Microsoft 365 Collaboration Conference (Las Vegas, NV) – keynotes, sessions, and workshops

[Mark Kashman]

The Microsoft 365 Collaboration Conference offers five in-person Microsoft keynotes from Scott Guthrie, Jeff Teper, Karuana Gatimu, Charles Lamanna, and Dan Holme.

• What: Microsoft 365 Collaboration Conference to learn more
  • Register today | Review all sessions (now live)
• When & where: December 7-9, 2021 | In-person event – Las Vegas, Nevada – MGM Grand
• Sessions: 4 Microsoft keynotes || 200+ overall sessions | 20 full-day workshops 
• Presenters: 150+ speakers | Microsoft, MVPs, and community members
• Twitter & hashtag: @M365CONF | #M365CONF
• Cost: $1,749 full conference (additional costs for full-day workshops) – learn more

“Innovation, customer success, and category leadership is only possible because of the support of the best community in tech. Your engagement at events around the world and feedback to us has inspired all of us to do our best work.” – Jeff Teper, Corporate Vice President, Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive – Microsoft

Join Microsoft and community experts in person in one place. The Microsoft 365 Collaboration Conference returns to Las Vegas, NV, December 7-9, 2021. It’s dedicated to SharePoint, Teams, Viva, Power Platform, and related technologies. You’ll hear the latest news and roadmap from top industry experts, filled with real-world solutions across keynotes, sessions, and pre/post event deep-dive workshops to build your expertise - presented by Microsoft product team members, Microsoft MVPs, and community experts. We hope you join in to learn, share, and engage.

Microsoft keynotes, sessions, and workshops: SharePoint, Viva, OneDrive, and related technology

Microsoft keynotes

Hear from Microsoft leadership revealing the latest innovations shaping the flexible, innovative, and secure business environments of the future. [all times listed in PST]

• “Innovate anywhere with the Microsoft Cloud” with Scott Guthrie – EVP, Cloud + AI Platform | Tuesday, December 7^th, 8:00am – 9:15am
• “Embracing the hybrid workplace - progress and plans for Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint” with Jeff Teper – CVP, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams | Tuesday, December 7^th, 9:30am – 10:45am
• “Power Platform: What’s New and What’s Next” with Charles Lamanna – CVP, Business Applications & Platform | Wednesday, December 8^th, 8:00am – 9:00am
• “People first approach to hybrid work” with Karuana Gatimu – Principal Manager, Customer Advocacy Group (Microsoft Teams), Dan Holme – Principal Product Manager Lead (Yammer), and Stephen Rose - Senior Product Manager (Microsoft Teams) | Thursday, December 9^th, 8:00am – 9:00am
• “Media and entertainment panel discussion” with Simon Crownshaw, George Howell, Jonathan Silverstein, and Zoiner Tejada | Thursday, December 9^th, 2:00pm – 3:00pm

Microsoft AMA and breakout sessions [45-60 minutes; all times listed in PST]

Take the opportunity to select the sessions best suited for your role and interests. All breakouts are packed with news, demos, customer stories, and insights into product and solution strategy. You can review all sessions with a subset of Microsoft-led sessions listed below:

“Microsoft AMA” with Jeff Teper, Omar Shahine, Cathy Dew, Chris McNulty, Dan Holme, Karuana Gatimu, Laurie Pottmeyer, Liz Sundet, Mark Kashman, Miceile Barrett, Naomi Moneypenny, and Stephen Rose | Wednesday, December 8^th, 9:15am – 10:00am PST

Microsoft Viva and SharePoint Syntex [sessions]

• "Meet Microsoft Viva: a new kind of employee experience" with Dan Holme | Tuesday, December 7th, 1:45pm - 2:45pm PST
• "Microsoft Viva: Connections" with Liz Sundet | Tuesday, December 7th, 4:30pm - 5:30pm PST
• "Microsoft Viva Topics: Put Knowledge to Work with Content and AI" with Naomi Moneypenny
• "Microsoft Viva Topics Hackathon" (120 minutes) with Chris McNulty, Chris Bortlik, and Naomi Moneypenny | Thursday, December 9th, 9:30am - 11:30am PST
• "Microsoft Viva Insights: Create a Culture Where People and Business Thrive" with Chris Bortlik | Wednesday, December 8th, 4pm - 5pm PST
• "Microsoft Viva: Learning" with Liz Sundet | Wednesday, December 8th, 4pm - 5pm PST
• "An architect's view of SharePoint Syntex + Viva Topics, better together" with Chris Bortlik

SharePoint, OneDrive, Lists, Office, and related technology [sessions]

• "What's new for Office and Office.com" with Sean Nordberg | Thursday, December 9th, 12pm - 1pm PST
• "How Visio integrates with Microsoft 365 apps to enhance virtual collaboration" with Mark Kashman | Tuesday, December 7th, 3pm - 4pm PST
• "What's new for file experiences in OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams in Microsoft 365" with Jason Moore and Carter Green | Wednesday, December 8th, 12:15pm - 1:15pm PST
• "Microsoft OneDrive deployment deep dive" with Carter Green and Donna Malayeri | Wednesday, December 8th, 4pm - 5pm PST
• "SharePoint pages and news and their role in Teams" with Cathy Dew | Tuesday, December 7th, 11:30am - 12:30pm PST
• "What's new: Stream" with Cathy Dew | Wednesday, December 8th, 11am - 12pm PST
• "What's new: Microsoft Lists" with Mark Kashman and Miceile Barrett | Tuesday, December 7th, 4:30pm - 5:30pm PST
• “Microsoft Search:  What's new and what's coming to Graph connectors” with Naomi Moneypenny | Wednesday, December 8th, 12:15pm - 1:15pm PST
• "Connect and engage people with Yammer and the Communities app" with Dan Holme | Thursday, December 9th, 9:30am - 10:30am PST
• "Microsoft Graph: Enter the (Microsoft 365, Windows, and Enterprise Mobility + Security) Matrix" with Hugo Bernier | Wednesday, December 8th, 11am - 12pm PST
• "It's Alive!! Animation and design techniques that bring SharePoint Framework solutions to life" with Hugo Bernier and David Warner | Tuesday, December 7th, 3pm - 4pm PST
• "What's new: Security and compliance in SharePoint and OneDrive" with Sesha Mani | Tuesday, December 7th, 1:45pm - 2:45pm PST
• "Migrate, manage, and monitor content in SharePoint admin center" with Sesha Mani | Tuesday, December 7th, 3pm - 4pm PST

Microsoft Teams [sessions]

• “Tools from Microsoft for Automating Healthy Usage” with Karuana Gatimu and Josh Leporati  
• “Driving healthy and vibrant communities” with Laurie Pottmeyer and Josh Leporati 
• “Teams in the real world” with Stephen Rose  
• “Meet Anywhere: Virtual Visits with Teams and Azure Communication Services” with Sean Wilson 
• “Modern Calling - How Teams changes the way we communicate” with Sean Wilson and Taimoor Husain 
• “Microsoft Teams devices making hybrid meetings inclusive” with Alexander Ivanov 
• “Hybrid Meetings - How the fit into Hybrid work and the "new normal"” with Eric Truax 
• “Driving Customer Obsession with Microsoft Teams” with Laurie Pottmeyer 
• “Real-Time Call Quality Analytics with Microsoft Teams” with Siunie Sutjahjo 
• “Seamless Collaboration without Borders” with Pouneh Kaufman 
• “The Future of Microsoft Teams Meetings” with Pouneh Kaufman and Siunie Sutjahjo 
• “Envisioning a collaborative experience with Teams Platform Extensibility” with Michael Eichler,Evan Peaire,Eyal Sharfertz, and Rob Loewen
  
• “Understanding the Microsoft Teams App Store - Authenticity, Security, Data Handling, and Compliance” with Kat Hopkins, Michael Eichler, and Casey Watson. 
• “Creating a vibrant sign-in experience for your users while limiting access to corporate data” with Kat Hopkins and Michael Eichler 
• “Designing cross-platform apps for Teams and Viva with Adaptive Cards” with Kat Hopkins and Evan Peaire 
• “Protecting and governing Microsoft Teams” with John Gruszczyk 
• “Accelerating Microsoft Teams deployment and adoption with Microsoft content” with Holly Lehman and Stephen Rose
• “Virtual event best practices” with Bryan Nyce and Karuana Gatimu 

Power Platform [sessions]

• “Multiplayer business apps” with Filip Karadzic
• “Do More with data using Microsoft Dataverse” with Ryan Jones
• “Scale your adoption thru ISV Connect” with Zankar Desai
• “Bringing Microsoft Access into the Future with Power Platform” with Nathan Helgren
• “Power Automate cloud flows -- the best way to automate Microsoft 365” with Ravon Lindgard
• “Administer solutions fearlessly in Power Platform” with Zohar Raz and Mik Ferland
• “Accelerate app development by enabling fusion teams with collaboration tools in Power Apps” with Emma Cooper
• “Accelerate app development by enabling fusion teams: The lens of the Pro Developer” with Kartik Kanakasabesan and Per Mikkelsen
• “Be the hero to drive digital transformation in your organization thru low-code” with Ken Auguillard
• “Automate your Power Platform deployments” with Chris Garty

Lightning sessions (25 minutes)

• "Get started with Microsoft Viva Topics" with Chris McNulty and Naomi Moneypenny | Wednesday, December 8th, 3:05pm - 3:30pm PST
• "Microsoft Viva: Product demo tour" with Mark Kashman | Wednesday, December 8th, 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST
• "Office.com – a tour of a hub for your content" with Sean Nordberg | Wednesday, December 8th, 3:05pm - 3:30pm PST
• "Top 5 emerging trends in Microsoft 365 cloud adoption" with Chris Bortlik | Wednesday, December 8th, 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST
• “Teams in focus: Tournament of Teams” with Josh Leporati | Wednesday, December 8th, 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST
• “Teams in focus: Adoption.microsoft.com” with Karuana Gatimu | Wednesday, December 8th, 3:05pm - 3:30pm PST
• “Teams in focus: Champion management platform” with Josh Leporati | Wednesday, December 8th, 3:05pm - 3:30pm PST
• “Teams in focus: Community tenant” with Laurie Pottmeyer | Wednesday, December 8th, 3:05pm - 3:30pm PST

Full-day, Microsoft-led workshops [all times listed in PST]
The learning and skilling continues, on your own time. Take a deep dive into technology to help refine your practices and bring learnings back to your team and organization to extend the application and use of your Microsoft 365 investment. All Microsoft 365 Collaboration Conference workshops either take place pre-event on Sunday (Dec.5) or Monday (Dec.6) or post-event on Friday (Dec.10).

• “Go further with Microsoft Lists” with Mark Kashman – senior product manager (SharePoint/Lists) | Sunday, December 5^th, 9:00am – 4:00pm
• “Microsoft Viva: Fundamentals for deployment and adoption” with team members from Avanade: Anthony Molisani, Austin Govella, Jill Hannemann, Michelle Boyd, Michelle Caldwell, Stephanie Meyer, and Tiffany Songvilay, plus introduction and Q&A with Microsoft: Chris McNulty, Liz Sundet, and Naomi Moneypenny | Monday, December 6^th, 9:00am – 4:00pm
• “Building solutions for Microsoft Teams and SharePoint – PowerClass” with Beau Cameron, Chris Kent, David Warner, Julie Turner, and Marc D. Anderson | Monday, December 6^th, 9:00am – 4:00pm
• "Take SharePoint Framework to the next level!" with Hugo Bernier | Monday, December 6^th, 9:00am – 4:00pm
• “Level up: Unlock your career and personal skills” with Cathy Dew and Liz Sundet | Friday, December 10^th, 8:00am – 3:00pm
• “It's time to get started with BOTS in Microsoft 365” with Bob German and Mark Rackley | Friday, December 10^th, 9:00am – 4:00pm

Conference Health Protocols from the Microsoft 365 Collaboration Conference event team

“The Microsoft 365 Collaboration Conference is creating a safer space for you, please note Las Vegas is doing the same, requiring masks at all hotels and conference areas and proof of Covid-19 vaccinations at some concerts, sporting events, and conferences. In accordance with these local requirements, we will require that all attendees, staff, and speakers at the December conference provide proof of vaccination at registration via digital or paper vaccination card or a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours.”

Microsoft 365 Collaboration Conference speakers and attendees must provide proof of vaccination at registration via digital or paper vaccination card or a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours.

Learn more

Visit M365Conf.com and follow the action on @Twitter: @M365CONF, @SharePoint, @OneDrive, @MSPowerPlat, and @MicrosoftTeams.

Cheers,

Mark Kashman, senior product manager – Microsoft