Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room G6

Automation Accelerator: Power Automate Bootcamp - From Basics to Brilliance

This workshop is for beginners and I will cover a range of topics to help participants understand and utilize Power Automate effectively. Here are some key topics:

Introduction to Power Automate:

Overview of Power Automate and its capabilities. Understanding the different types of flows (cloud flows, desktop flows, business process flows). Creating Your First Flow

Step-by-step guide to creating a simple automated workflow. Using templates to get started quickly. Working with Connectors:

Connecting to various data sources and services. Using standard and premium connectors. Building Advanced Flows:

Using conditions, loops, and variables. Integrating with other Microsoft services like SharePoint, Teams, and Outlook.

Setting up error handling in your flows. Monitoring and troubleshooting flows. Best Practices and Governance:

Tips for designing efficient and maintainable flows. Understanding governance and security considerations. Hands-on Labs and Exercises:

Practical exercises to apply what you've learned. Building real-world automation scenarios.

These topics provide a comprehensive overview and hands-on experience with Power Automate, enabling participants to automate and optimize their business processes effectively

Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room A

Supercharging SharePoint with Power Apps and Copilot: Building Intelligent Business Solutions

In this all day workshop, learn to transform your SharePoint expertise into intelligent, business-driven solutions using Power Apps and Copilot. Tailored for Microsoft 365 power users, this session dives into building low-code apps that supercharge SharePoint’s capabilities for team collaboration and process automation. Learn how to create dynamic apps for scenarios like forms and approval workflows, seamlessly integrated with SharePoint lists and libraries. Discover how Copilot’s AI-powered features can accelerate development and enhance maker productivity. We will also explore best practices for designing responsive apps and the solution life cycle. With live demos and real-world case studies, this workshop, led by Microsoft MVP Laura Rogers, equips SharePoint power users with the tools to modernize workflows and drive business impact without coding expertise.

Wednesday 9:50 AM - 11:00 AM · Room G2

Intro to Power Apps for Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Lists

Learn when and how to start with Power Apps for M365 makers - within your existing M365 licensing.

If you create business solutions with SharePoint/Microsoft 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/Microsoft List experience with Power Apps
• How to take data from Lists to Teams and mobile experiences
• Power Apps examples that bring immediate value and set the stage for further enhancements

Wednesday 9:50 AM - 11:00 AM · Room G8

Beginners Guide to Power BI

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!

Wednesday 11:40 AM - 12:50 PM · Room G2

Let's talk about Power Apps with Style(s), a look at different ways to pull CSS into Canvas Apps

Power Apps is an incredible platform for building quick, functional apps, but when it comes to design and styling, many users feel limited. In this session, we’ll dive into different ways to bring advanced styling techniques into your Canvas Apps using CSS. Whether you’re looking to create a sleek, professional interface or align with your company’s branding guidelines, understanding how to apply styles can elevate your apps from functional to fantastic.

From Power Apps' built-in capabilities for colors and fonts, to Component Controls and Environment Variables, you'll explore several methods for incorporating CSS-like styles into your Canvas Apps. We’ll dive into the benefits and challenges of each approach, helping you decide which method works best for your specific needs.

By the end of this session, you'll walk away with practical solutions for creating visually stunning apps that perform as great as they look. If you've ever wanted more design control in Power Apps, this session is for you.

Wednesday 2:00 PM - 3:10 PM · Room G6

Power Automate Expressions With Copilot

A deep knowledge of expressions is critical to maximizing the power of Power Automate. In this demo rich session, we'll take a deep dive into the types of expressions available and how to apply them. You'll also see how Copilot can be a big timesaver when creating and learning about Power Automate expressions.

You'll see how to combine expressions, use expressions to simplify or eliminate conditions, how to use and apply date and string expressions, how to use expressions with collections and arrays and more...

If you have a casual knowledge of Flow and want to "step up your game" with the use of expressions, attend this session!

Wednesday 3:50 PM - 5:00 PM · Room G2

Mastering Power Apps & SharePoint Related Lists

Related lists and parent-child forms, also known as repeating tables or sub-lists, and are an important part of many business forms. With related lists and SharePoint lookup columns, there are some important details to understand to work with these types of relationships in Power Apps.

In this session, learn how to configure your sub-forms and repeating tables with SharePoint lists and libraries. This session covers a few different approaches with varying levels of complexity.

With this knowledge, you’ll walk away with a fundamental understanding of how to build your own business solutions the right way with Power Apps, and apply these principals in many types of SharePoint scenarios.

Thursday 10:50 AM - 12:00 PM · Room G1

Microsoft Loop: The Essential Tool for Microsoft 365 Users!

Experience unparalleled team collaboration with Microsoft Loop, the newest addition to the Microsoft 365 suite! Loop redefines teamwork by offering highly collaborative workspaces, customizable pages, and dynamic, reusable components, all seamlessly integrated within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.

Unlock your team's full potential with Microsoft Loop. Design shared workspaces, tailor pages to fit your specific needs, and effortlessly integrate notes, task assignments, and real-time synchronized lists. This innovative app enhances productivity and ensures that your team remains synchronized and efficient.

Microsoft Loop meets teammates where they work, seamlessly integrating with Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Whiteboard, Word, and more. Plus, explore the possibilities with the brand-new Loop app! This integration facilitates easy access, sharing, and collaboration on content across various platforms, catering to your team's diverse working environments and styles.

Transform the way your team works with Microsoft Loop. Its powerful features and seamless integration make it the go-to collaboration hub for Microsoft 365 users. Dive into the future of teamwork and harness the power of Microsoft Loop today!

Thursday 1:00 PM - 2:10 PM · Room G2

Intro to Dataverse for M365 Makers

Whether you migrate from Lists or start solutions from scratch, Dataverse brings more robust data capabilities and more opportunities to leverage Copilot in the maker process.

If you haven't checked out Dataverse 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.

Thursday 1:00 PM - 2:10 PM · Room G6

Modern Processes w/ Power Automate

Are you getting the most out of your cloud infrastructure? More and more organizations are embracing the cloud, adopting SaaS solutions, and taking the opportunity to reimagine many of their legacy on-prem processes. Power Automate, the low-code automation offering of the Power Platform, helps modernize many of these workflows. Let’s discuss some automation basics, ideal practices, and opportunities for efficiency.

Thursday 2:20 PM - 3:30 PM · Room D

Elevate Your Lists to Superhero Status: Custom Formatting Unleashed

Level 200. Modern lists in SharePoint have undergone a remarkable transformation. The introduction of the Lists app in Office 365 has opened up a world of possibilities, leveraging the same modern SharePoint lists. While native customization options are plentiful, the true potential lies in the realm of custom list formatting.

Join us on an exciting journey, beginning with straightforward tips and gradually ascending to the point where your list views become a no-code powerhouse. Learn how to harness the magic of custom list formatting and witness your lists transform into dynamic and visually amazing tools in your arsenal.

Thursday 4:20 PM - 5:30 PM · Room C

Challenge: MS Teams + Power Platform for single tenant application lifecycle environments?

This session examines the possibilities of leveraging a Microsoft Team and its private channel capabilities to provided segmented environments in support of Power Platform solutions with a SharePoint integrated backend functionality (lists, libraries, automation, etc.) and aligning to their respective Power Platform environments (i.e. development, integration, testing, production, etc.)

Friday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room G6

SharePoint Automation Showdown: Rules, Quick Steps & Power Automate

SharePoint offers several built-in automation tools—Rules, Quick Steps, the Content Approval setting. When should you use each one? And when do you need flows to take things further? In this session, we’ll break down the differences between these automation options, covering their capabilities, limitations, and best use cases.

Then, we’ll go beyond the basics with a real-world Power Automate demo, showing how to build a custom approval process that dynamically routes approvals based on metadata and conditions, and logs approval history in SharePoint for compliance tracking

By the end of this session, you’ll not only understand which automation tool is right for your scenario but also leave with ideas about what Power Automate flows can do beyond SharePoint’s out-of-the-box automations.

Friday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room G8

Microsoft Fabric for the Power BI Developer

In this session, we'll approach Microsoft Fabric through the eyes of a Power BI user. We'll answer question: How will Fabric impact how I do my job? We'll discuss Fabric concepts such as:

• What is Fabric and why should you care?
• Basic Fabric concepts and components
• OneLake and Lakehouses
• Dataflows and data pipelines
• And more!

Confused about Fabric? This session is for you!

Friday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room C

Accelerated Development through the M365 and Power Platform Community

Level 100. The M365 and Power Platform Community program stands as the beacon of knowledge and collaboration within the Microsoft ecosystem. As the largest open community, it's the place where developers, makers, and power users of all backgrounds converge to gain insights from MVPs and Microsoft engineers.

Join me as I show you all of the free (yes, free!) ways to use the power of community to accelerate your learning curve to atmospheric levels in AI, M365/SharePoint development, Power Platform and more. There is so much content to absorb that you might even be compelled to move from a pure consumer role to be a contributor, which is where the magic goes to the next level.

In addition to showing how to use examples from some of the top developers in the world, I'll cover how you can "give back" and become one of those contributors. From shaping official online documentation to creating sample applications and even crafting groundbreaking tools like the Microsoft 365 CLI, PnP PowerShell and the SPFx toolkit – it's all within your reach as a community member. With support from the PnP Team and fellow contributors, you'll learn how to harness the community's collective knowledge and propel your skills to new heights.

Friday 1:50 PM - 3:00 PM · Room G2

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.