Office 365 - SharePoint - OneDrive - Technology
I will be keeping track of all of the announcements that I can keep up with around SharePoint, OneDrive, and the Office 365 collaboration space at Microsoft Ignite next week using Sway. Since I am using Sway you will be seeing my updates live as I type and publish them. That means this will be an evergreen Sway and hopefully a 1 stop shop for anyone looking to catch up on all the great news coming out of Ignite.
One of the biggest Microsoft events is just around the corner down in Orlando, Florida. Microsoft Ignite is the conglomerate of smaller technology specific events like the SharePoint Conference and TechEd. It is the yearly gathering for IT professionals and really anyone working with Microsoft to learn about the new modern solutions that are being released and what is next. It also is one of the best times to network and consult with other experts from around the world. Hopefully through keynote, breakout, and community sessions you will learn where you should be concentrating your learning efforts moving forward.
Personally I have been lucky to attend both of previous Microsoft Ignites (2015 & 2016) along with previous Microsoft SharePoint Conferences. This year I am honored to be selected to speak at Ignite 2017. This will be my first time speaking at either Ignite or a previous SPC.
I am hoping during my session I can speak to a lot of the great things that Microsoft already has out there in the OneDrive & SharePoint space and real-world scenarios of how they are best used together. I work with a lot of clients in Office 365 across a lot of industries and of all sizes. I have seen a lot of successful Office 365 collaboration implementations and some that I know could be better. I will be be going through such things as how and when you should be using OneDrive vs SharePoint along with common scenarios of when to use each. By the end I hope to shed some light on things that you can take home with you to help ensure the best Office 365 adoption you can get while utilizing the appropriate solutions.
As I am writing this the week before Ignite, I am already past 475 registered attendees for this session and can’t wait to see where we go from there. I also can’t wait to get down to Orlando and see some familiar faces and hopefully make some new friends whether at the event or at the always fun after parties. If you see my walking around or sitting aimlessly by myself come on over and let’s chat! See everyone soon!
Thanks to SPTechCon and all the folks that attended my sessions last week in San Francisco.
This was my first time in San Francisco and it was a great time to see some familiar faces, meet some new friends, and explore a very cool city. I did 2 sessions and I thought both turned out great.
Here are the session abstracts and link to the slides and any other supporting content.
Are you a newly minted site owner and you want to know how to get started? Or did your company just roll out SharePoint and you want to learn more about what it can do?
In this session, I will walk through what Power Users need to know when they become site administrators, champions, ninjas, or owners. I will be going through things at an overview level. I will go into detail on some areas in which I have seen the biggest gaps while working with different companies. This session will go through such things as:
· Managing security
· Managing libraries and lists
· Managing search
· What are the features available and what do they do?
· Building a useful site with pages, views and web parts
Office 365 Groups enable teams to work together by establishing a single identity in Office 365. Office 365 Groups are a new and modern solution for collaboration in Office 365. There is a lot of confusion on what Groups can do and should be used for. This session will be a deep dive into all things Office 365 Groups focusing on the technical aspects..
We will spend a large amount of this session demoing Office 365 Groups. This session will include demos of:
I will also walk through the pros and cons of using Groups vs other collaboration options in Office 365. Groups are also one of the fastest changing solutions in Office 365, so this session will bring everyone up to speed on the most recent updates that Microsoft has rolled out and what innovations are next. By the end of the session you should have a better understanding of what Groups can do and if they are right for your enterprise right now or in the future!
And here’s a fun picture of some crabs that I took.
I put together a Microsoft Sway through my Concurrency tenant that wraps up all of the announcements and my thoughts from the collaboration space at Ignite 2016. This includes info on everything I was able to attend and intake while here in Atlanta. I used Microsoft Sway so I could continuously update the Sway throughout the conference and after the conference for future review. My changes are made in real-time and it’s super easy to update.
I was lucky enough to be selected to speak at a few more upcoming events this year! Both events I will be speaking about Office 365 Groups.
Office 365 Groups enable teams to work together by establishing a single identity in Office 365. Office 365 Groups are a new and modern solution for collaboration in Office 365. There is a lot of confusion on what Groups can do and should be used for. This session will be a deep dive into all things Office 365 Groups focusing on the technical aspects.
We will spend a large amount of this session demoing Office 365 Groups. This session will include demos of:
I will also walk through the pros and cons of using Groups vs other collaboration options in Office 365. Groups are also one of the fastest changing solutions in Office 365, so this session will bring everyone up to speed on the most recent updates that Microsoft has rolled out and what innovations are next. By the end of the session you should have a better understanding of what Groups can do and if they are right for your enterprise right now or in the future!
The events ran by the Collab365 team (Collaboris) have evolved into must-attend events. These are fully online events so you can join from anywhere! They are now running 3 events that span a global audience. The best part about these events is that they are FREE to all. That’s right, you can get all of this amazing SharePoint and Office 365 content for free. These events continue to grow and the community for Collab365 has over 38,000 members now. I have spoken at these events before and really look forward to this one.
SharePoint Engage is ran by the SharePoint Institue which is an organization dedicated to the advancement of professoinals through real-world SharePoint certificaiton. The SharePoint Institute’s goal is to provide a standard for SharePoint professionals to gauge their knowledge and distinguish their SharePoint expertise from others. This will be my first SP Engage event and I am very excited to join a great collection of speakers down in Raleigh. If you are able to make it and see me wandering around make sure to come on over and say hello! I really enjoy speaking at conferences like this os I can get to know all the great people in our community and learn more about what other people are doing with SharePoint and Office 365.