<p>Join us for an immersive experience where professionals passionate about Microsoft Collaboration and Cloud Technologies gather to explore the latest insights, innovations, and best practices. Whether you’re a Microsoft 365 specialist, Cloud IT administrator, Power Platform enthusiast, developer, or architect, this event is designed to empower you with practical knowledge and networking opportunities.</p>
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<div data-id="796ca6f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"><div><p>We pride ourselves on being community-led, ensuring that our events are tailored to the needs and interests of local technical experts like you. Our lineup features esteemed IT Professionals, Microsoft MVPs, Developers, and Solution Architects who generously share their real-world experiences, lessons learned, and expert insights.</p><h3>Highlights Of Our 2024 Summer Hybrid Event Include:</h3><ul><li>Deep dives into Microsoft Teams, unlocking its full potential for collaboration and productivity.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Exploring the Power Platform, from building custom applications to automating workflows and driving business innovation.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Enhancing Employee Experience through effective tools and strategies within the Microsoft ecosystem.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Strategies for boosting User Adoption &amp; Productivity, ensuring maximum ROI on your Microsoft investments.</li></ul>
<p>Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with fellow professionals, expand your skill set, and stay ahead of the curve in the ever-evolving world of Microsoft 365 and Power Platform.</p>
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<p>This event will be&nbsp;an in-person event on Saturday July 20th. The event will run from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Central Daylight Time.&nbsp; Speakers and times are subject to change.</p>

<p>Thank you to our sponsors! Join us next time. To be informed of the next event detail, please email&nbsp;<a href="mailto:info@m365chicago.com" target="_blank">info@m365chicago.com</a> for more information.</p>

M365 Chicago Community Days

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This hint will solve 80% of your application problems regarding Windows Security Baseline compatibility with Applications. Also I will be talking why Security Baseline is important, and why you would want to tight the security on workstations in a first place.

Windows Security Baseline Troubleshooting

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One of the biggest concerns of any organization thinking on deploying Copilot for Microsoft 365 is to ensure data stored in SharePoint is being accessed by the right people with the right permissions. Until not a long time ago, the lack of governance tools and controls made almost impossible for SharePoint Admins to properly address those concerns. Fortunately for us, with SAM (SharePoint Advanced Management) in SharePoint Premium we have a set of out the box governance controls (with the required licensing in place) intended to help on manage and govern SharePoint and OneDrive as well as enhance secure collaboration so we can be ready (at least in theory) for a safe arrival of Copilot. In this session we will review current governance features in SharePoint Premium that will boost your work as a SharePoint Admin.

Getting Ready for Copilot for Microsoft 365 with Governance Features in SharePoint Premium

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The goal of this session is to provide you with all the information you need to master Microsoft 365 Copilot. We will cover the following topics regarding Copilot:
-What is the service
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-How productivity increases
-Onboarding for users
-Administrative controls
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-How to extend Copilot
The session will be full of demos.

How to master Microsoft 365 Copilot

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In this session we will deep dive into what you can do without having to pay 30 dollars user/month for the Copilot Enterprise license.

Because it's alot you can do without, for instance you can create presentation based on a document.

So in this session we will deep dive into 10 different things that you can do with Bing Chat Enterprise and Copilot in Edge Browser.

Copilot with M365 Copilot (Bing Chat Enterprise) and Edge Browser

The session covers the importance of Identity and Access Management (IAM), the introductory aspect and management in Microsoft Entra ID. 

Identity and Access Management

Have you seen all the new features in OneDrive within Microsoft 365?  It doesn't matter if you're just getting started or a OneDrive expert, there will always be new functionality like AI coming around and OneDrive is no exception. Join me as we walk through the newest improvements to the world of OneDrive in a session filled with demos and examples to see what you need to know that's new that will affect you and your organization. 