Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Episode 212
In this installment of the weekly discussion revolving around the latest news and topics on Microsoft 365, host – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen and Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm are joined by UK-based Cloud Consultant, Viva Explorer Visionary and Microsoft MVP - Leslie Crook (CloudWay) | @Lesley_wolan
Topics discussed in this session
- The Host’s comments on ECS (European Collaboration Summit)
- The 3 biggest challenges organizations are grappling with today.
- Thoughts on how to approach change management – consider the Adkar change framework.
- The Viva Explorers movement – a founding member’s perspective
- Viva Explorer’s - Viva Round the World - a 24 hour virtual event on June 2nd, with 4 tracks and 80 presentations.
- What are the top Viva go-dos? Start with Viva origami.
- Viva does not mean all new equipment, it’s a business level abstraction layer on top of apps.
- How does one get to be a change and adoption consultant?
Referenced during conversation
- ECS – European Collaboration Summit 2023 – https://www.collabsummit.eu/
- Leslie’s origami – https://vivavisionary.uk/2022/10/18/viva-origami-making-the-complex-simple/
- Adkar Framework - https://www.prosci.com/methodology/adkar
- Viva Explorers - https://www.vivaexplorers.com/
- Event - Viva Round The World – virtual event – June 2
- Microsoft Cloud Incentive MCI Workshop
- Event - HackTogether: The Microsoft Teams Global Hack (June 1 – 15, 2023) | aka.ms/hack-together-teams
There were 22 articles or videos covered within this episode created by Microsoft and community members.
This week
- Leslie – Microsoft Cloud Incentive Workshop follow up from customer meetings in Las Vegas.
- Waldek – launching a virtual HackTogether on June 1 around building apps for Microsoft Teams.
- Vesa – done with conference season for now. Focusing on Community activities.
Agenda items
00:00 – Intro
07:40 – Interview
51:54 – Articles
1:10:37 – Closing
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This session was recorded on Friday 26th of May 2023.
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Microsoft articles
- Microsoft Build 2023 assets
- Microsoft Build 2023 - Book of News
- Microsoft outlines framework for building AI apps and copilots; expands AI plugin ecosystem - John Roach (Microsoft)
- Introducing Microsoft Teams support for Microsoft 365 Targeted Release commercial cloud customers - Shikha Varshney (Microsoft)
- Microsoft Mesh: Transforming how people come together in the modern workplace - Lori Craw (Microsoft)
- Get the right work done at the right time: Task automation for your frontline with Microsoft Teams - Andrew Friedman (Microsoft)
- Frontline workers using shared Android devices can use Outlook, Edge, Viva Engage, and Power Apps - Christina Wu (Microsoft)
- Create and customize your org charts using new capabilities in Visio for the web - Akshay Shahare (Microsoft)
- Microsoft Search: Connecting You to Knowledge and Expertise - Kathrine Hammervold (Microsoft) | @nonstopkat
- Empowering every developer with plugins for Microsoft 365 Copilot - Rajesh Jha (Microsoft)
- Build 2023: Building apps that bring together AI and collaboration - Ben Summers (Microsoft)
- 3 ways collaborative apps like Workday in Microsoft Teams boost engagement and productivity - Srini Raghavan (Microsoft) | @SriniRaghavan
Videos
- Plugins for Microsoft 365 Copilot - Microsoft
- Introducing Microsoft Syntex plugins for Microsoft 365 Copilot - Microsoft
- How to Use the Power Apps Host Object to Enhance Your Mobile Experience - April Dunnam (Microsoft) | @aprildunnam
- Top 10 Power Platform take aways from Build - Shane Young (PowerApps911) | @ShanesCows & James Oleinik (Microsoft) | @joleinik
- Episode #249 - List all the Sites of a tenant via Microsoft Graph - Paolo Pialorsi (PiaSys) | @PaoloPia
- ⚙️ How to create Microsoft / SharePoint lists with integrated Approval workflows - Giuliano De Luca | @delucagiulian
Community articles
- What is the Catalog for Power Platform? - Todd Baginski (Canviz) | @toddbaginski
- Assign Microsoft Graph permissions to Managed Identities – The potentially leanest way - Markus Möller (Avanade) | @Moeller2_0
- SPFx – Custom Global Navigation For Sharepoint Online - Sudharsan Kesavanarayanan (NTT) | @sudharsank
- Multiple home sites for Viva Connections Teams Collaborative Stageview - #286 - Daniel Glenn (Creospark) | @DanielGlenn & Darrell Webster (Modern Workplace Change) | @darrellaas
Upcoming events
Here are the upcoming events from the centralized Community Days site where you can find in-person, hybrid and online events for Microsoft 365 and more.
- DYNUG Spring Conference - May 31, 2023 - Oslo, Norway
- Viva Around the World 2023 - Virtual
- CollabDays Netherlands - June 10, 2023 - Utrecht, Netherlands
- 365 EduCon DC - June 12-16, 2023 - Washington, D.C., USA
- Viva Explorer Belgium - June 13, 2023 - Zaventem, Belgium
- AMS Berlin 2023 - June 15, 2023 - Berlin, Germany
- Iowa Code Camp 2023 - June 17-18, 2023 - Iowa, USA
- CollabDays Central Europe - June 17, 2023 - Zurich, Switzerland
- European Power Platform conference, June 20-22, 2023 - Dublin, Ireland
- Commsverse 2023 - June 21-22, 2023 - Surrey, United Kingdom
- Dynamics 365 Bootcamp CX Summit - June 23-24, 2023 - Brussels, Belgium
- CollabDays Zagreb - July 1, 2023 - Zagreb, Croatio
- 365 EduCon Seattle – August 21-25, 2023 - Seattle, WA, USA
- Metaverse One 2023 - September 20, 2023 - Virtual
- South Coast Summit 2023 - October 13-14, 2023 - Farnborough, United Kingdom
- Microsoft Ignite 2023 - November 15-16, 2023
- CollabDays Lisbon 2023 - November 25, 2023 - Lisbon, Portugal
- European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Conference 2023 - November 27-30 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
- AMS Aachen - November 16, 2023 - Aachen, Germany
- European Cloud Summit - December 4-6, 2023 - Wiesbaden, Germany
Additional resources
- PnP Sharing is Caring initiative - Getting started guidance and training for using GitHub and contributing to the community
- Check out all the great community calls, SDKs, and tooling for Microsoft 365 and Power Platform from https://aka.ms/m365/community
If you’d like to hear from a specific community member in an upcoming recording and/or have specific questions for Microsoft 365 engineering or visitors – please let us know. We will do our best to address your requests or questions.
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