continuous assessment and improvement of posture. Microsoft Security Copilot is grounded in responsible AI principles, ensuring that your data is protected and used responsibly.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn how Microsoft Security Copilot can transform your security operations.Room 202AThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
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.Room 204ABThu 9:00 am - 10:10 am -
An Introduction to Implementing Microsoft Information Protection (MIP)
All organizations store sensitive information. The information can be sensitive to the organization itself, to you as an employee of the organization, to you as a customer of that organization, or in any other number of ways. All businesses have a responsibility to keep that information safe. Historically, this protection has come by locking down network locations from external access, permission control, and data encryption. But it is being discovered that this is no longer sufficient. More is required to protect your sensitive information.
David Drever has been helping organizations secure their information with Microsoft Information Protection for many years. Join him as he walks through the features of MIP, how it can protect the organization’s sensitive information, leading practices in implementing the technologies and processes, and how MIP is the foundation for many other features within Microsoft 365 for protecting your information.Room 202BThu 10:50 am - 12:00 pm -
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 202AFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am -
Microsoft Purview Compliance – Tales from the Trenches
As more and more of an organization's data is stored within the cloud, controlling the sheer amount of data can be daunting. Administrators and compliance professionals are being called on more and more to support content management to ensure it is protected and maintained throughout its data lifecycle.
Joanne and David have assisted organizations for years and helped many enterprises design and build compliance solutions within Microsoft 365 Purview from the ground up. In this session, they'll discuss critical topics organizations should consider when implementing Records Management and Information Protection controls. They will also cover common pitfalls affecting the organization on its compliance journey.Room 204ABFri 10:20 am - 11:30 am