TechCon 365,&nbsp;a Microsoft 365 Conference &amp; Power Platform Conference, brings to you the world’s leading experts in&nbsp;Microsoft 365,&nbsp;SharePoint, Power Platform, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Viva and Azure.
Whether you are&nbsp;new to Microsoft 365, Power Platform and SharePoint or an experienced power user, admin or developer, TechCon365 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&nbsp;TechCon 365, a Microsoft 365 Conference and Power Platform Conference, subject matter is divided into tracks and each session is designated for beginner, intermediate, advanced or expert. Tracks are offered for the following subjects:&nbsp;Microsoft 365 Apps,&nbsp; SharePoint, Azure / 365 Development, Microsoft Teams, Power Apps, Content Management, Power Users, Business Value, Implementation/Administration, Power Automate (Flow)/Workflow, Power BI - Business Intelligence, SharePoint Development, and more. Choose one complete learning track or mix and match based on what content best meets you and your organization’s current needs!

TechCon 365 Atlanta 2025

Room A402

Power Apps and Power Automate Hands-On Quick Start for M365 Makers
 
New to Power Apps and Power Automate? Attend this hands-on workshop to elevate your M365 maker game.
 
Work through a common business use case from requirements to solution.  We'll extend a M365 foundation with Power Apps and Power Automate.  Whenever possible, we'll highlight Copilot capabilities offered in both Power Apps and Power Automate.  Along the way, you'll receive a solid understanding of the capabilities and features of both technologies.
 
This is a hands-on session.  You walk through clearly defined steps when creating your Power Apps and Flows.  

Notes and Requirements:
Attendees must come prepared with:
A laptop computer (Attendees who bring tablets with keyboards will likely have a sub-optimal experience)
A Microsoft 365 (M365) environment where you can create lists, Power Apps, Power Automate Flows, a Team and potentially other Microsoft 365 components 
If you do not have an M365 environment in which you can work, please consider "purchasing" a Microsoft 365 Business Basic plan currently priced at $6 per month with a 30 day free trial.  The subscription can be cancelled within the first 30 days.
If you are using a company owned laptop, please verify that you can create Power Apps, Power Automate Flows, a Team as well as other M365 components.  Employers frequently lock down laptops.


Power Apps and Power Automate Hands-On Quick Start for M365 Makers

SharePoint Online (SPO) integrates with many services that you need to be familiar with to successfully manage your collaboration content. In this full day workshop, we are going to learn about these different services and how to manage the integration with them by exploring and discussing SharePoint Online best practices for configuring, securing, optimizing, and implementing redundancy. 

We will begin by discussing and creating a new Microsoft 365 tenant, followed by exploring how to customize both the M365 and SharePoint administrator dashboards so they only display information related to the Microsoft 365 services and SPO-related components like SharePoint Online and OneDrive. 

We will also explore how to create and assign users to access SharePoint Online as both an end user and as administrators. 

Being most scenarios require the migration of content, we will discuss several options for migrating content from many different sources to SharePoint Online and OneDrive.  

Most migrations require at least an interim hybrid configuration, so we will introduce and explore the components that can be configured for a hybrid environment as an interim solution, or as a long-term solution.

We will then roll up our sleeves and explore the configuration of several components of SharePoint Online using both the GUI and PowerShell. These SPO components and configurations include; 

Creating, configuring, and managing site collections

Configuring the user profile service (UPS) to ensure your Active Directory data is included in your search index 

Exploring several search service configuration options, to ensure your users are able to quickly find the information they need, along with how to access some search-related reports, as well as some suggestions on how to help your users submit better search queries for more accurate search results

Discussing both SharePoint Online and OneDrive configuration options for managing and securing your collaboration content

Create and implementing a structured taxonomy to provide consistent and reliable data in SPO by using published tenant-level content types and managed metadata fields via the term store, as well as other custom column types, that can all be managed by information architects. 

As we discuss these topics throughout the day, I’ll be sharing best practices, as well as tips and tricks that every SPO admin should know about while working with SPO. 

When you leave the workshop, you’ll have all the skills and best practices to migrate to, configure, manage, and secure SharePoint Online and OneDrive components using the SharePoint Online Admin center, OneDrive admin Center, and PowerShell.


Establishing SharePoint Online Admin Rockstar Status

Level 200. Dive into the future of modern, client-side development in the Microsoft ecosystem with the SharePoint Framework (SPFx). SPFx serves as the cornerstone for SharePoint webparts, extensions, Teams apps, Adaptive Card Extensions (ACEs), and Microsoft Viva.

This class is your gateway to SPFx development excellence. We'll start by demystifying the SPFx model and guide you through crafting the ideal development environment. Learn to configure a versatile developer workspace and embark on a hands-on journey, building, debugging, and deploying your very first SPFx webpart. We'll discover how the SPFx Toolkit can accelerate the process of creating, debugging, and deploying your solutions. Join us in shaping the future of development with SPFx.

Start Your Modern Development Journey with SharePoint Framework and SPFx Toolkit

SharePoint Online (SPO) has been with us for over a decade, and in that time it has received numerous changes and adjustments intended to optimize performance. Despite the work that has gone into the platform, some organization still find users reporting a poor experience and "bad performance." 

In this session, we will look at development and design approaches that will enable SPO to deliver optimal performance when your organization begins using it. We'll review the current state of tooling available for our use (like the Page Diagnostics for SharePoint tool) and how it can be used to guide analysis of performance issues. We will also look at elements in any environment that can negatively impact SPO performance to make it look like the "bad guy" when SPO is actually innocent. 

At the conclusion of this session, participants will have the confidence needed to troubleshoot, classify, and possibly resolve performance-based issues in their SPO tenant.

Nailing Down Performance Issues in SharePoint Online Sites (2025 Edition)

With ChatGPT, other large language models and generative AI have caught the attention of global consumers, enterprises, and c-suite. In this demo-driven session, fast-paced session, Microsoft AI and Business Applications MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer Prashant G Bhoyar will cover how organizations can use Azure OpenAI, ChatGPT, and Copilot Studio to build custom Copilots and Agents.

We will cover:
Copilot Studio's key concepts
Authentication and Authorization in Copilot Studio
How organizations can build custom copilots and Agents with Azure OpenAI, ChatGPT, and Copilot Studio?

Build custom copilots and Agents with Azure OpenAI, ChatGPT, and Copilot Studio

Version 1.15 of SharePoint Framework (SPFx) brought us a new type of extension: Form Customizer. It allows us to provide custom UI form lists' New, Edit, and Display forms.
This session will cover creating your first Form Customizer and assigning it to the list.

Customize SharePoint Lists and Libraries Forms Using SharePoint Framework

SharePoint Framework is not just a SharePoint development framework as it could seem from the name.

It allows to develop solutions that are available in Teams, Outlook and office.com.

Join me during this session to learn how to easily implement SPFx web part and expose it in all available hosts.

Expanding SharePoint Framework Web Parts in Teams, Office and Outlook

I've seen it all... the good, bad, and ugly parts of the SharePoint Framework. Join me for a dive deep into the SharePoint Framework and find out what works, what doesn't, and how to pivot when things go sideways. You've likely been warned about what 'never' to do, but we go beyond warnings to provide actionable steps to turn potential mistakes into triumphs. This session is packed with practical tips, nifty tricks, and insightful hacks designed to elevate your SharePoint Framework projects and streamline your development process.

Navigating SharePoint Framework: Best Practices and Hidden Gems

In this session, we will explore the powerful capabilities of Azure Functions for extending Microsoft 365.

We will begin by discussing the various use cases for Azure Functions, including their ability to trigger actions when items in Microsoft 365 change and their application as Timer Jobs. We will delve into the integration with SharePoint Framework (SPFx) APIs using the On-Behalf-Of (OBO) flow and discuss how queues can be used to provide the most resilient solutions.

The remainder of the session will be devoted to giving an overview how implementing Azure functions using NodeJS (although you absolutely can do them with C#/Visual Studio). We'll include the getting started configuration, and a brief word about CommonJS vs ESModules. We'll then discuss security considerations by showing basic Entra ID application registration but discuss how we can implement Managed Identity using Azure Identity to securely access other parts of your tenant. The session will also include a detailed look at the OBO Flow. We'll finish up by discussing queues and requeuing options.

Join me to gain a comprehensive understanding of how Azure Functions can be used to extend Microsoft 365, improve efficiency, and enhance security.

Azure Functions: Real world scenarios & NodeJS implementation overview

Level 200. While Class Components have long been the go-to project type in SPFx and Teams React solutions, a new, arguably better alternative has emerged in ReactJS. Many developers now swear by Functional Components and Hooks as a simpler, more readable way to code projects.

In this session, we'll delve into the advantages and considerations of both approaches, unveiling the power of Functional Components. We'll guide you through the transition from Class Components, making your code cleaner and more comprehensible. Plus, we'll explore the array of hooks available to add that extra sizzle to your solutions. Get ready to take your SPFx and Teams projects to the next level!

Power Up Your M365 Development Game: Embracing React Functional Components and Hooks

The SharePoint Framework (SPFx) is a development model for building solutions across Microsoft 365 suite. It allows building applications for SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Viva Connections.
But the additional beauty of SPFx is the community support!
This session will cover resources that Microsoft 365 PnP Community provides for SPFx developers.

Microsoft 365 PnP for SharePoint Framework Developer

For the most part, your imagination is the limit when it comes to extending the Microsoft 365 platform. Join me for a complete look at the PnPjs library, a collection of fluent libraries for consuming SharePoint and Microsoft Graph REST APIs that make building solutions 10x easier and faster. This free, open-source initiative, part of the Microsoft 365 & Power Platform Community can be used within the SharePoint Framework, NodeJS, or any JavaScript/TypeScript based project.

This session will cover using the library within the SharePoint Framework and Azure Functions NodeJS project. We'll cover:
	• How to get started, your project template, and establishing context
	• An overview of all the packages available and outline the ease of use
	• More advanced scenarios like batching and cross site execution.

Build Solutions for Microsoft 365 with a Fluent API Library

SharePoint Embedded (SPE) offers a headless, API-only pattern for building content apps that integrate management capabilities like collaboration, security, and compliance into any app by storing content within an enterprise’s existing Microsoft 365 tenant. Ready to see how to build your first app? In this session, you’ll learn how to setup SPE in your tenant and build a your first document-centric app that can read, write, and search for files in SPE Containers, render previews, and work with metadata!

Explore SharePoint Embedded App Development: From Setup to Production Ready Apps

Level 300. SharePoint Framework (SPFx) opens the door to crafting stunning, contemporary solutions for Office 365, Microsoft Teams, and Viva. Yet, the true magic happens when these solutions seamlessly connect to real-time data sources.

In this exciting journey, we'll dive deep into the art of connecting SPFx to SharePoint and Microsoft Graph, unleashing the full potential of your creations. We'll master the art of harnessing REST APIs to forge direct links with these data sources. Moreover, we'll unveil the secrets of PnPJs and the Microsoft Graph toolkit (MGT), transforming your development process and supercharging the performance of your SPFx solutions.

Join us as we bridge the gap between innovation and data, making your SPFx projects come alive with real-time information. Elevate your solutions to a whole new level of excellence and impact.