July Webinars and Remote Work Resources
July 2021 Edition Sections: Highlighted Microsoft Teams - IT Admins & Planning Microsoft Teams - End Users & Champions Security & Compliance Blogs & Articles of Interest Highlighted: Ask Microsoft Anything (AMA): Microsoft Viva When: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 from 9:00am – 10:00am PT | Join this Microsoft Viva 'Ask Microsoft Anything' on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 9:00-10:00 AM PT! Microsoft Viva - the first Employee Experience Platform (EXP) built for the digital era - brings together communications, knowledge, learning, resources and insights into an integrated employee experience that empowers people and teams to be their best, from anywhere. Post questions and feedback about Microsoft Viva, and the four Viva Modules (Viva Learning, Viva Connections, Viva Topics and Viva Insights) during this AMA. Members of the Viva team will be on hand to respond. An AMA is a one-hour online forum similar to “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit. There is not an audio or video component included. To post a question or comment, click on 'Start a New Discussion' in the Microsoft Viva AMA Space. Be sure to add this event to your calendar - we hope to see you there! Microsoft Teams – IT Admins & Planning Teams Chalk Talk: Get to Teams - Zero to Production Microsoft Teams can help your employees stay connected and collaborate with each other, especially in the current unprecedented time where remote work is a reality of employees around the world. Being able to chat, do video meetings and collaborate on Office documents within Teams can help companies stay productive. Whether you are a small business, a non-profit or a large organization, you can get started with Teams within Microsoft 365 or Office 365 suite - even before deploying any other Office app or service. Join Microsoft Teams experts as we review Teams implementation for collaboration, chat and meetings. We’ll share key configurations, considerations, best practices, and resources to get your users up and running quickly. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Recognize key success factors for technical and user readiness, (2) Identify pre-requisites and tenant setup for your environment, (3) Install the Teams clients appropriate for your organization, (4) Configure policies that enable your preferred user experiences, and (5) Leverage collaboration features to enhance remote work scenarios. On-Demand Session Teams Chalk Talk: Apps in Teams Fundamentals Join Microsoft Teams experts as we review how you can deploy commonly-used applications directly within Teams, enabling your users to work more efficiently and effectively by accessing everything they need in a single interface. This foundational workshop covers basic capabilities across app management and security. With over 400 out-of-the-box applications available (and growing), you're sure to find an app, or two, that your team can begin using today in Teams. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Identify suitable apps to meet the needs for your organization, (2) Recognize common attributes of successful app deployment, (3) Navigate security and compliance considerations for Teams’ apps, and (4) Determine the next steps to deploy an app to your environment. On-Demand Session Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Enable Remote Work with Microsoft Teams To be productive in a remote environment, your employees need to be able to safely collaborate from anywhere. Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Enabling Remote Work with Microsoft Teams helps you provide a remote workforce with the tools, resources and solutions they need to stay connected and productive. Join us to learn how to get the most out of Microsoft Teams online meetings, calling, video and chat, and empower your workforce to work from any location on any device. During this two-part training event, you will explore how to: (1) Enable your people to meet and collaborate from home, (2) Make productivity applications available on any device, and (3) Deliver the best remote user experience. Part 1: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:45pm PT Part 2: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:30pm PT Part 1: Tuesday, August 10, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:45pm PT Part 2: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:30pm PT Customer Immersion Experience: Integrate Your Business into Microsoft Teams The workforce relies on Microsoft Teams to chat, meet, and collaborate. But that’s just the beginning. Microsoft Teams can bring the applications and tools you’re already using, into one universal hub your workforce needs to get things done. During this interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Integrate ready-to-use apps into the Teams experience, (2) Maintain control over which apps are accessible for your organization, (3) Create an App that embeds modern SharePoint pages in Teams using App Studio, (4) Manage permission and set up policies through the Admin Center, and (5) Scale business critical apps to your organization. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Wednesday, June 23, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Wednesday, June 23, 2021 from 12pm – 2pm PT Wednesday, July 28, 2021 from 9am -11am PT Wednesday, July 28, 2021 from 12pm – 2pm PT Teams Chalk Talk: Taking charge of AV quality experiences Are you looking to ensure users have optimal experiences with meetings and voice capabilities in Teams? During this session, we’ll discuss tools, reporting and best practices to help you manage service quality -- from establishing a proactive strategy to resolving common quality issues as they arise. We’ll build upon best practices from Teams experts and make it real with examples of common scenarios that may arise as your organization embraces meetings and voice capabilities in Teams. Join us for an expert-led workshop for guidance on key resources and actionable insights to manage audio and video quality with Microsoft Teams. Your users will thank you for it! After this session, you will be able to: (1) Define key service metrics and user experience factors for quality, (2) Recognize concepts and metrics in core tools and resources that help you assess usage and quality, (3) Identify key indicators of poor experience in common scenarios and relevant actions to address, and (4) Establish a proactive quality management strategy to ensure optimal user experience. On-Demand: Core Concepts On-Demand: Call Quality Dashboard Teams Chalk Talk: So...you want to make calls with Microsoft Teams? Are you ready to add PSTN calling capabilities to Microsoft Teams? Join Microsoft Teams Engineering subject-matter-experts as they demystify the options for adding PSTN calling to Teams, provide you with best practices for configuring calling options and show you how to monitor call quality. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Understand the history of voice services in Microsoft products, (2) Identify what calling options in Microsoft Teams are right for you, (3) Configure your calling options in the Teams admin portal, and (4) Monitor and use call quality tools in Teams. On-Demand Session Empower your Frontline workforce to do more with Teams Do you need to rapidly onboard a large number of Frontline users to Microsoft Teams and configure a streamlined experience for them? Are you struggling with where and how to start? If yes, this is the clinic for you! Join Microsoft Teams customer engineering experts as we review how Microsoft Teams can accelerate your Frontline worker deployment. Featuring examples from manufacturing, retail, hospitality, and transportation industries, we'll explore how Microsoft Teams provides a single experience for productive conversations, smooth flow of information, simplified schedule management in a compliant and secure environment for your Frontline workers. You'll leave this highly interactive session with tangible next steps to accelerate your planning. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Identify scenarios that matter to your Frontline workers and the best approach to implementing Teams from pilot to scale across your entire organization, (2) Map scenarios to Microsoft Teams use cases, and (3) Craft the right experience for your Frontline workers in Teams by configuring 1P apps and policies. Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at 11:00am PT Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 11:00am PT Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 11:00am PT Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at 3:30am PT Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at 11:00am PT Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at 3:30am PT Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at 11:00am PT Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at 3:30am PT Teams Chalk Talk: Energize your Live Events with Microsoft Teams This 1-hour session will provide an opportunity to learn practical guidance about conducting engaging and energizing large, online virtual events using Microsoft Teams. This session is designed for anyone wishing to organize, produce or speak at a large, virtual event and is open to anyone. During this session, you will: (1) Understand best practices to ensure your large, online virtual event is successful using Microsoft Teams or Teams Live Events, (2) Gain practical, technical production knowledge to ensure your event is engaging, (3) Understand the Attendee experience, (4) Learn before-during-after tactics to build & continue your large, online event momentum with Webinar features, and (5) Leverage and understand step by step virtual event resources as found at aka.ms/virtualeventplaybook. Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 11:30pm PT Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 9:00am PT Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 11:30pm PT Microsoft Teams – End User & Champions Get Started with Microsoft Teams Join us to learn how to accomplish the fundamental tasks in Teams. Learn how to easily communicate with your co-workers, save time while working and collaborating, and see how teamwork and projects can be managed in a central space. In this training you will learn how to: (1) Set up your profile and notifications, (2) Use chat and calling for 1:1 and group conversations, sharing and collaboration in Microsoft Teams, (3) Schedule and attend meetings, (4) Align your workgroup and projects, and (5) Collaborate on files and tools. On-Demand Session Monday, June 28, 2021 at 8:00am PT Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 9:00am PT Friday, July 2, 2021 at 8:00am PT Customer Immersion Experience: Getting Started with Microsoft Teams Whether you are switching from Skype for Business or brand new, join us to learn the basics of how to use Teams to chat with your colleagues and collaborate on projects. Join us for this session and leave this with everything you need to start using Teams. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Set up your profile and notifications in Microsoft Teams, (2) Use chat and calling for 1:1 and group conversations, sharing and collaboration in Microsoft Teams, (3) Schedule and conduct meetings in Microsoft Teams, and (4) Align your team and teamwork in Microsoft Teams. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Tuesday, July 20, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Tuesday, July 20, 2021 from 12pm – 2pm PT Explore teams and channels in Microsoft Teams Do you need to regularly collaborate with your workgroup where you need to access shared files, apps, and conversation threads? Join us to learn how to extend collaboration, provide visibility, and manage teamwork from a central space. Microsoft Teams is a robust collaboration tool, providing you anywhere, anytime access to your group projects, daily operations, knowledgebase resources, and large scope initiatives. Use teams and channels to collaborate in virtual workspaces with your entire group. In this 1-hour training, you will learn how to: (1) Join and organize your teams and channels, (2) Use channels to streamline projects and operations, (3) Collaborate with your team members, and (4) Create and manage teams as an owner. Monday, June 28, 2021 at 12:00pm PT Microsoft Teams: Master working from home Working from home offers the opportunity to maintain your workflow while allowing flexibility in how and where you get your work done. Shifting to a remote worker status can be an adjustment as you look for ways to balance home and work life, maintain focus and be fully productive. Microsoft Teams can help you stay connected to your team while providing access to all of the tools and resources you need to get your work done. Join us to learn tips that can help set you up for success as you transition into a 'work from home' scenario. During this session, we'll share: (1) Guidance for setting up your home environment for work, (2) Best practices for maintaining your workflow while working at home, (3) Tips for staying connected to your team while remote, and (4) Insights for effectively supporting a remote team. On-Demand Session Microsoft Teams: Staying connected with your team while remote We designed Microsoft Teams to be a virtual office you can take anywhere you go. Work seamlessly and transparently with your remote team and discover greater collaboration and productivity. Join us for this session and explore how to avoid communication sinkholes and do more together, no matter where you are. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. During this interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Work together as a team from anywhere and with more flexibility, (2) Connect instantly with team members for fast-paced decision making, (3) Meet with anyone, anywhere through audio, video, and web conferences, and (4) Boost team culture with the digital equivalent of an open office space. Tuesday, June 22, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Tuesday, June 22, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Use chat and calling features in Microsoft Teams Join us to learn how to extend your circle of communication and collaboration with Microsoft Teams. Easily connect with your colleagues anywhere, anytime and manage all your conversations from one central platform. In this 1-hour training you will learn how to: (1) Send and reply to chat messages, (2) Use messaging tools to enhance your conversations, (3) Manage your chat conversations, and (4) Use calling features. Monday, June 21, 2021 at 8:00am PT Friday, June 25, 2021 at 8:00am PT Run Effective Meetings with Microsoft Teams Have you spent significant time and resources to prepare for a meeting and felt it wasn’t productive and not much was accomplished? Join us to learn how to make your meetings engaging, productive, and meaningful. Use Microsoft Teams for your entire meeting experience. In this training, you will learn how to: (1) Schedule and join meetings and initiate calls, (2) Use collaborative tools such as sharing, whiteboards, meeting notes, recording, and more, (3) Easily access important meetings and related content at any time, and (4) Assess which audio and video devices are best for your meeting needs. On-Demand Session Monday, June 21, 2021 at 12:00pm PT Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 8:00am PT Friday, June 25, 2021 at 11:00am PT Build collaborative workspaces in Microsoft Teams Do you need an online, collaborative workspace for your project or workgroup? Join us to explore effective, virtual workspaces for projects and workgroups. Microsoft Teams offer the flexibility to set up a workspace that suits your needs. In this training, you will learn how to: (1) Determine the best approach for your collaboration needs, (2) Create workspaces for your team to provide the best teamwork experience, and (3) Determine best practices in Microsoft Teams to enhance productivity. On-Demand Session Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 1:00pm PT Monday, June 28, 2021 at 11:00am PT Friday, July 2, 2021 at 11:00am PT Leverage pro tips and tricks for Microsoft Teams Do you use Microsoft Teams on a regular basis and want to learn more? Are you looking for ways to increase your efficiency and productivity in Teams? Join us to discover ways to enhance communication and increase your efficiency and productivity within Teams. Learn how Teams can help organize your workday and make it easier to stay connected with colleagues. In this training, you will learn how to: (1) Leverage formatting best practices to help get your messages noticed and responded to, (2) Integrate tools and best practices to streamline and collaboration process, and (3) Implement strategies to manage and organize your work. On-Demand Session Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at 12:00pm PT Friday, June 25, 2021 at 9:00am PT Monday, June 28, 2021 at 1:00pm PT Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 12:00pm PT Integrate apps to do more in Microsoft Teams Do you want to get more done in Teams? Receive targeted and timely updates? Access services directly through Teams? Apps let you complete tasks, receive updates and communicate. This session introduces you to the key activities needed to get started with adding applications, bots and connectors in Microsoft Teams today. Through a series of live demonstrations and best practices, you'll leave this session with everything you need to start using apps in Teams. After this session, you will be able to: (1) See how applications, bots and connectors can help you be more efficient while working in Teams, (2) Select an application, bot or connector for your workspace, (3) Install an application, bot or connector, and (4) Use an application, bot or connector in your workspace. On-Demand Session Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Building Microsoft Teams Integrations and Workflows Remote work requires smarter workflows. Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Building Microsoft Teams Integrations and Workflows shows you how the Microsoft Teams developer platform makes it easy to integrate your apps and services to improve productivity, make decisions faster and create collaboration around existing content and workflows. Join us to learn how to build apps for Teams and create integrated, people-centered solutions that can transform productivity in your organization, whether you’re on-site or working remotely. During this two-part training event, you will explore how to: (1) Build modern enterprise-grade collaboration solutions with Microsoft Teams, (2) Transform everyday business processes with Microsoft 365 platform integrations for Power Platform, SharePoint and Microsoft Office, and (3) Use the wealth of data in Microsoft Graph to extend Microsoft 365 experiences and build unique intelligent applications. Part 1: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 from 10:00am – 12:30pm PT Part 2: Thursday, June 24, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:45pm PT Part 1: Thursday, July 29, 2021 from 10:00am – 12:30pm PT Part 2: Friday, July 30, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:45pm PT Part 1: Thursday, August 26, 2021 from 10:00am – 12:30pm PT Part 2: Friday, August 27, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:45pm PT Security & Compliance Customer Immersion Experience: Protecting Identity, Apps, Data and Devices Identity is at the center of security: don’t compromise when it comes to your company’s valuable information. Join us to explore how to use secure authentication, govern access, get comprehensive protection and set the right identity foundation. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Enable password protection, (2) Bring multi-factor authentication to your Windows 10 users, (3) Protect your users and data through Office 365 multi-factor authentication, and (4) Use conditional access to protect across devices, locations and apps. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Thursday, June 24, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Secure and Protect Your Organization When employees are confident in their ability to collaborate remotely and securely, they are free to achieve more without worry. Learn how to protect data, devices, and applications while simplifying IT and minimizing the impact on employees at Microsoft Security Virtual Training Day: Secure and Protect Your Organization. During this free two-part learning event and accompanying Q&A, you’ll form the foundations to safeguard your company’s digital footprint. During this training event, you will explore how to: (1) Craft identity synchronization, protection, and management, (2) Utilize security in Microsoft 365, and (3) Integrate cloud app security and device management plans. Part 1: Wednesday, July 7, 2021 from 10:00am – 12:45pm PT Part 2: Thursday, July 8, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:00pm PT Part 1: Tuesday, August 3, 2021 from 10:00am – 12:45pm PT Part 2: Wednesday, August 4, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:00pm PT Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Protect Sensitive Information and Manage Data Risk As people increasingly shift to remote work, protecting your organization’s information and managing risk should be a top priority. Microsoft Security Virtual Training Day: Protect Sensitive Information and Manage Data Risk teaches you how to take advantage of Microsoft technologies that identify and remediate risks that arise from creating, storing, sharing, and using sensitive data. In addition, you’ll learn how to protect that data throughout its entire life cycle—on-premises and across devices, apps, and cloud services. During this two-part training event, you will explore how to: (1) Understand, identify, and protect your most sensitive data, (2) Identify and take action on insider risks and code-of-conduct violations, and (3) Utilize information protection and governance. Part 1: Wednesday, July 21, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:30pm PT Part 2: Thursday, July 22, 2021 from 10:00am – 12:30pm PT Part 1: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:30pm PT Part 2: Thursday, August 19, 2021 from 10:00am - 12:30pm PT Customer Immersion Experience: Protecting Your Sensitive Information Data needs to be protected wherever it’s stored and whenever it travels, and you need the tools to monitor policy violations and risky behavior. Join us to explore how to implement a comprehensive and integrated approach across devices, apps, cloud services, and on-premises. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Identify, monitor and automatically protect sensitive information across Office 365, (2) Help classify and protect documents and email, and (3) Use policies to enable BYOD scenarios by protecting data at the app level. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Thursday, July 22, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Thursday, July 22, 2021 from 12pm – 2pm PT Customer Immersion Experience: Protecting Assets and Empowering Your Defenders Today’s workforce can work from anywhere, on any device, and on any app. Security teams need to understand threat signals from disconnected products and optimize security with minimal complexity. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Safeguard users from malware attacks such as phishing and spoofing with Office 365, (2) Use the Windows Defender ecosystem to proactively monitor and protect your users, (3) Utilize Office 365 ATP to help protect users from bad links and attachments, and (4) Let machine learning and automation protect users from threats. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Thursday, July 29, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Thursday, July 29, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Blogs & Articles of Interest Public Sector Blog Website | RSS Feed June 2021 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter - Microsoft Tech Community What's new for Power Platform in US Government Clouds - Microsoft Tech Community Records Management and Driving Compliance [M365 Meetup for Government] - Microsoft Tech Community Featured Blog Roundup What’s New in Excel for the web - Microsoft Tech Community Microsoft Lists workshop – now available on-demand Microsoft Teams Blog Website | RSS Feed Skype for Business Online retires July 31, 2021 – here’s what to expect - Microsoft Tech Community Office & Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Business Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft 365 Blog Website | RSS Feed Office 365 Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft Teams Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft SharePoint Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft OneDrive Blog Website | RSS Feed Excel Blog Website | RSS Feed Planner Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft Forms Blog Website | RSS Feed Outlook Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft Visio Blog Website | RSS Feed Workplace Analytics MyAnalytics Website | RSS Feed Yammer Blog Website | RSS Feed Azure Active Directory Identity Blog Website | RSS Feed Enterprise identity, mobility, and security Azure Active Directory Identity Blog Website | RSS Feed Azure Information Protection Blog Website | RSS Feed Core Infrastructure and Security Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft Azure and Development Azure Customer Advisory Team (CAT) Website | RSS Feed Student Developer Blog Website | RSS Feed Azure Data Explorer Website | RSS Feed Azure Dev Community Blog Website | RSS Feed Azure Status Monitoring Blog Website | RSS Feed Hardware Dev Center Website | RSS Feed Internet of Things Website | RSS Feed Premier Developer Blog Website | RSS Feed Windows, Operations, Management, and Deployment IT Operations Talk Blog Website | RSS Feed Windows Kernel Internals Website | RSS Feed Support and adoption Microsoft 365 Adoption Portal Driving Adoption Blog Website | RSS Feed IIS Support Blog Website | RSS Feed Intune Customer Success Website | RSS Feed Premier Field Engineering Blog Website | RSS Feed SharePoint Support Blog Website | RSS Feed SQL Server Support Blog Website | RSS Feed Tech Community Blog Website | RSS Feed Misc Channel 9 Website | RSS Feed Thanks for stopping by and reading our monthly resources. 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June 2021 Edition Sections: Highlighted Events Microsoft Teams - IT Admins & Planning Microsoft Teams - End Users & Champions Security & Compliance Device Management Blogs & Articles of Interest Highlighted: Viva & Virtual Training Days Ask Microsoft Anything (AMA): Microsoft Viva When: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 from 9:00am – 10:00am PT | Join this Microsoft Viva 'Ask Microsoft Anything' on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 9:00-10:00 AM PT! Microsoft Viva - the first Employee Experience Platform (EXP) built for the digital era - brings together communications, knowledge, learning, resources and insights into an integrated employee experience that empowers people and teams to be their best, from anywhere. Post questions and feedback about Microsoft Viva, and the four Viva Modules (Viva Learning, Viva Connections, Viva Topics and Viva Insights) during this AMA. Members of the Viva team will be on hand to respond. An AMA is a one-hour online forum similar to “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit. There is not an audio or video component included. To post a question or comment, click on 'Start a New Discussion' in the Microsoft Viva AMA Space. Be sure to add this event to your calendar - we hope to see you there! Microsoft Virtual Security and Compliance Summit When: Thursday, June 3, 2021 from 9:00am - 12:00pm PT | The realities of widespread remote and hybrid work scenarios pose new challenges for organizations. Security, compliance, and identity are more complex—and more critical—than ever. Join us on Thursday, June 3rd 2021, for the Microsoft Virtual Security and Compliance Summit to hear some of the industry’s leading voices speak on mitigating risks and strengthening your security posture. At this event, you’ll gain fresh insights on: (1) Perspectives on what's top of mind for CISOs - cloud-first security, training, resiliency, (2) Get an inside look at how we secure Microsoft today, (3) Securing the remote and hybrid workplace, (4) Trends and best practices from Microsoft defenders, detection & response teams, (5) Strategies for protecting against insider risk, and (6) Tactics to protect and govern data across your digital estate. | Resource: Detailed Agenda Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Enable Remote Work with Microsoft Teams To be productive in a remote environment, your employees need to be able to safely collaborate from anywhere. Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Enabling Remote Work with Microsoft Teams helps you provide a remote workforce with the tools, resources and solutions they need to stay connected and productive. Join us to learn how to get the most out of Microsoft Teams online meetings, calling, video and chat, and empower your workforce to work from any location on any device. During this two-part training event, you will explore how to: (1) Enable your people to meet and collaborate from home, (2) Make productivity applications available on any device, and (3) Deliver the best remote user experience. Part 1: Wednesday, June 2, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:45pm PT Part 2: Thursday, June 3, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:30pm PT Part 1: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:45pm PT Part 2: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:30pm PT Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Building Microsoft Teams Integrations and Workflows Remote work requires smarter workflows. Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Building Microsoft Teams Integrations and Workflows shows you how the Microsoft Teams developer platform makes it easy to integrate your apps and services to improve productivity, make decisions faster and create collaboration around existing content and workflows. Join us to learn how to build apps for Teams and create integrated, people-centered solutions that can transform productivity in your organization, whether you’re on-site or working remotely. During this two-part training event, you will explore how to: (1) Build modern enterprise-grade collaboration solutions with Microsoft Teams, (2) Transform everyday business processes with Microsoft 365 platform integrations for Power Platform, SharePoint and Microsoft Office, and (3) Use the wealth of data in Microsoft Graph to extend Microsoft 365 experiences and build unique intelligent applications. Part 1: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 from 10:00am – 12:30pm PT Part 2: Thursday, June 24, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:45pm PT Part 1: Thursday, July 29, 2021 from 10:00am – 12:30pm PT Part 2: Friday, July 30, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:45pm PT Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Protect Sensitive Information and Manage Data Risk As people increasingly shift to remote work, protecting your organization’s information and managing risk should be a top priority. Microsoft Security Virtual Training Day: Protect Sensitive Information and Manage Data Risk teaches you how to take advantage of Microsoft technologies that identify and remediate risks that arise from creating, storing, sharing, and using sensitive data. In addition, you’ll learn how to protect that data throughout its entire life cycle—on-premises and across devices, apps, and cloud services. During this two-part training event, you will explore how to: (1) Understand, identify, and protect your most sensitive data, (2) Identify and take action on insider risks and code-of-conduct violations, and (3) Utilize information protection and governance. Part 1: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:30pm PT Part 2: Thursday, June 17, 2021 from 10:00am – 12:30pm PT Part 1: Wednesday, July 21, 2021 from 10:00am – 12:30pm PT Part 2: Thursday, July 22, 2021 from 10:00am - 12:30pm PT Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Enable Remote Work with Microsoft Teams To be productive in a remote environment, your employees need to be able to safely collaborate from anywhere. Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Enabling Remote Work with Microsoft Teams helps you provide a remote workforce with the tools, resources and solutions they need to stay connected and productive. Join us to learn how to get the most out of Microsoft Teams online meetings, calling, video and chat, and empower your workforce to work from any location on any device. During this two-part training event, you will explore how to: (1) Enable your people to meet and collaborate from home, (2) Make productivity applications available on any device, and (3) Deliver the best remote user experience. Part 1: Wednesday, June 2, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:45pm PT Part 2: Thursday, June 3, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:30pm PT Part 1: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:45pm PT Part 2: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:30pm PT Microsoft Teams – IT Admins & Planning Microsoft Teams: Plan your upgrade (Start here!) Discover everything you need to facilitate a successful upgrade to Teams. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: (1) Understand why a formal plan is crucial for upgrade success, (2) Identify the steps to the upgrade success framework, (3) Recognize common attributes of successful customers, and (4) Create and implement their own upgrade plan. The audience for this session is All (Business Sponsors, IT Admins, User Readiness/Change Manager, Project Lead). On-Demand Session Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 10:00am PT Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 4:00pm PT Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 8:00am PT Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 6:00am PT Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 10:00am PT Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 10:00am PT Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 4:00pm PT Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 8:00am PT Customer Immersion Experience: Integrate Your Business into Microsoft Teams The workforce relies on Microsoft Teams to chat, meet, and collaborate. But that’s just the beginning. Microsoft Teams can bring the applications and tools you’re already using, into one universal hub your workforce needs to get things done. During this interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Integrate ready-to-use apps into the Teams experience, (2) Maintain control over which apps are accessible for your organization, (3) Create an App that embeds modern SharePoint pages in Teams using App Studio, (4) Manage permission and set up policies through the Admin Center, and (5) Scale business critical apps to your organization. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Wednesday, June 9, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Wednesday, June 9, 2021 from 12pm – 2pm PT Wednesday, June 23, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Wednesday, June 23, 2021 from 12pm – 2pm PT Customer Immersion Experience: Creating a Secure Online Meeting With the dramatic shift to remote work, we all continue to seek creative ways to stay connected and productive in our jobs. How do we recreate those meetings, calls, and large events that previously brought us together and helped us achieve our business goals? Do we have the right tools and devices to do so? And how do we do all of this while keeping security top of mind? These aren’t easy questions to answer. This one-hour session will give you the opportunity to test drive Microsoft Teams, Yammer, and Power BI in a live cloud environment. A facilitator will guide you as you create a virtual company-wide meeting and explore how to: (1) Build a communication and collaboration hub, (2) Engage employees through chat and polls, (3) Set up automated meeting captioning, translation, and transcripts, and (4) Use analytical tools to make sense of data, categorize it, and make it easier to visualize. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Tuesday, June 8, 2021 from 9am – 10am PT Tuesday, June 8, 2021 from 12pm – 1pm PT Empower your Frontline workforce to do more with Teams Do you need to rapidly onboard a large number of Frontline users to Microsoft Teams and configure a streamlined experience for them? Are you struggling with where and how to start? If yes, this is the clinic for you! Join Microsoft Teams customer engineering experts as we review how Microsoft Teams can accelerate your Frontline worker deployment. Featuring examples from manufacturing, retail, hospitality, and transportation industries, we'll explore how Microsoft Teams provides a single experience for productive conversations, smooth flow of information, simplified schedule management in a compliant and secure environment for your Frontline workers. You'll leave this highly interactive session with tangible next steps to accelerate your planning. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Identify scenarios that matter to your Frontline workers and the best approach to implementing Teams from pilot to scale across your entire organization, (2) Map scenarios to Microsoft Teams use cases, and (3) Craft the right experience for your Frontline workers in Teams by configuring 1P apps and policies. Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 11:00am PT Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 11:00am PT Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at 11:00am PT Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 11:00am PT Teams Chalk Talk: Get to Teams - Zero to Production Microsoft Teams can help your employees stay connected and collaborate with each other, especially in the current unprecedented time where remote work is a reality of employees around the world. Being able to chat, do video meetings and collaborate on Office documents within Teams can help companies stay productive. Whether you are a small business, a non-profit or a large organization, you can get started with Teams within Microsoft 365 or Office 365 suite - even before deploying any other Office app or service. Join Microsoft Teams experts as we review Teams implementation for collaboration, chat and meetings. We’ll share key configurations, considerations, best practices, and resources to get your users up and running quickly. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Recognize key success factors for technical and user readiness, (2) Identify pre-requisites and tenant setup for your environment, (3) Install the Teams clients appropriate for your organization, (4) Configure policies that enable your preferred user experiences, and (5) Leverage collaboration features to enhance remote work scenarios. On-Demand Session Teams Chalk Talk: Apps in Teams Fundamentals Join Microsoft Teams experts as we review how you can deploy commonly-used applications directly within Teams, enabling your users to work more efficiently and effectively by accessing everything they need in a single interface. This foundational workshop covers basic capabilities across app management and security. With over 400 out-of-the-box applications available (and growing), you're sure to find an app, or two, that your team can begin using today in Teams. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Identify suitable apps to meet the needs for your organization, (2) Recognize common attributes of successful app deployment, (3) Navigate security and compliance considerations for Teams’ apps, and (4) Determine the next steps to deploy an app to your environment. On-Demand Session Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 8:00am PT Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 6:00am PT Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 10:00am PT Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 8:00am PT Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 6:00am PT Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 10:00am PT Teams Chalk Talk: Taking charge of AV quality experiences Are you looking to ensure users have optimal experiences with meetings and voice capabilities in Teams? During this session, we’ll discuss tools, reporting and best practices to help you manage service quality -- from establishing a proactive strategy to resolving common quality issues as they arise. We’ll build upon best practices from Teams experts and make it real with examples of common scenarios that may arise as your organization embraces meetings and voice capabilities in Teams. Join us for an expert-led workshop for guidance on key resources and actionable insights to manage audio and video quality with Microsoft Teams. Your users will thank you for it! After this session, you will be able to: (1) Define key service metrics and user experience factors for quality, (2) Recognize concepts and metrics in core tools and resources that help you assess usage and quality, (3) Identify key indicators of poor experience in common scenarios and relevant actions to address, and (4) Establish a proactive quality management strategy to ensure optimal user experience. On-Demand: Core Concepts On-Demand: Call Quality Dashboard Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 8:00am PT Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 7:00am PT Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 12:00pm PT Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 6:00am PT Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 7:00am PT Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 10:00am PT Teams Chalk Talk: Energize your Live Events with Microsoft Teams This 1-hour session will provide an opportunity to learn practical guidance about conducting engaging and energizing large, online virtual events using Microsoft Teams. This session is designed for anyone wishing to organize, produce or speak at a large, virtual event and is open to anyone. During this session, you will: (1) Understand best practices to ensure your large, online virtual event is successful using Microsoft Teams or Teams Live Events, (2) Gain practical, technical production knowledge to ensure your event is engaging, (3) Understand the Attendee experience, (4) Learn before-during-after tactics to build & continue your large, online event momentum with Webinar features, and (5) Leverage and understand step by step virtual event resources as found at aka.ms/virtualeventplaybook. Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 8:00am PT Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 11:30pm PT Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 9:00am PT Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 8:00am PT Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 11:30pm PT Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 9:00am PT Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 8:00am PT Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 11:30pm PT Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 9:00am PT Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 11:30pm PT Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 9:00am PT Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 11:30pm PT Teams Chalk Talk: Supercharge key workflows with apps in Teams Join Microsoft Teams experts as we review high-value scenarios including incident management (help desk), employee engagement, and productivity that can be enhanced through simple integrations in Teams. We focus on popular enterprise applications your users may already be using every day. Come see how easy it is to connect your systems, increase automation, and deliver improved experiences by bringing the apps your organization relies on into Teams. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Understand common app integrations for Teams across multiple scenarios and user personas, and (2) Understand third-party apps available for key scenarios. Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 8:00am PT Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 6:00am PT Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 8:00am PT Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 6:00am PT Microsoft Teams – End User & Champions Customer Immersion Experience: Getting Started with Microsoft Teams Whether you are switching from Skype for Business or brand new, join us to learn the basics of how to use Teams to chat with your colleagues and collaborate on projects. Join us for this session and leave this with everything you need to start using Teams. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Set up your profile and notifications in Microsoft Teams, (2) Use chat and calling for 1:1 and group conversations, sharing and collaboration in Microsoft Teams, (3) Schedule and conduct meetings in Microsoft Teams, and (4) Align your team and teamwork in Microsoft Teams. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Tuesday, June 1, 2021 from 9am - 11am PT Tuesday, June 1, 2021 from 12pm – 2pm PT Wednesday, June 16, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Wednesday, June 16, 2021 from 12pm – 2pm PT Run Effective Meetings with Microsoft Teams Have you spent significant time and resources to prepare for a meeting and felt it wasn’t productive and not much was accomplished? Join us to learn how to make your meetings engaging, productive, and meaningful. Use Microsoft Teams for your entire meeting experience. In this training, you will learn how to: (1) Schedule and join meetings and initiate calls, (2) Use collaborative tools such as sharing, whiteboards, meeting notes, recording, and more, (3) Easily access important meetings and related content at any time, and (4) Assess which audio and video devices are best for your meeting needs. On-Demand Session Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 10:00am PT Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 12:00pm PT Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 10:00am PT Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 10:00am PT Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 12:00pm PT Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 7:00am PT Customer Immersion Experience: Running Effective Meetings with Microsoft Teams Whether you are switching from Skype for Business or brand new, join us to learn the basics of how to use Teams to chat with your colleagues and collaborate on projects. Join us for this session and leave this with everything you need to start using Teams. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Set up your profile and notifications in Microsoft Teams, (2) Use chat and calling for 1:1 and group conversations, sharing and collaboration in Microsoft Teams, (3) Schedule and conduct meetings in Microsoft Teams, and (4) Align your team and teamwork in Microsoft Teams. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Tuesday, June 15, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Tuesday, June 15, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Explore teams and channels in Microsoft Teams Do you need to regularly collaborate with your workgroup where you need to access shared files, apps, and conversation threads? Join us to learn how to extend collaboration, provide visibility, and manage teamwork from a central space. Microsoft Teams is a robust collaboration tool, providing you anywhere, anytime access to your group projects, daily operations, knowledgebase resources, and large scope initiatives. Use teams and channels to collaborate in virtual workspaces with your entire group. In this 1-hour training, you will learn how to: (1) Join and organize your teams and channels, (2) Use channels to streamline projects and operations, (3) Collaborate with your team members, and (4) Create and manage teams as an owner. Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 12:00pm PT Leverage pro tips and tricks for Microsoft Teams Do you use Microsoft Teams on a regular basis and want to learn more? Are you looking for ways to increase your efficiency and productivity in Teams? Join us to discover ways to enhance communication and increase your efficiency and productivity within Teams. Learn how Teams can help organize your workday and make it easier to stay connected with colleagues. In this training, you will learn how to: (1) Leverage formatting best practices to help get your messages noticed and responded to, (2) Integrate tools and best practices to streamline and collaboration process, and (3) Implement strategies to manage and organize your work. On-Demand Session Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 12:00pm PT Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 1:00pm PT Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 12:00pm PT Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 1:00pm PT Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 12:00pm PT Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at 12:00pm PT Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 12:00pm PT Build collaborative workspaces in Microsoft Teams Do you need an online, collaborative workspace for your project or workgroup? Join us to explore effective, virtual workspaces for projects and workgroups. Microsoft Teams offer the flexibility to set up a workspace that suits your needs. In this training, you will learn how to: (1) Determine the best approach for your collaboration needs, (2) Create workspaces for your team to provide the best teamwork experience, and (3) Determine best practices in Microsoft Teams to enhance productivity. On-Demand Session Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 9:00am PT Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 10:00am PT Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 1:00pm PT Friday, June 11, 2021 at 1:00pm PT Integrate apps to do more in Microsoft Teams Do you want to get more done in Teams? Receive targeted and timely updates? Access services directly through Teams? Apps let you complete tasks, receive updates and communicate. This session introduces you to the key activities needed to get started with adding applications, bots and connectors in Microsoft Teams today. Through a series of live demonstrations and best practices, you'll leave this session with everything you need to start using apps in Teams. After this session, you will be able to: (1) See how applications, bots and connectors can help you be more efficient while working in Teams, (2) Select an application, bot or connector for your workspace, (3) Install an application, bot or connector, and (4) Use an application, bot or connector in your workspace. On-Demand Session Microsoft Teams: Master working from home Working from home offers the opportunity to maintain your workflow while allowing flexibility in how and where you get your work done. Shifting to a remote worker status can be an adjustment as you look for ways to balance home and work life, maintain focus and be fully productive. Microsoft Teams can help you stay connected to your team while providing access to all of the tools and resources you need to get your work done. Join us to learn tips that can help set you up for success as you transition into a 'work from home' scenario. During this session, we'll share: (1) Guidance for setting up your home environment for work, (2) Best practices for maintaining your workflow while working at home, (3) Tips for staying connected to your team while remote, and (4) Insights for effectively supporting a remote team. On-Demand Session Microsoft Teams: Staying connected with your team while remote We designed Microsoft Teams to be a virtual office you can take anywhere you go. Work seamlessly and transparently with your remote team and discover greater collaboration and productivity. Join us for this session and explore how to avoid communication sinkholes and do more together, no matter where you are. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. During this interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Work together as a team from anywhere and with more flexibility, (2) Connect instantly with team members for fast-paced decision making, (3) Meet with anyone, anywhere through audio, video, and web conferences, and (4) Boost team culture with the digital equivalent of an open office space. Tuesday, June 22, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Tuesday, June 22, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Security & Compliance Microsoft Virtual Security and Compliance Summit When: Thursday, June 3, 2021 from 9:00am - 12:00pm PT | The realities of widespread remote and hybrid work scenarios pose new challenges for organizations. Security, compliance, and identity are more complex—and more critical—than ever. Join us on Thursday, June 3rd 2021, for the Microsoft Virtual Security and Compliance Summit to hear some of the industry’s leading voices speak on mitigating risks and strengthening your security posture. At this event, you’ll gain fresh insights on: (1) Perspectives on what's top of mind for CISOs - cloud-first security, training, resiliency, (2) Get an inside look at how we secure Microsoft today, (3) Securing the remote and hybrid workplace, (4) Trends and best practices from Microsoft defenders, detection & response teams, (5) Strategies for protecting against insider risk, and (6) Tactics to protect and govern data across your digital estate. | Resource: Detailed Agenda Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Secure and Protect Your Organization When employees are confident in their ability to collaborate remotely and securely, they are free to achieve more without worry. Learn how to protect data, devices, and applications while simplifying IT and minimizing the impact on employees at Microsoft Security Virtual Training Day: Secure and Protect Your Organization. During this free two-part learning event and accompanying Q&A, you’ll form the foundations to safeguard your company’s digital footprint. During this training event, you will explore how to: (1) Craft identity synchronization, protection, and management, (2) Utilize security in Microsoft 365, and (3) Integrate cloud app security and device management plans. Part 1: Wednesday, June 9, 2021 from 10:00am – 12:45pm PT Part 2: Thursday, June 10, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:00pm PT Part 1: Wednesday, July 7, 2021 from 10:00am – 12:45pm PT Part 2: Thursday, July 8, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:00pm PT Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Protect Sensitive Information and Manage Data Risk As people increasingly shift to remote work, protecting your organization’s information and managing risk should be a top priority. Microsoft Security Virtual Training Day: Protect Sensitive Information and Manage Data Risk teaches you how to take advantage of Microsoft technologies that identify and remediate risks that arise from creating, storing, sharing, and using sensitive data. In addition, you’ll learn how to protect that data throughout its entire life cycle—on-premises and across devices, apps, and cloud services. During this two-part training event, you will explore how to: (1) Understand, identify, and protect your most sensitive data, (2) Identify and take action on insider risks and code-of-conduct violations, and (3) Utilize information protection and governance. Part 1: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:30pm PT Part 2: Thursday, June 17, 2021 from 10:00am – 12:30pm PT Part 1: Wednesday, July 21, 2021 from 10:00am – 12:30pm PT Part 2: Thursday, July 22, 2021 from 10:00am - 12:30pm PT Customer Immersion Experience: Protecting Your Sensitive Information Data needs to be protected wherever it’s stored and whenever it travels, and you need the tools to monitor policy violations and risky behavior. Join us to explore how to implement a comprehensive and integrated approach across devices, apps, cloud services, and on-premises. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Identify, monitor and automatically protect sensitive information across Office 365, (2) Help classify and protect documents and email, and (3) Use policies to enable BYOD scenarios by protecting data at the app level. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Thursday, June 3, 3021 from 9am – 11am PT Thursday, June 3, 2021 from 12pm – 2pm PT Customer Immersion Experience: Protecting Assets and Empowering Your Defenders Today’s workforce can work from anywhere, on any device, and on any app. Security teams need to understand threat signals from disconnected products and optimize security with minimal complexity. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Safeguard users from malware attacks such as phishing and spoofing with Office 365, (2) Use the Windows Defender ecosystem to proactively monitor and protect your users, (3) Utilize Office 365 ATP to help protect users from bad links and attachments, and (4) Let machine learning and automation protect users from threats. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Thursday, June 10, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Thursday, June 10, 2021 from 12pm – 2pm PT Thursday, June 17, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Thursday, June 17, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Customer Immersion Experience: Protecting Identity, Apps, Data and Devices Identity is at the center of security: don’t compromise when it comes to your company’s valuable information. Join us to explore how to use secure authentication, govern access, get comprehensive protection and set the right identity foundation. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Enable password protection, (2) Bring multi-factor authentication to your Windows 10 users, (3) Protect your users and data through Office 365 multi-factor authentication, and (4) Use conditional access to protect across devices, locations and apps. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Thursday, June 24, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Device Management Office Hours: Managing Windows 10 Devices & Updates To support your efforts to deliver and deploy updates to the Windows 10 devices being used by remote, onsite, and hybrid workers across your organization, and manage those devices effectively, we are continuing our series of weekly "office hours" for IT professionals here on Tech Community. During office hours, we will have a broad group of product experts, servicing experts, and engineers representing Windows, Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Microsoft Intune, Configuration Manager), security, FastTrack, and more. They will be monitoring the Windows 10 servicing space and standing by to provide guidance, discuss strategies and tactics, and, of course, answer any specific questions you may have. Office hours are text-based; there is no audio or virtual meeting component. To post a question, you just need to be a member of the Tech Community. Simply visit the Windows 10 servicing space and click Start a new conversation. At the start of office hours, we'll pin a post outlining the individuals on hand, and their areas of expertise. Can’t attend at the designated time? Again, no problem. Post a question in the Windows 10 servicing space up to 24 hours in advance and we'll make sure we review it during office hours. 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May 2021 Edition Sections: Highlighted Events Microsoft Teams - IT Admins & Planning Microsoft Teams - End Users & Champions Security & Compliance Device Management Blogs & Articles of Interest Highlighted Upcoming Events Live Panel: A Greener Public Service Through Tech Join us as Dr. Julia Glidden, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President for Worldwide Public Sector launches Microsoft’s Public Sector Center of Expertise with a live webinar, featuring a panel of experts who will discuss how public servants around the world are leveraging technology to create greener governments and societies. Register now. PowerApps PowerAppathon : USA and Canada The PowerAppathon Lab is a free, full-day event which provides a hands-on introduction to the Power Platform. For this special edition, we will be looking at the challenges, opportunities and use cases of Power Apps within the court system. Delegates are invited to join Microsoft and Pythagoras to learn how they can transform paper-based and inefficient processes by quickly creating purpose-built business applications. Where time zones allow, other countries and regions are welcome to join! Register now. CityAge: Data-Driven Investments Join Jeremy M. Goldberg, Microsoft Worldwide Director of Critical Infrastructure and former Interim-CIO at the State of New York to discuss how city leaders can better use data to make the right infrastructure investments to build healthier, more liveable and resilient cities for the future. Register now. Go further with Microsoft Lists Learn all you can do with Microsoft Lists - your smart information tracking app in Microsoft 365. See how Lists evolve from SharePoint lists to empower individuals and teams to create, share and track information – including innovation in Microsoft Teams, information side-by-side your team conversations. We will teach you how to use and create views, configure conditional formatting, adjust forms and more. Plus, we will highlight extending lists with the integrated Power Platform and answer all frequently, or infrequently, asked questions. Get ready to become a Microsoft Lists pro, for free! AMER: Monday, May 10, 2021 at 11:00am PT INDIA: Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 9:00am IST EMEA: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 10:00am CEST LATAM: Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 10:00am BRT APAC: Friday, May 14, 2021 at 11:30am CST Microsoft Teams – IT Admins & Planning Microsoft Teams: Plan your upgrade (Start here!) Discover everything you need to facilitate a successful upgrade to Teams. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: (1) Understand why a formal plan is crucial for upgrade success, (2) Identify the steps to the upgrade success framework, (3) Recognize common attributes of successful customers, and (4) Create and implement their own upgrade plan. The audience for this session is All (Business Sponsors, IT Admins, User Readiness/Change Manager, Project Lead). On-Demand Session Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 6:00am PT Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 10:00am PT Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 10:00am PT Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 4:00pm PT Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 8:00am PT Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 6:00am PT Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 10:00am PT Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 10:00am PT Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 4:00pm PT Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 8:00am PT Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 6:00am PT Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 10:00am PT Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 10:00am PT Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 4:00pm PT Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 8:00am PT Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 6:00am PT Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 10:00am PT Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 10:00am PT Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 4:00pm PT Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 8:00am PT Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Enable Remote Work with Microsoft Teams To be productive in a remote environment, your employees need to be able to safely collaborate from anywhere. Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Enabling Remote Work with Microsoft Teams helps you provide a remote workforce with the tools, resources and solutions they need to stay connected and productive. Join us to learn how to get the most out of Microsoft Teams online meetings, calling, video and chat, and empower your workforce to work from any location on any device. During this two-part training event, you will explore how to: (1) Enable your people to meet and collaborate from home, (2) Make productivity applications available on any device, and (3) Deliver the best remote user experience. Part 1: Wednesday, May 5, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:45pm PT Part 2: Thursday, May 6, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:30pm PT Teams Chalk Talk: Get to Teams - Zero to Production Microsoft Teams can help your employees stay connected and collaborate with each other, especially in the current unprecedented time where remote work is a reality of employees around the world. Being able to chat, do video meetings and collaborate on Office documents within Teams can help companies stay productive. Whether you are a small business, a non-profit or a large organization, you can get started with Teams within Microsoft 365 or Office 365 suite - even before deploying any other Office app or service. Join Microsoft Teams experts as we review Teams implementation for collaboration, chat and meetings. We’ll share key configurations, considerations, best practices, and resources to get your users up and running quickly. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Recognize key success factors for technical and user readiness, (2) Identify pre-requisites and tenant setup for your environment, (3) Install the Teams clients appropriate for your organization, (4) Configure policies that enable your preferred user experiences, and (5) Leverage collaboration features to enhance remote work scenarios. On-Demand Session Customer Immersion Experience: Integrate Your Business into Microsoft Teams The workforce relies on Microsoft Teams to chat, meet, and collaborate. But that’s just the beginning. Microsoft Teams can bring the applications and tools you’re already using, into one universal hub your workforce needs to get things done. During this interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Integrate ready-to-use apps into the Teams experience, (2) Maintain control over which apps are accessible for your organization, (3) Create an App that embeds modern SharePoint pages in Teams using App Studio, (4) Manage permission and set up policies through the Admin Center, and (5) Scale business critical apps to your organization. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Wednesday, May 12, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Wednesday, May 12, 2021 from 12pm – 2pm PT Wednesday, May 26, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Wednesday, May 26, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Teams Chalk Talk: Energize your Live Events with Microsoft Teams This 1-hour session will provide an opportunity to learn practical guidance about conducting engaging and energizing large, online virtual events using Microsoft Teams. This session is designed for anyone wishing to organize, produce or speak at a large, virtual event and is open to anyone. During this session, you will: (1) Understand best practices to ensure your large, online virtual event is successful using Microsoft Teams or Teams Live Events, (2) Gain practical, technical production knowledge to ensure your event is engaging, (3) Understand the Attendee experience, (4) Learn before-during-after tactics to build & continue your large, online event momentum with Webinar features, and (5) Leverage and understand step by step virtual event resources as found at aka.ms/virtualeventplaybook. Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 3:00pm PT Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 4:00pm PT Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 3:00pm PT Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 4:00pm PT Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 3:00pm PT Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 4:00pm PT Teams Chalk Talk: Taking charge of AV quality experiences Are you looking to ensure users have optimal experiences with meetings and voice capabilities in Teams? During this session, we’ll discuss tools, reporting and best practices to help you manage service quality -- from establishing a proactive strategy to resolving common quality issues as they arise. We’ll build upon best practices from Teams experts and make it real with examples of common scenarios that may arise as your organization embraces meetings and voice capabilities in Teams. Join us for an expert-led workshop for guidance on key resources and actionable insights to manage audio and video quality with Microsoft Teams. Your users will thank you for it! After this session, you will be able to: (1) Define key service metrics and user experience factors for quality, (2) Recognize concepts and metrics in core tools and resources that help you assess usage and quality, (3) Identify key indicators of poor experience in common scenarios and relevant actions to address, and (4) Establish a proactive quality management strategy to ensure optimal user experience. On-Demand: Core Concepts On-Demand: Call Quality Dashboard Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 6:00am PT Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 7:00am PT Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 3:00pm PT Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 10:00am PT Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 6:00am PT Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 7:00am PT Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 10:00am PT Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 6:00am PT Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 7:00am PT Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 3:00pm PT Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 10:00am PT Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 6:00am PT Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 7:00am PT Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 10:00am PT Teams Chalk Talk: So...you want to make calls with Microsoft Teams? Are you ready to add PSTN calling capabilities to Microsoft Teams? Join Microsoft Teams Engineering subject-matter-experts as they demystify the options for adding PSTN calling to Teams, provide you with best practices for configuring calling options and show you how to monitor call quality. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Understand the history of voice services in Microsoft products, (2) Identify what calling options in Microsoft Teams are right for you, (3) Configure your calling options in the Teams admin portal, and (4) Monitor and use call quality tools in Teams. On-Demand Session Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 9:00am PT Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 9:00am PT Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 9:00am PT Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 9:00am PT Teams Chalk Talk: Apps in Teams Fundamentals Join Microsoft Teams experts as we review how you can deploy commonly-used applications directly within Teams, enabling your users to work more efficiently and effectively by accessing everything they need in a single interface. This foundational workshop covers basic capabilities across app management and security. With over 400 out-of-the-box applications available (and growing), you're sure to find an app, or two, that your team can begin using today in Teams. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Identify suitable apps to meet the needs for your organization, (2) Recognize common attributes of successful app deployment, (3) Navigate security and compliance considerations for Teams’ apps, and (4) Determine the next steps to deploy an app to your environment. On-Demand Session Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 8:00am PT Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 6:00am PT Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 10:00am PT Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 8:00am PT Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 6:00am PT Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 10:00am PT Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 8:00am PT Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 6:00am PT Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 10:00am PT Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 8:00am PT Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 6:00am PT Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 10:00am PT Teams Chalk Talk: Supercharge key workflows with apps in Teams Join Microsoft Teams experts as we review high-value scenarios including incident management (help desk), employee engagement, and productivity that can be enhanced through simple integrations in Teams. We focus on popular enterprise applications your users may already be using every day. Come see how easy it is to connect your systems, increase automation, and deliver improved experiences by bringing the apps your organization relies on into Teams. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Understand common app integrations for Teams across multiple scenarios and user personas, and (2) Understand third-party apps available for key scenarios. Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 8:00am PT Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 6:00am PT Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 8:00am PT Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 6:00am PT Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 8:00am PT Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 6:00am PT Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 8:00am PT Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 6:00am PT Microsoft Teams – End User & Champions Get Started with Microsoft Teams Join us to learn how to accomplish the fundamental tasks in Teams. Learn how to easily communicate with your co-workers, save time while working and collaborating, and see how teamwork and projects can be managed in a central space. In this training you will learn how to: (1) Set up your profile and notifications, (2) Use chat and calling for 1:1 and group conversations, sharing and collaboration in Microsoft Teams, (3) Schedule and attend meetings, (4) Align your workgroup and projects, and (5) Collaborate on files and tools. On-Demand Session Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 8:00am PT Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 2:00pm PT Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 7:00am PT Friday, May 14, 2021 at 8:00am PT Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 7:00am PT Friday, May 28, 2021 at 8:00am PT Customer Immersion Experience: Getting Started with Microsoft Teams Whether you are switching from Skype for Business or brand new, join us to learn the basics of how to use Teams to chat with your colleagues and collaborate on projects. Join us for this session and leave this with everything you need to start using Teams. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Set up your profile and notifications in Microsoft Teams, (2) Use chat and calling for 1:1 and group conversations, sharing and collaboration in Microsoft Teams, (3) Schedule and conduct meetings in Microsoft Teams, and (4) Align your team and teamwork in Microsoft Teams. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Wednesday, May 19, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Microsoft Teams: Master working from home Working from home offers the opportunity to maintain your workflow while allowing flexibility in how and where you get your work done. Shifting to a remote worker status can be an adjustment as you look for ways to balance home and work life, maintain focus and be fully productive. Microsoft Teams can help you stay connected to your team while providing access to all of the tools and resources you need to get your work done. Join us to learn tips that can help set you up for success as you transition into a 'work from home' scenario. During this session, we'll share: (1) Guidance for setting up your home environment for work, (2) Best practices for maintaining your workflow while working at home, (3) Tips for staying connected to your team while remote, and (4) Insights for effectively supporting a remote team. On-Demand Session Microsoft Teams: Staying connected with your team while remote We designed Microsoft Teams to be a virtual office you can take anywhere you go. Work seamlessly and transparently with your remote team and discover greater collaboration and productivity. Join us for this session and explore how to avoid communication sinkholes and do more together, no matter where you are. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. During this interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Work together as a team from anywhere and with more flexibility, (2) Connect instantly with team members for fast-paced decision making, (3) Meet with anyone, anywhere through audio, video, and web conferences, and (4) Boost team culture with the digital equivalent of an open office space. Tuesday, June 22, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Tuesday, June 22, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Integrate apps to do more in Microsoft Teams Do you want to get more done in Teams? Receive targeted and timely updates? Access services directly through Teams? Apps let you complete tasks, receive updates and communicate. This session introduces you to the key activities needed to get started with adding applications, bots and connectors in Microsoft Teams today. Through a series of live demonstrations and best practices, you'll leave this session with everything you need to start using apps in Teams. After this session, you will be able to: (1) See how applications, bots and connectors can help you be more efficient while working in Teams, (2) Select an application, bot or connector for your workspace, (3) Install an application, bot or connector, and (4) Use an application, bot or connector in your workspace. On-Demand Session Explore teams and channels in Microsoft Teams Do you need to regularly collaborate with your workgroup where you need to access shared files, apps, and conversation threads? Join us to learn how to extend collaboration, provide visibility, and manage teamwork from a central space. Microsoft Teams is a robust collaboration tool, providing you anywhere, anytime access to your group projects, daily operations, knowledgebase resources, and large scope initiatives. Use teams and channels to collaborate in virtual workspaces with your entire group. In this 1-hour training, you will learn how to: (1) Join and organize your teams and channels, (2) Use channels to streamline projects and operations, (3) Collaborate with your team members, and (4) Create and manage teams as an owner. Monday, May 3, 2021 at 12:00pm PT Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 8:00am PT Friday, May 7, 2021 at 11:00am PT Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 11:00am PT Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 8:00am PT Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 7:00am PT Monday, May 17, 2021 at 12:00pm PT Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 8:00am PT Friday, May 21, 2021 at 11:00am PT Monday, May 31, 2021 at 12:00pm PT Run Effective Meetings with Microsoft Teams Have you spent significant time and resources to prepare for a meeting and felt it wasn’t productive and not much was accomplished? Join us to learn how to make your meetings engaging, productive, and meaningful. Use Microsoft Teams for your entire meeting experience. In this training, you will learn how to: (1) Schedule and join meetings and initiate calls, (2) Use collaborative tools such as sharing, whiteboards, meeting notes, recording, and more, (3) Easily access important meetings and related content at any time, and (4) Assess which audio and video devices are best for your meeting needs. On-Demand Session Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 10:00am PT Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 7:00am PT Monday, May 10, 2021 at 12:00pm PT Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 8:00am PT Friday, May 14, 2021 at 11:00am PT Monday, May 17, 2021 at 12:00pm PT Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 10:00am PT Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 7:00am PT Monday, May 24, 2021 at 12:00pm PT Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 8:00am PT Friday, May 28, 2021 at 11:00am PT Customer Immersion Experience: Running Effective Meetings with Microsoft Teams Whether you are switching from Skype for Business or brand new, join us to learn the basics of how to use Teams to chat with your colleagues and collaborate on projects. Join us for this session and leave this with everything you need to start using Teams. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Set up your profile and notifications in Microsoft Teams, (2) Use chat and calling for 1:1 and group conversations, sharing and collaboration in Microsoft Teams, (3) Schedule and conduct meetings in Microsoft Teams, and (4) Align your team and teamwork in Microsoft Teams. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Tuesday, June 15, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Tuesday, June 15, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Use chat and calling features in Microsoft Teams Join us to learn how to extend your circle of communication and collaboration with Microsoft Teams. Easily connect with your colleagues anywhere, anytime and manage all your conversations from one central platform. In this 1-hour training you will learn how to: (1) Send and reply to chat messages, (2) Use messaging tools to enhance your conversations, (3) Manage your chat conversations, and (4) Use calling features. Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 7:00am PT Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 8:00am PT Monday, May 10, 2021 at 8:00am PT Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 10:00am PT Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 8:00am PT Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 7:00am PT Friday, May 21, 2021 at 8:00am PT Build collaborative workspaces in Microsoft Teams Do you need an online, collaborative workspace for your project or workgroup? Join us to explore effective, virtual workspaces for projects and workgroups. Microsoft Teams offer the flexibility to set up a workspace that suits your needs. In this training, you will learn how to: (1) Determine the best approach for your collaboration needs, (2) Create workspaces for your team to provide the best teamwork experience, and (3) Determine best practices in Microsoft Teams to enhance productivity. On-Demand Session Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 1:00pm PT Friday, May 7, 2021 at 1:00pm PT Leverage pro tips and tricks for Microsoft Teams Do you use Microsoft Teams on a regular basis and want to learn more? Are you looking for ways to increase your efficiency and productivity in Teams? Join us to discover ways to enhance communication and increase your efficiency and productivity within Teams. Learn how Teams can help organize your workday and make it easier to stay connected with colleagues. In this training, you will learn how to: (1) Leverage formatting best practices to help get your messages noticed and responded to, (2) Integrate tools and best practices to streamline and collaboration process, and (3) Implement strategies to manage and organize your work. On-Demand Session Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 1:00pm PT Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Building Microsoft Teams Integrations and Workflows Remote work requires smarter workflows. Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Building Microsoft Teams Integrations and Workflows shows you how the Microsoft Teams developer platform makes it easy to integrate your apps and services to improve productivity, make decisions faster and create collaboration around existing content and workflows. Join us to learn how to build apps for Teams and create integrated, people-centered solutions that can transform productivity in your organization, whether you’re on-site or working remotely. During this two-part training event, you will explore how to: (1) Build modern enterprise-grade collaboration solutions with Microsoft Teams, (2) Transform everyday business processes with Microsoft 365 platform integrations for Power Platform, SharePoint and Microsoft Office, and (3) Use the wealth of data in Microsoft Graph to extend Microsoft 365 experiences and build unique intelligent applications. Part 1: Wednesday, May 26, 2021 from 10:00am – 12:30pm PT Part 2: Thursday, May 27, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:45pm PT Security & Compliance Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Secure and Protect Your Organization When employees are confident in their ability to collaborate remotely and securely, they are free to achieve more without worry. Learn how to protect data, devices, and applications while simplifying IT and minimizing the impact on employees at Microsoft Security Virtual Training Day: Secure and Protect Your Organization. During this free two-part learning event and accompanying Q&A, you’ll form the foundations to safeguard your company’s digital footprint. During this training event, you will explore how to: (1) Craft identity synchronization, protection, and management, (2) Utilize security in Microsoft 365, and (3) Integrate cloud app security and device management plans. Part 1: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 from 10:00am – 12:45pm PT Part 2: Thursday, May 13, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:00pm PT Customer Immersion Experience: Protecting Assets and Empowering Your Defenders Today’s workforce can work from anywhere, on any device, and on any app. Security teams need to understand threat signals from disconnected products and optimize security with minimal complexity. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Safeguard users from malware attacks such as phishing and spoofing with Office 365, (2) Use the Windows Defender ecosystem to proactively monitor and protect your users, (3) Utilize Office 365 ATP to help protect users from bad links and attachments, and (4) Let machine learning and automation protect users from threats. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Thursday, May 13, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Thursday, June 10, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Thursday, June 10, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Protect Sensitive Information and Manage Data Risk As people increasingly shift to remote work, protecting your organization’s information and managing risk should be a top priority. Microsoft Security Virtual Training Day: Protect Sensitive Information and Manage Data Risk teaches you how to take advantage of Microsoft technologies that identify and remediate risks that arise from creating, storing, sharing, and using sensitive data. In addition, you’ll learn how to protect that data throughout its entire life cycle—on-premises and across devices, apps, and cloud services. During this two-part training event, you will explore how to: (1) Understand, identify, and protect your most sensitive data, (2) Identify and take action on insider risks and code-of-conduct violations, and (3) Utilize information protection and governance. Part 1: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:30pm PT Part 2: Thursday, May 20, 2021 from 10:00am - 12:30pm PT Customer Immersion Experience: Simplifying Your Privacy and Compliance Journey Your business needs to control how sensitive data is managed. Join us and explore how to assess your compliance risk, protect sensitive and business critical data, and respond efficiently to data discovery requests. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Simplify assessment of compliance risk, (2) Integrate protection and governance of data, and (3) Intelligently respond to data discovery requests. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Thursday, May 27, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Thursday, May 27, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Customer Immersion Experience: Protecting Your Sensitive Information Data needs to be protected wherever it’s stored and whenever it travels, and you need the tools to monitor policy violations and risky behavior. Join us to explore how to implement a comprehensive and integrated approach across devices, apps, cloud services, and on-premises. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Identify, monitor and automatically protect sensitive information across Office 365, (2) Help classify and protect documents and email, and (3) Use policies to enable BYOD scenarios by protecting data at the app level. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Thursday, June 3, 3021 from 9am – 11am PT Thursday, June 3, 2021 from 12pm – 2pm PT Customer Immersion Experience: Creating a Secure Online Meeting With the dramatic shift to remote work, we all continue to seek creative ways to stay connected and productive in our jobs. How do we recreate those meetings, calls, and large events that previously brought us together and helped us achieve our business goals? Do we have the right tools and devices to do so? And how do we do all of this while keeping security top of mind? These aren’t easy questions to answer. This one-hour session will give you the opportunity to test drive Microsoft Teams, Yammer, and Power BI in a live cloud environment. A facilitator will guide you as you create a virtual company-wide meeting and explore how to: (1) Build a communication and collaboration hub, (2) Engage employees through chat and polls, (3) Set up automated meeting captioning, translation, and transcripts, and (4) Use analytical tools to make sense of data, categorize it, and make it easier to visualize. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Tuesday, June 8, 2021 from 9am – 10am PT Tuesday, June 8, 2021 from 12pm – 1pm PT Customer Immersion Experience: Protecting Identity, Apps, Data and Devices Identity is at the center of security: don’t compromise when it comes to your company’s valuable information. Join us to explore how to use secure authentication, govern access, get comprehensive protection and set the right identity foundation. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Enable password protection, (2) Bring multi-factor authentication to your Windows 10 users, (3) Protect your users and data through Office 365 multi-factor authentication, and (4) Use conditional access to protect across devices, locations and apps. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Thursday, June 24, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Thursday, June 24, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Device Management Office Hours: Managing Windows 10 Devices & Updates To support your efforts to deliver and deploy updates to the Windows 10 devices being used by remote, onsite, and hybrid workers across your organization, and manage those devices effectively, we are continuing our series of weekly "office hours" for IT professionals here on Tech Community. During office hours, we will have a broad group of product experts, servicing experts, and engineers representing Windows, Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Microsoft Intune, Configuration Manager), security, FastTrack, and more. They will be monitoring the Windows 10 servicing space and standing by to provide guidance, discuss strategies and tactics, and, of course, answer any specific questions you may have. Office hours are text-based; there is no audio or virtual meeting component. To post a question, you just need to be a member of the Tech Community. Simply visit the Windows 10 servicing space and click Start a new conversation. At the start of office hours, we'll pin a post outlining the individuals on hand, and their areas of expertise. Can’t attend at the designated time? Again, no problem. Post a question in the Windows 10 servicing space up to 24 hours in advance and we'll make sure we review it during office hours. Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 9:00am PT Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 9:00am PT Getting Started with Windows Virtual Desktop Businesses are shifting to a desktop experience that empowers IT and enables employees to be more productive and secure, but not all employees sit in an office or always work from secure locations. With Windows Virtual Desktop, you can set up a scalable and flexible environment to unlock mobility, productivity and security. This new 2-hour session will give you the opportunity to get hands-on experience with Windows Virtual Desktop. During this session, you will explore how to: (1) Create your first Windows Virtual Desktop architecture, (2) Create images and assign them to users, (3) Operationalize the virtual desktop infrastructure with monitoring, scaling, and image management, and (4) Explore security best practices within Windows Virtual Desktop. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Monday, June 14, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Monday, June 14, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Blogs & Articles of Interest Public Sector Blog Website | RSS Feed Deploying M365 Learning Pathways in your GCC High Tenant - Microsoft Tech Community April 2021 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter - Microsoft Tech Community Teams Apps and Bots in GCC, Oh My! - Microsoft Tech Community Implications of Defending IT and OT for DoD and Defense Industrial Base Webinar - Microsoft Tech Community Featured Blog Roundup One year in: 7 urgent trends for leaders in the shift to hybrid work Get started with trials for Microsoft Viva Topics Best practices for migrating to SharePoint and OneDrive Block BCC Messages to Distribution Groups in Exchange Online Microsoft Teams Blog Website | RSS Feed Skype for Business Online retires July 31, 2021 – here’s what to expect - Microsoft Tech Community Office & Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Business Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft 365 Blog Website | RSS Feed Office 365 Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft Teams Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft SharePoint Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft OneDrive Blog Website | RSS Feed Excel Blog Website | RSS Feed Planner Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft Forms Blog Website | RSS Feed Outlook Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft Visio Blog Website | RSS Feed Workplace Analytics MyAnalytics Website | RSS Feed Yammer Blog Website | RSS Feed Azure Active Directory Identity Blog Website | RSS Feed Enterprise identity, mobility, and security Azure Active Directory Identity Blog Website | RSS Feed Azure Information Protection Blog Website | RSS Feed Core Infrastructure and Security Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft Azure and Development Azure Customer Advisory Team (CAT) Website | RSS Feed Student Developer Blog Website | RSS Feed Azure Data Explorer Website | RSS Feed Azure Dev Community Blog Website | RSS Feed Azure Status Monitoring Blog Website | RSS Feed Hardware Dev Center Website | RSS Feed Internet of Things Website | RSS Feed Premier Developer Blog Website | RSS Feed Windows, Operations, Management, and Deployment IT Operations Talk Blog Website | RSS Feed Windows Kernel Internals Website | RSS Feed Support and adoption Microsoft 365 Adoption Portal Driving Adoption Blog Website | RSS Feed IIS Support Blog Website | RSS Feed Intune Customer Success Website | RSS Feed Premier Field Engineering Blog Website | RSS Feed SharePoint Support Blog Website | RSS Feed SQL Server Support Blog Website | RSS Feed Tech Community Blog Website | RSS Feed Misc Channel 9 Website | RSS Feed Thanks for stopping by and reading our monthly resources. 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April 2021 Edition Sections: Highlighted Microsoft Teams - IT Admins & Planning Microsoft Teams - End Users & Champions Security & Compliance Device Management Blogs & Articles of Interest Highlighted Microsoft Ignite 2021 – Microsoft Ignite 2021 Didn't have a join the all-virtual Ignite 2021 in March? Catch up on event sessions, news, and other announcements, including government-specific sessions at Microsoft Ignite 2021 Government Sessions - Microsoft Tech Community Microsoft Federal Collaboration and Cybersecurity Summit - Microsoft Tech Community The Microsoft Federal Collaboration & Cybersecurity Summit is a FREE half-day virtual event designed to advance U.S. Federal agencies collaboration and cybersecurity initiatives. We are bringing together executives and leaders from the U.S. Federal agencies to deliver key insights, lessons learned, and practical guidance on a variety of topics, including advancing Cybersecurity in the Federal Government and breaking down silos to facilitate partnership with industry and academia. While the event is not open to the public, customers should have received a formal invite by the end-of-March. If you have any questions, please contact us at MSFTFedCollab@service.onmicrosoft.com. Power Up Microsoft 365 with the Power Platform [M365 Meetup for Government] - Microsoft Tech Community Microsoft 365's greatest business impact can be achieved using the Power Platform family of technologies. PowerApps, Power Automate, and PowerBI are a core part of the Microsoft 365 experience and empower both citizen developers and IT to meet the mission needs of the organization. In this session, we will focus on transforming enterprise IT service administration leveraging MS PowerApps, which allows for low level IT administration without risk of high level access and permissions. Sign up for the event here! Microsoft Teams – IT Admins & Planning Microsoft Teams: Plan your upgrade (Start here!) Discover everything you need to facilitate a successful upgrade to Teams. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: (1) Understand why a formal plan is crucial for upgrade success, (2) Identify the steps to the upgrade success framework, (3) Recognize common attributes of successful customers, and (4) Create and implement their own upgrade plan. The audience for this session is All (Business Sponsors, IT Admins, User Readiness/Change Manager, Project Lead). On-Demand Session Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 6:00am PT Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 10:00am PT Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 8:00am PT Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 10:00am PT Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 4:00pm PT Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 6:00am PT Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:00am PT Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 8:00am PT Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 10:00am PT Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 4:00pm PT Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 6:00am PT Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 10:00am PT Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 8:00am PT Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 10:00am PT Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 4:00pm PT Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 6:00am PT Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 10:00am PT Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 8:00am PT Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 10:00am PT Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 4:00pm PT Choosing the right tools for your Microsoft 365 migration When: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 9:00am PT | Moving to Microsoft 365? There are several tools and methods offered by Microsoft to help you through this journey. In this webinar we will demonstrate the various options available to enable you to successfully migrate your organizational data to Microsoft 365 so that you can empower your users for collaboration and productivity. The agenda is as follows: (1) Introduction, (2) Migration from file shares and SharePoint servers, (3) Migration from cloud providers, (4) Future investments, and (5) Conclusion and QA. Best practices for data migrations to Microsoft 365 When: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 9:00am PT | If you are evaluating , kicking off or in the process of moving your organizational data to Microsoft 365 here are some recommendations from the subject matter experts based on their learnings post managing large scale migrations for multiple organizations. Tune in to learn more about the best practices that will help you run an effective, speedy and seamless migration to OneDrive and SharePoint irrespective of the tools you choose to use. The agenda is as follows: (1) Introduction, (2) How to prepare data for migration, (3) How to plan and communicate about the migration, (4) How to run a successful migration, and (5) Conclusion and QA. Teams Chalk Talk: Get to Teams - Zero to Production Microsoft Teams can help your employees stay connected and collaborate with each other, especially in the current unprecedented time where remote work is a reality of employees around the world. Being able to chat, do video meetings and collaborate on Office documents within Teams can help companies stay productive. Whether you are a small business, a non-profit or a large organization, you can get started with Teams within Microsoft 365 or Office 365 suite - even before deploying any other Office app or service. Join Microsoft Teams experts as we review Teams implementation for collaboration, chat and meetings. We’ll share key configurations, considerations, best practices, and resources to get your users up and running quickly. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Recognize key success factors for technical and user readiness, (2) Identify pre-requisites and tenant setup for your environment, (3) Install the Teams clients appropriate for your organization, (4) Configure policies that enable your preferred user experiences, and (5) Leverage collaboration features to enhance remote work scenarios. On-Demand Session Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Enabling Remote Work with Microsoft Teams To be productive in a remote environment, your employees need to be able to safely collaborate from anywhere. Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Enabling Remote Work with Microsoft Teams helps you provide a remote workforce with the tools, resources and solutions they need to stay connected and productive. Join us to learn how to get the most out of Microsoft Teams online meetings, calling, video and chat, and empower your workforce to work from any location on any device. During this two-part training event, you will explore how to: (1) Enable your people to meet and collaborate from home, (2) Make productivity applications available on any device, and (3) Deliver the best remote user experience. Part 1: Wednesday, April 7, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:45pm PT Part 2: Thursday, April 8, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:30pm PT Teams Chalk Talk: So...you want to make calls with Microsoft Teams? Are you ready to add PSTN calling capabilities to Microsoft Teams? Join Microsoft Teams Engineering subject-matter-experts as they demystify the options for adding PSTN calling to Teams, provide you with best practices for configuring calling options and show you how to monitor call quality. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Understand the history of voice services in Microsoft products, (2) Identify what calling options in Microsoft Teams are right for you, (3) Configure your calling options in the Teams admin portal, and (4) Monitor and use call quality tools in Teams. On-Demand Session Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 9:00am PT Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 3:00pm PT Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 9:00am PT Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 9:00am PT Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 3:00pm PT Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 9:00am PT Teams Chalk Talk: Taking charge of AV quality experiences Are you looking to ensure users have optimal experiences with meetings and voice capabilities in Teams? During this session, we’ll discuss tools, reporting and best practices to help you manage service quality -- from establishing a proactive strategy to resolving common quality issues as they arise. We’ll build upon best practices from Teams experts and make it real with examples of common scenarios that may arise as your organization embraces meetings and voice capabilities in Teams. Join us for an expert-led workshop for guidance on key resources and actionable insights to manage audio and video quality with Microsoft Teams. Your users will thank you for it! After this session, you will be able to: (1) Define key service metrics and user experience factors for quality, (2) Recognize concepts and metrics in core tools and resources that help you assess usage and quality, (3) Identify key indicators of poor experience in common scenarios and relevant actions to address, and (4) Establish a proactive quality management strategy to ensure optimal user experience. On-Demand: Core Concepts On-Demand: Call Quality Dashboard Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 10:00am PT Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 6:00am PT Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 7:00am PT Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 10:00am PT Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 6:00am PT Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 7:00am PT Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 4:00pm PT Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 10:00am PT Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 6:00am PT Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 7:00am PT Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 10:00am PT Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 6:00am PT Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 7:00am PT Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 10:00am PT Teams Chalk Talk: Apps in Teams Fundamentals Join Microsoft Teams experts as we review how you can deploy commonly-used applications directly within Teams, enabling your users to work more efficiently and effectively by accessing everything they need in a single interface. This foundational workshop covers basic capabilities across app management and security. With over 400 out-of-the-box applications available (and growing), you're sure to find an app, or two, that your team can begin using today in Teams. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Identify suitable apps to meet the needs for your organization, (2) Recognize common attributes of successful app deployment, (3) Navigate security and compliance considerations for Teams’ apps, and (4) Determine the next steps to deploy an app to your environment. On-Demand Session Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 8:00am PT Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 4:00pm PT Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 6:00am PT Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 10:00am PT Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 8:00am PT Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 6:00am PT Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 10:00am PT Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 8:00am PT Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 4:00pm PT Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 6:00am PT Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 10:00am PT Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 8:00am PT Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 6:00am PT Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 10:00am PT Teams Chalk Talk: Supercharge key workflows with apps in Teams Join Microsoft Teams experts as we review high-value scenarios including incident management (help desk), employee engagement, and productivity that can be enhanced through simple integrations in Teams. We focus on popular enterprise applications your users may already be using every day. Come see how easy it is to connect your systems, increase automation, and deliver improved experiences by bringing the apps your organization relies on into Teams. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Understand common app integrations for Teams across multiple scenarios and user personas, and (2) Understand third-party apps available for key scenarios. Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 10:00am PT Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 6:00am PT Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 8:00am PT Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 10:00am PT Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 6:00am PT Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 8:00am PT Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 4:00pm PT Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 10:00am PT Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 6:00am PT Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 8:00am PT Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 10:00am PT Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 6:00am PT Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 8:00am PT Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 4:00pm PT Microsoft Teams – End User & Champions Get Started with Microsoft Teams Whether you are switching from Skype for Business or brand new, join us to learn the basics of how to use Teams to chat with your colleagues and collaborate on projects. Through a series of live demonstrations and best practices, you’ll leave this session with everything you need to start using Teams. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Set up your profile and notifications in Microsoft Teams, (2) Use chat and calling for 1:1 and group conversations, sharing and collaboration in Microsoft Teams, (3) Schedule and conduct meetings in Microsoft Teams, and (4) Align your team and teamwork in Microsoft Teams. On-Demand Session Leverage pro tips and tricks for Microsoft Teams Do you use Microsoft Teams on a regular basis and want to learn more? Are you looking for ways to increase your efficiency and productivity in Teams? Join us to discover ways to enhance communication and increase your efficiency and productivity within Teams. Learn how Teams can help organize your workday and make it easier to stay connected with colleagues. In this training, you will learn how to: (1) Leverage formatting best practices to help get your messages noticed and responded to, (2) Integrate tools and best practices to streamline and collaboration process, and (3) Implement strategies to manage and organize your work. On-Demand Session Monday, March 29, 2021 at 1:00pm PT Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at 1:00pm PT Customer Immersion Experience: Getting Started with Microsoft Teams Whether you are switching from Skype for Business or brand new, join us to learn the basics of how to use Teams to chat with your colleagues and collaborate on projects. Join us for this session and leave this with everything you need to start using Teams. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Set up your profile and notifications in Microsoft Teams, (2) Use chat and calling for 1:1 and group conversations, sharing and collaboration in Microsoft Teams, (3) Schedule and conduct meetings in Microsoft Teams, and (4) Align your team and teamwork in Microsoft Teams. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Wednesday, April 21, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Wednesday, April 21, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Build collaborative workspaces in Microsoft Teams Do you need an online, collaborative workspace for your project or workgroup? Join us to explore effective, virtual workspaces for projects and workgroups. Microsoft Teams offer the flexibility to set up a workspace that suits your needs. In this training, you will learn how to: (1) Determine the best approach for your collaboration needs, (2) Create workspaces for your team to provide the best teamwork experience, and (3) Determine best practices in Microsoft Teams to enhance productivity. On-Demand Session Monday, March 29, 2021 at 10:00am PT Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 9:00am PT Microsoft Teams: Master working from home Working from home offers the opportunity to maintain your workflow while allowing flexibility in how and where you get your work done. Shifting to a remote worker status can be an adjustment as you look for ways to balance home and work life, maintain focus and be fully productive. Microsoft Teams can help you stay connected to your team while providing access to all of the tools and resources you need to get your work done. Join us to learn tips that can help set you up for success as you transition into a 'work from home' scenario. During this session, we'll share: (1) Guidance for setting up your home environment for work, (2) Best practices for maintaining your workflow while working at home, (3) Tips for staying connected to your team while remote, and (4) Insights for effectively supporting a remote team. On-Demand Session Run Effective Meetings with Microsoft Teams Have you spent significant time and resources to prepare for a meeting and felt it wasn’t productive and not much was accomplished? Join us to learn how to make your meetings engaging, productive, and meaningful. Use Microsoft Teams for your entire meeting experience. In this training, you will learn how to: (1) Schedule and join meetings and initiate calls, (2) Use collaborative tools such as sharing, whiteboards, meeting notes, recording, and more, (3) Easily access important meetings and related content at any time, and (4) Assess which audio and video devices are best for your meeting needs. On-Demand Session Monday, March 29, 2021 at 12:00pm PT Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 6:00am PT Customer Immersion Experience: Running Effective Meetings with Microsoft Teams Whether you are switching from Skype for Business or brand new, join us to learn the basics of how to use Teams to chat with your colleagues and collaborate on projects. Join us for this session and leave this with everything you need to start using Teams. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Set up your profile and notifications in Microsoft Teams, (2) Use chat and calling for 1:1 and group conversations, sharing and collaboration in Microsoft Teams, (3) Schedule and conduct meetings in Microsoft Teams, and (4) Align your team and teamwork in Microsoft Teams. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Tuesday, April 20, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Tuesday, April 20, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Integrate apps to do more in Microsoft Teams Do you want to get more done in Teams? Receive targeted and timely updates? Access services directly through Teams? Apps let you complete tasks, receive updates and communicate. This session introduces you to the key activities needed to get started with adding applications, bots and connectors in Microsoft Teams today. Through a series of live demonstrations and best practices, you'll leave this session with everything you need to start using apps in Teams. After this session, you will be able to: (1) See how applications, bots and connectors can help you be more efficient while working in Teams, (2) Select an application, bot or connector for your workspace, (3) Install an application, bot or connector, and (4) Use an application, bot or connector in your workspace. On-Demand Session Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Building Microsoft Teams Integrations and Workflows Remote work requires smarter workflows. Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Building Microsoft Teams Integrations and Workflows shows you how the Microsoft Teams developer platform makes it easy to integrate your apps and services to improve productivity, make decisions faster and create collaboration around existing content and workflows. Join us to learn how to build apps for Teams and create integrated, people-centered solutions that can transform productivity in your organization, whether you’re on-site or working remotely. During this two-part training event, you will explore how to: (1) Build modern enterprise-grade collaboration solutions with Microsoft Teams, (2) Transform everyday business processes with Microsoft 365 platform integrations for Power Platform, SharePoint and Microsoft Office, and (3) Use the wealth of data in Microsoft Graph to extend Microsoft 365 experiences and build unique intelligent applications. Part 1: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 from 10:00am – 12:30pm PT Part 2: Thursday, April 15, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:45pm PT Security & Compliance Customer Immersion Experience: Protecting Identity, Apps, Data and Devices Identity is at the center of security: don’t compromise when it comes to your company’s valuable information. Join us to explore how to use secure authentication, govern access, get comprehensive protection and set the right identity foundation. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Enable password protection, (2) Bring multi-factor authentication to your Windows 10 users, (3) Protect your users and data through Office 365 multi-factor authentication, and (4) Use conditional access to protect across devices, locations and apps. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Thursday, April 29, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Thursday, April 29, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Customer Immersion Experience: Simplifying Your Privacy and Compliance Journey Your business needs to control how sensitive data is managed. Join us and explore how to assess your compliance risk, protect sensitive and business critical data, and respond efficiently to data discovery requests. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Simplify assessment of compliance risk, (2) Integrate protection and governance of data, and (3) Intelligently respond to data discovery requests. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Thursday, April 8, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Thursday, April 8, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Customer Immersion Experience: Creating a Secure Online Meeting With the dramatic shift to remote work, we all continue to seek creative ways to stay connected and productive in our jobs. How do we recreate those meetings, calls, and large events that previously brought us together and helped us achieve our business goals? Do we have the right tools and devices to do so? And how do we do all of this while keeping security top of mind? These aren’t easy questions to answer. This one-hour session will give you the opportunity to test drive Microsoft Teams, Yammer, and Power BI in a live cloud environment. A facilitator will guide you as you create a virtual company-wide meeting and explore how to: (1) Build a communication and collaboration hub, (2) Engage employees through chat and polls, (3) Set up automated meeting captioning, translation, and transcripts, and (4) Use analytical tools to make sense of data, categorize it, and make it easier to visualize. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Tuesday, April 13, 2021 from 12pm – 1pm PT Customer Immersion Experience: Protecting Your Sensitive Information Data needs to be protected wherever it’s stored and whenever it travels, and you need the tools to monitor policy violations and risky behavior. Join us to explore how to implement a comprehensive and integrated approach across devices, apps, cloud services, and on-premises. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Identify, monitor and automatically protect sensitive information across Office 365, (2) Help classify and protect documents and email, and (3) Use policies to enable BYOD scenarios by protecting data at the app level. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Thursday, April 15, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Thursday, April 15, 2021 from 12pm – 2pm PT Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Secure and Protect Your Organization When employees are confident in their ability to collaborate remotely and securely, they are free to achieve more without worry. Learn how to protect data, devices, and applications while simplifying IT and minimizing the impact on employees at Microsoft Security Virtual Training Day: Secure and Protect Your Organization. During this free two-part learning event and accompanying Q&A, you’ll form the foundations to safeguard your company’s digital footprint. During this training event, you will explore how to: (1) Craft identity synchronization, protection, and management, (2) Utilize security in Microsoft 365, and (3) Integrate cloud app security and device management plans. Part 1: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 from 10:00am – 12:45pm PT Part 2: Thursday, April 22, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:00pm PT Customer Immersion Experience: Protecting Assets and Empowering Your Defenders Today’s workforce can work from anywhere, on any device, and on any app. Security teams need to understand threat signals from disconnected products and optimize security with minimal complexity. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Safeguard users from malware attacks such as phishing and spoofing with Office 365, (2) Use the Windows Defender ecosystem to proactively monitor and protect your users, (3) Utilize Office 365 ATP to help protect users from bad links and attachments, and (4) Let machine learning and automation protect users from threats. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Thursday, April 22, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Thursday, April 22, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Protect Sensitive Information and Manage Data Risk As people increasingly shift to remote work, protecting your organization’s information and managing risk should be a top priority. Microsoft Security Virtual Training Day: Protect Sensitive Information and Manage Data Risk teaches you how to take advantage of Microsoft technologies that identify and remediate risks that arise from creating, storing, sharing, and using sensitive data. In addition, you’ll learn how to protect that data throughout its entire life cycle—on-premises and across devices, apps, and cloud services. During this two-part training event, you will explore how to: (1) Understand, identify, and protect your most sensitive data, (2) Identify and take action on insider risks and code-of-conduct violations, and (3) Utilize information protection and governance. Part 1: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:30pm PT Part 2: Thursday, April 29, 2021 from 10:00am - 12:30pm PT Device Management Office Hours: Managing Windows 10 Devices & Updates To support your efforts to deliver and deploy updates to the Windows 10 devices being used by remote, onsite, and hybrid workers across your organization, and manage those devices effectively, we are continuing our series of weekly "office hours" for IT professionals here on Tech Community. During office hours, we will have a broad group of product experts, servicing experts, and engineers representing Windows, Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Microsoft Intune, Configuration Manager), security, FastTrack, and more. They will be monitoring the Windows 10 servicing space and standing by to provide guidance, discuss strategies and tactics, and, of course, answer any specific questions you may have. Office hours are text-based; there is no audio or virtual meeting component. To post a question, you just need to be a member of the Tech Community. Simply visit the Windows 10 servicing space and click Start a new conversation. At the start of office hours, we'll pin a post outlining the individuals on hand, and their areas of expertise. Can’t attend at the designated time? Again, no problem. Post a question in the Windows 10 servicing space up to 24 hours in advance and we'll make sure we review it during office hours. Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 9am PT Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 9am PT Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 9am PT Getting Started with Windows Virtual Desktop Businesses are shifting to a desktop experience that empowers IT and enables employees to be more productive and secure, but not all employees sit in an office or always work from secure locations. With Windows Virtual Desktop, you can set up a scalable and flexible environment to unlock mobility, productivity and security. This new 2-hour session will give you the opportunity to get hands-on experience with Windows Virtual Desktop. During this session, you will explore how to: (1) Create your first Windows Virtual Desktop architecture, (2) Create images and assign them to users, (3) Operationalize the virtual desktop infrastructure with monitoring, scaling, and image management, and (4) Explore security best practices within Windows Virtual Desktop. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Monday, April 26, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Monday, April 26, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Blogs & Articles of Interest Public Sector Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft Teams in Microsoft 365 GCC High - Overview and Strategic Direction March 2021 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter - Microsoft Tech Community Using SharePoint Look Book in your GCC High Tenant (New PNP) - Microsoft Tech Community Microsoft Intune in GCC and GCC High Overview + CMMC Applications - Microsoft Tech Community Featured Blog Roundup One year in: 7 urgent trends for leaders in the shift to hybrid work Get started with trials for Microsoft Viva Topics Best practices for migrating to SharePoint and OneDrive Block BCC Messages to Distribution Groups in Exchange Online Microsoft Teams Blog Website | RSS Feed What's New in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Ignite 2021 - Microsoft Tech Community Microsoft Ignite wrap-up on Inside Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Tech Community New inclusive features in Microsoft Teams and more | Ignite 2021 Edition - Microsoft Tech Community Live transcription with speaker attribution now available in Teams meetings for English (US) Office & Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Business Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft 365 Blog Website | RSS Feed Office 365 Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft Teams Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft SharePoint Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft OneDrive Blog Website | RSS Feed Excel Blog Website | RSS Feed Planner Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft Forms Blog Website | RSS Feed Outlook Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft Visio Blog Website | RSS Feed Workplace Analytics MyAnalytics Website | RSS Feed Yammer Blog Website | RSS Feed Azure Active Directory Identity Blog Website | RSS Feed Enterprise identity, mobility, and security Azure Active Directory Identity Blog Website | RSS Feed Azure Information Protection Blog Website | RSS Feed Core Infrastructure and Security Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft Azure and Development Azure Customer Advisory Team (CAT) Website | RSS Feed Student Developer Blog Website | RSS Feed Azure Data Explorer Website | RSS Feed Azure Dev Community Blog Website | RSS Feed Azure Status Monitoring Blog Website | RSS Feed Hardware Dev Center Website | RSS Feed Internet of Things Website | RSS Feed Premier Developer Blog Website | RSS Feed Windows, Operations, Management, and Deployment IT Operations Talk Blog Website | RSS Feed Windows Kernel Internals Website | RSS Feed Support and adoption NEW Microsoft 365 Adoption Portal Driving Adoption Blog Website | RSS Feed IIS Support Blog Website | RSS Feed Intune Customer Success Website | RSS Feed Premier Field Engineering Blog Website | RSS Feed SharePoint Support Blog Website | RSS Feed SQL Server Support Blog Website | RSS Feed Tech Community Blog Website | RSS Feed Misc Channel 9 Website | RSS Feed Thanks for stopping by and reading our monthly resources. 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March 2021 Edition Sections: Highlighted Microsoft Teams - IT Admins & Planning Microsoft Teams - End Users & Champions Security & Compliance Device Management Ignite 2021 Blogs & Articles of Interest Highlighted This month we highlight our annual Ignite conference, along with some new Teams-focused events. Microsoft Ignite - March 2021 When: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 – Thursday, March 4, 2021 | Join our digital experience on March 2–4, 2021 to learn, connect, and explore new tech that’s ready to implement. All skill levels welcome. Save the date! Registration is now open. Your Guide to Microsoft Teams @ Spring Microsoft Ignite 2021 Ask Microsoft Anything (AMA): Microsoft Teams Virtual Events When: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 9:00am PT | We are very excited to announce a Microsoft Teams 'Ask Microsoft Anything' (AMA) for Virtual Events in Microsoft Teams! The AMA will take place on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. PT in the Microsoft Teams AMA Space. An AMA is a live online event similar to a "YamJam" on Yammer or an "Ask Me Anything" on Reddit. This AMA gives you the opportunity to connect with members of the product engineering team who will be on hand to answer your questions and listen to feedback. Be sure to add the event to your calendar! Microsoft Teams Summit: March 2021 | Online Event In 2020, remote and hybrid working became the new normal. Through Microsoft Teams, we came together; connecting, collaborating – and keeping our teams productive, creative and secure. Microsoft is hosting a three-day digital event, The Microsoft Teams Summit, commencing the week of March 22, 2021. It’s an event you won’t want to miss. You’ll hear from experts on how Teams can supercharge the way you and your organization work and discover best practices from customers who’re using Teams to achieve amazing successes. To make sure you’re getting information tailored to your needs, each of the three days will be dedicated to a different group of Teams users: Business leaders, IT professionals, and our everyday users.. So, however you’re using Teams, join us to discover new ways to enhance your skills, and bring your teams closer together to achieve more. Day 1: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 12:00am PT - Unlock Teamwork | Business Leaders Day 2: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 12:00am PT - Connect and Protect the Workforce | IT Professionals Day 3: Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 12:00am PT - Simplify Your Workday | Teams Users Microsoft Teams – IT Admins & Planning Microsoft Teams: Plan your upgrade (Start here!) Discover everything you need to facilitate a successful upgrade to Teams. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: (1) Understand why a formal plan is crucial for upgrade success, (2) Identify the steps to the upgrade success framework, (3) Recognize common attributes of successful customers, and (4) Create and implement their own upgrade plan. The audience for this session is All (Business Sponsors, IT Admins, User Readiness/Change Manager, Project Lead). On-Demand Session Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Enabling Remote Work with Microsoft Teams To be productive in a remote environment, your employees need to be able to safely collaborate from anywhere. Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Enabling Remote Work with Microsoft Teams helps you provide a remote workforce with the tools, resources and solutions they need to stay connected and productive. Join us to learn how to get the most out of Microsoft Teams online meetings, calling, video and chat, and empower your workforce to work from any location on any device. During this two-part training event, you will explore how to: (1) Enable your people to meet and collaborate from home, (2) Make productivity applications available on any device, and (3) Deliver the best remote user experience. Part 1: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:45pm PT Part 2: Thursday, March 4, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:45pm PT Teams Chalk Talk: Get to Teams - Zero to Production Microsoft Teams can help your employees stay connected and collaborate with each other, especially in the current unprecedented time where remote work is a reality of employees around the world. Being able to chat, do video meetings and collaborate on Office documents within Teams can help companies stay productive. Whether you are a small business, a non-profit or a large organization, you can get started with Teams within Microsoft 365 or Office 365 suite - even before deploying any other Office app or service. Join Microsoft Teams experts as we review Teams implementation for collaboration, chat and meetings. We’ll share key configurations, considerations, best practices, and resources to get your users up and running quickly. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Recognize key success factors for technical and user readiness, (2) Identify pre-requisites and tenant setup for your environment, (3) Install the Teams clients appropriate for your organization, (4) Configure policies that enable your preferred user experiences, and (5) Leverage collaboration features to enhance remote work scenarios. On-Demand Session Teams Chalk Talk: Apps in Teams Fundamentals Join Microsoft Teams experts as we review how you can deploy commonly-used applications directly within Teams, enabling your users to work more efficiently and effectively by accessing everything they need in a single interface. This foundational workshop covers basic capabilities across app management and security. With over 400 out-of-the-box applications available (and growing), you're sure to find an app, or two, that your team can begin using today in Teams. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Identify suitable apps to meet the needs for your organization, (2) Recognize common attributes of successful app deployment, (3) Navigate security and compliance considerations for Teams’ apps, and (4) Determine the next steps to deploy an app to your environment. On-Demand Session Teams Chalk Talk: Taking charge of AV quality experiences Are you looking to ensure users have optimal experiences with meetings and voice capabilities in Teams? During this session, we’ll discuss tools, reporting and best practices to help you manage service quality -- from establishing a proactive strategy to resolving common quality issues as they arise. We’ll build upon best practices from Teams experts and make it real with examples of common scenarios that may arise as your organization embraces meetings and voice capabilities in Teams. Join us for an expert-led workshop for guidance on key resources and actionable insights to manage audio and video quality with Microsoft Teams. Your users will thank you for it! After this session, you will be able to: (1) Define key service metrics and user experience factors for quality, (2) Recognize concepts and metrics in core tools and resources that help you assess usage and quality, (3) Identify key indicators of poor experience in common scenarios and relevant actions to address, and (4) Establish a proactive quality management strategy to ensure optimal user experience. On-Demand: Core Concepts On-Demand: Call Quality Dashboard Teams Chalk Talk: So...you want to make calls with Microsoft Teams? Are you ready to add PSTN calling capabilities to Microsoft Teams? Join Microsoft Teams Engineering subject-matter-experts as they demystify the options for adding PSTN calling to Teams, provide you with best practices for configuring calling options and show you how to monitor call quality. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Understand the history of voice services in Microsoft products, (2) Identify what calling options in Microsoft Teams are right for you, (3) Configure your calling options in the Teams admin portal, and (4) Monitor and use call quality tools in Teams. On-Demand Session Microsoft Teams – End User & Champions Get Started with Microsoft Teams Whether you are switching from Skype for Business or brand new, join us to learn the basics of how to use Teams to chat with your colleagues and collaborate on projects. Through a series of live demonstrations and best practices, you’ll leave this session with everything you need to start using Teams. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Set up your profile and notifications in Microsoft Teams, (2) Use chat and calling for 1:1 and group conversations, sharing and collaboration in Microsoft Teams, (3) Schedule and conduct meetings in Microsoft Teams, and (4) Align your team and teamwork in Microsoft Teams. On-Demand Session Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 8am PT Customer Immersion Experience: Getting Started with Microsoft Teams Whether you are switching from Skype for Business or brand new, join us to learn the basics of how to use Teams to chat with your colleagues and collaborate on projects. Join us for this session and leave this with everything you need to start using Teams. During this 2-hour interactive session, you will explore how to: (1) Set up your profile and notifications in Microsoft Teams, (2) Use chat and calling for 1:1 and group conversations, sharing and collaboration in Microsoft Teams, (3) Schedule and conduct meetings in Microsoft Teams, and (4) Align your team and teamwork in Microsoft Teams. Each session is limited to 15 participants, reserve your seat now. Wednesday, March 17, 2021 from 9am – 11am PT Wednesday, March 17, 2021 from 12pm - 2pm PT Microsoft Teams: Master working from home Working from home offers the opportunity to maintain your workflow while allowing flexibility in how and where you get your work done. Shifting to a remote worker status can be an adjustment as you look for ways to balance home and work life, maintain focus and be fully productive. Microsoft Teams can help you stay connected to your team while providing access to all of the tools and resources you need to get your work done. Join us to learn tips that can help set you up for success as you transition into a 'work from home' scenario. During this session, we'll share: (1) Guidance for setting up your home environment for work, (2) Best practices for maintaining your workflow while working at home, (3) Tips for staying connected to your team while remote, and (4) Insights for effectively supporting a remote team. On-Demand Session Go Deeper with Microsoft Teams: Leverage pro tips and tricks for Microsoft Teams Designed for those who are already familiar with Microsoft Teams, our 'Go Deeper' sessions offer insights and best practices. Learn how Teams can help organize your workday and make it easier to stay connected with colleagues. Learn tips and tricks for managing and organizing work and communications in Teams. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Leverage formatting best practices to help get your messages noticed (and responded to), (2) Easily find files, chats and projects, (3) Implement strategies to manage and organize your work, and (4) Simplify your workday. On-Demand Session Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 8am PT Go Deeper with Microsoft Teams: Build collaborative workspaces in Microsoft Teams Designed for those who are already familiar with Microsoft Teams, our 'Go Deeper' sessions offer insights and best practices. Learn how Teams can help organize your workday and make it easier to stay connected with colleagues. Explore ways to determine the best approach for creating workspaces for projects and workgroups. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Determine the best approach for your collaboration needs (chat versus teams & channels), (2) Create workspaces for your team to provide the best teamwork experience, and (3) Determine best practices in Microsoft Teams to enhance productivity. On-Demand Session Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 10am PT Run Effective Meetings with Microsoft Teams Have you spent significant time and resources to prepare for a meeting and still felt it wasn't productive? Have you attended a meeting only to leave feeling like not much was accomplished? Join this class to learn how to make your meetings engaging, productive and effective. Microsoft Teams can help make your meetings worth showing up for. After this session, you will be able to: (1) Use Teams for your entire meeting experience, (2) Record your meeting, making it easy for those who couldn't attend to get caught up, (3) Keep important meetings at your fingertips by pinning them for easy access, and (4) Assess which audio and video devices are best for your meeting needs. On-Demand Session Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 8am PT Integrate apps to do more in Microsoft Teams Do you want to get more done in Teams? Receive targeted and timely updates? Access services directly through Teams? Apps let you complete tasks, receive updates and communicate. This session introduces you to the key activities needed to get started with adding applications, bots and connectors in Microsoft Teams today. Through a series of live demonstrations and best practices, you'll leave this session with everything you need to start using apps in Teams. After this session, you will be able to: (1) See how applications, bots and connectors can help you be more efficient while working in Teams, (2) Select an application, bot or connector for your workspace, (3) Install an application, bot or connector, and (4) Use an application, bot or connector in your workspace. On-Demand Session Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Building Microsoft Teams Integrations and Workflows Remote work requires smarter workflows. Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Building Microsoft Teams Integrations and Workflows shows you how the Microsoft Teams developer platform makes it easy to integrate your apps and services to improve productivity, make decisions faster and create collaboration around existing content and workflows. Join us to learn how to build apps for Teams and create integrated, people-centered solutions that can transform productivity in your organization, whether you’re on-site or working remotely. During this two-part training event, you will explore how to: (1) Build modern enterprise-grade collaboration solutions with Microsoft Teams, (2) Transform everyday business processes with Microsoft 365 platform integrations for Power Platform, SharePoint and Microsoft Office, and (3) Use the wealth of data in Microsoft Graph to extend Microsoft 365 experiences and build unique intelligent applications. Part 1: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 from 10:00am - 12:00pm PT Part 2: Thursday, March 25, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:45pm PT Security & Compliance Microsoft 365 Virtual Training Day: Secure and Protect Your Organization When employees are confident in their ability to collaborate remotely and securely, they are free to achieve more without worry. Learn how to protect data, devices, and applications while simplifying IT and minimizing the impact on employees at Microsoft Security Virtual Training Day: Secure and Protect Your Organization. During this free two-part learning event and accompanying Q&A, you’ll form the foundations to safeguard your company’s digital footprint. During this training event, you will explore how to: (1) Craft identity synchronization, protection, and management, (2) Utilize security in Microsoft 365, and (3) Integrate cloud app security and device management plans. Part 1: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 from 10:00am – 12:45pm PT Part 2: Thursday, March 18, 2021 from 10:00am – 1:00pm PT Part 1: Thursday, March 25, 2021 from 10:00am – 12:45pm PT Part 2: Friday, March 26, 2021 from 10:00am - 1:00pm PT Microsoft Ignite 2021 Tech Community Blog for Security, Compliance, and Identity We are so excited to have you virtually joining us either live or catching the event on-demand. Our product and engineering teams have been working hard over the past six months to bring you the latest product news and announcements that will be shared during the event. Below is a comprehensive list of all sessions and opportunities to engage with Microsoft experts. There is a lot to explore during Microsoft Ignite, so we hope you take some time to watch, participate and learn! Device Management Office Hours: Managing Windows 10 Devices & Updates To support your efforts to deliver and deploy updates to the Windows 10 devices being used by remote, onsite, and hybrid workers across your organization, and manage those devices effectively, we are continuing our series of weekly "office hours" for IT professionals here on Tech Community. During office hours, we will have a broad group of product experts, servicing experts, and engineers representing Windows, Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Microsoft Intune, Configuration Manager), security, FastTrack, and more. They will be monitoring the Windows 10 servicing space and standing by to provide guidance, discuss strategies and tactics, and, of course, answer any specific questions you may have. Office hours are text-based; there is no audio or virtual meeting component. To post a question, you just need to be a member of the Tech Community. Simply visit the Windows 10 servicing space and click Start a new conversation. At the start of office hours, we'll pin a post outlining the individuals on hand, and their areas of expertise. Can’t attend at the designated time? Again, no problem. Post a question in the Windows 10 servicing space up to 24 hours in advance and we'll make sure we review it during office hours. Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 9am PT Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 9am PT Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 9am PT Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 9am PT Ignite 2021 Microsoft Ignite - March 2021 When: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 – Thursday, March 4, 2021 | Join our digital experience on March 2–4, 2021 to learn, connect, and explore new tech that’s ready to implement. All skill levels welcome. Save the date! Registration is now open. Your Guide to Microsoft Teams @ Spring Microsoft Ignite 2021 Microsoft Spring Ignite is just around the corner and we’d like to share a preview of what you’ll see from Microsoft Teams at this event. This spring we will be focused on external collaboration, meetings, and digital events and webinars. We’ve created sessions that span the breadth of Teams to give you a view into our product capabilities, answer your questions, and provide insights into how your organization can create an even better hybrid workplace with Microsoft Teams. Related: Fostering Team Building and Employee Connections The Adoption Hub: This MS Teams app just got itself some upgrades...(do you have the latest?) Task Publishing – Champion Scenarios and Walk Through Manage meeting space availability with Microsoft Teams Panels Microsoft Teams meets pedagogy with FeedbackFruits Guide to Microsoft 365 Apps deployment and servicing at Microsoft Ignite In May 2020, we discussed how to modernize servicing by introducing a new Monthly Enterprise Channel, and in September, we introduced new cloud-based admin capabilities to help IT admins service Microsoft 365 Apps for their organizations. This time at Ignite, we’re bringing you more! Learn what’s new and ask our Microsoft 365 Apps deployment experts any questions you have during one of our Office Hours Q&A sessions, or head over to the Microsoft 365 Apps discussion space and post your question there. Be sure to also check out the on-demand sessions, blogs, and Microsoft Docs articles below to learn more. | Related: Windows & Devices at Microsoft Ignite 2021: March edition Microsoft Ignite 2021 Tech Community Blog for Security, Compliance, and Identity We are so excited to have you virtually joining us either live or catching the event on-demand. Our product and engineering teams have been working hard over the past six months to bring you the latest product news and announcements that will be shared during the event. Below is a comprehensive list of all sessions and opportunities to engage with Microsoft experts. There is a lot to explore during Microsoft Ignite, so we hope you take some time to watch, participate and learn! Blogs & Articles of Interest Public Sector Blog Website | RSS Feed You Own M365, Now What? [M365 Meetup for Government] Microsoft Teams Meetings for Government video series available now Understanding Compliance Between Commercial, Government and DoD Offerings - February 2021 Update February 2021 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter Microsoft Teams Blog Website | RSS Feed What's New in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Ignite 2021 Your Guide to Microsoft Teams @ Microsoft Ignite Spring 2021 Skype for Business Online retires in six months – what you need to know Office & Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Business Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft 365 Blog Website | RSS Feed Office 365 Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft Teams Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft SharePoint Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft OneDrive Blog Website | RSS Feed Better together: Accomplish more during your day with Teams + OneDrive Excel Blog Website | RSS Feed Planner Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft Forms Blog Website | RSS Feed Outlook Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft Visio Blog Website | RSS Feed Workplace Analytics MyAnalytics Website | RSS Feed Yammer Blog Website | RSS Feed Azure Active Directory Identity Blog Website | RSS Feed Enterprise identity, mobility, and security Azure Active Directory Identity Blog Website | RSS Feed Azure Information Protection Blog Website | RSS Feed Core Infrastructure and Security Blog Website | RSS Feed Microsoft Azure and Development Azure Customer Advisory Team (CAT) Website | RSS Feed Student Developer Blog Website | RSS Feed Azure Data Explorer Website | RSS Feed Azure Dev Community Blog Website | RSS Feed Azure Status Monitoring Blog Website | RSS Feed Hardware Dev Center Website | RSS Feed Internet of Things Website | RSS Feed Premier Developer Blog Website | RSS Feed Windows, Operations, Management, and Deployment IT Operations Talk Blog Website | RSS Feed Windows Kernel Internals Website | RSS Feed Support and adoption NEW Microsoft 365 Adoption Portal Driving Adoption Blog Website | RSS Feed IIS Support Blog Website | RSS Feed Intune Customer Success Website | RSS Feed Premier Field Engineering Blog Website | RSS Feed SharePoint Support Blog Website | RSS Feed SQL Server Support Blog Website | RSS Feed Tech Community Blog Website | RSS Feed Misc Channel 9 Website | RSS Feed Thanks for stopping by and reading our monthly resources. 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