Washington, D.C.

Thursday 2:40 PM - 3:50 PM · Room 149a

How to get what you deserve at work through self-advocacy

Rima Reyes

Rima Reyes

Principal Product Manager for Microsoft Teams Engineering at Microsoft

Are you the one unintentionally holding yourself back from the career you want?

Join Roxy Ndebumadu and Rima Reyes as they share about their career progressions and offer tangible ways you can grow your career while being your most authentic self.

We will cover everything from building a personal brand to refining your stakeholder strategy to getting a promotion.

Wednesday 11:30 AM - 12:40 PM · Room 150a

Build your first Power BI dashboard

Daniel Glenn

Daniel Glenn

Microsoft MVP

Creating compelling reports is an important skill in our data-centric world. Have you seen a nice-looking report or dashboard and wondered how you can get started creating one? Are you interested in learning how to create a Power BI dashboard, from simple data to actionable intelligence? Then this session is for you!

In this session, we will talk about the building blocks of Power BI, look at different types of data you can use, and define what makes a good dashboard.

You will learn when to use Power BI Desktop and when you need the Power BI service. We will also discuss how you can safely share Power BI insights inside and outside of your organization.

You will leave this session with the resources you need to get started in your journey with Power BI.

Wednesday 11:30 AM - 12:40 PM · Room 149b

Microsoft 365 PnP for SharePoint Framework Developer

Alex Terentiev

Alex Terentiev

Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft

The SharePoint Framework (SPFx) is a development model for building solutions across Microsoft 365 suite. It allows building applications for SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Viva Connections.

But the additional beauty of SPFx is the community support!

This session will cover resources that Microsoft 365 PnP Community provides for SPFx developers.

Wednesday 9:50 AM - 11:00 AM · Room 150b

Getting Started Making It Fancy with JSON Formatting

Tamara Bredemus

Tamara Bredemus

Learning Strategist Manager & Adoption Specialist at Planet Technologies

Want to do some fancy formatting? Don't know JSON? Don't worry. If you know how to copy and paste, you too can use JSON to make things fancy.

Some of the fancy things we'll do include:

  1. Add Approve and Reject buttons for a list item
  2. Create inline editing without even clicking on Edit in grid view
  3. Add conditional formatting to a calendar

Wednesday 11:30 AM - 12:40 PM · Room 152a

Getting Started with Information Architecture for Microsoft 365 Intranets

Susan Hanley

Susan Hanley

Microsoft MVP & MBA

This session will help you get started with planning and organizing your intranet in SharePoint and Viva Connections. You will learn considerations for navigation and site architecture, designing and organizing pages, connecting content with metadata, and planning great search experiences.

You will also learn things to consider when bringing your intranet into Microsoft Teams with Viva Connections, including best practices for your home site, overall governance, and how to think about leveraging audiences to create personalized experiences.

You will take away practical ideas to help you get started and tips and best practices to optimize your existing experiences.

Wednesday 11:30 AM - 12:40 PM · Room 152b

Get the most out of Microsoft Lists

Mike Maadarani

Mike Maadarani

Microsoft MVP

Microsoft Lists is a real solution for any person or organization wishing to structure and improve their organization.

You can use Microsoft Lists for simple tasks such as tracking tasks, projects, inventory, but also for more advanced use such as managing your business trips, your content calendar or your events coming.

In this session we will show you how to customize lists to meet your needs and how we can elevate your lists to the next level.