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Your guide to the Microsoft 365 Community Conference

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Mar 24, 2026

Join us April 21–23 in beautiful Orlando, Florida for the Microsoft 365 Community Conference. This is an opportunity for builders and innovators to come together in one place and reimagine what’s possible for their team, their business, and work itself.

Register now and save your spot for the chance to ask questions and share feedback with hundreds of Microsoft executives, engineers, and product leaders. By making your voice heard, your feedback will help shape the technologies that you and countless others use every day.

Plus, you’ll hear from icons of Intelligent Work during inspiring keynotes, sessions, and AMAs, including:  

  • Jeff Teper, President, Microsoft 365 Collaborative Apps & Platforms, Microsoft  
  • Vasu Jakkal, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Security 
  • Rohan Kumar, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Security, Purview & Trust 

View full speaker list > 

What: Microsoft 365 Community Conference 2025  

  • Register today| Note: Use the SAVE150 discount code to save $150 USD.  
  • Content snapshot: 5 Microsoft keynotes + 1 Ask Microsoft Anything (AMA) | 200+ overall sessions  Microsoft-led sessions | 21 full-day workshops (pre-day and post)  
  • Microsoft is sending over 150+ product makers to present and engage.  

When & where: April 21-23, 2026 

  • In-person: Loews Sapphire Falls and Loews Royal Pacific Resorts in Orlando, Florida 
  • Pre-day workshops on Sunday, April 19 and Monday, April 20. 

Details:

  • Twitter & hashtag: @M365CONF | #M365Con  
  • Cost: $1,850- full conference (Includes 3 continental breakfasts, 3 lunches, a T-shirt, and backpack (additional costs for full-day workshops). Please visit the M365 Community Conference for full pricing.   
  • Microsoft Customer Discount:   
  • Use CODE: SAVE150 for $150 USD off registration. 

Why attend?   

  • Stay Ahead of Innovation: Gain exclusive insights into the latest advancements in AI and Microsoft’s Product Roadmap. Empowering you to drive transformation within your organization and stay at the forefront of technology.  
  • Hands-On Learning:Participate in practical sessions and workshops that provide actionable strategies and skills to optimize workflows, enhance productivity, and achieve business success.  
  • Connect with Experts:Build invaluable connections with Microsoft product makers, MVPs, industry leaders, and a global community of like-minded professionals who share your passion for technology.  
  • Transform Your Impact: Leave with a deeper understanding of Microsoft tools, clear strategies for leveraging AI in your work, and a roadmap for achieving your goals and enhancing your team's success.  
  • Build Community:Build community by connecting with others, sharing experiences, and forming meaningful relationships.  
  • FUN: Join us in our community lounge for networking, hanging out, meet and greets with Microsoft and Community All-Stars, surprise and delight treats, stickers and raffles to win grand prizes! 

Are you in?

Register today! Don't miss your chance to join the largest M365 focused conference of the year.  

Ways to save: 

  1. Use CODE: SAVE150 for $150 USD off registration.
  2. M365CON26 Grant Program (For Non-profits & Small Business)

See if you qualify for a deep discount or free pass for Microsoft 365 Community Conference. Small Businesses & Non-profits are eligible to apply for a free pass grant at www.change3e.com/grants (government organizations do not quality).

Read on for more details about what to expect, and we hope to see you there! 

High-level conference schedule

*subject to change – check back for updates 

Sunday, April 19, 2026 – Workshop Day  

  • 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM Workshops  

Monday, April 20, 2026 – Workshop Day  

  • 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM Workshops  

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 –Conference Session Day  

  • 7:00 AM- 8:15 AM Continental Breakfast  
  • 8:30 AM- 5:00 PM Keynotes and Sessions  
  • 5:00 PM- 6:30 PM Conference Opening Recep7on  

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 – Conference Session Day  

  • 7:00 AM- 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast  
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Keynotes and Sessions  
  • 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM Networking and T-shirt pick up in Expo Hall  
  • 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Attendee Party Universal Islands of Adventure 

Thursday April 23, 2026 – Conference Session Day  

  • 7:30 AM– 8:45 AM Continental Breakfast  
  • 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM Keynotes and Sessions Friday 

April 24, 2026 – Workshop Day  

  • 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Workshops 

Check out the keynotes and speakers 

Catch the speakers and sessions that matter most to you, and your customers.   

 

 

Full session list 

200+ sessions and workshops 

If you’re interested in learning how Microsoft is shaping the future of work—there’s a session for you. Join Microsoft experts, MVPs, and community leaders as you find out about the latest product innovations and AI-powered tools. Discover what’s new with Microsoft 365 Copilot, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Copilot Studio, and much more. Check out the full catalog >

Explore sessions by day: 

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 – Conference Session Day  

10:55 AM - 11:15 AM | Building AI Agents for Communities: How Viva Engage + Copilot Supercharge Organizational Insight 

Speaker: Spencer Perry and Ramya Rajasekhar 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Featured Session: Your Guide What’s New in Teams: Collaboration, Communication, and Copilot 

Speaker: Chandra Chivukula and Ilya Bukshteyn 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Breaking In, Leveling Up: Navigating Tech Careers with Community  

Speaker: Heather Cook and Nisaini Rexach (CELA) 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | OneDrive: Your Hub for Productivity and Collaboration Excellence  

Speaker: Carter Green and Arvind Mishra 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | From Chaos to AI-Ready in 30 Days: Meet the SharePoint Admin Agent 

Speaker: Dieter Jansen and Dave Minasyan 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Leveraging SQL database in Fabric to implement RAG patterns using Vector search  

Speaker: Sukhwant Kaur 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | How Microsoft Actually Builds Copilot Agents  

Speaker: Kristina Marko and Clint Williams 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Copilot Studio Governance for Public Sector   

Speaker: William McLendon and Richie Wallace 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | AI-Powered Collaboration: Unlocking Your Employee Knowledge Base in Engage 

Speaker: Allison Michels and Ramya Rajasekhar 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | From Data to Decisions: How Copilot in VS Code Empowers Research and Enterprise Teams 

Speaker: Semir Sarajlic and Olesya Sarajlic, PhD 

1:40 PM - 2:00 PM | Deep dive into Agent insights and content governance across SharePoint and Microsoft 365 

Speaker: Nikita Bandyopadhyay 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Agent Lifecycle Management and Governance leveraging FastTrack   

Speaker: Pratik Bhusal and Azharullah Meer 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Evolving channels to be the hub for collaboration in M365   

Speakers: Roshin Lal Ramesan and Derek Snook 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Employee Voice Reinvented: Gathering Insights with Next-Gen Feedback Agents   

Speaker: Caribay Garcia and Alisa Liddle 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Fireside Chat: Being an Effective Leader with AI   

Speaker: Karuana Gatimu 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Inside Microsoft: Reclaiming Engineering Time with AI in Azure DevOps  

Speaker: Apoorv Gupta and Gopal Panigrahy 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Featured Session: OneDrive in Action: Transforming Industries, Empowering Success   

Speaker: Vishal Lodha, Arwa Tyebkhan, and Jason Moore 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM |   Demystifying Copilot and AI experiences on Windows 

Speaker: Anupam Pattnaik 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Work IQ fundamentals   

Speaker: Ben Summers 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Copilot "Employee Agents"   

Speaker: Kyle Von Haden 

2:30 PM - 2:50 PM FastTrack your M365 Deployment   

Speaker: Pratik Bhusal and Jeffrey Manning 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Protect and govern agents with Microsoft Purview  

Speaker: Nishan DeSilva and Shilpa Ranganathan 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Mission Readiness - Cybersecurity and Copilot in the Public Sector  

Speaker: Karuana Gatimu 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM A New Way of Building! Child Agents, Instructions, and Descriptions   

Speaker: Dewain Robinson and Grant Gieszler 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Start your adoption journey with adoption.microsoft.com   

Speaker: Jessie Hwang 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Copilot readiness & resiliency with M365 Backup & Archive   

Speaker: Sree Lakshmi and Eshita Priyadarshini 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Protection in Teams as Modern Threats Evolve  

Speaker: Srisudha Mahadevan and Harshal Gautam 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Meet AI in SharePoint   

Speaker: Cory Newton-Smith and Julie Seto 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Featured Session: Engage everywhere: communities, events, and storylines in Teams, powered by AI 

Speaker: Jeanette Vikbacka Castaing, Jason Mayans, Steve Nguyen, and Murali Sitaram 

3:30 PM - 3:50 PM | From Slack to Teams: What’s New and How We Make the Move Easy  

Speaker: Roshin Lal Ramesan and Arun Das 

3:55 PM - 4:15 PM | How Microsoft Digital adopted Baseline Security Mode to improve Microsoft's security posture  

Speaker: Adriana Wood 

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Featured Session: Agent 365: The control plane for all Agents   

Speaker: Nikita Bandyopadhyay and Sesha Mani 

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Customer/Partner spotlight: Microsoft 365 Backup   

Speaker: Saumitra Bhide and Brad Gussin 

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Demystifying Multiagent (Child / Connected) and Component Collection  

Speaker: Bobby Chang and Dewain Robinson 

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Turning AI Potential into High-Impact AI Business Cases and ROI   

Speaker: April Delsing and Olga Gordon 

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Leading Workforce Transformation: The Art and Science of Skilling Your People  

Speaker: Karuana Gatimu 

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Seamless External Collaboration for all customer engagements   

Speaker: Nitesh Golchha 

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Leading Workforce Transformation: The Art and Science of Skilling Your People  

Speaker: Jessie Hwang 

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Community in the Age of AI—Humans at the Center of Copilot Adoption   

Speaker: Sarah Lundy, Allison Michels, and Alex Snyder 

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | What's new with Copilot and Office: Word, Excel, Power Point Agent Mode and Agents   

Speakers: Trevor O'Brien and Dan Parish 

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Understanding Work IQ API   

Speaker: Paolo Pialorsi 

 

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 – Conference Session Day  

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Building for the future: Microsoft 365, Agents and AI, what's new and what's next  

Speaker:  Jeff Teper 

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | Business Apps & Agents Keynote  

Speaker:  Ryan Cunningham 

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | Empowering Community Builders: Join MGCI & CommunityDays.org   

Speaker: Heather Cook, Bryan Hart and Emily Hove 

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | The Communicator’s Guide to Viva Engage: Making Comms Relevant in Your AI Transformation  

Speaker: Najla Dadmand, Sarah Lundy, and Dan Mulcahey 

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | Top Wins - Copilot and Agents for Non Profit   

Speaker: Karuana Gatimu 

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | Empowering Community Builders: Join MGCI & CommunityDays.org   

Speaker: Heather Cook, Bryan Hart and Emily Hove 

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | The Communicator’s Guide to Viva Engage: Making Comms Relevant in Your AI Transformation   

Speaker: Najla Dadmand, Sarah Lundy, and Dan Mulcahey 

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | From Chaos to Clarity: Hyper automation That Actually Works  

Speaker: Danielle Moon 

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | The Communicator’s Guide to Viva Engage: Making Comms Relevant in Your AI Transformation  

Speaker: Najla Dadmand, Sarah Lundy, and Dan Mulcahey 

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | Supercharge Your Agents with Computer Use in Copilot Studio  

Speaker: Sravani Seethi  and Phi-Lay Nguyen 

10:55 AM - 11:15 AM | Building AI Agents for Communities: How Viva Engage + Copilot Supercharge Organizational Insight  

Speaker: Spencer Perry and Ramya Rajasekhar 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Featured Session: Your Guide What’s New in Teams: Collaboration, Communication, and Copilot  

Speaker: Chandra Chivukula and Ilya Bukshteyn 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Breaking In, Leveling Up: Navigating Tech Careers with Community  

Speaker: Heather Cook and Nisaini Rexach (CELA) 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | OneDrive: Your Hub for Productivity and Collaboration Excellence  

Speaker: Carter Green and Arvind Mishra 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | From Chaos to AI-Ready in 30 Days: Meet the SharePoint Admin Agent  

Speaker: Dieter Jansen and Dave Minasyan 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Leveraging SQL database in Fabric to implement RAG patterns using Vector search 

Speaker: Sukhwant Kaur 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | How Microsoft Actually Builds Copilot Agents  

Speaker: Kristina Marko and Clint Williams 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Copilot Studio Governance for Public Sector  

Speaker: William McLendon and Richie Wallace  

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | AI-Powered Collaboration: Unlocking Your Employee Knowledge Base in Engage  

Speaker: Ramya Rajasekhar and Allison Michels 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | From Chaos to AI-Ready in 30 Days: Meet the SharePoint Admin Agent  

Speaker: Dieter Jansen and Dave Minasyan 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | AI-Powered Collaboration: Unlocking Your Employee Knowledge Base in Engage  

Speaker: Ramya Rajasekhar and Allison Michels 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | From Data to Decisions: How Copilot in VS Code Empowers Research and Enterprise Teams Speaker: Semir Sarajlic and Olesya Sarajlic, PhD 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | How Microsoft Actually Builds Copilot Agents  

Speaker: Kristina Marko and Clint Williams 

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM | An AI Powered Communication and Operational Efficiency Blueprint for Frontline Teams Speaker: Vishal Anil and Amarjit Prasad 

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM | Connected Collaboration: The Future of Sharing in M365  

Speaker: Miceile Barrett and Phaneendra Sai Sristi 

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM | Use data, insights, and employee listening to build your comms strategy  

Speaker: Amy Morris, Paula Wellings, and John Cirone 

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM | The Power Apps Builder’s Guide for Choosing the Right Path   

Speaker: April Dunnam 

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM | What's new in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app: Your starting place for AI at work 

Speaker: Andrea Lum and Constance Gervais 

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM | The Future of SharePoint Extensibility: What's New, What's Next  

Speaker: Alex Terentiev and Vesa Juvonen 

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM | Using SharePoint AI to solve Business Processes  

Speaker: Kristen Kamath, Nate Tennant, and Alexander Spitsyn 

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM | The Future of SharePoint: AI ready to discover, publish and build.  

Speaker: Kripal Kavi and Sarah Mathurin 

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM | Secure and Govern Microsoft 365 Copilot - What Every IT Pro Needs to Know  

Speaker: Sophie Ke 

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM | What's new in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app: Your starting place for AI at work  

Speaker: Andrea Lum and Constance Gervais 

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM | An AI Powered Communication and Operational Efficiency Blueprint for Frontline Teams 

Speaker: Vishal Anil and Amarjit Prasad 

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM | The Future of SharePoint Extensibility: What's New, What's Next 

Speaker: Alex Terentiev and Vesa Juvonen 

1:35 PM - 1:55 PM | Modernizing Federal Security for the AI Era: Deploying Copilot in GCC High and DoW 

Speaker: William McLendon and Richie Wallace 

1:40 PM - 2:00 PM | Deep dive into Agent insights and content governance across SharePoint and Microsoft 365 

Speaker: Nikita Bandyopadhyay 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Agent Lifecycle Management and Governance leveraging FastTrack 

Speaker: Pratik Bhusal and Azharullah Meer 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Evolving channels to be the hub for collaboration in M365  

Speaker: Chandra Chivukula, Roshin Lal Ramesan, and Chandrika Duggirala 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Employee Voice Reinvented: Gathering Insights with Next-Gen Feedback Agents 

Speaker: Caribay Garcia and Alisa Liddle 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Fireside Chat: Being an Effective Leader with AI 

Speaker: Karuana Gatimu 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Inside Microsoft: Reclaiming Engineering Time with AI in Azure DevOps  

Speaker: Apoorv Gupta and Gopal Panigrahy 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Featured Session: OneDrive in Action: Transforming Industries, Empowering Success 

Speaker: Vishal Lodha, Jason Moore, and Arwa Tyebkhan 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Demystifying Copilot and AI experiences on Windows 

Speaker: Anupam Pattnaik 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Work IQ fundamentals 

Speaker: Ben Summers 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Copilot "Employee Agents" 

Speaker: Kyle Von Haden 

2:30 PM - 2:50 PM | FastTrack your M365 Deployment 

Speaker: Pratik Bhusal and Jeffrey Manning 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Protect and govern agents with Microsoft Purview 

Speaker: Nishan DeSilva, Shilpa Ranganathan 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Mission Readiness - Cybersecurity and Copilot in the Public Sector 

Speaker: Karuana Gatimu 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | A New Way of Building! Child Agents, Instructions, and Descriptions 

Speaker: Dewain Robinson and Grant Gieszler 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Start your adoption journey with adoption.microsoft.com 

Speaker: Jessie Hwang 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Copilot readiness & resiliency with M365 Backup & Archive 

Speaker: Sree Lakshmi and Eshita Priyadarshini   

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Protection in Teams as Modern Threats Evolve 

Speaker: Srisudha Mahadevan and Harshal Hautam 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Featured Session: Engage everywhere: communities, events, and storylines in Teams, powered by AI  

Speaker: Jeanette Vikbacka Castaing, Jason Mayans, Steve Nguyen, and Murali Sitaram 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Meet AI in SharePoint 

Speaker: Cory Newton-Smith and Julie Seto 

3:30 PM - 3:50 PM | From Slack to Teams: What’s New and How We Make the Move Easy 

Speaker: R Roshin Lal Ramesan and Arun Das 

3:55 PM - 4:15 PM | How Microsoft Digital adopted Baseline Security Mode to improve Microsoft's security posture Speaker: Adriana Wood 

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Featured Session: Agent 365: The control plane for all Agents 

Speaker: Nikita Bandyopadhyay and Sesha Mani 

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Demystifying Multiagent (Child / Connected) and Component Collection 

Speaker: Bobby Chang and Dewain Robinson 

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Turning AI Potential into High-Impact AI Business Cases and ROI 

Speaker: April Delsing and Olga Gordon 

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Leading Workforce Transformation: The Art and Science of Skilling Your People 

Speaker: Karuana Gatimu 

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Seamless External Collaboration for all customer engagements 

Speaker: Nitesh Golchha 

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Customer/Partner spotlight: Microsoft 365 Backup 

Speaker: Brad Gussin and Saumitra Bhide 

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Leading Workforce Transformation: The Art and Science of Skilling Your People 

Speaker: Jessie Hwang 

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Community in the Age of AI—Humans at the Center of Copilot Adoption 

Speaker: Sarah Lundy, Allison Michels, and Alex Snyder 

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | What's new with Copilot and Office: Word, Excel, Power Point Agent Mode and Agents 

Speaker: Trevor O'Brien and Dan Parish 

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Understanding Work IQ API 

Speaker: Paolo Pialorsi 

 

Thursday April 23, 2026 – Conference Session Day  

10:55 AM - 11:15 AM | Building AI Agents for Communities: How Viva Engage + Copilot Supercharge Organizational Insight 

Speakers: Spencer Perry and Ramya Rajasekhar 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Featured Session:  Your Guide What’s New in Teams: Collaboration, Communication, and Copilot 

Speakers: Ilya Bukshteyn and Chandra Chivukula 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Breaking In, Leveling Up: Navigating Tech Careers with Community 

Speaker: Heather Cook 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | OneDrive: Your Hub for Productivity and Collaboration Excellence 

Speaker: Carter Green and Arvind Mishra 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | From Chaos to AI-Ready in 30 Days: Meet the SharePoint Admin Agent 

Speaker: Dieter Jansen and Dave Minasyan 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Leveraging SQL database in Fabric to implement RAG patterns using Vector search 

Speaker: Sukhwant Kaur 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | How Microsoft Actually Builds Copilot Agents 

Speaker: Kristina Marko and Clint Williams 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | AI-Powered Collaboration: Unlocking Your Employee Knowledge Base in Engage  

Speaker: Ramya Rajasekhar and Allison Michels 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | From Chaos to AI-Ready in 30 Days: Meet the SharePoint Admin Agent 

Speaker: Dieter Jansen and Dave Minasyan 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | From Data to Decisions: How Copilot in VS Code Empowers Research and Enterprise Teams 

Speaker: Semir Sarajlic and Olesya Sarajlic, PhD 

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Copilot Studio Governance for Public Sector 

Speaker: William McLendon and Richie Wallace 

1:40 PM - 2:00 PM | Deep dive into Agent insights and content governance across SharePoint and Microsoft 365 

Speaker: Nikita Bandyopadhyay 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Agent Lifecycle Management and Governance leveraging FastTrack 

Speaker: Pratik Bhusal and Azharullah Meer 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Evolving channels to be the hub for collaboration in M365   

Speakers: Roshin Lal Ramesan and Derek Snook 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Employee Voice Reinvented: Gathering Insights with Next-Gen Feedback Agents  

Speaker: Caribay Garcia and Alisa Liddle 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Fireside Chat: Being an Effective Leader with AI 

Speaker: Karuana Gatimu 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Inside Microsoft: Reclaiming Engineering Time with AI in Azure DevOps  

Speaker: Apoorv Gupta and Gopal Panigrahy 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Featured Session: OneDrive in Action: Transforming Industries, Empowering Success 

Speaker: Vishal Lodha, Jason Moore, and Arwa Tyebkhan 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Demystifying Copilot and AI experiences on Windows 

Speaker: Anupam Pattnaik 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Work IQ fundamentals 

Speaker: Ben Summers 

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Copilot "Employee Agents" 

Speaker:  Kyle Von Haden 

2:30 PM - 2:50 PM | FastTrack your M365 Deployment 

Speaker: Pratik Bhusal and Jeffrey Manning 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Protect and govern agents with Microsoft Purview 

Speaker: Nishan DeSilva and Shilpa Ranganathan 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Mission Readiness - Cybersecurity and Copilot in the Public Sector 

Speaker: Karuana Gatimu 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | A New Way of Building! Child Agents, Instructions, and Descriptions 

Speaker: Dewain Robinson and Grant Gieszler 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Start your adoption journey with adoption.microsoft.com 

Speaker: Jessie Hwang 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Copilot readiness & resiliency with M365 Backup & Archive 

Speaker: Sree Lakshmi and Eshita Priyadarshini   

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Protection in Teams as Modern Threats Evolve 

Speaker: Srisudha Mahadevan and Harshal Gautam 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Meet AI in SharePoint 

Speaker: Cory Newton-Smith and Julie Seto 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Featured Session: Engage everywhere: communities, events, and storylines in Teams, powered by AI 

Speaker: Jeanette Vikbacka Castaing, Jason Mayans, Steve Nguyen, and Murali Sitaram 

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM | Keynote: From Momentum to Movement: Where Community Goes Next 

Speakers: Heather Cook and Karuana Gatimu 

 

 

Friday, April 24, 2026 – Workshop Day  

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Deepening customer connections for your SMB through Teams 

Speakers: Angela Chin and Prem Mathiyalagan 

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Cultivating Trust and Leadership Excellence: Strategies for Respect and Empathy in the Workplace 

Speaker: Heather Cook 

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Planner, Copilot and Agents: AI Assisted Projects with Work IQ 

Speakers: Howard Crow and Robyn Guarriello 

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Microsoft 365 Mergers & Acquisitions 

Speaker: Vaibhav Gaddam and Subham Dang 

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Top Wins - Copilot and Agents for Retail 

Speaker: Karuana Gatimu 

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Agents are joining the team - build collaborative agents for Microsoft Teams 

Speaker: Carter Gilliam and Saira Shariff 

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Prompt to Profit: How Finance Teams Win with M365 Copilot & AI Agents 

Speaker: Melanie Mayo 

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Top Wins - Copilot and Agents for Retail 

Speaker: Danielle Moon and Karuana Gatimu 

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Microsoft Lists 

Speaker: Mitalee Mulpuru and Arjun Tomar 

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Microsoft Purview: AI-Powered Data Security for Microsoft 365 

Speaker: Aashish Ramdas 

 

Level up your AI skills and shape the future of your business with Featured Sessions 

Develop the skills needed to thrive as a Frontier Firm through sessions led by innovators, builders, designers, Microsoft product teams, and MVPs shaping collaboration.

Lightning Talks: Lightning Talks are fast‑paced, 15‑minute sessions happening live at the Microsoft Booth that are designed to deliver practical insights, real‑world tips, and quick wins you can take back to your team right away. Stop by throughout the day to learn something new, get inspired, and catch a few surprises along the way. You can check the event agenda for session details.

Onsite experiences

Demo Stations: Visit the demo stations in the Microsoft Booth for guided, live walkthroughs led by Microsoft experts who can answer your questions in real time. Each station is designed to support scenario‑based conversations and hands‑on exploration, so you can dive deeper into the tools and solutions that matter most to your organization. The Microsoft Booth will be open anytime the expo hall is open. 

Mini LEGO figurines: Build a mini-LEGO figurine as a takeaway after walking through a demo scenario. It is a quick hands-on moment that adds some play and personality to your conference experience and lets you take some fun swag home. 

 

Celebrate 25 years of SharePoint 

Tuesday, April 21, 12:30PM – 1:30PM  
Celebrate the SharePoint community with the premiere of a new documentary short film at the conference, complete with a true movie‑premiere experience. Designed to honor the impact of SharePoint and Microsoft 365, this special event brings the community together to capture and celebrate the moment in person.

Tuesday, April 21, 5PM – 6:30PM 
Microsoft Booth
Join a live panel celebrating 25 years of SharePoint and what is next for the platform and community. Expect reflections, stories, and forward-looking conversations tied to the broader SharePoint at 25 celebration.  
 

Surface + Global Skilling Bar: Get hands on with Surface devices while exploring skilling resources designed to help you level up. This activation is being built to connect Surface experiences with AI skilling guidance, including the AI Skills Navigator. Attendees can experience this hands-on learning in the Microsoft booth during expo hall hours. 

Surface giveaways from raffle: Enter the raffle for a chance to win Surface giveaways and other prizes during the event. Winners are selected as part of the community giveaway experience, so check posted instructions onsite and make sure you enter. Each raffle will take place at the close of expo hall hours at the Microsoft Booth 
 

 

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Bring your spirit wear game! 

We’re bringing the fun to the show floor with themed Costume Spirit Days all week long! Come by the booth in your best look, show off your costume, and score an extra raffle ticket for our daily prize drawing. 

 

Product Roundtable Discussions 

Microsoft wants to hear from you! 

The Microsoft User Experience Research team is hosting a series of interactive sessions focused on AI-powered experiences across Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint, Planner, and Viva Engage. We invite you to join us to share your perspectives, explore emerging ideas, and influence what’s next. 

Customer feedback is at the heart of our innovation process. Your participation helps ensure that the experiences we are building are useful, intuitive, and grounded in real organizational needs. 

“At Microsoft, learning from our customers is a privilege and a vital part of our customer-driven innovation process. By sharing your perspectives, you enable us to create solutions that truly meet your needs and enhance your overall experience with Microsoft products.”  

– Marcella Silva, Partner Director of User Experience Research 

What you can expect: 

  • Interactive Sessions: Participate in hands-on activities and guided discussions with the Microsoft User Experience Research and Product teams. 
  • Expert Insights: Learn directly from the teams shaping the experiences you use every day. 
  • Exclusive Previews: Get early visibility into current explorations and future directions.  
  • Meaningful Connections: Engage with peers and Microsoft teams in a collaborative environment. 

How to sign up: 

Stay tuned! The sign-up form and detailed session descriptions will be available soon. 

Don’t miss this opportunity to make a difference in the future of Microsoft 365! 

 

Community meetups  

Community meetups are informal, connection‑first gatherings where attendees can meet others who share a role, interest, or identity. Whether you're looking to exchange ideas, grow your network, or find your people within the Microsoft 365 community, these sessions create space for meaningful conversations and authentic connection beyond the conference sessions.

Women in Tech and Allies Lunch Discussion 

Grab your lunch and network with peers, discuss progress, and focus on how we can continue to make the Microsoft ecosystem the best in the world for supporting women. All individuals are welcome regardless of gender for an open and compassionate conversation on allyship and inclusiveness.  

The discussion will be hosted by Heather Cook, Principal Customer Experience PM and distinguished panelists including: 

  • Vasu Jakkal, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Security Business 
  • Jaime Teevan, Chief Scientist & Technical Fellow 
  • Lan Ye, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Teams 
  • Sumi Singh, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Teams 
  • Karuana Gatimu, Director, Customer Advocacy - AI & Collaboration, Microsoft 
  • Kate Faaland, Program Manager of Data and AI, AvePoint 

 

Get the MVP experience—and don’t forget the photo op! 

Microsoft MVPs will be on hand throughout the event to share their real-world experience and practitioner insight directly to you. During sessions, our MVPs will share thoughts and brainstorm solutions to challenges as they share practical, scenario‑driven guidance drawn from hands‑on work with Microsoft 365.  

And of course, the program isn’t over without the annual MVP photo!

Register Today! 

You’ll find all this and more at Microsoft 365 Community Conference, April 21–23 in Orlando.  

Register today and don't miss your chance for the largest M365 focused conference of the year. and don't miss your chance for the largest M365 focused conference of the year. 

Ways to save:

  1. Use CODE: SAVE150 for $150 USD off registration.
  2. M365CON26 Grant Program (For Non-profits & Small Business) 

See if you qualify for a deep discount or free pass for Microsoft 365 Community Conference. Small Businesses & Non-profits are eligible to apply for a free pass grant at www.change3e.com/grants (government organizations do not quality).

Learn more   

Visit M365Conf.com and follow the action on: X/Twitter: @M365Conf / #M365Con, @Microsoft365, @MSFTCopilot, @SharePoint, @OneDrive, @MicrosoftTeams, @MSPowerPlat, @Microsoft365Dev, and @MSFTAdoption. And on our Microsoft Community LinkedIn and Learning YouTube channel.

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We hope you will join us in Orlando for an unforgettable week of innovation, inspiration, and community! Get ready to dive into the action with passionate MVPs, Microsoft product leaders, and an incredible lineup of tools like Microsoft 365 Copilot, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Planner, and so much more. Let us make memories and shape the future together!  

Updated Mar 24, 2026
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1 Comment

  • PhillipBurton's avatar
    PhillipBurton
    Copper Contributor

    Hello - looking forward to attending next month.

    I think this blog article is missing the events on Thursday morning; it only has one up to 11.15 a.m.

    Also, will there be an app relating to this conference?

    Phillip