The Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon, held on May 27-28, 2020, focused on enhancing productivity and improving search capabilities across Microsoft platforms. It featured sessions led by industry experts, including Kanwal Khipple, and provided opportunities for attendees to engage with content and win prizes. The event also supported charity donations, emphasizing community relief alongside technology advancement.

1. MICROSOFT 365
VirtualMARATHON
May 27 &28, 2020
36 hours/2 days
MICROSOFT 365 VIRTUAL MARATHON
INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFTSEARCH
Kanwal Khipple
CEO
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2. MICROSOFT 365
VirtualMARATHON
May 27 &28, 2020
36 hours/2 days
Mark Your Calendars:
March 23-25,2021,MGM Grand Resort
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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3.  Visit the Vendors Booth, Sessions and Watch the Videos
 Submit Your Answers to Enter the Raffle
 You need at least 5 correct answers then submit for a chance to win one of 3
(One in each Americas, APAC, EMEA)
ARE YOU READY FOR A RAFFLE?
We are giving away 3 Oculus Quest All In One!
https://bit.ly/m365raffle

4. Thank you to all our generous sponsors

5. CONSIDER DONATING TO THE FOLLOWING CHARITY RELIEF FUNDS:
UNITED WAY OR INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS
THANKYOUFORJOININGUS!
10%OFFUNDSFROMSPONSORSGOTOSUPPORTCOMMUNITYRELIEF
United Way: https://give.uwkc.org/M365VM
International Medical Corps: https://bit.ly/MedicalCorpsFund

6.  Kanwal Khipple, Canada
 CEO, 2toLead
 2x Nielsen Norman award winner
 Focused on improving productivity
 @kkhipple
LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF…
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7. Our workplaces are changing
With growth in data, and limited
attention spans, finding
information is hard
The traditional IT role is shifting
from managing servers to
empowering users
Expectations morphed to want
knowledge and answers, not
just data
The best-run companies are
supporting decision-making at
the edge

9. SEARCH FOR YOU
We all struggle finding information
Where did I put that spreadsheet for
the sales call?
I can’t find our health insurance claim
form
Where did I put that spreadsheet
for the sales call?
I need directions to our Labs building for
tomorrow’s meeting
Can you send me the link to the
PowerPoint you presented yesterday?

10. Microsoft Search One capability.
Every search experience.
in Bing
in Office.com
in SharePoint
in Edge
in Windows
in PowerPoint
in Outlook
in OneDrive
in Stream
in Yammer
in Word
in Teams
in OneNote
Microsoft Graph + Bing technology

11. World knowledge Work knowledge People knowledge
POWERED BY MICROSOFT GRAPH

22. Make external
content searchable
via custom verticals
and layouts
Set up bookmarks,
locations, answers.
Change default
scope, search box
behavior
Solve specific business via
custom pages using
community or custom
developed web parts, or
stand-alone solutions
Sufficient for most,
if not all search
needs. When in
doubt, use out of
box
Do I need to configure or customize?
Use out of
box
Configure
Develop &
Customize
Less complex, least effort More complex, most effort

23. Configuration and Customization today (end of 2019)
Bring in content from outside of
Microsoft 365
Use Microsoft or Third party provided connectors
Create custom verticals that appear on the results page
Define result types and layouts
Tailor your SharePoint site search
experience
Search Box configuration, and scope for results
Build your own results page
•Display results from Microsoft Search, Azure Search or
elsewhere
•Build your own web parts or use PnP with the new
graph APIs or others
Extend the query pipeline
Also available: configuring bookmarks, locations, Q&A

24. Search result page customization
• Add search verticals to show
content indexed via
Connectors
• Design layouts as per your
need for added verticals

25. Configuring search on a SharePoint Site
Default scope to search in
• Site
• Hub
• Whole Organization
Search box behavior
• All pages (upgrade classic to Microsoft Search, default behavior)
• Modern pages only (leave classic alone)
• No search box/Bring your own search box
> $web.SearchBoxInNavBar
> $site.SearchBoxInNavBar
> $web.SearchScope

26. Tailored to your business needs
Go to a new page that you
create and fill with PnP, or your
own web parts.
Bring in results from multitude
of search providers
Microsoft Search
Azure Search
Other third-party search providers
Custom Results Page

27. Search results extensibility
• Modify search queries using SharePoint Framework (in v1.10)
• Add synonyms
• Translations or additional intelligence
• User roles/locations
• Your own business rules

28. A new search API in the Microsoft Graph
M365 Workload Entity Types
Mail Messages
Calendar Events
SharePoint DriveItems (Files)
OneDrive for Business DriveItems (Files)
Connectors (New) External Files
Connectors (New) External Items
Capabilities Search scopes
https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/search/query

29. Configuration and Customization tomorrow (June 2020)
Customize verticals for
SharePoint content
Custom refiners!
Custom result types and
layouts for SharePoint
content
Custom query suggestions
in the search box via SPFx

34. DELIVERED

36. My twitter handle is @kkhipple and I work at
Thank You!
Organizers, Sponsors and You for making this possible.
75+ SharePoint Presentations @ Slideshare.Net/kkhipple
When to Use What Whitepaper @ WhentoUseWhat.com
Intranets w/ Office 365 Whitepaper @ Office365Intranets.com
External Sharing w/ Office 365 Whitepaper @ Office365Extranets.com
and more!
Message Me On LinkedIn or Email Kanwal@Khipple.com
SPEAKER | AUTHOR | SUPER GOOD LOOKING