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The Microsoft 365 Collaboration Conference offers five in-person Microsoft keynotes from Scott Guthrie, Jeff Teper, Karuana Gatimu, Charles Lamanna, and Dan Holme.

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• When & where: December 7-9, 2021 | In-person event – Las Vegas, Nevada – MGM Grand


• Sessions: 4 Microsoft keynotes || 200+ overall sessions | 20 full-day workshops 


• Presenters: 150+ speakers | Microsoft, MVPs, and community members


• Twitter & hashtag: @M365CONF | #M365CONF


• Cost: $1,749 full conference (additional costs for full-day workshops) – learn more

 

“Innovation, customer success, and category leadership is only possible because of the support of the best community in tech. Your engagement at events around the world and feedback to us has inspired all of us to do our best work.” – Jeff Teper, Corporate Vice President, Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive – Microsoft

 

Join Microsoft and community experts in person in one place. The Microsoft 365 Collaboration Conference returns to Las Vegas, NV, December 7-9, 2021. It’s dedicated to SharePoint, Teams, Viva, Power Platform, and related technologies. You’ll hear the latest news and roadmap from top industry experts, filled with real-world solutions across keynotes, sessions, and pre/post event deep-dive workshops to build your expertise – presented by Microsoft product team members, Microsoft MVPs, and community experts. We hope you join in to learn, share, and engage.

 

Microsoft keynotes, sessions, and workshops: SharePoint, Viva, OneDrive, and related technology

 

Microsoft keynotes

Hear from Microsoft leadership revealing the latest innovations shaping the flexible, innovative, and secure business environments of the future. [all times listed in PST]

 

• “Innovate anywhere from multicloud to edge” with Scott Guthrie – EVP, Cloud + AI Platform | Tuesday, December 7^th, 8:00am – 9:15am


• “Embracing the hybrid workplace – progress and plans for Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint” with Jeff Teper – CVP, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams | Tuesday, December 7^th, 9:30am – 10:45am


• “Build a hyperconnected business” with Charles Lamanna – CVP, Business Applications & Platform | Wednesday, December 8^th, 8:00am – 9:00am


• “Culture and communications for hybrid work” with Karuana Gatimu – Principal Manager, Customer Advocacy Group (Microsoft Teams) and Dan Holme – Principal Product Manager Lead (Yammer) | Thursday, December 9^th, 8:00am – 9:00am


• “Media and entertainment panel discussion” with Simon Crownshaw, George Howell, Jonathan Silverstein, and Zoiner Tejada | Thursday, December 9^th, 2:00pm – 3:00pm

Microsoft AMA and breakout sessions [45-60 minutes; all times listed in PST]

Take the opportunity to select the sessions best suited for your role and interests. All breakouts are packed with news, demos, customer stories, and insights into product and solution strategy. You can review all sessions with a subset of Microsoft-led sessions listed below:

 

“Microsoft AMA” with Jeff Teper, Cathy Dew, Chris McNulty, Dan Holme, Karuana Gatimu, Laurie Pottmeyer, Liz Sundet, Mark Kashman, Naomi Moneypenny, and Stephen Rose | Wednesday, December 8^th, 9:15am – 10:00am PST

 

Microsoft Viva and SharePoint Syntex [sessions]

• “Meet Microsoft Viva: a new kind of employee experience” with Dan Holme


• “Microsoft Viva: Connections” with Liz Sundet


• “Microsoft Viva Topics: Put Knowledge to Work with Content and AI” with Naomi Moneypenny


• “Microsoft Viva Topics Hackathon” (120 minutes) with Chris McNulty, Chris Bortlik, and Naomi Moneypenny


• “Microsoft Viva Insights: Create a Culture Where People and Business Thrive” with Chris Bortlik


• “Microsoft Viva: Learning” with Liz Sundet


• “An architect’s view of SharePoint Syntex + Viva Topics, better together” with Chris Bortlik

 

SharePoint, OneDrive, Lists, Office, and related technology [sessions]

• “What’s new for Office and Office.com” with Sean Nordberg


• “How Visio integrates with Microsoft 365 apps to enhance virtual collaboration” with Mark Kashman


• “What’s new for file experiences in OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams in Microsoft 365” with Jason Moore


• “Microsoft OneDrive deployment deep dive” with Jason Moore


• “SharePoint pages and news and their role in Teams” with Cathy Dew


• “What’s new: Stream” with Cathy Dew


• “What’s new: Microsoft Lists” with Mark Kashman


• “Microsoft Search:  What’s new and what’s coming to Graph connectors” with Naomi Moneypenny


• “Connect and engage people with Yammer and the Communities app” with Dan Holme


• “Microsoft Graph: Enter the (Microsoft 365, Windows, and Enterprise Mobility + Security) Matrix” with Hugo Bernier


• “It’s Alive!! Animation and design techniques that bring SharePoint Framework solutions to life” with Hugo Bernier and David Warner


• “What’s new: Security and compliance in SharePoint and OneDrive” with Sesha Mani


• “Migrate, manage, and monitor content in SharePoint admin center” with Sesha Mani

 

Microsoft Teams [sessions]

• “What’s new in Teams” with Stephen Rose


• “Microsoft Teams devices” with Alexander Ivanov


• “Hybrid Meetings – How the fit into Hybrid work and the “new normal”” with Eric Truax


• “Meet Anywhere: Virtual Visits with Teams and Azure Communication Services” with Sean Wilson


• “Modern Calling – How Teams changes the way we communicate” with Sean Wilson


• “Driving healthy and vibrant communities – from our own to empowering yours” with Laurie Pottmeyer and Josh Leporati


• “Tools from Microsoft for automating healthy usage” with Karuana Gatimu and Josh Leporati


• “Better Together with Dynamics, Teams, Omnichannel” with Michael Chow

 

Power Platform [sessions]

• “Multiplayer business apps” with Filip Karadzic


• “Do More with data using Microsoft Dataverse” with Ryan Jones


• “Scale your adoption thru ISV Connect” with Zankar Desai


• “Bringing Microsoft Access into the Future with Power Platform” with Nathan Helgren


• “Power Automate cloud flows — the best way to automate Microsoft 365” with Ravon Lindgard


• “Administer solutions fearlessly in Power Platform” with Zohar Raz and Mik Ferland


• “Accelerate app development by enabling fusion teams with collaboration tools in Power Apps” with Emma Cooper


• “Accelerate app development by enabling fusion teams: The lens of the Pro Developer” with Kartik Kanakasabesan and Per Mikkelsen


• “Be the hero to drive digital transformation in your organization thru low-code” with Ken Auguillard

 

Lightning sessions (25 minutes)

• “Get started with Microsoft Viva Topics” with Chris McNulty


• “Microsoft Viva: Product demo tour” with Mark Kashman


• “Office.com – a tour of a hub for your content” with Sean Nordberg


• “Top 5 emerging trends in Microsoft 365 cloud adoption” with Chris Bortlik


• “Teams in focus: Adoption.microsoft.com” with Karuana Gatimu


• “Teams in focus: Champion management platform” with Josh Leporati


• “Teams in focus: Community tenant” with Laurie Pottmeyer and Josh Leporati


• “Teams in focus: Tournament of Teams” with Josh Leporati

 

Full-day, Microsoft-led workshops [all times listed in PST]
The learning and skilling continues, on your own time. Take a deep dive into technology to help refine your practices and bring learnings back to your team and organization to extend the application and use of your Microsoft 365 investment. All Microsoft 365 Collaboration Conference workshops either take place pre-event on Sunday (Dec.5) or Monday (Dec.6) or post-event on Friday (Dec.10).

 

• “Go further with Microsoft Lists” with Mark Kashman – senior product manager (SharePoint/Lists) | Sunday, December 5^th, 9:00am – 4:00pm


• “Microsoft Viva: Fundamentals for deployment and adoption” with team members from Avanade: Anthony Molisani, Austin Govella, Jill Hannemann, Michelle Boyd, Michelle Caldwell, Stephanie Meyer, and Tiffany Songvilay, plus introduction and Q&A with Microsoft: Chris McNulty, Liz Sundet, and Naomi Moneypenny | Monday, December 6^th, 9:00am – 4:00pm


• “Building solutions for Microsoft Teams and SharePoint – PowerClass” with Hugo Bernier, Beau Cameron, Chris Kent, David Warner, Julie Turner, and Marc D. Anderson | Monday, December 6^th, 9:00am – 4:00pm


• “Level up: Unlock your career and personal skills” with Cathy Dew and Liz Sundet | Friday, December 10^th, 8:00am – 3:00pm


• “It’s time to get started with BOTS in Microsoft 365” with Bob German and Mark Rackley | Friday, December 10^th, 9:00am – 4:00pm

 

Conference Health Protocols from the Microsoft 365 Collaboration Conference event team

“The Microsoft 365 Collaboration Conference is creating a safer space for you, please note Las Vegas is doing the same, requiring masks at all hotels and conference areas and proof of Covid-19 vaccinations at some concerts, sporting events, and conferences. In accordance with these local requirements, we will require that all attendees, staff, and speakers at the December conference provide proof of vaccination at registration via digital or paper vaccination card or a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours.”

 

Microsoft 365 Collaboration Conference speakers and attendees must provide proof of vaccination at registration via digital or paper vaccination card or a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours.

Learn more

Visit M365Conf.com and follow the action on @Twitter: @M365CONF, @SharePoint, @OneDrive, @MSPowerPlat, and @MicrosoftTeams.

 

Cheers,

Mark Kashman, senior product manager – Microsoft

The above is kindly provided by the Microsoft Tech Community!