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While Copilot for Microsoft 365 is a powerful collaboration tool, organizations also need to focus on making sure that the proper identity and data governance is in place to make it also as secure as possible.  The session will dive into the controls and processes that organizations should leverage to secure their Copilot for Microsoft 365 deployments.

Securing Copilot for Microsoft 365

You've probably heard of Microsoft 365's AI powered chatbot, Copilot. But did you know you can enhance and extend it using traditional development tools? This session will provide an overview of approaches to enhancing or extending the Microsoft 365 Copilot as a developer. We will not cover "low code" tools such as Copilot Studio, but instead will focus on "pro dev" tools that can work across multiple tenants at scale. If you can edit a JSON file with a text editor then you've got what it takes to build many of these solutions. Don't miss this opportunity to learn how to tailor Copilot to better meet the needs of your (or your customers') organization!

A Developer's Guide to enhancing Copilot for Microsoft 365

Join this session to learn about many new features introduced to Microsoft Teams in the past 6 months.

This includes:
Loop components in Team channels
Copilot in chat and channel conversations
New Planner app in Teams
Simplified team and channel creation
Archiving channels
Forwarding chat messages
Updated OneDrive File App Experience
Missed call activity chat option
Domain specific search
Click through Collaborative Annotations
Custom backgrounds for announcement posts in channels
Scheduling recurring lists in task publishing
New Teams meeting backgrounds and features
And many more!

Many Microsoft Teams keyboard shortcuts including new calling shortcuts will be shared as well.

What's New in Microsoft Teams

Copilot is here. Are you and your organization ready? Join this session to learn what can be done now related to Microsoft 365 security, compliance, and governance to ensure that your organization is setup for success. This session will be heavy on live demonstrations based on work with numerous Copilot early adopter customers across a variety of industries.

Real World Lessons Managing Copilot for Microsoft 365

Summary:
  Clever one-off tricks for Power Apps such as popup windows, loading more that 2000 rows, layering. How to use Components to create global navigation on Power Apps screens.
 Tips to improve Power Automate flows such as use of variables, error handling and parsing JSON.
Better designed dashboards in Power BI.
And finally why the Copilots suck at the moment, especially for Power Apps & Power Automate. Why and when to use the Copilots.

Tips & Tricks for the Power Platform

For years, knowledge workers, organizations, and KM practitioners have grappled with “the Search problem.” The challenge lies in finding relevant information without requiring users to be fluent in metadata and taxonomy jargon. Unfortunately, this battle has often resulted in frustration and inefficiency.

Successful Enterprise Content Management isn’t about a single tool; it’s about understanding the tactical intricacies that make your content ecosystem thrive. But also, the strategic asset that organisational knowledge can be if put to use across your business and organisation.

Join us as we demystify holistic approaches to Knowledge and ECM and equip you with actionable insights, to ready your organisation for Copilot and the powerful AI technologies that are now widely available!

From Chaos to Clarity: Mastering Enterprise Content Management 

Azure Functions is a serverless compute service that enables you to run code on-demand without having to explicitly provision or manage infrastructure. This session will introduce you to Azure Functions, show you how to build and deploy functions that act as web services or timer jobs, and show you how to secure your functions using Entra ID (Azure Active Directory). Familiarity with Entra ID app registration and authentication will be beneficial for attendees of this session.

An Introduction To Development With Azure Functions

As more governments and enterprises undergoing digital transformation, adopting cloud-based technologies and embracing remote or hybrid work, the traditional perimeter-focused defenses are no longer sufficient to protect or secure users, internal networks and data.

In this session you will learn, Zero Trust (ZT) with Microsoft Defender for Office365, addresses the modern challenges of securing users, protecting hybrid cloud environments and defending against cyber security threats.

• Logical Components of Zero Trust Architecture
• Zero Trust with Microsoft 365 Defender and its components
• Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Architecture and protection stack
• Several Demo -->
SafeLinks by defender for office 365
Malware block by defender for endpoint
Automated Incident Remediation
Alerts and Incidents
Reports
• Defender for Office 365 Security Operations Best Practices
• Building a product roadmap for Defender for Office365

Zero Trust with Microsoft Defender for Office 365

This session shows you how to deploy and run an enterprise ChatGPT like app that implements chat using Python, Azure OpenAI Service, and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) in Azure AI Search to get answers about your own data. We'll use documents about employee benefits and seeded the language model with PDF files including an employee handbook, a benefits document and a list of company roles and expectations. Then we'll see how we can ask questions and generate intelligent responses, just like ChatGPT does, except about our data!

Building your own ChatGPT with Azure AI

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. 

Integrating Forms with Teams for Real-time Responses

Discover the next level of testing prowess in our session,  Uncover cutting-edge techniques to optimize process, leverage advanced features, deployment automation, and elevate your testing efficiency. 

Whether you're a seasoned Citizen Dev or expert to PowerApps, join us for an empowering exploration of advanced strategies that redefine the testing landscape



Powering Up Tests: Advanced Strategies with PowerApps Test Engine

This session is great for any level programmer, from beginner to expert!

We'll take a look at how to access ChatGPT and send it questions about Microsoft Graph development.

Specifically, we will:

- Create technical documentation that is enjoyable to read
- Learn how to set up a development environment (VS 2022, Azure)
- Debug existing code and scripts (PowerShell)
- Design an entire web application using just a few prompts (C# / HTML / CSS / JS)
- Process data within the Microsoft cloud (OpenAI API)

The possibilities with ChatGPT and OpenAI are seemingly endless and this is an exciting time for software development!

Using ChatGPT with Microsoft Graph

This session is an introduction to content processing capabilities within SharePoint Premium, aimed at optimizing document management and enhancing data security. 

We will explore SharePoint eSignature for streamlining document signing processes, and demonstrate how to use the Autofill columns feature to dynamically add new columns to a document library and leverage AI to populate these fields automatically. Additionally, we will cover PII detection to flag sensitive information such as addresses and credit card details, and the Multilabel classifier to run a single AI model that automatically sets content types and applies the right model for comprehensive data extraction and analysis. Finally, we will discuss and demonstrate the Redaction feature, which allows for the removal of visibility of select sensitive information from content viewing.

Introduction to Content Processing in SharePoint Premium

This presentation focuses on the innovate role of Microsoft Copilots in boosting productivity and accessibility for individuals with disabilities.  Microsoft Copilots, driven by advance generative AI, provide personalized assistance across various applications, enabling users to perform tasks more efficiently and with what speaker, Patrick Keating terms, greater "fidelity of intent."  

Patrick will share his unique perspective rooted both childhood legal blindness and 16+ years of next generation productivity advocacy.  He will leverage captioning and be accompanied by a sign language interpreter for those that may benefit.  


Empowering Productivity: How Microsoft Copilots Enhance Accessibility 

What if you could design an AI Copilot specifically tailored to your organization's unique workflows and requirements within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem? This session is your guide to creating a bespoke AI Copilot from scratch, utilizing the full potential of Copilot Studio and Microsoft 365.

In this innovative presentation, we’ll explore a distinct business scenario where off-the-shelf solutions are inadequate, and a custom AI Copilot offers the ideal solution. We will walk you through the entire creation process, from initial concept and design to development and implementation, focusing on a specific use case—such as enhancing project management, streamlining complex document workflows, or providing personalized employee support.

Discover how Copilot Studio’s low-code environment empowers you to build the core components of your AI Copilot with ease. Learn to leverage the integrated capabilities of Microsoft 365, incorporating tools like Teams, SharePoint, and Power Automate to create a seamless, intelligent workflow. We will also delve into advanced customization techniques, including natural language processing, adaptive learning, and real-time data integration.

Experience the journey of turning an idea into a functional AI Copilot, witnessing live demonstrations of its capabilities and integration within your existing Microsoft 365 environment. Gain insights into best practices for training and refining your AI Copilot, ensuring it meets your organization’s specific needs and enhances productivity.

By the end of this session, you will be equipped with the knowledge and inspiration to innovate within your own organization, creating tailored AI solutions that drive efficiency and excellence.

Crafting a Unique AI Copilot for Microsoft 365: From Concept to Reality

Join us for an engaging session on using Microsoft Lists and transforming the way you gather, manage, and automate your data-driven work processes. In this session, you'll discover the versatility and power of Microsoft Lists as a go-to tool for tracking everything from tasks to employee onboarding as we explore the following: 

 - When and why to use Microsoft Lists
 - Creating a List from a Template
 - Creating a List from existing data
 - Using Lists to Gather and Manage Information
 - Using Views and Filters to make your data meaningful
 - Automate Your Processes using your Lists

By the end of the session, you'll be equipped with the skills to harness the potential of Microsoft Lists for data management and automation. Don't miss this opportunity to elevate your productivity with Lists!

Microsoft Lists - The Tool You Never Knew You Wished You had!

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 of all backgrounds converge to gain insights from MVPs and Microsoft engineers. But the true magic happens when you become an active part of this dynamic community.

Discover the secrets to becoming a valuable contributor in the technologies that ignite your passion. From shaping official online documentation to creating sample applications and even crafting groundbreaking tools like the Microsoft 365 CLI – 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.

Accelerated Development through the M365 and Power Platform Community

In the dynamic world of IT, decision-makers are constantly seeking solutions that can drive innovation and efficiency. Microsoft’s AI and Copilot ecosystem presents a plethora of opportunities for those at the helm of IT strategy. This session aims to provide a holistic view of the diverse range of AI products and services under the Microsoft umbrella, emphasizing the depth and breadth of solutions available.

Join us to uncover:

•	AI Product Suite: An exploration of Microsoft’s extensive AI product range, including Copilot and beyond, to understand how each tool fits into the broader AI landscape.
•	Strategic Implementation: Guidance on strategically deploying Microsoft’s AI and Copilot products to align with your organization’s goals and digital transformation initiatives.
•	Interoperability and Synergy: Insights into how Microsoft’s AI products work in concert, offering a seamless experience and amplifying the collective benefits.
•	Real-World Applications: Case studies showcasing successful implementations and the transformative impact of Microsoft’s AI on various industries.
•	Future-Proofing with AI: Discussion on how to stay ahead of the curve by leveraging Microsoft’s ongoing AI innovations for long-term success.

This session is designed for IT leaders who are charting the course of their organization’s future. It will equip you with the knowledge to make informed decisions about integrating Microsoft’s AI solutions, ensuring you are well-prepared to lead your team into the AI-driven era. Don’t miss the chance to engage with experts and peers to fully envision the potential of Microsoft’s AI landscape.

Empowering IT Decision-Making: A Comprehensive Overview of Microsoft’s AI and Copilot Ecosystem

When Microsoft made Copilot available for smaller businesses, we at Steepmeadow decided to go for it and invest in Copilot licenses. We wanted to assess the product and its value, as well as find ways to improve our own productivity. We’ve also been assisting our own customers with Copilot deployment and adoption. 
One of the things we keep hearing from a lot of small and medium-sized businesses is that the ROI isn’t apparent; that Copilot only makes sense for large companies. Understandably, we’ve heard mainly from the large companies who were able to invest early. And since there are no trials of Copilot and the licenses require a year-long commitment, there’s hesitation among businesses, big and small. 
We’ve delivered Copilot briefings to hundreds of companies this year, and by the end of each session, the value has become apparent for most attendees. Now it's time for them to bring in the technical decision makers, where hesitation can still exist.
During this session, we'll share what we've discovered so far: learning curves, misleading assumptions, and barriers to adoption. And we’ll provide compelling reasons to consider AI that’s already baked into the M365 applications you use every day rather than training an external AI platform that does not offer the same data protection.


Is Copilot for Microsoft 365 worth the price for small and medium-sized businesses?

AI is all the rage these days. People are using it for all kinds of fun things; writing poems, curing cancer, writing legals briefs, and so on. Why should they have all the fun? We PowerShell scripters want in on the action too! This presentation delves into the practical applications of artificial intelligence in enhancing PowerShell scripting. It covers the basics of AI explaining key terms like neural networks, parameters, and large language models. You’ll see how generative AI helps you write PowerShell better, faster, and more error-free. As if that weren’t enough, you’ll also learn how to use AI to add more features to your code and generate documentation. Tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT are highlighted for their capability to assist in code writing and problem-solving, effectively acting as collaborative tools in the programming process. Todd’s presentations are always fun to watch, and you’ll leave with a lot of tricks you’ll be able to use immediately. 

How I use AI to Write Amazing PowerShell

Data Protection is top of mind for all organizations that work with sensitive information.  As those organizations move into the Microsoft Cloud and adopt Cloud services faster and faster, establishing a strong data protection strategy is critical to protecting the information that your business runs on and preventing threats from both external attackers and insiders.  Whether you're concerned about unstructured or structured data, risks from accidental or malicious data leaks, external threats, ransomware, external sharing, or any combination of these, having a Data Protection Strategy that protects your data no matter where it lives is a critical part of that strategy.  Microsoft Purview provides robust capabilities for protecting that data, both in the cloud, on-premises or shared externally and understanding those capabilities is an important part of rolling out controls to protect your information.  Join Antonio as he shares important considerations for establishing a Data Protection strategy for your organization and learn how you can use the extensive features of Microsoft Purview to protect your critical business information.

Establish a Data Protection Strategy with Microsoft Purview

You adopted Microsoft 365, ran your Champions adoption program...now what? This session is about planning, establishing, and running a successful Community of Practice to keep that momentum going for the long term. We'll share the things you need to set up, the things you need to continue doing, and the things that you can keep (or not!) from that Champion program to keep the spirit alive. Presented by moderator of two COPs with years of continuity!

Keys to a Successful M365 Community of Practice

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 Viva Connections, the new branding and design capabilities in SharePoint, Copilot, and some critical best practices to help 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 and more. With Copilot, you can generate new content for your intranet in seconds, from catchy headlines to informative articles. With the new branding capabilities, 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. With communications orchestration with Viva Amplify, you can help ensure your key messages reach the right audiences. With the latest best practices for discovery and governance, you can ensure that your intranet rehab is successful and transforms into a more powerful tool for communication, collaboration, and innovation.


Intranet Surgery: 7 tips to update your intranet to take advantage of the latest capabilities in Microsoft 365

While products are designed to meet customers' needs and desires, projects are established to achieve specific goals or objectives. This difference is not widely understood by enterprise or Microsoft partner development teams.
This session explains:

- Why agile is widely used in “product” development environments and less widely used in “project” development environments. 
- When it makes sense to build a product for the Microsoft store
- What development teams need to understand when developing a product
-How to define the development scope 
- How to make a product a commercial success

At the end of the session, attendees will understand that there is a big difference between the business model and decision process in a product versus project development environment.


Why M365 product development is different from project development

Developers often spend hours debugging code and writing repetitive scripts. Enter GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT – your new AI assistants. GitHub Copilot offers smart code suggestions, while ChatGPT helps with problem-solving and generating code snippets.

In this session, we'll cover:

+How GitHub Copilot accelerates coding tasks.
+Using ChatGPT for quick problem-solving and code generation.
+Integrating these tools into your daily workflow.
+Real-world examples of AI tools saving time and effort.
+Comparing the strengths and limitations of each tool.

By the end, you'll know how to leverage GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT to write cleaner code, debug faster, and boost productivity.

Don't miss this chance to revolutionize your coding experience. Join us and discover the bliss of AI-driven development!

Coding Bliss: GitHub Copilot & ChatGPT for M365 Devs

Technology is the easy part – it’s working with people that’s hard! Holding effective meetings, securing peoples’ time and attention, making decisions, and working on a team are all harder than they should be. Is it because everyone (else) just does things wrong? Or could it be that if we understood more about how the brain works and the different ways that people think, we could collaborate more effectively? That’s the focus of this session: improving communication and building more effective teams through better understanding of the human brain. 

If I only had a brain! Applying principles of neuroscience to collaborate more effectively

Copilot is everywhere, but how can it be used in the real world?

This session uses a real-life data retention project as a background to demonstrate how Copilot can help you take a project from inception to going live. 

Learn how you can use Copilot or ChatGPT as an invaluable asset in a successful M365 projects for organizations of any size.

In this session, you will discover:

Strategic Planning: Learn how Copilot was used in the planning of retention labels and policies, enabling a robust framework that ensures compliance with minimal manual oversight.

Script Development: Witness the creation of multiple specialized PowerShell scripts aided by Copilot, designed to scan, report, and make changes on millions of files across thousands of SharePoint sites and user OneDrive locations.

Automated Documentation and Communications: See how you can use Copilot to generate dynamic documentation, making it easier to understand, maintain, and adapt the project's underlying mechanics.

Meta-Advisory: In a unique twist, explore how Copilot contributed to the very conference session you're attending— from shaping the narrative to drafting speaker notes.

Best Practices: Walk away with actionable insights, tips, and code snippets that can help you and your organization gain value from Copilot!

Don't miss this chance to expand your toolkit and see what the future of AI and Microsoft 365 holds!

Leveraging Copilot to Transform your Microsoft 365 Projects

Participate in this session to delve into the capabilities of Microsoft 365 Copilot, empowering you to elevate your creativity, supercharge your productivity, and boost your skill proficiency for a more dynamic work environment.

Microsoft 365 Copilot integrates the capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) with your Microsoft Graph data, encompassing your Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, documents, meetings, and many other services. This intelligent engine operates in real-time, offering invaluable assistance to augment creativity, boost productivity, and elevate skill levels, ensuring a seamless and enhanced user experience.

In this session, you will learn all about the inner workings of Copilot, how you can prepare for it, and what are the best ways to make the most of it.

Get started with Microsoft Copilot

In this session, we will introduce you to Microsoft 365 CoPilot, your new AI-powered productivity partner. We will show you how CoPilot can help you with a variety of tasks, such as:

1. Writing emails and documents: CoPilot can help you write clear, concise, and error-free emails and documents.
2. Scheduling meetings: CoPilot can help you schedule meetings with your team and clients.
3. Managing your calendar: CoPilot can help you keep track of 4. your appointments and deadlines.
5. Taking notes: CoPilot can take notes for you during meetings and presentations.
6. Researching topics: CoPilot can help you find information on the web.
7. Translating languages: CoPilot can translate text from one language to another.
8. We will also show you how to use CoPilot with Microsoft 365 apps, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Session Benefits

1. Understand the capabilities of Microsoft 365 CoPilot
2. Learn how to use CoPilot to improve your productivity
3. Discover how CoPilot can integrate with your workflow

This session is for anyone who wants to improve their productivity using Microsoft 365.


Microsoft 365 CoPilot: Your New Productivity Partner

Copilot can do many great things, but it is important to understand how it works in real-world deployments. During this session we will discuss many of the things that could occur during Copilot rollouts. Attendees will:

• See how the different types of Copilots in Office apps were used and in what ways that participants found useful
• Learn about things Copilot could and could not do and what engaged users
• Understand the different settings and configurations for Copilot auditing, and handling sensitive data
• Review the rollout plans including training, support, tracking, and usage monitoring for adoption



Lessons and Tips from Copilot in the Real World

Many organizations these days are looking to implement generative AI tools like M365 CoPilot, but is it safe to do so? Are you nervous that if you enable a tool like this your users could get responses from CoPilot that include information the user actually should not see because you know your organization's permissions are spotty at best? Trust me, if you have not thought about this, you should. 

Join me, Dustin Willard (M365 MVP and SharePoint Premium Author), to find out how SharePoint Advanced Management (part of the SharePoint Premium product family) can address all of these concerns and even proactively address the things you may not have even thought of.

SharePoint Advanced Management - Enabling CoPilot Securely

(We apologize, but due to a scheduling conflict, Hugo Bernier's originally-scheduled "How to be an AI expert" session will be presented by his evil twin Oguh Reinreb)

Did you miss the AI hype train and now feel like you're the only one without a seat in the AI guru club?

Fear not! In this session, Oguh Reinreb (the evil twin who always has the best schemes) will teach you the dark arts of becoming a top-tier AI consultant—or at least how to fake it so well no one will know the difference.

Join us as we demystify the world of AI with a sprinkle of mischief, explaining the crucial differences between Copilot and generative AI -- or that Azure Open AI thing. We'll arm you with a treasure trove of impressive buzzwords, so you can dazzle your friends, fool your foes, and maybe even convince a few clients along the way.

Don't miss out on this devilishly clever guide to mastering AI expertise—no actual expertise required!

How to Fake Being an AI Expert: An Evil Consultant's Guide to AI

PnPjs is a collection of fluent libraries for consuming SharePoint, Graph, and Microsoft 365 REST APIs in a type-safe way. You can use it within SharePoint Framework, Teams development, Nodejs, or any JavaScript project. If you're calling these APIs in any other way, you're doing development on hard mode!

In this session one of the maintainers of this incredibly popular open-source framework will show you how to get started and to take advantage of this powerful tool.

Getting Started with PnPjs

At its core, Microsoft Loop is about people - people who want to create together with ease, no matter where they are or what tools they use. It’s a transformative co-creation experience that brings together teams, content and tasks across your tools and devices so you can think, plan and create together. 
Join us to stay in the Loop and learn about what's new and what's coming to Microsoft Loop - we'll also showcase Copilot functionality in Loop. 

Meet Microsoft Loop!

Staples took the appropriate steps forward into the realm of Microsoft Online. They took to heart what was recommended and followed sage advice from a consulting firm who was able to guide them into a strong start in M365. Follow the journey of what Staples did as a company to approach the utilization of M365 to its fullest potential. There were good and bad things to deal with just like you would expect. Remember, there is never an actual destination, but a continual journey as the M365 suite of products continues to advance and evolve. Yes, we will get into Copilot POC as well.

Staples Case Study: Continued Growth, Maturation, and Evolution

In SharePoint classic, we could edit list forms using SharePoint Designer or through the SharePoint user interface and content editor web parts. As we transitioned into modern, there were little to no options to enhance the user experience for List and Library forms. Now we can use out of the box list forms with custom JSON formatting, create PowerApp list forms, and most recently, create SPFx custom lists forms. In this session we will see examples of each approach, discuss pros and cons, and review additional resources for each option. You will leave with an understanding of the different approaches for list form customizations and what to use when based on your needs.

Form Customization - What to Use When

An open and wide-ranging discussion about Microsoft 365 curated by you! Bring your questions to ask our panel on any subject related to the Microsoft 365 platform.

Ask Me Anything! Bring your questions for discussion

Join us for an easy-to-understand session about Microsoft 365 and Copilot licenses! We’ll explain what these licenses are and how they work. You’ll learn about different types of licenses, like tenant-subscriptions and user-based ones, and how to choose the best one for your needs.
 
We’ll also share tips on how to manage your licenses, save money, and follow the rules. By the end of this session, you’ll know how to use Microsoft 365 and Copilot in the best way for your organization.

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