After running more than 10 years SharePoint Saturday we rebranded to CollabDays aligning with the current Microsoft 356 Modern Workplace. After three very successful CollabDays events, we are back with CollabDays Netherlands on Saturday the June 10th, 2023 and this event will be in-person again!
CollabDays are non-profit, community-led events, organised throughout the world around technologies that enable people to work together. Learning and networking are their main objectives. For CollabDays Netherlands we focus on Microsoft 365 and Power Platform and we aim to have sessions from renowned national and international speakers and new talent, for Microsoft 365 users, admins, developers, architects, and other professionals.

CollabDays Netherlands 2023

Expo Hall

delaware room

Community room

Rapid Circle room

InSpark room

AvePoint room

Silverside room

One of the coolest features that was introduced last few years was conditional formatting for SharePoint lists and libraries: A new way to make your data in lists look prettier and more useful. In this session (filled with demo's and scripts you can start using right away) we will take a look at the possibilities, the caveats and best practices on adding an extra layer of goodness to your data!

WOW your coworkers with awesome looking lists: conditional formatting in SharePoint

When we built run.events, we had a question about how to build and optimize all approval and back-office processes, in a simple yet efficient way, which would be easy for our back-office and support staff to use, and which wouldn’t hamper their productivity. These processes included approving new organizers and events, as well as automating back-office processes such as triggering support processes or newsletter subscriptions. We quickly decided to use Azure Logic Apps for that.
This session will introduce you to the capabilities of Azure Logic Apps and how we used it for automating all approval and back-office processes. We will dive into the key features of Azure Logic Apps, including connectors, triggers, and actions, and how they can be used to automate a wide range of processes. We will also discuss the challenges that we faced, such as listening to database triggers and dealing with multiple development/staging/production environments.
Additionally, we will cover how we used Azure Logic Apps to create workflows that integrate with third-party products we use for sales (HubSpot), marketing (HubSpot and Mailjet), and support (Front).
In the end, we achieved what we wanted: our back-office and support staff mainly use email for the vast majority of back-office processes. And it is Azure Logic Apps that does the magic in the background of orchestrating it all. This session will demonstrate how we achieved this, and we will share real-life experiences and challenges we encountered while implementing it all.

Using Azure Logic Apps for automation of all approval and back-office processes for a SaaS product

SharePoint can finally compete with the large DMS vendors, by providing Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) and end-to-end document lifecycle management. Microsoft Syntex uses machine learning to automatically find, organize, and classify documents in SharePoint. During this session you will get to see some live demos and learn more about the key functionalities.

How to boost productivity an compliancy using Microsoft Syntex 

Het bouwen van business applications met het Power Platform was altijd al makkelijk maar met de nieuwste AI doordrenkte functionaliteiten, zal dit de komende jaren alleen nog maar makkelijker worden. Het zorgt er gelukkig voor dat een steeds grotere groep mensen in staat is om No-Code/Low-Code applicaties te ontwikkelen maar kan ook uitdagingen met zich meebrengen voor IT Admins. Een van deze uitdagingen is het toegankelijk maken van enterprise of extern beschikbare gegevens op een veilige en consistente manier. Kijk mee in onze business case waarin we met behulp van Azure API Management, op een beheersbare manier de wereld van OpenAI en GPT openen voor de Citizen Developers van een organisatie! 

Versnel compliant Power Platform ontwikkelingen met Azure API Management

It's an IT nightmare; being bothered with simple app/flow changes, like changing the color of a button, or the person who needs to approve a request. Wouldn't it be nice if you can give the manageability of your app/flow back to the business user?
In this session, Rik will go through a real life scenario in which business users are able to do just this without even having to touch the app and/or flow.

Business users in control: how to make sure IT doesn't have to make (simple) configuration changes

Many cloud professionals are acquainted with the concepts of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and Configuration-as-Code (CaC). They both provide a descriptive model to deploy or manage a cloud environment and focus on the outcome, rather than the actual procedure to get there. This session will apply these constructs to the wonderful world of Microsoft 365. We will look at the technologies involved, such as PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) and the potential drawbacks, such as the dreaded “configuration drift”. Can we really create repeatable configurations and deploy them in multiple tenants? Can we export and import settings at will or compare configurations over time? Join this session to find out!

Microsoft 365 Infrastructure-as-Code

Although Microsoft Teams is an incredibly powerful solution, it comes with a challenge around data security. The data generated and stored within Microsoft Teams is unfragmented and different in nature. Varying from chat & channel messages, documents, images, recordings, and meetings. Combining this with the ever-changing regulations, organizations have a serious compliance risk on their hands. Microsoft understands these risks and with the help of Microsoft Purview offers comprehensive solutions to help protect and govern your sensitive data.

Jasper Oosterveld, Microsoft MVP and Modern Workplace Consultant is going to focus on Microsoft Purview Information Protection and Data Loss Prevention. Combining his real world experience, ensuring you can successfully implement these solutions with your customers or internal organization.



Protect and govern your sensitive data with Microsoft Purview in Microsoft Teams

Description
In this session, we'll look at the power of the Power Virtual Agent (PVA) and Azure OpenAI services. And how combined with PowerAutomate, Azure Automation, API, and Azure DevOps, you can create an environment where you can talk to your personal assistant to do the boring parts of your work.

What you will learn:
- True power of the Power platform (Power Virtual Agent)
- Use API's to automate your work
- How PVA can help you interact with customers on public facing websites.
- How all parts of the power platform interact

Don't work on your computer, let it work for you!

If you work with SharePoint you have most likely received this question: can you build us a knowledge base and an FAQ? Of course you can, so you get to work with Pages, Lists and a lot of formatting. The end result is amazing, but now the content has to be created and maintained. It's so much manual work... Enter: Viva Topics! Come learn from Anouck the ins and outs of Viva Topics, and how you can use it to build a knowledge base for your organization.



Build your SharePoint knowledge base more efficiently with Viva Topics

Users have expectations when they are using applications and don't know how to handle changes very well. This leads to lower adoption rates, frustrated users, and projects that end up, tossed in the bin.

Do you want to improve the user experience but don't know where to start? In this session, we'll explore how Microsoft's Clarity can help you demystify your user's frustrations and improve the user experience inside your Canvas Apps.

We'll start by introducing Microsoft Clarity, a free analytics tool that provides insights into user behavior and website performance. You'll learn how to set up and configure Clarity and how to use it to identify user frustrations and pain points.

Next, a demo on how to connect Clarity with Power Platform so you can start using your new insights and translate it into problems your users are having to explain their behavior and frustrations.

You'll walk away from this session with practical tips and strategies for using these powerful tools to drive user engagement and satisfaction.

How Microsoft's Clarity and Power Platform will demystify user frustrations

When talking about identity in a IT context people often think about their username and password. More security focused people might consider other ways of authentication to be included with this. But what about the card you use to access the building? Or the contracts you sign? Aren’t those also linked to your Identity? Using data from multiple systems via linkage can enhance your identity and access management (IAM). At the same time you can use this information to automate some of the more boring work in IAM. During this talk I will go over some situations I’ve encountered when working with Identity and how more value was created by linking the different systems together. If you want to learn how to get started with enhancing your identity join me in this talk!

Enhance your IAM by looking at Identity through a wider lens

What about all these new generative AI models? It is said these AI will have a profound impact on our daily lives and definitely on the way we work. Microsoft is in the middle of this revolution with Microsoft Copilot, Azure Open AI, GPT 4,… I will guide you through what is already in place, what the near future will bring and how you can benefit from all this, today!

The future is now: Generative AI in an Enterprise context

Ready to take your PowerShell skills to the next level and become a pro in Microsoft 365 ps development?

Through several real case scenarios implementations, we will deep-dive into the world of M365 automation, covering best practices usage, tips and tricks, modules, and hidden gems within PowerShell and PnP.PowerShell module

In this session, learn ...

- How to use PnP.PowerShell to automate and optimize your M365 development streamline

-Advanced scripting techniques to automate complex tasks in M365

-Tips and tricks to troubleshoot common issues and avoid common pitfalls

-Hidden gems in PowerShell\PnP.PowerShell that can save you time and effort

Usage scenarios covered :

- Build really speedy M365 Reports not available Out Of The Box
- Leverage PnP.PowerShell to authenticate through the various
M365 services
- Automate your tenant-to-tenant \fileshare migrations
- Extend current M365 services where no Microsoft API is available yet
- Create your service-oriented Enterprise PowerShell Modules assets based in PNP.PowerShell

Get ready to take your PowerShell game to the next level and unlock the full potential of your M365 automation.

Powering Up Your M365 Game: Advanced PowerShell\PnPPowerShell Technics and Hidden Gems

There is no “Big Red Security Button” to push or “Giant Security Lever” to pull, but there are so many big and small, but significant, functionalities and features to activate and configure, to improve Microsoft 365 security posture. Whether you are a small, medium-size organisation or an enterprise, this session is packed with security tips and tricks for everyone: from Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Defender and Office 365 to Microsoft 365 plans, Information Protection, Identity and much more! Join the session, make yourselves comfortable and relax - attend this feature-packet session and get a head-start in configuring and increasing your Microsoft 365 security stance!

Microsoft 365 Security Checklist: Quick and essential steps you can take now to increase your security posture

Making Power Apps is easy. Building good Power Apps, a bit more challenging. But deploying and maintaining your applications and all their required components is perhaps the most daunting task.

Marc van Dijk - Schaaks will share his perspective as an Architect and Azure DevOps engineer on the hidden pitfalls of building the platform's foundations. And Tim van Berghem will share his experiences as a Power Platform Developer creating applications that are best positioned to use this foundation.

Join us, as we share our best-practices and learnings from our implementation of automated Application Lifecycle Management in a major multinational organization! 

The journey of applied Power Apps ALM in an international organization

Shared channels in Microsoft Teams are designed to empower how different organizations can work together in a productive and collaborative way removing the classical friction of tenant switching and dealing with guests accounts. In this session I will provide an overview of Shared channels in Microsoft Teams from a practical point of view reviewing everything that is required in order to get them working and some architectural aspects to be considered before start using them.

Shared channels in Microsoft Teams, an overview

Whenever a new developer starts on my team, I tell him to take a day off and learn Azure Active Directory and the identity platform. Think App registrations, client IDs, and secrets. If this sounds only vaguely familiar, then join me, and you don't need to take a day off. Let's start from the beginning and work our way into a deep dive. Learn how to protect the things you build in Azure. Learn all about enterprise applications, JWOT, authorization, and authentication. How do you quickly protect your app or API with Azure, or how do you set up complex scenario's in multitenant scenarios

Protecting your kingdom with the Azure Identity platform

Measuring user engagement is crucial for any SharePoint-based intranet to ensure that the platform is meeting its intended purpose and delivering value to the users. You can already benefit from Viva Connections and Viva Insights to enhance the user engagement measurement capabilities.

We will start by discussing the various engagement metrics that are important for measuring user engagement, such as the number of active users, the frequency of visits, the duration of sessions, and the types of content accessed.

In this session, we will explore how to use the Power Platform to measure user engagement even more deeply using KPI's regarding user engagement and page freshness. We will then explore how to collect this data using various tools available in the Power Platform, such as Power BI and Power Automate.

Next, we will demonstrate how to visualize the collected data in Power BI to gain insights into user behavior and engagement patterns. We will walk through the creation of a dashboard that displays the engagement metrics in a clear and concise manner, allowing intranet administrators to quickly assess the intranet's effectiveness and identify areas for improvement.

By the end of this session, attendees will have a solid understanding of how to measure user engagement on a SharePoint intranet using the Power Platform and how to use the insights gained to improve the intranet's effectiveness.

Enhancing User Engagement Measurement on SharePoint Intranets with Power Platform, Viva Connections

Findability is much more than technology. It needs to be the combination of culture, communication, technology, as well as how your content is organized.

In this session, Agnes discusses the most important success factors of Microsoft Search, as well as how to implement it well:

Microsoft Search overview – what’s possible today, and what the boundaries are
How to customize & configure Microsoft Search
Importance of tagging and taxonomies
How Viva Topics and Microsoft Syntex can help you to achieve better findability

Optimizing Microsoft Search

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the world we live in, and Microsoft is at the forefront of this exciting revolution. Join us for a session where we'll explore the latest innovation from Microsoft and GitHub on AI.

Let's explore the latest technologies, including Azure OpenAI, Neural voice, and GitHub Co-pilot. With Co-pilot, an AI-powered coding assistant that suggests code snippets based on project context, developers can boost productivity. We'll also discuss the importance of developing AI in a way that benefits society as a whole.

Don't miss this opportunity to learn and discover how you can leverage AI to drive innovation in your own organization.

Unlocking the Potential of AI

In this session, Isabelle Van Campenhoudt (Data Platform MVP) and Doctor Flow (Serge Luca- Business Application MVP) will illustrate their proposal for a unified pragmatic Power Platform governance and adoption plan combining Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI.

Even though Power BI and the Power Platform app creation tools differ, the governance and adoption challenges remain the same.

Conceptually, when it comes to self-service BI and citizen developers, the classical centralized governance approach does not fit the needs of flexibility required by the business.

The presenters will detail the benefit of having a single polymorphic approach where the concrete associated actions can be product-specific.

Many elements of this governance have been experimented on in the field by Isabelle during the last nine years for Power BI and the previous six years for Power Automate and Power Apps by Doctor Flow.

Many use cases will illustrate this session to be aligned with real-world requirements.

Unified Power Platform Governance for Power Automate, Power Apps and Power BI with Doctor Flow & Isa

Maak je Canvas Apps?
Maak je Custom Pages?
Wil je dat hetgeen je maakt er mooi uit ziet?
Spendeer je nu stiekem te veel tijd aan het mooi maken van je app?
Wil je een sessie bijwonen waarin je dingen hoort die je direct kunt toepassen?

Als je antwoord op één van bovenstaande vragen 'ja' is, dan is dit een sessie om toe te voegen aan je agenda.

Thomas en Miguel zullen je rondleiden door de Creator Kit. Ze zullen laten zien welke componenten erin zitten, wat de functie ervan is, demonstreren welke resources zij zelf gebruiken tijdens het bouwen, uitleggen wat benodigd is als je zelf aan de slag wilt.

Een investering van een uur die je zeker zult terugverdienen.

Speeddate met de Creator Kit: een gegarandeerde match

Microsoft announced new preview features on Power Platform, Power Apps Cards, Express Design & Figma. 

Power Apps cards are lightweight, mini-apps that you can integrate with other applications that can be used as content. You can connect them to different sources of information and add business logic, actions, and rules into them.

Express design can use Power Platform’s AI built-in technologies to generate an app from images of sketches and mockup designs created with Figma.
With Express design, we can convert an idea into a working application much faster.

Would you like to know what these new functionalities can mean for you? 
Have you tried it already? Let’s have a look together and play around with it.

Join this session and we'll take a first look at this advanced AI-assisted low-code app maker/development capability.

Let’s play around with Power Apps Cards, Express Design & Figma (in preview)

This session would provide attendees with a solid understanding of the importance of governance for Microsoft Viva Goals and the steps that can be taken to establish a practical governance framework. 

It will highlight best practices for Microsoft Viva Goals governance and provide planning for implementation.  The away value is high with action lists and examples that could be implemented on the return to their organisation.

Maximizing Viva Goals Success: A Governance Framework Briefing

Teams Premium, Pretty Secure.  
Let’s take a deep dive into how using Teams Premium features can create secure, but also good looking meetings! 

PRETTY.
Make sure your company's brand is represented before, during and after the meeting with Customization policies in place.

SECURE.
Lets utilize Meeting templates and Sensitivity Labels to protect your meeting and data to prevent sensitive information from being leaked.


Teams Premium, Pretty Secure.

Power Happening is your help in getting your Power Platform event organized. This Model-Driven Power App is a showcase app build by us. It is published on the Adoption Site of Microsoft for everyone to download and explore It shows all the latest and greatest capabilities including:

• A relational data model for organizing your event, the start of your Model-Driven App.
• Use modern commanding on your ribbon buttons to quickly accept a selection of registrants.
• Custom page with the Creator Kit for creating your event schedule.
• Drag and Drop interface to create your session

We will walk you through the entire Model-Driven Power App, including our process of building it! From ideation to design. From data modelling to delivering features. From all the coffee consumed to the pizza sessions. We will share it all!

Model-Driven Power Apps Showcase: Power Happening!

You have created your Power App, but now what? How can you assure quality with every feature you add, every new release you deploy etc.? What if you work in a team of developers, how will you ensure the same quality throughout the project and the developers? The key is testing your application. I will show you all the possible ways you can test your app, from the test studio to code reviews. I will even share how you can add Power Automate Desktop to the mix.

How to test your Power Apps, a step-by-step guide

Ahoy piraten! Voelt het voor je soms alsof je zonder kompas in de grote Zee van Microsoft 365 moet navigeren? Om in je eentje de tools en toepassingen te verkennen? Ben je met de vele glanzende vernieuwingen die de schijnwerpers opeisen, de bewezen, decennia oude gouden pareltjes uit het oog verloren?

Ga dan samen met ons op avontuur. Tijdens deze begeleide reis (her-)ontdekken we aan de hand van praktijkvoorbeelden, diverse gouden parels, die voor zich misschien niet bijzonder stralen maar die gezamenlijk een grote rijkdom kunnen vormen voor elke organisatie.
 
Deze sessie is voor alle piraten die willen leren hoe ze op hun eigen schatten kunnen jagen in de grote Zee van Microsoft 365, zonder de steun van een grote organisatie achter hen.

Ga mee op een Microsoft 365 Treasure Hunt

We have been developing applications that serve a single purpose for a long time. For a couple of years, this has been changing. Enterprises are adopting quickly the new trend of going API first, but are you ready for it?

Sure, you might know you have been using APIs for many years. Probably you use them every day, but why should you think API first? Is it the same as the previous trend called mobile-first?

In this session, Elio will walk you through this fundamental change in building applications these days. We start with a brief overview of what APIs can mean for you and your applications to consume them.

Are you a developer, maker, or decision-maker? Then this session is something for you, as this will change how you start your next project(s).

The future is APIs, and here is how you can benefit from it

Getting started with Teams development isn't so easy - so many extension points, so many things to set up, reverse proxies, JavaScript frameworks, app registration; it can all seem a bit overwhelming. In this session I'll show how you can get up and running fast with the Teams Toolkit, which is available for Visual Studio Code as well as the Visual Studio IDE, and also from the command line. Open up an infinity of possibilities for crafting business solutions by making the transition from no-code to low-code to pro-code! And let Teams Toolkit smooth out the rough edges and get you building solutions.

Get Up and Running with the Teams Toolkit!

Maak je gebruik van Microsoft365, dan is de kans groot dat apps en workflows gebouwd met Power Apps en/of Power Automate al draaien in je omgeving. Deze functionaliteit is namelijk standaard beschikbaar met een Microsof365-licentie. In de praktijk zien we dat IT zich hier vaak onvoldoende bewust van is en dat kennis ontbreekt om dit goed in beheer te houden. Power Platform-beheer is vaak al helemaal niet ingeregeld,  terwijl het gebruik al serieuze vormen heeft aangenomen en een wildgroei aan toepassingen ontstaat. Door het ontbreken van een juiste platform basisinrichting en het beheer hiervan, ontstaan risico’s die de beveiliging en continuïteit van bedrijfsprocessen in gevaar kunnen brengen. ⚠️

Power Platform Monitoring ontzorgt organisaties door de beheeractiviteiten te borgen en zelfs op te vangen. Door slimme monitoring detecteren we risico’s en misconfiguraties en stellen we pro-actief bij indien nodig. Tijdens het tweewekelijkse overleg lopen we de belangrijkste gebeurtenissen door en adviseren we gericht over inrichting en gebruik.
Laat ons jou meenemen in wat deze dienst voor jouw organisatie kan betekenen! 📈

Ontzorgd door Power Platform Monitoring

How do you want to lead a project? Many projects are steered by top-down organizational factors: attention to technology, management, scope and budget. That is fine and gives results, but the most important key factor for sustainable change is missing. Namely: the human factor. A project plan is only truly complete if you also pay attention to communication, culture, scenarios and learning & development of your end users.

With PACE you approach a project holistically: from eight routes you map the current project situation and the ambition level of the change. Working with a special world map makes it clear at a glance on which route more or less guidance is required. And this guidance is available from the PACE toolbox: they complement your project plan on the routes where you can best use the support.

Join our session to put your project on the map!

PACE, the roadmap for successful user adoption

During this short panel session, Rik, Maarten and Iona will share some insights on Co-Pilot. How will it transform development of applications, automations and data insights from a technical perspective, but also look into what impact this might have for day-to-day business. The format is a panel-session, so bring all your questions, doubts and takes to make this a 20-minute learn from everyone session.

The (im)possibilities of Co-Pilot

Gegevensomvang groeit snel. Dat geldt ook voor de kans dat het verloren, gestolen of aangepast kan worden.
Naarmate meer mensen Microsoft 365 diensten gebruiken, worden hun organisaties steeds vaker geconfronteerd met een groot scala aan problemen: Onbedoelde toegang van werknemers tot gevoelige informatie, ongewenste blootstelling en samenwerkingsomgevingen (zoals Teams en OneDrives) die niet goed beveiligd zijn.
Het is van cruciaal belang om te weten WIE toegang heeft tot WAT, evenals WANNEER en HOE ze toegang hebben gekregen - en om de betrokken instellingen en machtigingen te wijzigen zodat uw gegevens beschermd worden en blijven.
AvePoint heeft ervaring met selfservice, gepersonaliseerde risicoanalyse rapporten die waarde bieden en bedrijfskritieke problemen identificeren.
Tijdens deze sessie laat Danny zien hoe geautomatiseerde risk assessments uitgevoerd kunnen worden. 

Inzicht in waar gevoelige gegevens zich bevinden in M365
Onjuiste afstemming van machtigingen op lidmaatschaps- en toegangsbeleid
Tips voor compliant en veilig samenwerken
Inzichten in hoe uw gebruikers werken en waar zij mogelijke risico lopen.
Danny sluit de sessie af met een demonstratie van de belangrijkste features. 


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