Microsoft 365 EduCon &amp; PWR EduCon&nbsp;(a Microsoft 365 and Power Platform conference)&nbsp;brings to you the world’s leading experts in&nbsp;Microsoft 365,&nbsp;SharePoint, Office 365, Microsoft Teams, Power Platform and Azure. Whether you are&nbsp;new to Microsoft 365, SharePoint or Power Platform, or an experienced power user, admin or developer, 365 EduCon has content designed to fit your experience level and area of interest. Our workshops and sessions are taught by Microsoft Certified Trainers, Microsoft MVPs, Microsoft Regional Directors and Microsoft engineers.
At Microsoft&nbsp;365 EduCon &amp; PWR EduCon, subject matter is divided into tracks and each session is designated for beginner, intermediate or advanced. Tracks are offered for the following subjects:&nbsp;SharePoint, Power Platform, Microsoft 365, Azure, Teams, OneDrive, Search, Content Management, Power Users, Business Value, Implementation/Administration, Workflow, Business Intelligence, SharePoint Development, and more.
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SharePoint Online in Microsoft 365 has many configurable components. In this full day workshop we are going to learn about several of these components and how to expertly manage them so your SharePoint Online is properly configured, secure, and optimized.

We will begin by creating a new sandbox tenant, which you’ll be able to use throughout the conference, and back at the office after the conference. In our newly created tenant we will explore and practice several Microsoft 365 admin settings necessary to host SharePoint Online, including creating and managing users, groups, and roles as well as customizing the M365 Admin Center which will reflect what you see in the SharePoint admin center. 
We will then do a deep dive with hands-on practice into several SharePoint Online admin configuration settings, which includes creating and managing site collections, configuring the user profile service settings, understanding and configuring the search service to ensure your users are able to quickly locate the information they need, discuss SharePoint and OneDrive configuration options, explore security and access control configurations, and creating a tenant-wide structured taxonomy by using the SharePoint Online Term Store. Throughout the day we will discuss tips, tricks, and best practices for ensuring your SharePoint implementation is top-notch. 

When you complete the workshop, you’ll have a fully functional M365 sandbox tenant available for 90 days for use back at the office, and the skills necessary to configure and manage several SharePoint Online components using both the SharePoint Online Admin Center, and the powerful PowerShell command line language which is used for scripting routine SharePoint admin tasks. 


Becoming a SharePoint Online Admin Expert

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Have you ever wondered how to work with all the governance tools available in Microsoft Power Platform? This workshop is for you. Get experience with governance implementation and learn best practices from Microsoft Product Managers.

Putting Governance in its Place

Are you an admin who's been administering M365 for years? Or are you brand new to the admin role? Either way, there will be something for you in this workshop!

We will be taking a deep look into the administration of M365 and some of its services, with a heavy focus on Teams, using the admin center, PowerShell, Graph, and more. Expect deep explainers on what different switches really do, and practical advice on how to configure things appropriately for your organization.

We will spend time in this workshop setting up automations together and sharing real world examples of how to make your job easier.

Ultimate guide to administering M365 and Teams

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Viva is Microsoft's ever-expanding employee experience platform with new functionality being released all the time, but what is Viva really and what parts should you be looking at today? 

In this fast-paced session, Mark Rackley and Stephanie Donahue will give you an overview of each module and explain where and when you would use them, also pointing out what you can get started with today as part of your M365 licensing. 

Viva in a nutshell

During these unprecedented times, it's more important than ever to meet the needs of employees, continue engaging with them and understanding their sentiment. Now that the modern workplace is primarily virtual, an effective employee experience platform that surfaces the right information and connections to the right person—and puts these at people’s fingertips, right in the flow of work is essential. 

Learn how Microsoft Viva brings together communications, knowledge, learning, resources, and insights into an integrated experience that empowers people and teams to be their best, from anywhere. Powered by the full breadth and depth of Microsoft 365, it is experienced through Microsoft Teams and other Microsoft 365 apps that people use every day.

Join Dux Raymond Sy in this interactive session and learn 5 Steps to Transform Employee Experience with Microsoft Viva.



5 Steps to Transform Employee Experience with Microsoft Viva

Viva Topics brings advanced content services solutions into your existing Microsoft 365 environment but is it something that will help you?

In this session we will go through what Viva Topics is, how it works, and why it could be an important part of your enterprise in Microsoft 365 for knowledge creation and discovery. 

Introduction to Viva Topics

Microsoft Viva - dedicated to employee engagement - delivers critical company information, education, and insights right in the flow of work. Viva Goals offers an intuitive platform to help teams achieve their objectives more efficiently in a single place⁠— - where we spend most of our time⁠ - Microsoft Teams. 

Viva Goals' foundation embraces the OKR framework helping companies align their objectives, measure success, and champion their goals in public. In this session, Eric breaks down Viva Goals, OKRs, and how you can leverage them to elevate success within your organization.
 
In this session, you'll learn:  
- What Viva Goals is and how it can help your OKR program thrive
- OKR fundamentals, including how to write an effective OKR 
- How to champion an OKR program at your organization 
- How to install and get Viva Goals running in your workspace today!

Viva Goals | Objectively your Path to aligning Key Results with OKRs

Every organization is a data organization, and you must collaborate on data to stay on track. Sharing insights from within Power BI will give you an advantage and help steer your organization in the right direction.

However there are some pitfalls with sharing - if you don’t know your options and set proper governance, you could be on your way to a data breach or giving your private information to the competition.

In this session, you will get a short introduction to Power BI and understand where data resides, why and how you should share with your colleagues and outside partners, and get a strategy for setting governance for your data.

You will walk away with the outline of a governance plan, an understanding of your sharing options, and the sharing settings you should immediately turn off.

Power BI Sharing - Your Options for Keeping Everyone Informed

The Viva Dashboard is one of Viva Connections' most powerful yet misunderstood components. The Dashboard pulls the tools your employees need in a quick and easily consumable dashboard that they can access in the office or on the go. Dynamic interactive dashboard cards allow employees to complete simple tasks or review critical data right in the flow of their work. 

But what's possible? And how do you set up our Dashboard for success? Join Microsoft MVP & Regional Director Eric Overfield as he walks you through the Viva Dashboard, why your team should be using it today, and how you can tailor it to your team's specific needs. 

The Dashboard can be built with no code, or a developer can create custom cards to meet the specific needs of an organization - he'll show you both! 

In this session: 
  -  Viva Connection's Dashboard 101 
  -   Dashboard dynamic cards 101 
  -  Learn how to create cards without any code 
  -  Discover what's possible when creating custom Adaptive Card Extensions 
  -  See community card samples that you can leverage for your team 
  -  Live demos of Viva Connections Dashboard in action

Viva Dashboard: What is it? How to use it and how to make it your own


In the last 12 months, 53% of surveyed organizations stated that they had experienced data loss or corruption in SaaS applications. Luckily, more organizations are adopting third-party backup solutions for Microsoft 365, but many are still vulnerable to data loss. 

Join this session from Veeam to learn everything you need to know about Microsoft 365 backup. We will not only show you how easy it is to start protecting your Microsoft 365 data for FREE, but you will also get a close look at how to make Microsoft 365 backup data immutable, leverage advanced monitoring capabilities, and provide self-service restore options to your users. 






Protect Microsoft 365 data with immutability and monitoring

When it comes to technology, sometimes the deployment and implementation is the easy part.  The hard part is the change to the organization and how to adopt it.  

In this session, you will learn some of the best practices developed with customers in using Microsoft Viva Connections.  Learn what can be done with front line workers, how to connect and stay connected with remote employees and ensuring your intranet has something for everyone.  

At the end of the session you will have some great tips and tricks for not only the tech side, but getting the change into the business


Adopting Microsoft Viva Connections, a tale of Best Practices

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 the three key parts of Microsoft Loop: Components, workspaces, and pages. The session will cover the new Loop application as well as the Loop component ecosystem. Expect lots of demos, answers to your burning questions, and time with Loop product leaders to share your thoughts. 

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With the shift to hybrid and remote work, we've all been tasked with finding new tools and methods for being productive. Whether you're at home, in the office, or on the road, Microsoft Viva Insights helps you identify opportunities to build better work habits. 

We'll be discussing:
  -  Blocking focus time and strategies for keeping it
  - Utilizing your network and collaboration feedback effectively
  -  Wellbeing and taking small steps to reduce work burnout

Join me to talk about personalized productivity insights created just for you!  

6 Tips to improve your Personal Productivity with Viva Insights

Are you feeling confused with all of the learning technologies available these days and wondering what is the best combination to support and train your Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 users? 

Come to this session and we will dissect where each of the learning technologies fit in. We will dig into learning management systems, Viva Learning, learning pathways and digital adoption platforms to show you an end to end scenario of how to provide optimal learning solutions for your users. 

Design blended learning solutions with LMS, Viva Learning and DAP

Join this session to understand how Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams can streamline incident response with our supported template for Emergency Operations.  Review core scenarios and features, understand the extensibility model and our roadmap for this important tool to  assist you in driving communications, information sharing and reporting in an EOC environment. 

Collaborative Incident Management with the Teams Emergency Operation Center

In this session, we will explore the powerful combination of Power Apps and Dataverse for building scalable applications. Discover how to leverage the robust features of Power Apps to create custom applications and extend their capabilities using the rich data model provided by Dataverse. 

Learn best practices for designing scalable apps, optimizing performance, and ensuring data integrity, enabling you to deliver high-quality solutions that can grow with your organization's needs