CollabCon 2024

Classroom 104


Microsoft Loop is a super-charger for modern teamwork, enabling fluid collaboration across Microsoft 365 apps like Teams, Outlook, and Word. In this session, we'll explore how Loop’s components allow for real-time collaboration, updating automatically wherever they're embedded. Learn how to leverage Loop to streamline your workflows, increase collaboration efficiency, and create shared workspaces that evolve with your projects. By the end, you'll have actionable strategies for integrating Loop into your team’s daily processes and maximizing its potential to transform communication and co-creation.

Understanding the Power of Microsoft Loop: Collaboration and Co-Creation Reimagined

Dive into the heart of organizational connectivity with leaders, community managers, and team members who are committed to fostering a sense of belonging and collaboration in the workplace. This session is an invaluable opportunity for those eager to enhance community engagement and leverage the full potential of Viva Engage and is presented through the lens of diversity and inclusion.

Why Should You Attend?
* Engage with Purpose: Discover how Viva Engage unites individuals across your organization, enabling them to connect with leaders, share experiences, and contribute to a vibrant work culture.
* Explore Community Dynamics: Learn about the various community types in Viva Engage, from public forums to private groups, tailored to specific topics or interests.
* Master Community Management: Gain insights into the essential role of community managers in curating content, stimulating member interaction, and overseeing community health.
* Drive Engagement: Uncover strategies to boost community engagement beyond the platform, utilizing best practices and tools like polls and announcements to keep conversations lively.
* Leverage Community Insights: Utilize community insights and analytics to evaluate community impact, refine engagement tactics, and strengthen connections within your organization.

Walk away with actionable insights that will elevate your employee engagement goals. 

Cultivating Connections: Harnessing the Power of Viva Engage for Community Building

We will explore how the GitHub platform can revolutionize collaboration within teams, both for developers and non-developers. Discover how to streamline your workflow with IssueOps, automate processes, and leverage the power of GitHub Copilot and GitHub Advanced Security. This session will provide valuable insights and practical tips to enhance your team’s productivity and security.

Enhancing Collaboration and Automation with GitHub Platform

Embrace the future of teamwork and collaboration with Microsoft Teams Premium, a comprehensive solution that enhances communication, productivity, and security across your organization. Join us for an insightful session where we'll explore the full suite of features that Teams Premium offers, including:

1. Intelligent Meetings: Experience enhanced meeting experiences with features like live translation, real-time captioning, and intelligent recap.
2. Enhanced Collaboration Tools: Empower your teams with advanced collaboration tools such as virtual whiteboards, data-driven insights, and integrated apps.
3. Advanced Security and Compliance: Safeguard your organization's data and communications with enterprise-grade security and compliance measures.

In addition to a thorough overview of Teams Premium's features, we'll also provide a live enterprise demonstration showcasing the practical application of these features in a real-world organizational setting.

Session Benefits:

1. Gain a comprehensive understanding of Microsoft Teams Premium and its capabilities.
2. Discover how Teams Premium can enhance communication, productivity, and security in your organization.
3. Witness firsthand the power of Teams Premium through an enterprise demonstration.

Empowering Your Organization with Microsoft Teams Premium: Comprehensive Overview, Features, & Demo

What's new with social knowledge network in Microsoft 365 and how Viva Engage is introducing new experiences that connect leaders and employees. Innovations will empower leaders to shape culture, inform and align the workforce. Employees have opportunities to gain clarity of purpose, ask questions of leadership, and contribute toward shared goals and initiatives. Join product leadership to learn more and to provide feedback on the future of leader-employee engagement in Viva.

From Engage to Storyline, New Experiences to Engage Leaders and Employees in Viva

In this intermediate session, participants will explore how Viva Learning integrates with Microsoft Teams and SharePoint to create a seamless learning experience for the entire enterprise. We’ll cover the benefits of using Viva Learning for skill-building and knowledge sharing, navigating its user interface, and accessing content from sources like LinkedIn Learning and Microsoft Learn. Participants will learn to personalize their learning journey, share and recommend content with colleagues, and utilize Viva Learning within Teams channels and chats for collaborative learning. Additionally, we’ll discuss the roles of managers and admins in managing learning content and tracking progress, highlighting how SharePoint enhances content management and accessibility within Viva Learning. Despite being an intro session, this is open for all levels and by the end of it, attendees will be equipped to leverage Viva Learning to foster a more engaged and skilled workforce. Best of all, everything you will learn can be done without any premium licensing or additional costs required.

Unlocking the Power of Viva Learning: Integrating Teams and SharePoint for Seamless Knowledge

With so many Viva capabilities available to organizations, it can be a challenge knowing which should be piloted together or what patterns and practices work best when piloting Viva Connections, Viva Learning, Viva Topics, Viva Goals, Viva Insights, Viva Pulse, Viva Amplify, and more. How do organizations get started successfully, overcome challenges in piloting and rolling out these experiences, and eventually scale to organization-wide deployments

Join Microsoft MVP Kanwal Khipple as he shares insight into the lessons learned and proven approaches with Microsoft Viva. Together you will explore unique and vital challenges with Viva deployments, such as challenges with multiple tenants or multiple organizations in one tenant or challenges with experiences designed for scale - determining if an org is large enough or has enough content for a great experience with Viva Topics and more