Intro, Keynote & Logistics to the Event
(Microsoft MVP)
PowerApps is a service that lets us build business apps that can run in the browser, tablet, or phone. To build PowerApps, no coding experience is required since PowerApps combines visual drag-and-drop concepts with Excel-like expressions for building the logic and working with data.
We can build PowerApps against a modern SharePoint lists or other types of data such as SQL and Excel. PowerApps also provides templates and sample data we can use to quickly build an app that we can customize to better suit our needs. In addition Power Apps does have a wide range of built in functions that goes overlooked.
Join Ahmad Najjar in this session that will introduce assorted skills in Power Apps, learning the basics of building apps using Power Apps, and how we can build apps against any data source!
Power Automate is promoted by Microsoft as a way to work smarter by automating repetitive tasks. In this session, we’ll look at some specific ways in which Power Automate can help improve your productivity. Not only your productivity in your work life, but also in using Power Automate itself. You’ll learn how to take advantage of Power Automate features and patterns to build more efficient flows, and build them more efficiently!
This session assumes a basic understanding of Power Automate, and takes you further with topics such as scopes, testing, error handling, solutions, and integrations with other parts of the Power Platform.
Struggling to understand what Power BI choices are the right ones to make? Confused by the licensing so much that trying to make heads or tails of how to get your project started is a step too far to think of taking? Join us for this introduction to the wonderful world of Power BI. We will begin with understanding the real world decisions around licensing, discuss & demo the options for doing reporting, and finish with dashboards & sharing.
If you are beginning your journey into the Power BI world, this is the session for you. We will set you up for success throughout the rest of the conference and help you look to drive your business using data.
Closing remarks by Track Lead and Introduction to the upcoming Lab
(Microsoft MVP)
Intro, Keynote & Logistics to the Event
(Microsoft MVP)
If your users can’t find what they need on your intranet, your information architecture (IA) probably needs some work! Modern, intelligent intranets need an effective and intuitive information architecture. In this session, we will introduce the key aspects of intranet IA to help you get started on your IA journey. You will take away practical tips and best practices for planning navigation across the entire intranet and on individual sites and hubs, determining your site structure, creating accessible and readable pages, and using metadata and search to create effective user experiences. Join this session for an overview of the resources you’ll need to upgrade your intranet for the new year and beyond.
The intelligent intranet is here! SharePoint hubs bring families of SharePoint sites together with news and event rollups, unified branding, a common navigation experience, and scoped search. Home sites bring your intranet to life with personalized and organizational news, events, conversations, and video. This “getting started” session will help you build your organization’s intelligent intranet strategy with effective use of Home sites and hubs. We’ll define what Home sites and hubs are, explain how each can be used, and give you strategies for implementing in your organization.
Ask Me Anything (Intranets, Information Architecture, Hubs, Home Sites) with Sue Hanley and Sarah Haase
SharePoint Syntex can unlock knowledge in your organization through AI and machine teaching within your Microsoft 365 environment. Syntex allows you to automate content processing and transform how knowledge is gathered and discovered. In this session we will review what SharePoint Syntex is, how it can be used, and what you can do to get started.
Intro, Keynote & Logistics to the Event
(Microsoft MVP)
The word on the street is MS Teams is meant to be your hub for teamwork and keep you working in context throughout most of your day.
Perhaps you find yourself using MS Teams for chat and meetings, sharing screens and, keeping in touch with colleagues.
On the flip side, you still find yourself flipping between other applications regularly, hindering your productivity at times.
Join Shafina in this session as she walks you through her 3 favorite tricks to take you and your teams productivity to the next level in 2021.
She will walk you through real life examples to help you and your team stay productive, organized and accountable with the use of automation and adaptive cards.
This session is meant for the non-technical, no coder user.
Come find out why the word “automation” is not as daunting as it may seem!
In the fast moving world of Microsoft Teams we need to ensure that we have the ability to adhere with corporate/ government standards and requirements with respect to data. In this session we will review the capabilities in Microsoft 365 and Teams to control, secure, and create/manage Microsoft Teams. Topics will include an overview of:
i. Creating different types of Teams
ii. Templates – Teams vs SharePoint
iii. Governance of Teams, Office 365, Azure Active Directory
Join this session to learn how to leverage the built-in, low-code data platform capability (Microsoft Dataverse) for Teams and enable everyone to easily build and deploy apps, flows and intelligent chatbots in Teams with Microsoft Power Apps, Power Automate & Microsoft Power Virtual Agents.
Closing remarks by Track Lead and Introduction to the upcoming Lab
(Microsoft MVP)