TechCon 365 &amp; PWRCON,&nbsp;is a Microsoft 365 and Power Platform Training Conference that brings you the world’s leading experts in&nbsp;Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Azure, &amp; AI.&nbsp;Whether you are new to Microsoft 365 and Power Platform or an experienced power user, admin, or developer,&nbsp;TechCon 365 &amp; PWRCON&nbsp;has content designed to fit your experience level and area of interest. Our workshops and sessions are taught by&nbsp;Microsoft Certified Trainers, Microsoft MVPs, Microsoft Regional Directors and Microsoft product group members.
At Microsoft&nbsp;TechCon 365 &amp; PWRCON, the&nbsp;sessions are offered for the following subjects:&nbsp;Microsoft 365, Copilot, Microsoft Teams, Teams Development, Teams Architecture &amp; Administration, Microsoft Fabric, Dataverse, Syntex/SharePoint Premium, Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps, Power Virtual Agents, Power Pages, SharePoint Administration &amp; Development, Azure OpenAI, OneDrive, Purview, Loop, Search, Content Management, Power Users, Business Value, Implementation/Administration, Workflow, Business Intelligence,&nbsp;and more. Choose one complete learning track or mix and match based on what content best meets you and your organization’s current needs!

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TechCon 365 and PWRCON Seattle 2025

Room 423-424

Discover how to transform your business efficiency with the powerful features of Copilot for Microsoft 365 and the Power Platform. This hands-on workshop is designed to equip you with practical skills and insights to optimize your workflow, automate tasks effectively, and significantly enhance productivity.

Join Microsoft MVPs Daniel Christian and Andy Huneycutt as they share their expert tips and tricks to transform your workday and help you become a Copilot star. In this session, they will dive into the powerful features of both Copilot for Microsoft 365 and Copilot for the Power Platform, demonstrating how Copilot can revolutionize your approach to everyday tasks.

Key Takeaways:

* Copilot for Microsoft 365: Explore how Copilot integrates with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Forms, Loops, Outlook, and Teams to boost efficiency and collaboration.
* Copilot for the Power Platform: Learn how Copilot enhances Power Apps, Power Automate, and Copilot Studio, enabling you to build, automate, and create copilots with ease.
* Practical Demonstrations: Watch live demos showcasing real-world applications of Copilot, helping you see its potential in action.
* Expert Tips and Tricks: Gain insights from Daniel and Andy's experiences, including best practices and advanced techniques to maximize Copilot's impact on your workflow.

Don't miss this opportunity to learn from the experts and transform your work routine with the power of Microsoft Copilot. Whether you're new to these tools or looking to deepen your understanding, this session will equip you with the knowledge and skills to excel in your role.

Enhance Business Efficiency with Copilot for Microsoft 365 and Power Platform

Preparing enterprise content to enhance and support enterprise AI

As AI explodes across enterprises, organizations face a dilemma on how to best leverage AI, improve its effectiveness, and drive real value for the organization. In this workshop, you will learn about the different types of AI in the enterprise and how to organize, structure, and label enterprise content corpuses to ensure AI can best leverage existing content, support and enhance business processes, and generate new content and knowledge that enhances employee productivity.

Information Architecture (IA) for Enterprise AI

With so many choices for calendars, it is hard to know which one to use for what. 

In this session, we will explore the calendars offered by M365, when to use them, and how to make the most out of each type. 

Calendars! Calendars! Calendars!

If you create business solutions with SharePoint lists 
If you surface information and solutions via Microsoft Teams or SharePoint
If you're concerned with the potential complexity of Power Apps

This session will show why Power Apps canvas apps should be considered part of your toolset. 

We will cover:
 - Simple extensions of the SharePoint list experience with Power Apps
 - How to take data from SharePoint lists to Teams and mobile experiences
 - Power Apps examples that bring immediate value and set the stage for further enhancements

Intro to Power Apps for Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Lists

This 60-minute session, delve into the dynamic world of Power Apps as we unveil the top 10 new features transforming the landscape of app development. With the ever-evolving demands of modern businesses, Microsoft's Power Apps continues to evolve, empowering users to create custom applications with unprecedented ease and efficiency. 
From enhanced data integration capabilities to advanced automation features, this session will provide a comprehensive overview of the latest innovations in Power Apps. Through live demonstrations, practical examples, and expert insights, attendees will gain valuable insights into harnessing the full potential of Power Apps to streamline processes, boost productivity, and drive digital transformation within their organizations. 
Whether you're a seasoned Power Apps user or just beginning your journey, join us to discover the game-changing features shaping the future of app development.


10 new features in Power Apps everyone should know

Power Apps and Flow are both powerful tools for the citizen and professional developer. But using them together can take your application to a whole new level. In this talk we'll get you started with how to invoke a Flow from a Power App, how to pass information to the Flow, and how to return values back to Power Apps when the Flow completes. Along the way we'll discuss Best Practices that can make your Power Apps and Flow work more efficiently togethter. Even if you know both Power Apps and Flow this session will help you get the most out of using them together.

Using Power Apps and Flow Together: Made for each other

Dataverse, Dataverse, Dataverse… You've been hearing about it for a while but haven't checked it out yet. Now's the time. Adding Dataverse is an investment in time, skills, and licensing. Know when to engage and what to expect. 

- Learn what Dataverse is and where it fits in the maker toolset.
- Cover what the differences are between Dataverse, Microsoft Lists, and other data sources and talk through some of the 'what to use when' considerations as Lists solution builders integrate with and shift to Power Platform tools. 
- Get a perspective on the maker skills needed when using Dataverse and how to get started in your organization. 

Intro to Dataverse for M365 Makers

Microsoft Teams is the ultimate hub for teamwork, blending flexibility with the power of the Microsoft Cloud to unify the best of Microsoft 365 in one collaborative workspace. It brings together people, conversations, files, and essential Office 365 apps, ensuring everyone has instant access to what they need for seamless collaboration.

But with powerful features come pressing questions. In this session, we’ll explore how to effectively plan, implement, and optimize Microsoft Teams for your organization. You’ll gain:

- A clear understanding of Microsoft Teams and its capabilities.
- Practical examples to help you get started or enhance your Teams journey.
- Best practices for managing diverse scenarios and organizational needs.
- Insights into how Viva, Loop, the Power Platform, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Dataverse integrate with Teams to supercharge productivity.

Whether you're just starting with Microsoft Teams or looking to elevate your deployment, this session provides an end-to-end roadmap for success. Prepare to navigate the full spectrum of possibilities, from setup to advanced collaboration strategies!

Become a Microsoft Teams Rockstar

In this demo-heavy session, you will learn how to gain productivity with Copilot when building modernized and Copilot-ready apps with Dataverse and Power Apps through the ERD data designer. You'll learn how to create new data models from scratch and external data sources with Copilot and agentic support. You will also learn to iterate on existing data models and move them across different stages of development.

Accelerate your data and app development using copilot in Dataverse and Power Apps

In this session, we'll dive into the consolidation of OneNote's two versions (Win10 and desktop) into a singular app. Get ready to rediscover OneNote with an array of useful tips, tricks, and practical business applications.

We'll explore the latest features and announcements, ensuring you're ahead of the curve with OneNote's advancements.

Additionally, we'll delve into a comparative analysis of OneNote with Microsoft's other productivity tools you might use for notes like Loop, Whiteboard, Wiki, To Do, and Sticky Notes.

This comprehensive overview will empower you to select the most suitable tool for every task, enhancing efficiency and productivity in your professional endeavors.

OneNote Reimagined: A Comprehensive Guide to Modern Note-Taking

Learn how to create a versatile and reusable voting app with Power Apps, perfect for a wide array of scenarios. From education institutions hosting student elections to photo or costume contests to organizations recognizing standout employees—this session will unveil how to harness SharePoint integration for a seamless voting experience. 

You'll learn how to:
* Design a user-friendly interface for collecting votes.
* Configure a SharePoint document library to store contest entries or nominations.
* Set up a SharePoint list to track and tally votes securely.
* Implement logic to ensure fair voting and prevent duplicate entries.
* Add a touch of flair to your voting experience with custom branding and design elements.

Embrace the potential to elevate engagement in your organization. Walk away with the knowledge to implement a voting system that resonates with elegance and efficiency, year after year.

Cast votes with confidence: Crafting a reusable Power Apps canvas app voting solution

Microsoft List (and SharePoint) forms, Forms with Power Apps, and Microsoft Forms. Which one (or more) should you use, and when? 

This session will walk through updated capabilities and options available to no-code makers and citizen developers when building solutions with forms. 

Forms, Forms, and more Forms. Data gathering for the modern info worker

Power Apps is a great no-code tool lets "citizen developers" create applications that are designed to run on Desktop PCs, Web Browsers, Tablets, and Mobile devices. But if you want to avoid building 3 or 4 different versions of your App you need to know how to design your Power App to adjust for different sizes, resolutions, rotation, and types of layouts. In this session we'll review all the Tips and Tricks you need to know to easily build one Power App that will adjust to work on any device that supports Power Apps and look good in the process.

Microsoft Power Apps: Building Responsive Design Apps for Every Device

Power Apps have a lot of great functionality out of the box but as any SAAS platform there are places where functionality is missing or not enough to meet your needs. Well now we can create our own code components. These allow us to add our own functionality to Power Apps to fulfill our user stories. In this session we will discuss how we can create code components and how we can add them to our Power Apps. We'll also discuss the limitations and gotchas that you might run in to. As you might have guessed, there will be code involved in this session. Don't let the code scare you aware. Even for power users understanding what is available and high level how it can be done is powerful information.