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SUMMARY:MN365 User Group virtual meeting: July 2024
DESCRIPTION:MN365 User Group virtual meeting: July 2024\n\n\nPower employee conversations with Viva Engage\nSarah Haase – MVP & Principal Product Manager  at US Bank\n \nPower employee conversations with Viva Engage \nHybrid and remote work are the new normal\, but organizations struggle to help employees connect\, build relationships\, foster a sense of community\, and find inspiration. This real-world session explores how Viva Engage can foster company culture\, unlock communication and engagement opportunities\, and spark employee creativity. You’ll learn how to: \n\nIdentify Viva Engage business drivers and use cases\nObtain Viva Engage buy-in from key stakeholders (e.g.\, Human Resources\, Legal\, Corporate Communications)\nManage and moderate Viva Engage communities\n\nYou’ll leave with practical ideas for building your Viva Engage adoption & governance strategy. \n \n \n\n\nSharePoint Advanced Management – Governance in the AI Era\nJon Lua – Global Black Belt at Microsoft\n \nOverview of SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM) and how it helps organizations prepare for M365 Copilot. We will be covering areas like sprawl controls\, oversharing visibility\, access controls and more. Join us for a great discussion and see a glimpse of some of the new capabilities announced recently at the M365 Conference.
URL:https://mn365.org/event/mn365-user-group-virtual-meeting-july-2024/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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SUMMARY:MN365 User Group virtual meeting: June 2024
DESCRIPTION:MN365 User Group virtual meeting: June 2024\n\n\nEmpowering M365 User Enablement with Experience Insights\nAmy Ceurvorst | Senior Business Program Manager at Microsoft &\nOliver Cherel | Senior Business Program Manager at Microsoft\n \nJoin Amy and Olivier from Microsoft Digital\, Microsoft’s IT team\, as they explore Experience Insights. Discover how this dashboard empowers your organization to make data-driven decisions\, enhance user experiences\, and drive productivity. \n \n \n\n\nMaintaining Your Microsoft 365 Tenant\nStacy Deere | Owner of Focal Point Solutions\n \nIn this session\, attendees will gain valuable insights into effectively maintaining and managing their Microsoft 365 tenant to ensure optimal performance\, security\, and compliance. As organizations increasingly rely on Microsoft 365 for communication\, collaboration\, and productivity\, it becomes imperative to understand the essential maintenance tasks and best practices for maintaining a healthy and secure environment. Whether you’re a Microsoft 365 administrator\, IT professional\, or business owner\, this session will equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively maintain and manage your Microsoft 365 tenant for long-term success. \n \nKey Topics Covered: \n\nOverview of Microsoft 365 Tenant Maintenance\nManaging User Accounts and Licenses\nSecurity and Compliance Considerations\nData Management and Governance\nMonitoring and Troubleshooting\nAutomation and Scripting\nTips for Continuous Improvement
URL:https://mn365.org/event/mn365-user-group-virtual-meeting-june-2024/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240513T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240513T150000
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SUMMARY:MN365 User Group virtual meeting: May 2024
DESCRIPTION:MN365 User Group virtual meeting: May 2024\n\n\nCreating approval processes with SharePoint Lists and Teams\nJoe Falk | Director of IT at Apothecary Products\nTake the approval process to the next level by using SharePoint Lists to store information about an approval\, then use Power Automate in Teams to handle the approval process capturing the approval comments and summary. We will start with a blank List and take it all the way through emails confirming the approval process has completed.This is an intermediate level session focusing on Power Automate\, SharePoint and Teams \n \n\n\nEssential Microsoft 365 security features crash course\nKarinne Bessette – Technologist at Veeam\nSecurity is top of mind for any business moving to the cloud and even more so for those who had to move out of necessity without a clear action plan. Knowing where to start and what is available can be half the battle. This session will cover some of the top concepts when it comes to securing and monitoring your Microsoft 365 environment\, the best tools to start with\, and which admin center you can find them in. Including but not limited to a look at the Microsoft Purview compliance portal and Microsoft 365 Defender admin center and the osmosis process that has happened since parting ways from what was formally known as the Security and Compliance center. The best part is that some of these are available in your subscription now at no extra charge!
URL:https://mn365.org/event/mn365-user-group-virtual-meeting-may-2024/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240311T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240311T150000
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SUMMARY:MN365 User Group virtual meeting: March 2024
DESCRIPTION:MN365 User Group virtual meeting: March 2024\n\n\nKeeping an “I” in Your AI: The Importance of Prompts and Measurements with Copilot for Microsoft 365\nScott Yokiel | Global Offerings Manager at Kyndryl\nGenerative AI can be considered one of the most powerful tools introduced to the collaboration space since the advent of the internet. With a tool of this magnitude\, it is our responsibility to understand the risks and rewards associated with this technology. Copilot for Microsoft 365 brings this tooling to the Microsoft collaborative tools and into the hands of users. As a strategic tool in your organization\, it is important to consider several factors\, including potential risks\, user enablement\, understanding AI prompting\, tool enhancement\, and value realization. By addressing these questions\, we can ensure that we are leveraging the power of generative AI to its fullest potential while mitigating any potential risks. \n \nTopics Covered: \n\nIdentifying risks\nWho gets Copilot?\nSearch vs. Prompting\nEnhancing Copilots\nValue realization\nNotes from 6 months of production M365 Copilot\n\n \n \n\n\nIntroduction to Power Apps customized list forms in SharePoint Online\nHeidi Jordan | Microsoft Business Application MVP and Sr Modern Workplace consultant with Avanade\nEmbarking on your Power Apps journey can be daunting\, especially with the end of InfoPath support looming. Join Heidi Jordan for an engaging session where she will delve into the transition to Power Apps as the next-generation form designer within SharePoint Online. Drawing from firsthand experience as a newcomer to Power Apps\, she’ll explore the nuances of its functionality\, highlighting both successes and challenges. \n \nTogether\, we’ll navigate the complete lifecycle of a SharePoint Online list form\, tackling fundamental questions such as: \n\nInitiating the form creation process: Where do you start?\nField integration: Where and how do you add form fields?\nAesthetic considerations: Can I (easily) customize the form’s appearance\nUser interaction post-publishing: How do users fill out the form?\n\n \nThroughout the session\, expect a candid discussion enriched with personal insights\, detailing the advantages and limitations of Power Apps. We’ll navigate potential pitfalls while emphasizing critical factors for users contemplating the transition from their current form designer to Power Apps.
URL:https://mn365.org/event/mn365-user-group-virtual-meeting-march-2024/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240212T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240212T150000
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SUMMARY:MN365 User Group virtual meeting: February 2024
DESCRIPTION:MN365 User Group virtual meeting: February 2024 – Topics include Copilot in Microsoft Loop and Going further with the Intune Suite\n\n\nGet in the Loop\, next gen co-creation + Copilot\nMichelle Gilbert | Principal Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft\nMicrosoft Loop is a transformative co-creation experience that brings together teams\, content\, and tasks across your tools and devices. Loop combines a powerful and flexible canvas with portable components that move freely and stay in sync across applications — enabling teams to think\, plan\, and create together. Join this session to learn the magic of collaborating with your colleagues and bring in your Copilot assistant to make a richer experience. \n \n \n\n\nGo further with the Intune suite\nChris Blackburn | Solutions Architect at Concurrency\nIntune has revolutionized cloud-based device management\, but 2024 is your year to take your device’s capabilities further with the latest add-on licensing of the full Intune suite. From privileged access to full tunnel access\, additional metrics\, cloud-based PKI\, and more\, get ready to learn how to go further within the Microsoft stack and whittle away dependency on 3rd party supplemental tools in your management stack in this educational session packed with short demos.
URL:https://mn365.org/event/mn365-user-group-virtual-meeting-february-2024/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240108T120000
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SUMMARY:MN365 User Group virtual meeting: January 2024
DESCRIPTION:MN365 User Group virtual meeting: January 2023 – Topics include Teams Phone and Managing tasks with Planner and To-Do\n\n\nContinuing your Microsoft Teams journey with Teams Phone\nDon Donais | Converged Communications CSM at Microsoft\nMicrosoft Teams Phone is a cloud-based phone system that enables you to make and receive calls\, join and host meetings\, and collaborate with your team using a single platform. Whether you are a small business or a large enterprise\, Teams Phone can help you stay connected and productive from anywhere. \nIn this presentation\, you will learn how to: \n\nOverview of voice options for Teams Phone\nHow Emergency Calling works with Teams Phone\nAdvanced calling features\, including Auto Attendants and Call Queues\nDevice considerations for Teams Phone deployment\n\n \n \n\n\nManaging tasks with Planner and To-Do\nShari Oswald | Co-Founder and Productivity Evangelist at PowerUP! Learning\nDo you have to coordinate tasks with your work team? Maybe you just have your own tasks that you need to organize? It can be frustrating and time-consuming to keep everything on track. Did you know that a tool in Microsoft 365 helps you do just that? Let’s explore Microsoft Planner and To-do to see if we can get tasks done more productively.
URL:https://mn365.org/event/mn365-user-group-virtual-meeting-january-2024/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231211T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231211T150000
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SUMMARY:MN Microsoft 365 User Group virtual meeting: December 2023
DESCRIPTION:MN Microsoft 365 User Group virtual meeting: December 2023 – Join Microsoft experts to discuss the latest updates from Microsoft Ignite 2023\n\n\nDescription\nJoin top Microsoft community experts to learn and discuss the latest announcements and key updates from the Microsoft Ignite 2023 conference in November. We will have an open forum reviewing the highlights and encourage attendees to ask questions. \n \nPanel Experts\n\nStephanie Donahue | Technical Community Lead – Office of the CTO at Avanade\, Microsoft RD & MVP\nSuzanne George | Partner – Modern Workspace & Experience Lead at PwC\, Microsoft RD\nShari Oswald | Co-Founder and Productivity Evangelist at PowerUP! Learning\nMark Rackley | Group Manager\, Technology Leadership at Avanade\, Microsoft RD & MVP
URL:https://mn365.org/event/mn-microsoft-365-user-group-virtual-meeting-december-2023/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231113T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231113T150000
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SUMMARY:MN Microsoft 365 User Group virtual meeting: November 2023
DESCRIPTION:MN Microsoft 365 User Group virtual meeting: November 2023 – Topics include external collaboration strategies and AI with M365 Copilot\n\n\nB2B\, Guest Users & Shared Channels…Oh My!\nStacy Deere | MVP and Owner at Focal Point Solutions LLC\nAdding guest users to an M365 environment has been the way for some time but now we have new improved externalguest user access methods.  These methods will Increase security and your ability to collaborate with other organizations safely. We will discuss the difference between a guest and external user and when to use them.  In addition\, we will discuss B2B and walk through the configuration and how to use this configuration to accommodate collaboration with other organizations utilizing Teams shared channels.  \n \n\n\nHarness the power of AI with M365 Copilot\nMichelle Gilbert | Principal Cloud Solution Architect\, Modern Work at Microsoft\nMicrosoft 365 Copilot is a new feature that combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with your data in the Microsoft Graph—your calendar\, emails\, chats\, documents\, meetings\, and more—and the Microsoft 365 apps to turn your words into a powerful productivity tool. It works alongside you\, embedded in the Microsoft 365 apps you use every day—Word\, Excel\, PowerPoint\, Outlook\, Teams\, and more—to unleash creativity\, unlock productivity\, and uplevel skills. Copilot provides real-time intelligent assistance and enables users to enhance their creativity\, productivity\, and skills. \n \nM365 Copilot is also a new Teams app experience called business chat or cross-app chat. It works across the LLM\, the Microsoft 365 apps\, and your data—your calendar\, emails\, chats\, documents\, meetings\, and contacts—to do things you’ve never been able to do before.
URL:https://mn365.org/event/mn-microsoft-365-user-group-virtual-meeting-november-2023/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230911T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230911T150000
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group virtual meeting - September 2023
DESCRIPTION:MN Microsoft 365 User Group monthly virtual meeting – Topics include:\n– Personalization with OneDrive\n– Adoption & change management with AI\n\n\nManaging personalization with OneDrive\nSteven Ray | Senior Developer at HealthPartners\nPersonalization — allowing users to modify their M365 environment — brings with it performance\, management\, and privacy concerns. At HealthPartners\, we turned to OneDrive to solve several of those problems at once. This development-focused presentation will walk through the solution we developed for managing our intranet users’ personalized links\, including a drag-and-drop dashboard\, the ability to choose links from different sources\, and saving the links to a JSON file in each user’s OneDrive.  \n \n\n\nAdoption and change management for modern work in the age of AI\nUmayr Sufi | Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft\nThe workplace is undergoing a new transformation with the advent of AI. Join us in this session to learn how to address this transformation with a structured approach to adoption and change management in your Microsoft 365 environment.
URL:https://mn365.org/event/minnesota-microsoft-365-user-group-virtual-meeting-september-2023/
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230612T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230612T150000
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group - June 2023
DESCRIPTION:MN365 June 2023 User Group\n\n\nProject Success with M365 \nPresented by Daniel Renier – Milestone Consulting \nIt’s no secret Microsoft Project has assisted the successful delivery of projects for decades. Today\, however\, increased stakeholder involvement and rapid communication needs require additional tools to maintain and improve project success. Well\, look no further! M365 provides the ability to select seamlessly integrated tools that best meet the project management needs of your organization. This session will provide insight into the role that each tool (Microsoft Teams\, Planner\, Project for the Web\, Roadmap\, and Microsoft Project) plays in the successful delivery of projects. \n \n\n\nManaging Low Code/No Code Risk with a Power Platform Environment Strategy \nPresented by Frank Shink – Sr Power Platform Engineer – Ameriprise Financial Services \nDuring this session\, we will discuss what Power Platform Environments are and go through a practical strategy for using them to manage the risks of Low Code/No Code development.
URL:https://mn365.org/event/minnesota-microsoft-365-user-group-june-2023/
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230508T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230508T150000
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group - May 2023
DESCRIPTION:MN365 Monthly User Group
URL:https://mn365.org/event/minnesota-microsoft-365-user-group-may-2023-2/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230508T150000
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group - May 2023
DESCRIPTION:MN365 May 2023 User Group\n\n\nBuilding a Professional Modern Intranet using SharePoint Hubs and Viva \nPresented by Kim Lund\, Managing Principal at RBA Consulting \nSharePoint Intranets have radically evolved in the past 5 years. This session’s focus is on the advancements in building an Intranet with SharePoint combined with Viva to help you make your company’s intranet more useful and ready for prime time. My presentation style will mix rich content combined with how-to\, best practices\, and demonstrations. Topics include: All about hub sites\, how to use them and what they deliver\, connecting subscriber sites\, what templates to use when\, leveraging distributed content and pulling it all together using search and web parts\, how to use news posts for news and for other creative use cases\, configuring Viva Connections to expand the reach of the Intranet into Teams\, and using Viva Engage to bring in Yammer posts within Teams and SharePoint \n\n\nState of Virtual Events in Teams \nPresented by Nick Stillings\, Sr Customer Success Manager at Microsoft \nJoin us for an overview of the current state of digital events in Teams. Beyond individual calls and collaborative meetings\, events in teams are more structured offerings that drive engagement with customer events\, corporate communications events\, and large-scale activities with hundreds or thousands of attendees. In this session we’ll review the current state of large\, structured Teams Meetings\, Webinars in Teams\, and broadcast events using Teams. We’ll compare what is possible with the Teams Premium license and the standard offering and review the relevant enablement steps and policy settings in the Teams Admin Center.  Finally\, we’ll discuss how you can guide your users to the right tool for their use case.
URL:https://mn365.org/event/minnesota-microsoft-365-user-group-may-2023/
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230410T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230410T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T114347
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group - April 2023
DESCRIPTION:MN365 April 2023 User Group
URL:https://mn365.org/event/minnesota-microsoft-365-user-group-april-2023/
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230313T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230313T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T114347
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group - March 2023
DESCRIPTION:MN365 Monthly User Group\n\n\nStream into the future with Stream (on SharePoint)! \nPresented By: Marc Mroz\, Principal Program Manager for Stream at Microsoft \nUnlock the full potential of enterprise video on top of Microsoft 365 with new features and benefits. Microsoft Stream is your company’s own video site. A great place to share those videos only your company should watch\, or air an event live. Upload videos and invite co-workers to view them. Watch your company’s trending and most popular videos. Now native to Microsoft 365\, Microsoft Stream\, empowers users to easily create\, edit\, upload\, and publish videos to be shared inside an enterprise. From site administrators to casual viewers\, the new Microsoft Stream experience is already having a big impact on the way companies engage with enterprise video. Learn from Marc Mroz\, Principal Program Manager for Stream at Microsoft.\n \n \nYou can find Marc online https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-mroz-aa747928/ \n\n\nThe admins guide to securing your 365 Tenant. \nPresented By: Scott Kyser\, CEO of SkyNorth Software and Leif Olson\, Managing Director of SkyNorth Software \nIn this session you will learn about the security features of O365 that every administrator should have configured. Conditional Access\, Privilege Identity Management\, and Azure tenant settings are just the start to very hot topics we will cover in-depth with live demos! Learn from Scott Kyser and Leif Olson\, CEO and Managing Director at SkyNorth Software \nYou can find Scott online https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottkys/\n \n \nYou can find Leif online https://www.linkedin.com/in/leif-olson/
URL:https://mn365.org/event/minnesota-microsoft-365-user-group-march-2023/
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230213T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230213T150000
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group - February 2023
DESCRIPTION:MN365 Monthly User Group\n\n\nThe Business Case for Defender is More than Malware \nPresented by: Chris Blackburn  \nMicrosoft Defender has come a long way since it was Mom & Pop’s antivirus in Windows xP. But do you know what it’s capable of today? It’s so much more: from EDR\, to forensics\, data protection\, threat & vulnerability management\, and security baselining more than just workstations. Learn how to position Microsoft’s Defender platform against the competition in the Gartner quadrant\, understand licensing costs and what you get for your investment\, and hear how organizations are collapsing multiple products into one toolset.\n \nKey takeaways\n \n\nComparative features of the Microsoft’s Defender platform against the competition in the Gartner quadrant\n\nUnderstand licensing costs and the features you get with each license SKU\nCase studies from Fortune 1000 organizations that have streamlined and strengthened their toolset with Microsoft Defender\n\n\nYou can find Chris online here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blackburnc/ \n\n\nWhat is Microsoft Viva? \nPresented by: Liz Sundet  \nOn Feb 4\, 2021\, Microsoft Viva was announced and has taken the world of employee experience to a new level during the heart of the pandemic. However\, to many\, questions are still left from what is this new thing to where do I get started? In this session we will talk about each of the modules that are available today\, what you need for pre-requisites and what are some things you can do to start to take advantage of these experiences as well as what will change in the near future. Come make sense out of Microsoft Viva and take advantage of the employee experiences it offers.\n \nYou can find Liz online here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizsundet/
URL:https://mn365.org/event/minnesota-microsoft-365-user-group-february-2023/
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230109T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230109T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T114347
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group - January 2023
DESCRIPTION:MN365 Monthly User Group\n\n\n\nManaging Change in a Microsoft World – M365 Governance and Change Management \nPresented by Michelle Gilbert\, Director Customer Success Manager\, Microsoft \n \nEveryone in your organization just received a cool new feature in Microsoft 365 – and you were the last to know! As Microsoft continuously rolls out new features and enhancements to help us work better\, it can be challenging for the M365 Stakeholders to keep up. Learn how to stay on top of new features so you can highlight the latest and greatest offerings\, while maintaining control of your environment and communications. \n\n\n\nTeams Premium – Under the Hood on the Latest in Meeting Innovation \nPresented by Don Donais\, Sr Customer Success Manager\, Microsoft\n \n \nMany organizations have adopted hybrid work and meetings using Microsoft Teams. Organizations have been asking for more advanced capabilities that will take virtual/hybrid meetings to the next level. Teams Premium helps to make your Teams Meetings more personalized\, intelligent and secure. We are going to walk through all of the different features that Teams Premium includes and talk about how this will help you and your organization excel using Microsoft Teams.
URL:https://mn365.org/event/minnesota-microsoft-365-user-group-january-2023/
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221212T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221212T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T114347
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group - December 2022
DESCRIPTION:Microsoft Ignite 2022 Experts Panel & Microsoft 365 Hybrid Meetings Best Practices\n\n\nMicrosoft Ignite 2022 Experts Panel  \nCome join us as Microsoft experts gather to discuss many of the key announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2022 conference. This is a great opportunity to dive into the announcements more and ask questions to get a better understanding of what these features. The panel includes: \nRichard Brynteson – MVP & System Architect at T2MWorks – https://theargylemvp.com \nTom Duff – MS System Admin Cambria\, One Minute Office Magic & Microsoft Pulse – https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasduff/ \nSarah Haase – MVP & M365 Product Manager for US Bank – https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahlhaase/ \nEric Marsi – MVP & MS UC Consultant at Innvervation – https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericmarsi/ \nWes Preston – MVP & Owner/Consultant at TrecStone – https://www.linkedin.com/in/wpreston/ \n\n\nMicrosoft 365 Hybrid Meetings Best Practices \nAs more and more organizations are having to adoption a hybrid work environment\, Teams Meetings center stage to help employees continue collaborate in or out of the office. During this session we will look at tips to help make your meetings inclusive; what to do before\, during and after the meeting; and how does your conference room solution fit into all of this. \nPresented by: \nMariel Vargas\, Modern Work Customer Success Manager\, Microsoft – https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariel-vargas/ \nDon Donais\, Converged Communications Customer Success Manager\, Microsoft – https://www.linkedin.com/in/ddonais/
URL:https://mn365.org/event/minnesota-microsoft-365-user-group-december-2022/
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221118T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221118T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T114347
CREATED:20220827T164112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221024T202657Z
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group - Virtual MN M365 Workshop Fall 2022
DESCRIPTION:Minnesota M365 User Group presents Fall\, 2022 Virtual M365 Workshop\n\n\nJoin us as we celebrate our 9th bi-annual M365 Workshop Day event brought to you by the MN M365 User Group. Our theme for this Fall’s event is Microsoft Teams\, and will feature workshops focused on Security/Compliance\, Administration\, Adoption\, Automation\, and Collaboration! \nThis all-day event will be hosted virtually in Microsoft Teams and run from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm CST on Friday\, November 18th\, 2022. \nRegistration is open to all M365 stakeholders within organizations\, including administrators\, architects\, engineers\, operations\, power users\, citizen developers\, and more. Sign up today! \n \nhttps://mn365.org/m365-fall-2022-workshop/ \nFollow us on Twitter @o365mn #M365WorkshopDay\, LinkedIn and Facebook /o365mn
URL:https://mn365.org/event/minnesota-microsoft-365-user-group-virtual-mn-m365-workshop-fall-2022/
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221010T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221010T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T114347
CREATED:20220808T170532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220822T153057Z
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group - October 2022
DESCRIPTION:MN365 Event\n\n\nUsing the Power in Power BI and Why! \nPresented by: Mike Martin\, Training Facilitator\, New Horizons \nAs the amount of available data grows and grows\, the problem of managing the information becomes more difficult\, which can lead to information overload.\n \nWith Microsoft Power BI\, one can connect to and visualize any data using the Office 365 business intelligence (BI) tool that is easy to use and helps you gain deeper data insight.\n \nConnecting the gap between data and decision making.\n \nThe solution is Power BI!\n \nAgenda:\n \n\nWhat is Power BI (Business Intelligence)\n\nWhy Would I Use It?\n\nAn Overview of Power BI Desktop and Service\n\n\nYou can find Mike on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mikemartinspt \n\n\nDeep Dive in enabling Microsoft Teams Connect – Shared Channels \nPresented by: Michelle Gilbert\, Director Customer Success\, Microsoft \nShared channels enables multiple orgs to work together as one team in a shared space for a more structured\, deeper and longer-term collaboration. Chat\, call\, meet\, share and co-author files\, and collaborate on apps. This session will focus on how to enable Teams Connect using cross-tenant access settings to manage collaboration with external Azure AD organizations using the new Direct B2B Connect architecture model. \nYou can find Michelle online on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelleanngilbert/
URL:https://mn365.org/event/minnesota-microsoft-365-user-group-october-2022/
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220912T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220912T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T114347
CREATED:20220822T152220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220822T152220Z
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group - September 2022
DESCRIPTION:MN365 Event\n\n\nUsing Microsoft Endpoint Manager \nPresented by:  Bob Krone\, Training Facilitator\, New Horizons \nOrganizations of all sizes have the need to do some forms of management of devices\, users\, applications\, services\, security patches & updates\, access management & controls…and the list goes on.  Small and medium size organizations might have a solution that they are already paying for or can add-on with Microsoft licenses—Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Intune).  Endpoint Manager combined with the layered ‘management’ capabilities of Azure Active Directory\, Microsoft 365 Online Services (Exchange\, SharePoint\, Teams\, etc.)\, Azure\, and other 3rd party services giving the organization a very powerful set of tools to manage their often-mobile workforce.\n \nThis presentation will focus on endpoint management:\n \n\nQuick introduction to Azure Active Directory (as it relates to Endpoint Manager)\n\nIntroduce Microsoft’s Endpoint Manager and key areas and abilities in it\n\n“Connect the Dots” on using Azure Active Directory with Endpoint Manager combined with Azure\n\n“Connect more Dots” on how Endpoint Manager\, Azure Active Directory\, Microsoft 365 (and possibly other Microsoft and 3rd party services) can work together\n\nDo several demonstrations throughout the presentation\n\n\n\n Microsoft Power Platform at Stearns County \nPresented by: Dylan Edwards\, Project Manager\, Stearns County Information Services \nTired of your whole budget going to vendors? Not sure how to decipher Microsoft’s migraine-causing licensing? You’re not alone. This session will provide an overview of the use of Microsoft Dataverse and the Power Platform at Stearns County. The focus will be on demonstrating practical applications we have developed using PowerApps and Power Automate for Human Services\, License Center\, and Parks. I will talk about our licensing journey\, what we learned\, and where we’re at. If there is time and interest I can demonstrate building a simple app from scratch. \nYou can find Dylan online at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylantedwards/
URL:https://mn365.org/event/minnesota-microsoft-365-user-group-september-2022/
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220808T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220808T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T114347
CREATED:20220713T212508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220722T180159Z
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group - August 2022
DESCRIPTION:MN365 Event\n\n\nSpeaker: Tom Duff \n20 Microsoft 365 Productivity Tips that you’ve probably never used (but should) \n In today’s hybrid world\, demands and change comes fast and furious. You’re expected to do even more with even less. Anything you can learn that makes you more productive or makes your life easier is as valuable as gold. Join Tom as he shares 20 Microsoft 365 productivity tips that you can use to make things easier in your day-to-day work life. You should walk away with three or four gems that will rock your world. \nYou can find Tom online: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasduff/ \n\n\nSpeaker: Michael Blumenthal \nSo you think you have OneDrive deployed… \nIs the sync client syncing an employee’s OneDrive? is Known Folder Move in use? Do users know why to store files in OneDrive vs SharePoint? Do users share links more often than they send attachments?  Are teams working together on documents\, either in real time or async\, without emailing documents back and forth?\n \n \nYou can find Michael online: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbblumenthal/
URL:https://mn365.org/event/minnesota-microsoft-365-user-group-august-2022/
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220711T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220711T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T114347
CREATED:20220509T233432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220613T015856Z
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group - July 2022
DESCRIPTION:MN365 Event\n\n\nImplementing Microsoft Teams lifecycle governance to stop Team sprawl \nPresented by Nikki Chapple​ \nDescription: Microsoft Teams empowers users to collaborate. However without governance it is easy for organizations to create thousands of Teams sites with no clear ownership and no lifecycle. This uncontrolled growth can quickly turn into sprawl resulting in an IT admin headache to manage and lead to user confusion and dissatisfaction as they struggle to identify which is the correct team to use. \nYou can find Nikki online: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikkichapple/ \n \n\n\nMDM automation in the absence of MDM automation” \nPresented by George Bryant​ \nDescription: Many companies have Master Data Management solutions and they help manage data not held in regular operations systems. On the other side of the fence\, many don’t. Other solutions generally\, like Teams\, SharePoint\, Excel and text files.  This presentation will walk through some of the simplest examples of data held externally in SharePoint and will walk through how to add them to an Azure environment and ending up in your Power BI dataset and reporting.  ​ \nYou can find George online: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrgbryant/
URL:https://mn365.org/event/minnesota-microsoft-365-user-group-july-2022/
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220613T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220613T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T114347
CREATED:20220429T184125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220511T173258Z
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group - June 2022
DESCRIPTION:MN365 Event\n\n\nYour Modern Managed Server Survival Guide \nDescription: It’s a Wild Wild Web out there! The Microsoft Endpoint Manager / Microsoft Defender stack tell a great story to keep your workstations\, laptops\, and mobile devices managed and secured. But what does an admin do about Servers\, especially across multiple clouds and in traditional datacenters? No more excuses for keeping your ConfigMgr deployment around: the time is now for the fully Cloud-management Server\, and Microsoft can help you manage\, maintain\, and secure your critical infrastructure with one set of tools. \nPresented by Chris Blackburn\, Solutions Architect / Capability Lead at Concurrency\, Inc. \nYou can find Chris online: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blackburnc/ \n\n\nMicrosoft Lists – The Tool You Never Knew You Wished You had! \nDescription: Don’t miss out on this awesome opportunity to explore Microsoft Lists. Microsoft Lists is the most underused and under appreciated Tool in the M365 Toolbox. Join me for this emPOWER hour where we explore Lists and what they do for your world! \nPresented by Shari Oswald\, Productivity and O365 Adoption Expert | Technology Evangelist | SharePoint Consultant | eLearning Author | Speaker \nYou can find Shari online: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shortcutshari/
URL:https://mn365.org/event/minnesota-microsoft-365-user-group-june-2022/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220509T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220509T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T114347
CREATED:20220429T184135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220430T163900Z
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group - May 2022
DESCRIPTION:MN365 Event\n\n\nTask Management in Microsoft 365 \nDescription: Have you ever wondered how you can use all the tools you have to assist with Task Management? During this time\, we will review the basics of flagging emails\, using Planner\, Tasks by Planner and ToDo in Teams\, OneNote and ToDo. You will not want to miss this action packed session with LOTS of examples and use cases to help you be more successful with task management. \nPresented By: Pat Peterson\, Manager\, Modern Work – Technology Consulting at RSM US LLP \nYou can find Pat online: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-petersen-mn/ \n\n\nHybrid Meetings with Teams Meeting Rooms \nDescription: Organizations are rethinking their meeting spaces today to fit the needs of their employees. Magenium Solutions will share how Teams rooms are inclusive\, easy to use\, flexible and secured by design. We’ll discuss how there are devices to meet the needs of any size rooms. \nPresented by: Brandon Marcurella\, Sales Engineer for Magenium Solutions \nYou can find Brandon online: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-marcurella-0a68691b/
URL:https://mn365.org/event/minnesota-microsoft-365-user-group-may-2022/
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220429T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220429T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T114347
CREATED:20220226T184020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220407T011452Z
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group - Admin Workshop Spring 2022
DESCRIPTION:Minnesota M365 User Group presents Spring\, 2022 Admin Workshop\n\n\nJoin us as we celebrate our 8th bi-annual M365 Workshop Day event brought to you by the MN M365 User Group. Our theme this Spring is Microsoft Teams! \nThe audience of our workshop day focuses on all the M365 stakeholders within organizations including: administrators\, architects\, engineers\, operations\, power users\, citizen developers\, and more.  The event is scheduled for Friday\, April 29\, 2022\, meeting virtually in Microsoft Teams.  This all-day event runs from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm central time and will feature workshops focused on Security/Compliance\, Administration\, Adoption\, Automation\, and Collaboration.   \nhttps://mn365.org/admin-workshop-spring-2022/ \nFollow us on Twitter @o365mn #M365WorkshopDay\, LinkedIn and Facebook /o365mn
URL:https://mn365.org/event/minnesota-microsoft-365-user-group-admin-workshop-spring-2022/
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220411T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220411T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T114347
CREATED:20220214T173113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220414T145910Z
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group - April 2022
DESCRIPTION:MN365 Event\n\n\nStay in the Loop! Getting to grips with Loop Components in Teams – Download Presentation \nPresented By: Vesku Nopanen\, Microsoft MVP\, Metaverse | Future Work | Microsoft Mesh and Cloud | Blogger \nDescription: At Ignite 2021\, Microsoft announced Microsoft Loop. Microsoft Loop brings together Loop components\, Loop Pages and Loop workspaces. As the new application rolls out\, how does loop enable teams to think\, plan and create together? In this session we look at and get hands on with Loop Components\, how do they work within Teams\, and how they are taking us to a new level when we collaborate with others. \nYou can find Vesku online at https://www.linkedin.com/in/vesanopanen/  \n\n\nBreaking Company boundaries with Shared Channels in Teams – Download Presentation \nPresented By: Richard Brynteson\, Microsoft Teams/Skype/Lync MVP\, MCSM: Lync Server 2013 at T2MWorks as Director of Development \nDescription: See how Shared Channels (Teams Connect) enables users to share channels across multiple organizations in a seamless way. With Shared Channel\, leverage all the tools and power of a channel\, without ever having to “switch” tenants. \nYou can find Richard online at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardbrynteson/
URL:https://mn365.org/event/minnesota-microsoft-365-user-group-april-2022/
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220314T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220314T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T114347
CREATED:20211213T171112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220314T043949Z
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group - March 2022
DESCRIPTION:MN365 Event\n\n\nBuilding Teams Apps the Low Code Way \nPresented By: April Dunnam\, Power Platform Advocacy Team Lead\, Microsoft \nJoin this session to learn how to leverage the built-in\, low-code data platform capability of Dataverse for Teams to enable everyone to easily build and deploy apps\, flows\, dashboards and intelligent chatbots in Teams with Microsoft Power Apps\, Power Automate\, Power BI & Power Virtual Agents.\n \nYou can find April online at https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprildunnam/ \n\n\nWhat’s New with OneNote? \nPresented By: Heather Severino\, Microsoft MVP\, MCT Regional Lead\, LinkedIn Learning Instructor\, Microsoft Office Specialist Master\, Microsoft Teams Expert\, Author \nCome and learn all the latest announcements and future plans for OneNote\, best practices to connect and use with Teams\, and leave with quick tips and tricks in making your notetaking experience work for you. \nYou can find Heather online at https://www.linkedin.com/in/techtrainerheather/
URL:https://mn365.org/event/minnesota-microsoft-365-user-group-march-2022/
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220214T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220214T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T114347
CREATED:20211213T170940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220214T180134Z
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group - February 2022
DESCRIPTION:RPA (Robotic Process Automation) – more than just a buzz word \nPresented By: Ashwin Krishnamurthi\, Senior Program Manager\, Microsoft \nA general treatise on RPA and its business significance over the past few years \nYou can find Ashwin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashwin-k-05330a33/ \n\n\nUsing Microsoft Shifts to help with your Hybrid Work Strategy \nPresented By: Don Donais\, Modern Communication Customer Success Manager\, Microsoft  \nEventually companies will be going back into the office however it will be a different experience for employees. Organizations are rethinking how offices and shared work spaces are designed. This includes limiting the number of employees can be in the building for a certain time. You may also need to scheduled frontline workers or even vacation schedules for your team. It would be nice to use a tool that your company has already adopted! This is where Microsoft Shifts as a built in app within Teams can help. \nIn this session I will walk-through how to setup Microsoft Shifts for your organization and start the process of using it as a schedule management tool. \nYou can find Don at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ddonais/
URL:https://mn365.org/event/minnesota-microsoft-365-user-group-february-2022/
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220110T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220110T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T114347
CREATED:20211213T171007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220131T045511Z
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group - January 2022
DESCRIPTION:MN365 Event \nWatch Event Recording\n\n\nWhat’s New and What’s Cool in Microsoft Planner – Download PDF \nPresented By: Shari Oswald\, Productivity and O365 Adoption Expert\, MCT  \nIf you ever wondered “What is Planner” and what it can do? Then this session is for you! Let’s explore this amazing tool that falls between the “not enough” of Excel and the “too much” of Microsoft Project and help you keep on track with your tasks with “just right”! \nYou can find Shari at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shortcutshari/ \n\n\nEnd to End Deployment of Viva Connections – Download PDF \nPresented By: Michelle Gilbert\, Modern Work Teams Technical Specialist\, Microsoft \nIn this session\, you will see the creation of a SharePoint Communication Site from the SharePoint Look Book as your Intranet. The step-by-step guide to setting up Viva Connections as a first party app for Teams desktop and mobile deploying without using PowerShell. Walking through enablement of SharePoint home site\, global navigation\, configuring app permission and setup policies\, and pinning the app to the side rail in Teams. You will learn how easily it is to create Viva Connections for your organization. \nYou can find Michelle at https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelleanngilbert/
URL:https://mn365.org/event/minnesota-microsoft-365-user-group-january-2022/
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211213T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211213T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T114347
CREATED:20210809T043932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211119T230406Z
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Microsoft 365 User Group - December 2021
DESCRIPTION:What flavor of defender would you like? \nPresented By: Chris Blackburn\, Managing Architect at Concurrency \nStart off with an appetizer of the Defender story across both the Microsoft 365 and Azure platforms\, enjoy the main meal of the deployment story on all platforms (whether its workstation\, server & mobile) and operating systems (Linux\, Mac\, Windows\, iOS\, Android)\, and close out with the sweets of operationalizing these tools in your security program. \nWhat You Will Learn: \n\nUnderstand the Defender story across both the Microsoft 365 and Azure platforms\nUnderstand deployment story on all platforms (whether its workstation\, server & mobile) and operating systems (Linux\, Mac\, Windows\, iOS\, Android)\nUnderstand operationalizing Defender tools in your security program\n\nYou can find Chris on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blackburnc/ \n\n\nManage your Power Platform Governance like a Rockstar \nPresented By: Haniel Croitoru\, Microsoft MVP\, Associate Director & Power Platform Practice Lead at Protiviti \nYou’ve managed to get Power Platform introduced and even adopted within your organization\, which is awesome. But are you sure that everyone is using it the way they should? Are you up at night wondering whether \n\nDo my citizen developers know the confines in which they can and should build solutions?\nAre there apps and flows that are beyond the rights and capabilities of my citizen developers?\nIs any of my organizational business data being compromised?\nAre my citizen developers able to leverage Power Platform for their business needs without negatively impacting themselves or their peers?\nAre my citizen developers following organizational best practices recommended by my IT department?\nIs my IT department being taxed with additional support for flow makers beyond their means?\n\n  \nIf you’ve answered yes to any of these questions\, then you shouldn’t miss this session\, where I will introduce and demonstrate topics such as \n\nData Loss Prevention in Power Platform\nBuilding a governance matrix to establish what solutions should be owned by whom\nLeveraging the Power Apps Center of Excellence to audit and report on flow usage within your organization\nCreate an audit trail of activities performed by users\nCreating organizational templates\n\nYou can find Haniel on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hanielcroitoru/
URL:https://mn365.org/event/minnesota-microsoft-365-user-group-december-2021/
CATEGORIES:User Group Meetings
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