Coming to Microsoft Ignite the Tour in Washington, DC Feb 6-7? Be sure to check out these Microsoft Teams sessions & workshops hosted by Microsoft Teams Engineering!
TMS10 - What's New with Microsoft Teams: the hub for teamwork in Microsoft 365
Join us to learn how Microsoft Teams, the hub for collaboration and intelligent communications, is transforming the way people work at Contoso. We showcase some of the big feature innovations we’ve made in the last year and give you a sneak peek at some of the exciting new innovations coming to Microsoft Teams. This demo-rich session highlights the best Teams has to offer!
Speakers: Sankalp Jain & Rima Reyes
TMS20 - Intelligent communications in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams solves for the communication needs of a diverse workforce. Calling and meeting experiences in Teams support more productive collaboration and foster teamwork across the Government. Join us to learn more about the latest intelligent communications features along with the most recent additions to our device portfolio.
Speakers: Barbara Kim & Walter Nichols
TMS30 - Designing your path from Skype for Business to Teams: Start Here!
Are you a Skype for Business customer starting your transition to Microsoft Teams? Understand how adopting Teams expands opportunities for your organization to communicate and collaborate effectively and efficiently. Learn about the Skype for Business to Teams upgrade experience, best practices and resources for a successful upgrade.
Speakers: Dave Jennings
TMS40 - Managing Microsoft Teams effectively
With simple and granular management capabilities, Microsoft Teams empowers Government administrators with the controls they need to provide the best experience possible to users while protecting agency data and meeting mission requirements. Join us to learn more about the latest security and administration capabilities of Microsoft Teams.
Speakers: Rima Reyes & Sankalp Jain
TMS50 - Six Steps for a Successful Teams Deployment
Microsoft Teams is permanently changing how Federal Government organizations collaborate but how do we drive adoption (usefulness) of Teams? Stop by to learn six proven steps to successfully drive adoption. We’ll share how to start with the end in mind, how to focus on small victory laps, how to split governance, how to show more than tell to drive adoption with field-proven techniques! Expect an insight-packed learning experience based on a real-world case study from a 500K+ user organization in DoD. Note: we’ll take you on a helicopter ride over the process but land that helicopter several times show the details. To say it differently, don’t expect a session full of slides and talking.
Speakers: John S. Moh & Rima Reyes
WRK20002 - A Day in the life of a Microsoft Teams admin

In this tech workshop get hands-on experience with the core administration capabilities of Microsoft Teams. We will work through common scenarios that will enable you to manage Teams effectively including configuring global settings, creating user policies, and streamlining the creation of teams using PowerShell and Teams templates.
Facilitators: Dave Jennings & Rima Reyes
WRK20003 - Upgrade from Skype to Microsoft Teams

In this tech workshop we’ll learn how to use the Modern Portal to upgrade from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams. We’ll discuss the coexistence modes available and what they mean in driving a successful upgrade from Skype to Teams.
Facilitators: Dave Jennings
