Scottish Summit is back and bigger than ever.
It’s the fifth year of this widely renowned Microsoft Community event - and it certainly will not disappoint!
To accommodate the huge demand, in 2023 our learning and development sessions span 3 floors at the University Academy 92 and an influx of highly talented speakers looking to inspire an entire community.
This is your chance to hear the latest and greatest in Microsoft technology trends, innovations and partner initiatives from professionals in the field with vast knowledge and experience.
Never have there been so many advocates of the Microsoft ecosystem gathered together in one place at an EU community event; answering questions, teaching best practises and demonstrating real world solutions live, in-person.
Register for free and join the Scottish Summit community today.
This event is perfect for:
- Microsoft Partners looking to build a network and share innovations
- End-users looking at how the technology can transform a business
- Business professionals from any discipline looking to learn how the platform is changing the way organisations work
- Recruitment organisations on the hunt for new talent and hiring opportunities
There is truly something for all levels and interest as the event covers 9 topic tracks and over 60 speaker sessions on the 5th of August, including:
- Microsoft Azure - The infrastructure for technology transformation
- Dynamics 365 - The enabler for greater productivity and delivering business value
- Power Platform – The platform for transforming business processes
- Big Data – The intelligent insights to lead a business toward future success
- Personal Skills – The Empowerment of Individuals and Employees
- Microsoft Education – A foundation for knowledge and progression
- New Speaker Presentations – Supporting new ideas alongside diversity and inclusion
We bring together top Microsoft speakers, Most Valued Professionals, community influencers and emerging business professionals who are here to share new ideas, trends and learnings with the wider Microsoft Community.
Our tracks rank from beginner level (100) to the technically advance (400), providing learning for all, including end-users, partners, business stakeholders, consultants and educators.
There really is a wealth of information to be drawn out of this event, from experts in the Microsoft technology space.

Scottish Summit 2023 

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Do you create Canvas Apps?
Do you create Custom Pages?
Do you want your app to look good?
Do you spend too much time on all the control properties?
Do you want to attend a session where you learn things you can implement right after?

If your answer to at least one of the questions above is "yes", then this is a session to add to your planning.

Our 2 speakers will guide you through this magnificent kit. They will show which controls are included, demonstrate their functionality, share how they use the available resources themselves during developing, show what are the prerequisites, how to install it, and show how this can be automated in your governance processes.

An investment of one hour, that will be saving you many future development hours.

The Good, the Great, and the Mega of the Creator Kit

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Pixel perfect, user centric user experiences are a must in this customer focused world. When you need an alternative to Power Pages, if you want a bespoke custom portal, freedom to work as you like, as your customers expect, there are alternatives. 

This session will walk you through 2 alternatives - Azure Static Web App and a full blown Azure Web App. We will demonstrate how to securely connect to your data, provide options to create CMS capabilities and deploy automatically via Azure DevOps pipelines. This technical, hands-on session allows continual use of Dataverse as an Employee experience while bringing the best in breed customer experiences.

Improve your User Experiences with Custom Portals

Many of us feel that overwhelming burden of I'm not good enough, I'm faking it, I'm not worthy. The good news is that in reality it probably means exactly the opposite and it's your impression not others. During the session we will cover, What Imposter Syndrome is, Why it exists, How to recognise it, How to support others who are experiencing it and How to navigate your way past it. We will share experiences, tools, tips and tricks prepare for it, and deal with it.

How to recognise and deal with the Imposter Syndrome devil 👿 on your shoulder

The internet as we know it is about to undergo a radical transformation. Web 3.0, fuelled by the integration of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology, is ushering in a new era of dynamic and interactive digital experiences. Within this realm lies the metaverse, a virtual 
universe that is set to revolutionise education by providing innovative methods for teaching and learning.

With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, online learning became a necessity for students 
worldwide. However, traditional platforms could not fully meet the evolving needs of learners. Recognising this, UA92 is embarking on a pioneering project to develop a metaverse-based educational environment. 

This immersive platform aims to 
break free from the constraints of physical classrooms and offer students an engaging and interactive learning experience.

Education Evolved: The Metaverse meets AI

In recent times, there has been a rise in the Cloud Economy with a forecast growth of 21.7% to total $597.3b. These poses a lot of challenges for organisations as the power of spend is mostly on Engineers.

In this session, I will be able to discuss how I was able to help my organisation create value on the cloud spend and reduce cost by 60%.

I will go through some of the challenges faced, recommendations and implementations.

Azure going out of business? Slashing cloud computing spend by over half using the power of FinOps

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One of the important stages of the application life cycle is monitoring the user experience in order to identify bottlenecks and improve applications.
Microsoft offers a powerful service for collecting usage statistics - Azure Application Insights. The integration of this service with Power Apps Canvas applications allows you to flexibly monitor user behavior and application performance, get insights to make informed decisions to improve your apps.

In this session, we will learn how to integrate Power Apps Canvas Apps with Azure Application Insights and begin to analyze application usage and performance. With the help of Power Automate Process Adviser you can get insights immediately, and I'll show you how to do this!

A good user experience is key to the success of your apps. Let's bring them on the next level together!

Discovering User Delight: A Journey to Improve the User Experience

Many people got into the role of Power Platform Admin and now have to deal with it. 

This session will help you to get a complete overview of the role “Power Platform Administrator”. The speaker will guide you through the scope of the role, explain the different possibilities for maintaining Power Platform and share tips and tricks (even flows and schedule charts) to make your life easier.

After this session, you will 

•	have clarity about what your tasks are and which ones are not
•	know how to accomplish your tasks with the User Interface and the best CLI possibilities
•	know how to build specific admin flows to automate your tasks

Become the best Power Platform Admin

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A successful Power Platform roll-out strategy involves several key steps, and the activities are mostly an intertwining of poetics and politics. 

In my talk, I show what it means to create a dedicated Center of Excellence team that: 
•	defines clear business objectives, 
•	identifies flagship use cases where Power Platform adds value, 
•	implements processes ad tools to establish thorough data governance, security assessment, compliance, solution design, and monitoring, 
•	and establishes a culture of continuous improvement, and mutual help in a growing Power Platform community.

Come as you are and leave this session with a clear idea of what a Power Platform adoption plan destined for success needs (and needs not!) to consider.

Targeted audience: your Power Platform strategy team, the digitization and innovation decision-makers, and your future Center of Excellence team.

