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Skill up on Modern Work: Quarterly Recap

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Apr 24, 2024

Welcome to our quarterly blog series designed to help you skill up on Modern Work technologies. Your go-to source for the latest Updates, resources, and opportunities in Modern Work technical skilling. 

 

1. Start your Copilot Journey:

 

Copilot is your everyday AI companion, bringing the power of generative AI to everyone across work and life. Visit the Copilot Lab today to start your Copilot Journey. 

Accelerate your AI journey further with our Copilot Success Kit! Our Copilot Success Kit, Scenario Library, implementation framework, and “how-to resources” designed to streamline and accelerate your time to value with Copilot for Microsoft 365 skills - Copilot Success Kit with the new Implementation Overview, Business User Enablement Guide, Copilot Scenario Library, and Adoption Playbook 

Optimizing searchAs you roll out Copilot for Microsoft 365 broadly, it’s important to have the right data access and governance controls in place, and implementing those controls can take time. Restricted SharePoint Search is a new option which enables you to define a list of up to 100 allowed sites as you work through long-term controls to right-size access management.

 

2. Take the latest courses on Learn.Microsoft.com:

 

Enhance your Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 skills: MS-4004 - Empower your workforce with Copilot for Microsoft 365 Use Cases  

Discover ways to craft effective and contextual prompts for Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365: MS-4005 - Craft effective prompts for Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 

Learn about Copilot for Microsoft 365 design for administrators with a focus on security: Course MS-4006 - Copilot for Microsoft 365 for Administrators 

Learn how to drive adoption of Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 using the user enablement framework to create and implement a robust adoption plan - Discover how to successfully drive adoption of Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 in your organization 

Don’t miss out on the newest skilling resources for Azure - Microsoft Community HubLearn how to elevate your enterprise with seamless cloud migration and modernization; accelerate innovation by boosting developer efficiency in the cloud; power business decisions with cloud scale analytics; and optimize your Azure workloads to achieve cost efficiency and performance. 

 

3. Get the latest technical updates on Microsoft Mechanics:

 

Want to deploy Copilot for Microsoft 365 fast? 3 Quick Steps to Deploy Copilot for Microsoft 365 at Scale demonstrates the new Restricted SharePoint Search and a pro tip for assigning Copilot services with Microsoft Entra, as well as Microsoft Copilot Dashboard to granularly monitor readiness and usage. 

See the latest generation of AI PCs for business, with the latest Intel processors, integrated NPUs, and Microsoft Copilot key - Introducing Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6.  

Learn about the differences between Copilot, Copilot Pro, and Copilot for Microsoft 365 experiences for personal and work use - Microsoft Copilot personal and work experiences explained. 

Copilot for Microsoft 365 is now available for organizations of all sizes with Microsoft 365 and Office 365, without a minimum license count, watch - How to get ready for Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 (2024). 

Microsoft Intune Suite has added Cloud PKI and real-time device query to its extensive list of endpoint management capabilities - Microsoft Intune Suite – beyond endpoint management in 2024. 

Deliver desktop and app virtualization experiences to almost any device, with VMs running where you need them – even on-premises – with Azure Virtual Desktop on Azure Stack HCI - How to run Azure Virtual Desktop on-premises.  

 

4. Take Copilot to the next level with new extensibility and reporting options:

 

The developer center at dev.microsoft.com highlights the latest Copilot extensibility options and methods.  

Find other Microsoft 365, Teams and Copilot developers on the NEW Platform LinkedIn community. 

Go deep on the brand new Microsoft Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio with a dedicated video series for developers. 

See how users and groups in your organization are getting benefits from Copilot Dashboards powered by Viva Insights to report deployment readiness, impact, usage, and value. 

 

5. Microsoft Events: 

 

May 21-23, 2024 - Microsoft Build 

Join us at Microsoft Build to grow your skills in topics like building copilots, generative AI, securing applications, cloud platforms, low-code, and more to unleash your creativity with the power of AI.   

 

April 30-May 2, 2024 - Microsoft 365 Community Conference 

Attend the Microsoft 365 Community Conference with over 150 sessions covering Copilot for Microsoft 365, Teams, Viva, SharePoint, Windows, and more.   

 

On Demand – Microsoft Secure 

Security for all in the age of AI: Microsoft Secure. The second annual Microsoft Secure digital event to learn how to bring world-class threat intelligence, complete end-to-end protection, and industry-leading responsible AI to your organization. 

 

Watch on YouTube – Copilot for Microsoft 365 Tech Accelerator 

Catch up on the recent Copilot for Microsoft 365 Tech Accelerator event in case you missed it! You’ll learn valuable insights, watch demos, and listen to deep dives on Copilot for Microsoft 365. 

Updated Apr 18, 2024
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