Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience: Today & Tomorrow
There has never been a time where improving the employee experience has been more critical. Organizations need new and innovative approaches and solutions as work and the workforce change. Today, every organization shares a need to enhance how we communicate and engage, collaborate and connect, and manage and develop employees. The question often hard to answer is, what is the best way to meet that growing need, especially in a way that meets it faster, with less cost and risk?Join internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the future of employee communication, employee collaboration, and employee management, how Microsoft 365 is changing these digital employee experiences and perhaps more importantly, what organizations are doing today to prepare for it.
Presentation shared with the Melbourne Australia-based #M365 Adoption User Group on January 31st, 2022.
Abstract: As organizations investigate the Microsoft Viva offerings and begin to develop their own Employee Experience strategies, one common question is: What can I do today to prepare for these new solutions? In this session, we'll cover the 4 business areas of Microsoft Viva (Culture & Communications, Productivity & Wellbeing, Knowledge & Expertise, Skilling & Growth) and their current (pre-Viva deployment) state, and what can/should be done to prepare for Viva. In addition, we'll walk through the customer and partner resources available to organizations to help you develop a comprehensive strategy.
Microsoft Viva. Viva is an employee experience platform that empowers people and teams to be their best, from anywhere.
Viva brings together communications, insights, knowledge, and learning within the flow of everyday work and collaboration, in Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft Teams is where most remote and hybrid work happens these days. And, Teams has become a hub where we can bring all these resources together into an integrated system of engagement – what Gartner calls a new work nucleus or digital workplace hub.
Importantly, with Microsoft 365 we already have foundational capabilities in each of these areas like Yammer, SharePoint, Stream, Workplace Analytics, Microsoft Search, LinkedIn, Glint and more.
Microsoft Viva builds on this foundation by adding innovative new services and insights focused on people development and success.
Connections is a company branded employee app in Teams. It is a gateway to your employee experience, with personalized news, communications, tasks, people and resources. It provides a single curated employee destination that can be configured for specific roles like frontline workers. So, leaders can communicate and engage their employees, and employees can get easy access to the tools and resources they need from one place.. Connections builds on existing capabilities in Microsoft 365 like SharePoint and Yammer. And it pulls your communications together into a pre-configured app in Teams, designed for both desktop and mobile workers. It also acts as a launching pad to the other 3 Viva modules
Insights brings together Workplace Analytics, MyAnalytics and Glint into a unified insights app in Teams to provide data-driven and privacy-protected insights for individuals, managers and leaders. For example, employees get personalized insights, only they can see, that help them protect their time for breaks, focused work, and learning in order to promote improved productivity and wellbeing.
Topics focuses on knowledge and expertise. Topics applies AI to identify knowledge and experts and organize them into shared topics. AI automatically creates a topic page for each topic. It’s like Wikipedia for the enterprise where AI does the first draft. And these topic pages are surfaced as Topic Cards right in the flow of work in Office and Teams.
Finally, Learning allows employees to easily discover informal and formal learning in the flow of work. It aggregates content from LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Learn and 3rd party training content and your own organizations content – all in one place. Along with providing aggregation and recommendations, it also allows managers to assign and track training, as well as report on training within and across teams.
Microsoft Viva Connections
A curated, company-branded experience that brings together relevant news, conversations, and resources in the apps and devices you use every day. Viva Connections is included in all Microsoft 365 plans with SharePoint Online.
Create connection
Encourage meaningful connections across the organization in a hybrid workplace.
Drive alignment
Rally the entire organization around your vision, mission, and strategic priorities.
Empower contribution
Foster a culture of inclusion by empowering every employee to contribute ideas and share feedback.
Built on Microsoft 365
Deploy and manage Viva Connections through your existing infrastructure.
Microsoft Viva Essential in 45 minutes - Collabdays Bletchley 2022Chirag Patel
Delivered in-person at Collabdays Bletchley Park conference on 05 October 2022.
Want to unlock more value from your existing Microsoft 365 services such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Exchange and more? Microsoft Viva helps us to empower employee experiences and searching across various content services. This demo packed session will explore how to best design & implement your Microsoft Viva covering all modules such as Viva Connections, Viva Topics, Viva Insights and Viva Learning, Viva Goals and Viva Engage.
Connections is a company branded employee app in Teams. It is a gateway to your employee experience, with personalized news, communications, tasks, people and resources. It provides a single curated employee destination that can be configured for specific roles like frontline workers. So, leaders can communicate and engage their employees, and employees can get easy access to the tools and resources they need from one place.. Connections builds on existing capabilities in Microsoft 365 like SharePoint and Yammer. And it pulls your communications together into a pre-configured app in Teams, designed for both desktop and mobile workers. It also acts as a launching pad to the other 3 Viva modules
Insights brings together Workplace Analytics, MyAnalytics and Glint into a unified insights app in Teams to provide data-driven and privacy-protected insights for individuals, managers and leaders. For example, employees get personalized insights, only they can see, that help them protect their time for breaks, focused work, and learning in order to promote improved productivity and wellbeing.
Topics focuses on knowledge and expertise. Topics applies AI to identify knowledge and experts and organize them into shared topics. AI automatically creates a topic page for each topic. It’s like Wikipedia for the enterprise where AI does the first draft. And these topic pages are surfaced as Topic Cards right in the flow of work in Office and Teams.
Finally, Learning allows employees to easily discover informal and formal learning in the flow of work. It aggregates content from LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Learn and 3rd party training content and your own organizations content – all in one place. Along with providing aggregation and recommendations, it also allows managers to assign and track training, as well as report on training within and across teams.
Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience Today & Tomorrow - ...Richard Harbridge
Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience: Today & Tomorrow
There has never been a time where improving the employee experience has been more critical. Organizations need new and innovative approaches and solutions as work and the workforce change. Today, every organization shares a need to enhance how we communicate and engage, collaborate and connect, and manage and develop employees. The question often hard to answer is, what is the best way to meet that growing need, especially in a way that meets it faster, with less cost and risk?Join internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the future of employee communication, employee collaboration, and employee management, how Microsoft 365 is changing these digital employee experiences and perhaps more importantly, what organizations are doing today to prepare for it.
Learn about Microsoft Viva product features and the Employee Experience platform
date: February 10, 2021
#Microsoft365 #Toronto Collaboration user group
Extending Collaboration with SharePoint and Microsoft TeamsChristian Buckley
Webinar presented on July 11th, 2018 for the European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Community that walks through the latest updates on SharePoint and Microsoft's messaging around "intelligent communications," and the role of Microsoft Teams alongside existing and future SharePoint infrastructure. Great guidance for people wondering how SharePoint and Teams should coincide.
Presentation shared with the Melbourne Australia-based #M365 Adoption User Group on January 31st, 2022.
Abstract: As organizations investigate the Microsoft Viva offerings and begin to develop their own Employee Experience strategies, one common question is: What can I do today to prepare for these new solutions? In this session, we'll cover the 4 business areas of Microsoft Viva (Culture & Communications, Productivity & Wellbeing, Knowledge & Expertise, Skilling & Growth) and their current (pre-Viva deployment) state, and what can/should be done to prepare for Viva. In addition, we'll walk through the customer and partner resources available to organizations to help you develop a comprehensive strategy.
Microsoft Viva. Viva is an employee experience platform that empowers people and teams to be their best, from anywhere.
Viva brings together communications, insights, knowledge, and learning within the flow of everyday work and collaboration, in Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft Teams is where most remote and hybrid work happens these days. And, Teams has become a hub where we can bring all these resources together into an integrated system of engagement – what Gartner calls a new work nucleus or digital workplace hub.
Importantly, with Microsoft 365 we already have foundational capabilities in each of these areas like Yammer, SharePoint, Stream, Workplace Analytics, Microsoft Search, LinkedIn, Glint and more.
Microsoft Viva builds on this foundation by adding innovative new services and insights focused on people development and success.
Connections is a company branded employee app in Teams. It is a gateway to your employee experience, with personalized news, communications, tasks, people and resources. It provides a single curated employee destination that can be configured for specific roles like frontline workers. So, leaders can communicate and engage their employees, and employees can get easy access to the tools and resources they need from one place.. Connections builds on existing capabilities in Microsoft 365 like SharePoint and Yammer. And it pulls your communications together into a pre-configured app in Teams, designed for both desktop and mobile workers. It also acts as a launching pad to the other 3 Viva modules
Insights brings together Workplace Analytics, MyAnalytics and Glint into a unified insights app in Teams to provide data-driven and privacy-protected insights for individuals, managers and leaders. For example, employees get personalized insights, only they can see, that help them protect their time for breaks, focused work, and learning in order to promote improved productivity and wellbeing.
Topics focuses on knowledge and expertise. Topics applies AI to identify knowledge and experts and organize them into shared topics. AI automatically creates a topic page for each topic. It’s like Wikipedia for the enterprise where AI does the first draft. And these topic pages are surfaced as Topic Cards right in the flow of work in Office and Teams.
Finally, Learning allows employees to easily discover informal and formal learning in the flow of work. It aggregates content from LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Learn and 3rd party training content and your own organizations content – all in one place. Along with providing aggregation and recommendations, it also allows managers to assign and track training, as well as report on training within and across teams.
Microsoft Viva Connections
A curated, company-branded experience that brings together relevant news, conversations, and resources in the apps and devices you use every day. Viva Connections is included in all Microsoft 365 plans with SharePoint Online.
Create connection
Encourage meaningful connections across the organization in a hybrid workplace.
Drive alignment
Rally the entire organization around your vision, mission, and strategic priorities.
Empower contribution
Foster a culture of inclusion by empowering every employee to contribute ideas and share feedback.
Built on Microsoft 365
Deploy and manage Viva Connections through your existing infrastructure.
Microsoft Viva Essential in 45 minutes - Collabdays Bletchley 2022Chirag Patel
Delivered in-person at Collabdays Bletchley Park conference on 05 October 2022.
Want to unlock more value from your existing Microsoft 365 services such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Exchange and more? Microsoft Viva helps us to empower employee experiences and searching across various content services. This demo packed session will explore how to best design & implement your Microsoft Viva covering all modules such as Viva Connections, Viva Topics, Viva Insights and Viva Learning, Viva Goals and Viva Engage.
Connections is a company branded employee app in Teams. It is a gateway to your employee experience, with personalized news, communications, tasks, people and resources. It provides a single curated employee destination that can be configured for specific roles like frontline workers. So, leaders can communicate and engage their employees, and employees can get easy access to the tools and resources they need from one place.. Connections builds on existing capabilities in Microsoft 365 like SharePoint and Yammer. And it pulls your communications together into a pre-configured app in Teams, designed for both desktop and mobile workers. It also acts as a launching pad to the other 3 Viva modules
Insights brings together Workplace Analytics, MyAnalytics and Glint into a unified insights app in Teams to provide data-driven and privacy-protected insights for individuals, managers and leaders. For example, employees get personalized insights, only they can see, that help them protect their time for breaks, focused work, and learning in order to promote improved productivity and wellbeing.
Topics focuses on knowledge and expertise. Topics applies AI to identify knowledge and experts and organize them into shared topics. AI automatically creates a topic page for each topic. It’s like Wikipedia for the enterprise where AI does the first draft. And these topic pages are surfaced as Topic Cards right in the flow of work in Office and Teams.
Finally, Learning allows employees to easily discover informal and formal learning in the flow of work. It aggregates content from LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Learn and 3rd party training content and your own organizations content – all in one place. Along with providing aggregation and recommendations, it also allows managers to assign and track training, as well as report on training within and across teams.
Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience Today & Tomorrow - ...Richard Harbridge
Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience: Today & Tomorrow
There has never been a time where improving the employee experience has been more critical. Organizations need new and innovative approaches and solutions as work and the workforce change. Today, every organization shares a need to enhance how we communicate and engage, collaborate and connect, and manage and develop employees. The question often hard to answer is, what is the best way to meet that growing need, especially in a way that meets it faster, with less cost and risk?Join internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the future of employee communication, employee collaboration, and employee management, how Microsoft 365 is changing these digital employee experiences and perhaps more importantly, what organizations are doing today to prepare for it.
Learn about Microsoft Viva product features and the Employee Experience platform
date: February 10, 2021
#Microsoft365 #Toronto Collaboration user group
Extending Collaboration with SharePoint and Microsoft TeamsChristian Buckley
Webinar presented on July 11th, 2018 for the European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Community that walks through the latest updates on SharePoint and Microsoft's messaging around "intelligent communications," and the role of Microsoft Teams alongside existing and future SharePoint infrastructure. Great guidance for people wondering how SharePoint and Teams should coincide.
Introduction to Microsoft Viva and the Employee Experience Platform with Joel...Joel Oleson
Microsoft announced Viva in February 2021, it is a movement toward employee experience that brings together communications, knowledge, learning, resources, and insights. Powered by Microsoft 365 and experienced primarily through Microsoft Teams. Viva fosters a culture where people and teams are empowered to be their best from anywhere. Viva itself has four main components: – Viva Connections – as the enabler for plugging your SharePoint Intranet into Teams formerly known as Teams Home Site App. – Viva Topics – one of the products from the Project Cortex initiative. It is focused on connecting knowledge and experts. – Viva Insights – delivers focus on employee engagement with consideration for health and wellbeing. – Viva Learning is an aggregation of your skilling across the enterprise with LMS platform integration and just-in-time delivery in the your Teams. We’ll dive into each of these tools and help you better understand availability, licensing, and enterprise positioning and roadmap. Audience: Marketing, Communications, HR IT, IT Managers, Directors, Microsoft 365 Admins, and Teams Administrators Level: 100 & 200 : Introduction and Assumes Basic Microsoft Teams Experience
Hearing the buzz about Microsoft Teams ? Want to learn why you should get on the Microsoft Teams platform. Join us to learn more about Microsoft Teams and where it fits into with Office 365.
This chat based work space in Office 365 really helps enhance collaboration and improve productivity. A platform that is simple for anyone in your organization to use !
Our Demo will include:
Introduction to Microsoft Teams
Get desktop & mobile clients
Start with chat
Create teams
Create channel
Use and create tabs in channel
Some of the questions asked during the Demo:
Does MS Teams replace Skype for Business?- Eventually yes!
Where is the data stored and how is it kept secure?- Office 365 secure cloud.
What limitations does a Guest have in Teams?- Can basically do most tasks.
the new library is created per team or per channel? - Per Team
Is Teams available for Mac? YES
Vivafy your SharePoint intranet in Microsoft Teams with Viva ConnectionsJoel Oleson
“VIVAFY” Your SharePoint Intranet with Teams and Viva
Most companies are using Teams for chat, meetings, and basic collaboration. SharePoint Online has been a neglected investment who have invested in Microsoft 365 with many companies still running their Intranets in classic or even in SharePoint on premise. What is to be done?
How do you take advantage of this Viva wave? Agenda: In this session we’ll break down the tactical steps to take your SharePoint Intranets in whatever phase you are in, into your modern Teams environment for an improved experience. Some may simply be ready to create the powershell package and get Viva Connections deployed to take advantage of the app bar, search, and targeting, but others will need to prepare and should prepare. Here are some of the topics: – Get Your Intranet, Corporate Communications and Org News to Modern SharePoint Online – Design your Branding, Header/Footer, Site Design & Look Strategy – Design your Global Navigation, Information Architecture, and Hubs – Create and Deploy Powershell Package including Icons – Set your Root site and Official News – Manage your Taxonomy, M365 Groups, and Audience Targeting
Audience: Marketing, Communications, HR IT, IT Managers, Directors, Microsoft 365 Admins, and Teams Administrators Level: 100 & 200 Introduction and Assumes Basic Microsoft Teams Experience
Connections is a company branded employee app in Teams. It is a gateway to your employee experience, with personalized news, communications, tasks, people and resources. It provides a single curated employee destination that can be configured for specific roles like frontline workers. So, leaders can communicate and engage their employees, and employees can get easy access to the tools and resources they need from one place.. Connections builds on existing capabilities in Microsoft 365 like SharePoint and Yammer. And it pulls your communications together into a pre-configured app in Teams, designed for both desktop and mobile workers. It also acts as a launching pad to the other 3 Viva modules
Insights brings together Workplace Analytics, MyAnalytics and Glint into a unified insights app in Teams to provide data-driven and privacy-protected insights for individuals, managers and leaders. For example, employees get personalized insights, only they can see, that help them protect their time for breaks, focused work, and learning in order to promote improved productivity and wellbeing.
Topics focuses on knowledge and expertise. Topics applies AI to identify knowledge and experts and organize them into shared topics. AI automatically creates a topic page for each topic. It’s like Wikipedia for the enterprise where AI does the first draft. And these topic pages are surfaced as Topic Cards right in the flow of work in Office and Teams.
Finally, Learning allows employees to easily discover informal and formal learning in the flow of work. It aggregates content from LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Learn and 3rd party training content and your own organizations content – all in one place. Along with providing aggregation and recommendations, it also allows managers to assign and track training, as well as report on training within and across teams.
Microsoft Teams - Transform Workplace CollaborationDavid J Rosenthal
Transform Workplace collaboration
by bringing everything together into a shared workspace where you can chat, meet, create, and make decisions as a team.
And since all your content is organized by team or project, you are able to stay in the flow of your work. It takes the average person 23 minutes to regain productivity after an interruption, or being distracted.
Streamline business processes
You need ready access to business-critical data, applications, and be able to execute repeatable processes efficiently. Since Teams is a true platform, you can plug in apps and services you already use, and even integrate your existing tailor-made tools INTO Teams.
Imagine being able to seamlessly kick off a repeatable approvals process without ever having to leave Teams.
Connect across your entire organization
Teams is just as important and effective a tool for a C-level executive, as it is for somebody on a factory floor, in a retail shop, a classroom, a hospital, in a marketing role, or anyone in between.
We have thought about the unique needs of many different types of workers and provide solutions through Teams that are tailor-made for them. And Microsoft is the only collaboration solution provider who has dedicated engineering teams building functionality specifically for roles across industries.
For example, you can see here how Teams gives Firstline worker managers a tool to manage schedules and gives the workers an easy way to consume that information, or even swap a shift.
Building Modern Intranets With SharePoint & TeamsJoy Apple
A lot has changed since Microsoft began recommending flat information architecture for modern SharePoint intranets.
In this session we’ll discuss:
- 3 dimensional intranets
- The advantages of flat information architecture
- How hub sites provide consistent navigation, content rollups, and visitor permissions
- How Teams connected team sites play a role in the intranet
- Using Yammer for Communities
Intelligent compliance and risk management solutions.
First, we understand ‘compliance’ can have different meanings to various teams across enterprise. Compliance is an outcome of continuous risk management, involving compliance, risk, legal, privacy, security, IT and often even HR and finance teams which requires integrated approach to manage risk.
Let's start with the base pillar Compliance Management: compliance management is all about simplify risk assessment and mitigation in more automated way, providing visibility and insights to help meet compliance requirements.
Information Protection and Governance: we believe there is a huge opportunity for Microsoft to help our customers to know their data better, protect and govern data throughout its lifecycle in heterogenous environment. This is often the key starting point for many of our customers in their modern compliance journey – knowing what sensitive data they have, putting flexible, end-user friendly policies for both security and compliance outcomes, using more automation and intelligence.
Internal Risk Management: Internal risks are often what keeps business leaders up at night – regardless of negligent or malicious, identifying and being able to take action on internal risks are critical. The ability to quickly identify and manage risks from insiders (employees or contractors with corporate access) and minimize the negative impact on corporate compliance, competitive business position and brand reputation is a priority for organizations worldwide.
Last but not least, Discover and Respond: being able to discover relevant data for internal investigations, litigation, or regulatory requests and respond to them efficiently, and doing so without having to use multiple solutions and moving data in and out of systems to increase risk – is critical.
Webinar: Microsoft Teams is Here! Presented by Avanade, AvePoint and Microsoft.Dux Raymond Sy
Just announced, Christophe Fiessenger, Program Manager for Office 365 Groups at Microsoft and AvePoint present a new webinar on Office 365 Groups! Register now: http://avept.it/2gIdgZF
By definition, Microsoft Teams is a chat-based workspace in Office 365 designed for teams of colleagues to collaborate. By design, Microsoft Teams is poised to change the way every individual in your organization works together – from Millennials to Baby Boomers.
Our panel of subject matter experts and MVPs, from AvePoint, Avanade, and Microsoft, discussed:
What is Microsoft Teams and what can it do for my organization?
What are the benefits of introducing Microsoft Teams to my end users?
What are the considerations of introducing Microsoft Teams to my end users?
How do I provide guidance (and governance) for my end users when rolling out Microsoft Teams alongside Yammer, Office 365 Groups, and everything else in their collaboration toolkit?
By the end of our webinar, we hope to have brought clarity about he impact Microsoft Teams can have on your organization and how adopting this upcoming addition to Office 365 can ensure your multi-generational teams are collaborating and communicating effectively.
Contact Innovate Vancouver to help on your next project!
Knowledge Management in Sharepoint - Article:
https://innovatevancouver.org/2022/10/10/knowledge-management-in-sharepoint/
Travis Barker, MPA GCPM
Consulting@innovatevancouver.org
https://innovatevancouver.org
Securing Team, SharePoint, and OneDrive in Microsoft 365 - M365VMDrew Madelung
As part of the M365 Virtual Marathon, this is a presentation that includes security options for securing your overall collaboration environment including data loss prevention, sharing, sensitivity labels and more.
We work with more people today than ever before. The scale, speed, and sprawl that collaboration requires are some of the biggest challenges facing organizations today. Today’s collaboration needs are dynamic and varied, from complex collaboration portals to small innovation teams. How can an organization succeed in enabling collaboration while mitigating or reducing the risks that come with it? How do we design and empower the right experiences to enable a new kind of compliant collaboration that is needed to meet future demands, all while leveraging the latest innovations from Microsoft collaboration platform Loop to Microsoft Viva.
Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Digital Workplace, in partnership with Colligo, as he shares insight on how to better plan, design, integrate and enhance collaboration within your organization. Hear proven approaches from tackling and managing Teams, SharePoint, and Community sprawl to enabling improved employee experiences that bring collaboration, process, and more directly into the places people already work like Microsoft Teams and Outlook today. Be inspired by actionable advice and solutions that maximize the power of metadata and integrate into the flow of work so that collaborated content is automatically (by default) protected, retained, categorized, and managed.
In this session you will hear:
Why compliant collaboration is essential to future-ready digital design, and how you can play a crucial role in creating the foundation for sustainable, scalable, and responsible collaboration that keeps pace with significant marketplace innovation.
Real-life industry examples of what it takes to make effective collaboration possible.
Practical techniques you can use to bridge silos, increase productivity, and deliver better outcomes for your teams.
See examples of Microsoft Office collaboration software and powerful solutions from the community and specialist vendors like Colligo for solving real challenges around collaboration and content today.
Connections is a company branded employee app in Teams. It is a gateway to your employee experience, with personalized news, communications, tasks, people and resources. It provides a single curated employee destination that can be configured for specific roles like frontline workers. So, leaders can communicate and engage their employees, and employees can get easy access to the tools and resources they need from one place.. Connections builds on existing capabilities in Microsoft 365 like SharePoint and Yammer. And it pulls your communications together into a pre-configured app in Teams, designed for both desktop and mobile workers. It also acts as a launching pad to the other 3 Viva modules
Insights brings together Workplace Analytics, MyAnalytics and Glint into a unified insights app in Teams to provide data-driven and privacy-protected insights for individuals, managers and leaders. For example, employees get personalized insights, only they can see, that help them protect their time for breaks, focused work, and learning in order to promote improved productivity and wellbeing.
Topics focuses on knowledge and expertise. Topics applies AI to identify knowledge and experts and organize them into shared topics. AI automatically creates a topic page for each topic. It’s like Wikipedia for the enterprise where AI does the first draft. And these topic pages are surfaced as Topic Cards right in the flow of work in Office and Teams.
Finally, Learning allows employees to easily discover informal and formal learning in the flow of work. It aggregates content from LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Learn and 3rd party training content and your own organizations content – all in one place. Along with providing aggregation and recommendations, it also allows managers to assign and track training, as well as report on training within and across teams.
Deep Dive Microsoft Viva Insights - Collabdays Bletchley Park 2023Chirag Patel
Delivered session at Collabdays Bletchley Park 2023 conference on 27 September 2023 at The National Museum of Computing.
For all the business systems in your workplace you can measure and track its successes, but which system enables you to measure employees wellbeing and productivity? In this demo session, we dive into Viva Insights, understand your work habits, identify areas for improvement, and take actions to free up time from costly, non-productive meetings to get your work done. We will also cover how managers and leaders can increase operational efficiency to achieve productivity gains across your organisation.
Piloting & Scaling Successfully With Microsoft VivaRichard Harbridge
With so many Viva capabilities available to organizations, it can be a challenge knowing which should be piloted together or what patterns and practices work best when piloting Viva Connections, Viva Learning, Viva Topics, Viva Goals, Viva Insights, Viva Pulse, Viva Amplify, and more. How do organizations get started successfully, overcome challenges in piloting and rolling out these experiences, and eventually scale to organization-wide deployments?
Join internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the lessons learned and proven approaches with Microsoft Viva. Together you will explore unique and vital challenges with Viva deployments, such as challenges with multiple tenants or multiple organizations in one tenant or challenges with experiences designed for scale – determining if an organization is large enough or has enough content for a great experience with Viva Topics and more.
Tackling Employee Experience Today As We Embrace The Future WorkplaceRichard Harbridge
Tackling Employee Experience Today As We Embrace The Future Workplace
The future workplace needs to take into account how the employee experience landscape is changing and the importance of digital experiences throughout the employee journey. The employee experience journey starts before the employee is hired and lasts after they depart. Focusing on the employee experience can feel like a daunting task when reviewing the many different stages of an employee’s journey, but we know understanding and improving these stages can lead to a much more positive employee experience, and maximize the retention, impact, engagement, and performance of the employee.
Introduction to Microsoft Viva and the Employee Experience Platform with Joel...Joel Oleson
Microsoft announced Viva in February 2021, it is a movement toward employee experience that brings together communications, knowledge, learning, resources, and insights. Powered by Microsoft 365 and experienced primarily through Microsoft Teams. Viva fosters a culture where people and teams are empowered to be their best from anywhere. Viva itself has four main components: – Viva Connections – as the enabler for plugging your SharePoint Intranet into Teams formerly known as Teams Home Site App. – Viva Topics – one of the products from the Project Cortex initiative. It is focused on connecting knowledge and experts. – Viva Insights – delivers focus on employee engagement with consideration for health and wellbeing. – Viva Learning is an aggregation of your skilling across the enterprise with LMS platform integration and just-in-time delivery in the your Teams. We’ll dive into each of these tools and help you better understand availability, licensing, and enterprise positioning and roadmap. Audience: Marketing, Communications, HR IT, IT Managers, Directors, Microsoft 365 Admins, and Teams Administrators Level: 100 & 200 : Introduction and Assumes Basic Microsoft Teams Experience
Hearing the buzz about Microsoft Teams ? Want to learn why you should get on the Microsoft Teams platform. Join us to learn more about Microsoft Teams and where it fits into with Office 365.
This chat based work space in Office 365 really helps enhance collaboration and improve productivity. A platform that is simple for anyone in your organization to use !
Our Demo will include:
Introduction to Microsoft Teams
Get desktop & mobile clients
Start with chat
Create teams
Create channel
Use and create tabs in channel
Some of the questions asked during the Demo:
Does MS Teams replace Skype for Business?- Eventually yes!
Where is the data stored and how is it kept secure?- Office 365 secure cloud.
What limitations does a Guest have in Teams?- Can basically do most tasks.
the new library is created per team or per channel? - Per Team
Is Teams available for Mac? YES
Vivafy your SharePoint intranet in Microsoft Teams with Viva ConnectionsJoel Oleson
“VIVAFY” Your SharePoint Intranet with Teams and Viva
Most companies are using Teams for chat, meetings, and basic collaboration. SharePoint Online has been a neglected investment who have invested in Microsoft 365 with many companies still running their Intranets in classic or even in SharePoint on premise. What is to be done?
How do you take advantage of this Viva wave? Agenda: In this session we’ll break down the tactical steps to take your SharePoint Intranets in whatever phase you are in, into your modern Teams environment for an improved experience. Some may simply be ready to create the powershell package and get Viva Connections deployed to take advantage of the app bar, search, and targeting, but others will need to prepare and should prepare. Here are some of the topics: – Get Your Intranet, Corporate Communications and Org News to Modern SharePoint Online – Design your Branding, Header/Footer, Site Design & Look Strategy – Design your Global Navigation, Information Architecture, and Hubs – Create and Deploy Powershell Package including Icons – Set your Root site and Official News – Manage your Taxonomy, M365 Groups, and Audience Targeting
Audience: Marketing, Communications, HR IT, IT Managers, Directors, Microsoft 365 Admins, and Teams Administrators Level: 100 & 200 Introduction and Assumes Basic Microsoft Teams Experience
Connections is a company branded employee app in Teams. It is a gateway to your employee experience, with personalized news, communications, tasks, people and resources. It provides a single curated employee destination that can be configured for specific roles like frontline workers. So, leaders can communicate and engage their employees, and employees can get easy access to the tools and resources they need from one place.. Connections builds on existing capabilities in Microsoft 365 like SharePoint and Yammer. And it pulls your communications together into a pre-configured app in Teams, designed for both desktop and mobile workers. It also acts as a launching pad to the other 3 Viva modules
Insights brings together Workplace Analytics, MyAnalytics and Glint into a unified insights app in Teams to provide data-driven and privacy-protected insights for individuals, managers and leaders. For example, employees get personalized insights, only they can see, that help them protect their time for breaks, focused work, and learning in order to promote improved productivity and wellbeing.
Topics focuses on knowledge and expertise. Topics applies AI to identify knowledge and experts and organize them into shared topics. AI automatically creates a topic page for each topic. It’s like Wikipedia for the enterprise where AI does the first draft. And these topic pages are surfaced as Topic Cards right in the flow of work in Office and Teams.
Finally, Learning allows employees to easily discover informal and formal learning in the flow of work. It aggregates content from LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Learn and 3rd party training content and your own organizations content – all in one place. Along with providing aggregation and recommendations, it also allows managers to assign and track training, as well as report on training within and across teams.
Microsoft Teams - Transform Workplace CollaborationDavid J Rosenthal
Transform Workplace collaboration
by bringing everything together into a shared workspace where you can chat, meet, create, and make decisions as a team.
And since all your content is organized by team or project, you are able to stay in the flow of your work. It takes the average person 23 minutes to regain productivity after an interruption, or being distracted.
Streamline business processes
You need ready access to business-critical data, applications, and be able to execute repeatable processes efficiently. Since Teams is a true platform, you can plug in apps and services you already use, and even integrate your existing tailor-made tools INTO Teams.
Imagine being able to seamlessly kick off a repeatable approvals process without ever having to leave Teams.
Connect across your entire organization
Teams is just as important and effective a tool for a C-level executive, as it is for somebody on a factory floor, in a retail shop, a classroom, a hospital, in a marketing role, or anyone in between.
We have thought about the unique needs of many different types of workers and provide solutions through Teams that are tailor-made for them. And Microsoft is the only collaboration solution provider who has dedicated engineering teams building functionality specifically for roles across industries.
For example, you can see here how Teams gives Firstline worker managers a tool to manage schedules and gives the workers an easy way to consume that information, or even swap a shift.
Building Modern Intranets With SharePoint & TeamsJoy Apple
A lot has changed since Microsoft began recommending flat information architecture for modern SharePoint intranets.
In this session we’ll discuss:
- 3 dimensional intranets
- The advantages of flat information architecture
- How hub sites provide consistent navigation, content rollups, and visitor permissions
- How Teams connected team sites play a role in the intranet
- Using Yammer for Communities
Intelligent compliance and risk management solutions.
First, we understand ‘compliance’ can have different meanings to various teams across enterprise. Compliance is an outcome of continuous risk management, involving compliance, risk, legal, privacy, security, IT and often even HR and finance teams which requires integrated approach to manage risk.
Let's start with the base pillar Compliance Management: compliance management is all about simplify risk assessment and mitigation in more automated way, providing visibility and insights to help meet compliance requirements.
Information Protection and Governance: we believe there is a huge opportunity for Microsoft to help our customers to know their data better, protect and govern data throughout its lifecycle in heterogenous environment. This is often the key starting point for many of our customers in their modern compliance journey – knowing what sensitive data they have, putting flexible, end-user friendly policies for both security and compliance outcomes, using more automation and intelligence.
Internal Risk Management: Internal risks are often what keeps business leaders up at night – regardless of negligent or malicious, identifying and being able to take action on internal risks are critical. The ability to quickly identify and manage risks from insiders (employees or contractors with corporate access) and minimize the negative impact on corporate compliance, competitive business position and brand reputation is a priority for organizations worldwide.
Last but not least, Discover and Respond: being able to discover relevant data for internal investigations, litigation, or regulatory requests and respond to them efficiently, and doing so without having to use multiple solutions and moving data in and out of systems to increase risk – is critical.
Webinar: Microsoft Teams is Here! Presented by Avanade, AvePoint and Microsoft.Dux Raymond Sy
Just announced, Christophe Fiessenger, Program Manager for Office 365 Groups at Microsoft and AvePoint present a new webinar on Office 365 Groups! Register now: http://avept.it/2gIdgZF
By definition, Microsoft Teams is a chat-based workspace in Office 365 designed for teams of colleagues to collaborate. By design, Microsoft Teams is poised to change the way every individual in your organization works together – from Millennials to Baby Boomers.
Our panel of subject matter experts and MVPs, from AvePoint, Avanade, and Microsoft, discussed:
What is Microsoft Teams and what can it do for my organization?
What are the benefits of introducing Microsoft Teams to my end users?
What are the considerations of introducing Microsoft Teams to my end users?
How do I provide guidance (and governance) for my end users when rolling out Microsoft Teams alongside Yammer, Office 365 Groups, and everything else in their collaboration toolkit?
By the end of our webinar, we hope to have brought clarity about he impact Microsoft Teams can have on your organization and how adopting this upcoming addition to Office 365 can ensure your multi-generational teams are collaborating and communicating effectively.
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Securing Team, SharePoint, and OneDrive in Microsoft 365 - M365VMDrew Madelung
As part of the M365 Virtual Marathon, this is a presentation that includes security options for securing your overall collaboration environment including data loss prevention, sharing, sensitivity labels and more.
We work with more people today than ever before. The scale, speed, and sprawl that collaboration requires are some of the biggest challenges facing organizations today. Today’s collaboration needs are dynamic and varied, from complex collaboration portals to small innovation teams. How can an organization succeed in enabling collaboration while mitigating or reducing the risks that come with it? How do we design and empower the right experiences to enable a new kind of compliant collaboration that is needed to meet future demands, all while leveraging the latest innovations from Microsoft collaboration platform Loop to Microsoft Viva.
Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Digital Workplace, in partnership with Colligo, as he shares insight on how to better plan, design, integrate and enhance collaboration within your organization. Hear proven approaches from tackling and managing Teams, SharePoint, and Community sprawl to enabling improved employee experiences that bring collaboration, process, and more directly into the places people already work like Microsoft Teams and Outlook today. Be inspired by actionable advice and solutions that maximize the power of metadata and integrate into the flow of work so that collaborated content is automatically (by default) protected, retained, categorized, and managed.
In this session you will hear:
Why compliant collaboration is essential to future-ready digital design, and how you can play a crucial role in creating the foundation for sustainable, scalable, and responsible collaboration that keeps pace with significant marketplace innovation.
Real-life industry examples of what it takes to make effective collaboration possible.
Practical techniques you can use to bridge silos, increase productivity, and deliver better outcomes for your teams.
See examples of Microsoft Office collaboration software and powerful solutions from the community and specialist vendors like Colligo for solving real challenges around collaboration and content today.
Connections is a company branded employee app in Teams. It is a gateway to your employee experience, with personalized news, communications, tasks, people and resources. It provides a single curated employee destination that can be configured for specific roles like frontline workers. So, leaders can communicate and engage their employees, and employees can get easy access to the tools and resources they need from one place.. Connections builds on existing capabilities in Microsoft 365 like SharePoint and Yammer. And it pulls your communications together into a pre-configured app in Teams, designed for both desktop and mobile workers. It also acts as a launching pad to the other 3 Viva modules
Insights brings together Workplace Analytics, MyAnalytics and Glint into a unified insights app in Teams to provide data-driven and privacy-protected insights for individuals, managers and leaders. For example, employees get personalized insights, only they can see, that help them protect their time for breaks, focused work, and learning in order to promote improved productivity and wellbeing.
Topics focuses on knowledge and expertise. Topics applies AI to identify knowledge and experts and organize them into shared topics. AI automatically creates a topic page for each topic. It’s like Wikipedia for the enterprise where AI does the first draft. And these topic pages are surfaced as Topic Cards right in the flow of work in Office and Teams.
Finally, Learning allows employees to easily discover informal and formal learning in the flow of work. It aggregates content from LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Learn and 3rd party training content and your own organizations content – all in one place. Along with providing aggregation and recommendations, it also allows managers to assign and track training, as well as report on training within and across teams.
Deep Dive Microsoft Viva Insights - Collabdays Bletchley Park 2023Chirag Patel
Delivered session at Collabdays Bletchley Park 2023 conference on 27 September 2023 at The National Museum of Computing.
For all the business systems in your workplace you can measure and track its successes, but which system enables you to measure employees wellbeing and productivity? In this demo session, we dive into Viva Insights, understand your work habits, identify areas for improvement, and take actions to free up time from costly, non-productive meetings to get your work done. We will also cover how managers and leaders can increase operational efficiency to achieve productivity gains across your organisation.
Piloting & Scaling Successfully With Microsoft VivaRichard Harbridge
With so many Viva capabilities available to organizations, it can be a challenge knowing which should be piloted together or what patterns and practices work best when piloting Viva Connections, Viva Learning, Viva Topics, Viva Goals, Viva Insights, Viva Pulse, Viva Amplify, and more. How do organizations get started successfully, overcome challenges in piloting and rolling out these experiences, and eventually scale to organization-wide deployments?
Join internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the lessons learned and proven approaches with Microsoft Viva. Together you will explore unique and vital challenges with Viva deployments, such as challenges with multiple tenants or multiple organizations in one tenant or challenges with experiences designed for scale – determining if an organization is large enough or has enough content for a great experience with Viva Topics and more.
Tackling Employee Experience Today As We Embrace The Future WorkplaceRichard Harbridge
Tackling Employee Experience Today As We Embrace The Future Workplace
The future workplace needs to take into account how the employee experience landscape is changing and the importance of digital experiences throughout the employee journey. The employee experience journey starts before the employee is hired and lasts after they depart. Focusing on the employee experience can feel like a daunting task when reviewing the many different stages of an employee’s journey, but we know understanding and improving these stages can lead to a much more positive employee experience, and maximize the retention, impact, engagement, and performance of the employee.
Solving Today's HR, Communication & Leadership Challenges With Microsoft 365 ...Richard Harbridge
Microsoft 365 Intranets are capable of a lot more than just getting key corporate messaging out.
Internal Communications leaders have shifted from editors to enablers. With that shift comes a change from enforcing messaging to empowering and amplifying excellent communications and great ideas throughout the business. From preboarding to offboarding, HR's challenges are harder today than they have ever been before. Naturally, how these leaders leverage the digital workplace has changed as well, especially in how they leverage technology to achieve more with less.
Join our Product Offering Lead, Anders Fagerlund, and the CTO of 2toLead, Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Digital Workplace. This webinar will explore ideas and solutions that HR and Corporate Communications have embraced to improve how, where, and when they engage with employees.
We will discuss:
How to best leverage SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and Yammer for modern communications.
How to take advantage of AI and Microsoft technology to accelerate and improve key communication and content.
Microsoft Intranet's best practices and approach that can make all the difference.
There will also be a short Q&A session at the end of the webinar.
Target audience
This event is primarily aimed at roles like CIO, CCO, CTO, Digital Workplace or Intranet Managers or similar roles within organizations planning to improve their digital workplace based on Microsoft technology.
Piloting & Scaling Successfully With Microsoft VivaRichard Harbridge
Piloting & Scaling Successfully With Microsoft Viva
With so many Viva capabilities available to organizations, it can be a challenge knowing which should be piloted together or what patterns and practices work best when piloting Viva Connections, Viva Learning, Viva Topics, Viva Goals, Viva Insights, Viva Pulse, Viva Amplify, and more. How do organizations get started successfully, overcome challenges in piloting and rolling out these experiences, and eventually scale to organization-wide deploymentsJoin internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the lessons learned and proven approaches with Microsoft Viva. Together you will explore unique and vital challenges with Viva deployments, such as challenges with multiple tenants or multiple organizations in one tenant or challenges with experiences designed for scale - determining if an org is large enough or has enough content for a great experience with Viva Topics and more.
STRATEGY & SUCCESS WITH MICROSOFT 365: Practical Tools & Techniques For Strat...Richard Harbridge
People are complex. Office 365 is complex. Add the two together and you get some of the most challenging, difficult, and stressful situations, especially if you are responsible for facilitating shared understanding between them.
Join Richard Harbridge to learn about actionable techniques to improve, simplify and amplify your leadership, business analysis and information architecture efforts with Office 365. Walk away with improved confidence when dealing with business and non-technical related challenges of Office 365, and be familiarized with effective tools and techniques that make Office 365 implementations more successful.
Topics will include:
• Aligning with the Microsoft Roadmap
• Planning & Implementing For Scale
• Aligning With Industry Trends
• Pro-Active Planning (Estimates, Roadmaps, Adoption, Etc.)
• Visualizing & Communicating Better (Many Tips & Tricks)
INT303 Beyond The Intranet Digital Workplace Apps, Solutions n Bots #365EDUConKanwal Khipple
How to respond to the ever-increasing demand for powerful and integrated solutions that support users' needs across their digital workplace and beyond. Leveraging Office 365 means that you have access to entirely new ways of building solutions faster than ever before. The best part? It's not just IT that can build these great solutions!
There is a growing trend of organizations embracing new capabilities in “the cloud” to meet their digital workplace and Intranet needs. While some organizations are running their Intranets “on premise,” most are transitioning or have migrated to cloud-based solutions or run them on platforms like Microsoft 365.
The question for many companies is not “should our intranet be built with Microsoft 365?” but “how should we integrate or build our Intranets with Microsoft 365”. This is even more true today with the emergence of new modern Intranet capabilities and continued innovation from Microsoft that must be reconciled with enterprise Intranet/Digital Workplace needs.
In this session Richard Harbridge will explore:
• The benefits new Office 365 features bring to an intranet
• Where the issues and challenges will lie
• Practical guidance on when and how you may integrate Office 365 with your existing intranet today
Modern HR, Communication, & Leadership Best Practices With Microsoft 365Richard Harbridge
Today Intranets are about more than just getting key corporate messaging out. Communications have changed just as IT and HR have changed. Communications leaders have shifted from editors to enablers. Communication leaders are moving from enforcing messaging to empowering and amplifying excellent communications and great ideas throughout the business. Human Resources leaders are shifting from hiring/firing and policy enforcement to performance and engagement. From preboarding to offboarding, HR's challenges are harder today than they have ever been before. Naturally, how these leaders leverage the digital workplace has changed, especially in how they leverage technology to achieve more with less. Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Digital Workplace, as he explores ideas and solutions that HR and Corporate Communications have embraced to improve how, where, and when they engage with employees. We will discuss how to best leverage SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and Yammer for modern communications and take advantage of AI and Microsoft technology to accelerate and improve key communication and content. The technology, best practices, and approach can make all the difference, and it has, for some organizations, led to more significant HR, Intranet, and communications success.
Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience Today & TomorrowRichard Harbridge
There has never been a time where improving the employee experience has been more critical.
Today, every organization shares a need to enhance how we communicate and engage, collaborate and connect, and manage and develop employees.
Join internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the future of employee experiences, how Microsoft 365 is changing, and perhaps more importantly, what organizations are doing today to prepare for it.
Navigating the Inner and Outer Loops--Effective Office 365 CommunicationsChristian Buckley
Presentation from SharePoint Conference North America (#SPC18) presented in Las Vegas on 5-21-18, addressing the "which tool to use and when?" question, and the soft-skills issues at the root of the problem for most orgnizations.
Csharptek tries to excel in delivering Microsoft teams services as we ensure seamless collaboration and communication. Our expertise encompasses setup, customization, and training for leveraging teams' capabilities in enhancing teamwork, productivity, and remote collaboration. benefit from our solutions for efficient meetings, file sharing, and improved connectivity across your organization.
Beyond the Intranet: Digital Workplace Apps, Solutions n Bots #spc19Kanwal Khipple
Many organizations have already established a powerful Office 365 Intranet, but they haven't answered the question What's next . In this session we will respond to the ever-increasing demand for powerful and integrated solutions that support users' needs across their digital workplace and beyond. Leveraging Office 365 means that you have access to entirely new ways of building solutions faster than ever before. The best part? It's not just IT that can build these great solutions!
Join Kanwal Khipple as he shares real world examples, and best practices for how organizations can deliver more value with integrated solutions built by the business, by IT, or a combination of both. In this session, we will talk about Bots, Microsoft Flow, PowerApps, Microsoft Forms, Integrations, Office 365 development, industry innovation and more!
Intranets & Digital Hubs With Microsoft 365: What You Need To KnowRichard Harbridge
There is a growing trend of organizations embracing new capabilities in “the cloud” to meet their digital workplace and Intranet needs. While some organizations are running their Intranets “on premise,” most are transitioning or have migrated to cloud-based solutions or run them on platforms like Microsoft 365.
The question for many companies is not “should our intranet be built with Microsoft 365?” but “how should we integrate or build our Intranets with Microsoft 365”. This is even more true today with the emergence of new modern Intranet capabilities and continued innovation from Microsoft that must be reconciled with enterprise Intranet/Digital Workplace needs.
In this session Richard Harbridge will explore:
• The benefits new Microsoft 365 features bring to an intranet
• Where the issues and challenges will lie
• Practical guidance on when and how you may integrate Microsoft 365 with your existing intranet today
Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience Today & Tomorrow - ...Richard Harbridge
Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience: Today & Tomorrow
There has never been a time where improving the employee experience has been more critical. Organizations need new and innovative approaches and solutions as work and the workforce change. Today, every organization shares a need to enhance how we communicate and engage, collaborate and connect, and manage and develop employees. The question often hard to answer is, what is the best way to meet that growing need, especially in a way that meets it faster, with less cost and risk?Join internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the future of employee communication, employee collaboration, and employee management, how Microsoft 365 is changing these digital employee experiences and perhaps more importantly, what organizations are doing today to prepare for it.
An effective intranet design is one that is perceived as being of value by both employees and stakeholders. There is a significant amount of planning involved when designing an intranet experience no matter if it is a new build, redesign or new feature. It typically requires cross-department collaboration, management of a multidisciplinary team and implementation, marketing/communication and training plan.
Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience Today & Tomorrow SH...Richard Harbridge
There has never been a time where improving the employee experience has been more critical. Today, every organization shares a need to enhance how we communicate and engage, collaborate and connect, and manage and develop employees.
Join internationally recognized industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares insight into the future of employee experiences, how Microsoft 365 is changing, and perhaps more importantly, what organizations are doing today to prepare for it.
Best Practices For Getting The Most Out Of Your Intranet & Digital Workplace ...Richard Harbridge
What’s the best way to improve a successful Intranet or Digital Workplace? With intelligence, analytics and targeted insight!
Modernizing your Intranets and Digital Workplaces with the latest version of SharePoint or Office 365 is necessary but not sufficient. The question for many organizations is how we get even more value out of the Intranet after it has been upgraded, migrated and modernized. To achieve greater levels of success you need greater insight and to understand the importance of engagement, analytics and how these can improve employee experiences and content within the organization.
Join Richard Harbridge, Office 365 MVP & Intranet expert, as he shares engagement & analytics real world examples and best practices. These practices have helped successful customers get more from Office 365, SharePoint, their Intranets and their Digital Workplaces.
Beyond the Intranet - Digital Workplace apps, Solutions n Bots #spslaKanwal Khipple
How to respond to the ever-increasing demand for powerful and integrated solutions that support users' needs across their digital workplace and beyond. Leveraging Office 365 means that you have access to entirely new ways of building solutions faster than ever before. The best part? It's not just IT that can build these great solutions!
Preparing, Piloting & Paths to Success with Microsoft CopilotRichard Harbridge
Preparing, Piloting & Paths to Success with Microsoft Copilot
In the modern post generative AI era, leveraging innovative tools is crucial for enhancing productivity and improving performance. This workshop will explore how to get the most out of Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Viva Copilot and Microsoft Copilot experiences. Join Microsoft MVP and industry expert Richard Harbridge as we delve into challenges surrounding its adoption including initial preparation, user training, support, governance and integration into existing workflows. We will start with an overview highlighting the critical to understand elements that make Copilot so impactful in organizations today along with plenty of data and industry insights. As we transition into guidance around piloting Microsoft 365 Copilot, participants will explore its robust features through rich examples. Engaging with real-world scenarios will unveil common hurdles and provide a clear roadmap towards optimizing Microsoft 365 Copilot for your organizational needs.
Bridging The Gap: How AI Is Transforming Both Customer Experience & Employee ...Richard Harbridge
In the post-pandemic and hybrid world, the importance of effective conversations in both customer experience (CX) and employee experience (EX) has surged.
Historically, voice data has primarily enhanced customer support, but with the integration of advanced recording, transcription, and AI-driven tools, there's a newfound potential to elevate all employee interactions.
AI copilot agents stand at the forefront of this transformation, offering streamlined customer interactions, real-time insights for support agents, and organizational agility. The transition from chat to voice calls presents both an opportunity and a challenge.
While analytics have been a mainstay in , their application in remains largely untapped. This disparity offers organizations a chance to holistically understand operations and create a seamless synergy between CX and EX.
However, the utilization of AI and analytics brings forth challenges, especially concerning data anonymization and de-anonymization in the context of employee data. As privacy norms evolve, organizations must tread carefully, balancing the promise of AI with ethical considerations.
Join industry experts , Chief Executive Officer of and Chief Technology Officer at as they share insights, best practices and lessons learned that can help your organization navigate forward faster with AI.
Mastering Microsoft 365: The Winning Trio Of Automation, Governance & AdoptionRichard Harbridge
Mastering Microsoft 365: The Winning Trio of Automation, Governance, and Adoption
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, mastering Microsoft 365 is no longer just a luxury—it's a necessity. Join us for an enlightening webinar presented by Microsoft MVP and renowned industry expert, Richard Harbridge, as we delve deep into how automation, governance and adoption can not only improve the management, but the employee experience of Microsoft 365.
What we'll cover:
Governance and Lifecycle Mastery: Understand the critical nuances of the governance and lifecycle of SharePoint sites and teams. Navigate the complexities with ease and ensure your organization's digital assets are managed effectively and securely.
Tackling Sprawl: With the proliferation of digital tools and platforms, sprawl has become a pressing concern. Learn actionable strategies to manage and mitigate sprawl, ensuring your digital ecosystem remains organized and efficient improving both the management and employee experience.
The Power of Automation: Discover how automation and programmatic improvements not only streamline operations but also lead to proactive management. Unleash the potential of Microsoft 365 by leveraging automation to its fullest.
The Symbiotic Relationship of Governance and Adoption: Dive into the intricate relationship between governance and adoption. Understand how a robust governance framework can bolster adoption rates and how fostering adoption can, in turn, reinforce governance.
In a world where efficiency, security, and adaptability are paramount, mastering Microsoft 365 can set your organization leagues ahead of the competition. Equip yourself with the knowledge and strategies to make the most of this powerful suite and drive your organization towards unparalleled success.
Elevate Your Microsoft 365 Experience The Winning Trio Of AI, Analytics & Aut...Richard Harbridge
Let Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge guide you through the exciting world of AI, analytics, and automation in Microsoft 365.
Uncover the innovative ways organizations are optimizing collaboration, communication, and management for employees, leaders, and managers, all while empowering your organization to thrive in an ever-evolving digital landscape.
Elevate Your Microsoft 365 Experience The Winning Trio Of AI, Analytics & Rec...Richard Harbridge
Redefine and elevate your SaaS experience.
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms are no longer just about providing tools; they're about enhancing user experiences, driving efficiency, and ensuring that businesses stay ahead of the curve. Enter the transformative trio: AI, Analytics, and Recommendations. This session delves deep into the synergistic relationship between these three pillars, illustrating how they can be harnessed to elevate your SaaS experience to unprecedented heights.
Join Richard Harbridge, Microsoft MVP and leading industry expert as he shares best practices and real-world examples from Microsoft 365, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft Viva that advance your SaaS experience.
Together attendees will gain insights into:
Analytics - Understand your user behavior, workflow efficiencies, and areas of improvement. Dive into how Microsoft 365's robust analytics can offer actionable insights to optimize your business processes.
AI - Beyond just data, discover how AI can be a game-changer in action management. Learn how Microsoft's AI capabilities not only predict but proactively address challenges, ensuring a seamless and enhanced user experience.
Recommendations - Personalization is key in today's SaaS world. Explore how Microsoft 365 tailors recommendations based on user behavior, ensuring that each interaction is relevant, timely, and actionable.
By the end of this session, participants will be equipped with the knowledge and inspiration to leverage the power of AI, analytics, and recommendations, transforming their SaaS platforms from mere tools to dynamic, adaptive, and optimized experiences. Join us for this first session of this series and embark on a journey to redefine and elevate your SaaS experience.
Metaverse & The Employee Experience: What You Need To KnowRichard Harbridge
Back in the day we would use 'who installed a browser' that wasn't the default as an 'indirect signal' that denoted a level of individual interest in improving their digital productivity or experience. Nowadays we are swimming in indirect signals - from who organizes the most meetings (named if you use Audit log etc) to dynamics around networking (Viva Insights) to who uses Teams Apps (another great indirect signal of expanding productivity/investing in digital experiences).
What still works best though is direct signals like comments, nominations, champion programs (yearly and NON MANAGER & NON IT focused) and more that help identify people and map them/amplify their visibility as potential super collaborators, those with high amounts of digital debt and those who would better benefit from greater digital fitness or digital experience investments.
Elevate Your Microsoft 365 Experience The Winning Trio Of AI, Analytics & Aut...Richard Harbridge
Let Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge guide you through the exciting world of AI, analytics, and automation in Microsoft 365.Uncover the innovative ways organizations are optimizing collaboration, communication, and management for employees, leaders, and managers.In this session, you will learn to:• Enhance your organization's potential by learning how to pinpoint areas of focus, tackle risks, and automate tasks for a more productive and efficient workflow.• Delve into the practical applications and benefits of these technologies, from streamlining repetitive tasks to uncovering valuable insights for informed decision-making.• Gain a comprehensive understanding of how to successfully integrate AI, analytics, and automation into your Microsoft 365 environment, empowering your organization to thrive in an ever-evolving digital landscape.
Ideas & Inspiration: Getting Started & Driving Success With Power Platform At...Richard Harbridge
Understanding the many capabilities of the Microsoft Power Platform is essential for any technology leader in today's world. Yet, the more significant challenge for many business leaders is understanding how they can drive meaningful impact in their own business based on these technologies.Power Platform makes incredible things possible at a fraction of the cost. Still, the focus often is on the plumbing or ways Power Platform supports that future state instead of envisioning future states powered by them. This session will focus on the best strategies to leverage when building business momentum around the Microsoft Power Platform. We will explore how organizations inspire and grow their usage of these tools and ideas/examples of Power Platform solutions that drive success for other customers.Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Employee Experience, as he shares insight on how to better plan for, prepare for and benefit from the future of the Microsoft Power Platform.
Smarter, Not Harder How AI Is Changing Employee Experience - Reworked Connect...Richard Harbridge
Over the past few years, rapid changes have disrupted how companies lead, enable, empower, and engage around employee experience. Leaders in communications and human resources are all tackling new challenges in connecting with employees and may be overwhelmed with increased communication and collaboration volume, velocity, and variety. To help combat this challenge, rapid innovations in automation and artificial intelligence technology have created new tools for employees and leaders to use and master.
In this masterclass session, Richard Harbridge - a Microsoft MVP and leading industry expert on employee experience - will share insights on how automation and AI technology are revolutionizing employee experience strategies. You’ll learn about the latest trends in AI and employee experience, including the implications of OpenAI for employee experience strategies. You’ll also discover how emerging tech innovations like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and more are changing the playing field forever.
Whether you’re a leader in communications, technology, or human resources, this masterclass will provide valuable insights and tools to help you empower and enable your employees more effectively and prepare for the future of work. Join us as we explore proven employee experience strategies to help you stay ahead of the curve.
Smarter, Not Harder How AI Is Changing Communication - Ragan EventsRichard Harbridge
These past few years have accelerated changes and disrupted how companies lead, enable, empower, and engage around communications. Leaders in communications and human resources are all tackling new challenges in connecting with employees and may be overwhelmed with increased communication volume, velocity, and variety. To help combat this challenge, rapid innovations in automation and artificial intelligence technology have created new tools for communicators to use and master, but becoming an early adopter of emerging tech is not without its risks. Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and leading industry expert on employee experience, as he shares insights on the implications of OpenAI for communications strategies, the tech innovations to prepare for today, and how ChatGPT is already changing the playing field forever. * This session description was not written by ChatGPT.
Enhancing Microsoft Teams To Build A Better Digital WorkplaceRichard Harbridge
Today, many organizations have brought the Intranet, or the digital hub of their digital workplace, into Microsoft Teams via Viva Connections. But what else are organizations doing to enhance further, improve upon, and embrace Teams as a hub for not just teamwork, but also corporate communication, social collaboration, networking, and more?
Join Microsoft MVP and 2toLead CTO Richard Harbridge as he shares the unique opportunity Teams apps and solutions provide. Be prepared to explore examples, patterns, and practices for how lines of business in any organization can leverage, extend and integrate Teams to create business-oriented solutions.
Masterclass On Improving & Measuring Onboarding, Retention & Wellbeing With M...Richard Harbridge
85% of leaders say the shift to hybrid work has made it challenging to have confidence that employees are productive. 92% of employees have identified enhancing the employee experience as an essential priority.New challenges are always presented to HR from all sides, and we’re here to help you target critical areas of the employee experience at our free event.Whether you’re looking for strategic guidance or help to achieve technical excellence, our event is full of sessions from world-renowned thought leaders.On February 10th, from 10 AM to 4 PM, learn to avoid new and old challenges, build on existing success, and leverage the latest technology to facilitate your efforts. One lucky winner will walk away with a free $15,000 POC!2toLead CTO and 7X Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge and 2toLead CEO and 13X Microsoft MVP Kanwal Khipple will lead the event.Together, they helped over 200 digital workplaces globally, plan for and increase the employee experience, keynoted conferences, published books, and published blogs for some major publications like Forbes.Join specialized sessions (business or deep dive tech breakouts) designed for HR leaders or the technical team that supports the digital employee experience.The business and general sessions aim to provide insight into the apparent and hidden value of tackling onboarding, retention, and well-being.The optional tech deep dive breakout sessions aims to walk through how to use and implement Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Viva to improve onboarding, retention, and well-being.Walk away from the event with a greater understanding of the following:- How to identify the most critical areas of the employee experience- How to improve the onboarding experience before and during the process- Building experiences to enable better onboarding- Measure for success- Creating digital employee experiences that help retain top talent- How to track employee well-being- And much more
Getting Started & Driving Success With Power Platform At ScaleRichard Harbridge
Understanding the many capabilities of the Microsoft Power Platform is essential for any technology leader in today's world. Yet, the more significant challenge for many business leaders is understanding how they can drive meaningful impact in their own business based on these technologies.Power Platform makes incredible things possible at a fraction of the cost. Still, the focus often is on the plumbing or ways Power Platform supports that future state instead of envisioning future states powered by them. This session will focus on the best strategies to leverage when building business momentum around the Microsoft Power Platform. We will explore how organizations inspire and grow their usage of these tools and ideas/examples of Power Platform solutions that drive success for other customers.Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Employee Experience, as he shares insight on how to better plan for, prepare for and benefit from the future of the Microsoft Power Platform.
Masterclass On Improving & Measuring Onboarding, Retention & Well-beingRichard Harbridge
85% of leaders say the shift to hybrid work has made it challenging to have confidence that employees are productive. 92% of employees have identified enhancing the employee experience as an essential priority.New challenges are always presented to HR from all sides, and we’re here to help you target critical areas of the employee experience at our free event.Whether you’re looking for strategic guidance or help to achieve technical excellence, our event is full of sessions from world-renowned thought leaders.On February 10th, from 10 AM to 4 PM, learn to avoid new and old challenges, build on existing success, and leverage the latest technology to facilitate your efforts. One lucky winner will walk away with a free $15,000 POC!2toLead CTO and 7X Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge and 2toLead CEO and 13X Microsoft MVP Kanwal Khipple will lead the event.Together, they helped over 200 digital workplaces globally, plan for and increase the employee experience, keynoted conferences, published books, and published blogs for some major publications like Forbes.Join specialized sessions (business or deep dive tech breakouts) designed for HR leaders or the technical team that supports the digital employee experience.The business and general sessions aim to provide insight into the apparent and hidden value of tackling onboarding, retention, and well-being.The optional tech deep dive breakout sessions aims to walk through how to use and implement Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Viva to improve onboarding, retention, and well-being.Walk away from the event with a greater understanding of the following:- How to identify the most critical areas of the employee experience- How to improve the onboarding experience before and during the process- Building experiences to enable better onboarding- Measure for success- Creating digital employee experiences that help retain top talent- How to track employee well-being- And much more
Tackling Employee Experience Today As We Embrace The Future Workplace - M365TORichard Harbridge
Tackling Employee Experience Today As We Embrace The Future Workplace
The future workplace needs to take into account how the employee experience landscape is changing and the importance of digital experiences throughout the employee journey. The employee experience journey starts before the employee is hired and lasts after they depart. Focusing on the employee experience can feel like a daunting task when reviewing the many different stages of an employee’s journey, but we know understanding and improving these stages can lead to a much more positive employee experience, and maximize the retention, impact, engagement, and performance of the employee.
Getting The Most Out Of Microsoft 365 Employee Experience Today & Tomorrow - ...Richard Harbridge
There has never been a time where improving the employee experience has been more critical. Organizations need new and innovative approaches and solutions as work and the workforce change. Today, every organization shares a need to enhance how we communicate and engage, collaborate and connect, and manage and develop employees. The question that is often hard to answer is, what is the best way to meet that growing need?
Join industry expert and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge and award-winning Digital Workplace strategist Brandon Pittman as they share insight into the future of employee communication, employee collaboration, and employee management, and perhaps more importantly, what organizations are doing today to prepare for it.
Tackling Employee Experience Today As We Embrace The Future WorkplaceRichard Harbridge
The future workplace needs to take into account how the employee experience landscape is changing and the importance of digital experiences throughout the employee journey. The employee experience journey starts before the employee is hired and lasts after they depart. Focusing on the employee experience can feel like a daunting task when reviewing the many different stages of an employee’s journey, but we know understanding and improving these stages can lead to a much more positive employee experience, and maximize the retention, impact, engagement, and performance of the employee.
Proactive Governance & Adoption In Microsoft 365 - M365OttawaRichard Harbridge
Proactive governance of Microsoft 365 is critical as organizations continue to depend more and more on the competitive advantage and productivity it can provide. Microsoft 365’s value and impact are dependent on whether it is leveraged (adopted) and how efficiently it is leveraged (governance). However Microsoft 365 can be daunting to tackle around governance and management. Where do you start? Is Microsoft Teams governance what should be prioritized first? What part of Teams governance? The Microsoft Teams lifecycle and the Microsoft Teams lifecycle management? What do the business stakeholders lead, and what does IT lead? How do we drive adoption pro-actively while improving coordination, management, and end-user experiences with effective governance?
Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Digital Workplace, as he shares proven approaches to getting started with and succeeding in establishing and improving Microsoft 365 Governance. In shifting from a reactive approach to Microsoft 365 governance to a pro-active one and from a reactive approach to adoption to a pro-active approach to adoption that drives better results, accomplishes more with less, and empowers the organization to maximize the value of their digital workplace.
Intranets & Digital Hubs What You Need To Know M365CincyRichard Harbridge
There is a growing trend of organizations embracing new capabilities in “the cloud” to meet their digital workplace and Intranet needs. While some organizations are running their Intranets “on premise,” most are transitioning or have migrated to cloud-based solutions or run them on platforms like Microsoft 365
The question for many companies is not “should our intranet be built with Microsoft 365?” but “how should we integrate or build our Intranets with Microsoft 365”. This is even more true today with the emergence of new modern Intranet capabilities and continued innovation from Microsoft that must be reconciled with enterprise Intranet/Digital Workplace needs
In this session Richard Harbridge will explore
• The benefits new Microsoft 365 features bring to an intrane
• Where the issues and challenges will li
• Practical guidance on when and how you may integrate Office 365 with your existing intranet today
Live Link: Join on Microsoft Teams
Future-proof your Microsoft 365 & Teams provisioning strategyRichard Harbridge
Want to enable self-service to foster a collaborative environment in your organization, but are prevented by internal risk management policies?
What if there was a way to combine the best of both worlds? Collaborate with end users while keeping your sensitive data under wraps and your environment organized.
In this session, Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge will take you through the foundations of effective provisioning in Microsoft 365 and Teams – and what controls to put in place to keep your data secure.
Get up to speed on M365 and Teams provisioning best practices:
Understand provisioning for better collaboration within the Microsoft 365 architecture
Common pain points facing IT managers and admins – and solutions
Tips for empowering users while maintaining a secure and productive environment
Strategies and recommendations for custom vs. Microsoft out-of-the-box provisioning
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdf
Piloting & Scaling Successfully With Microsoft Viva
1. Piloting & Scaling
Successfully With
Microsoft Viva
Richard Harbridge
2toLead Chief Technology
Officer & Microsoft MVP
#M365Philly
Thu., Dec. 15, 2022 2:00 PM (EST)
2. My Twitter is @RHarbridge, I’m super friendly & proud to work at @2toLead.
Richard Harbridge
2toLead Chief
Technology Officer &
Microsoft MVP
Speaker & Author
Super Friendly
4. Microsoft Viva (& EX Investments) Matter Today
Employee benefits and business value of a comprehensive, integrated employee experience platform (EXP)
What employee
benefits do
companies
think they get
from an EXP?
66%
increase of
personalized
experiences
61%
increase in
satisfaction
56%
improvement of
mental
wellbeing
51%
increase in
productivity,
engagement
41%
are more
committed to
org and mission
What key
business
outcomes
are expected
from an EXP?
71%
improved KPIs
61%
stronger ROI on EX
tools/resources
54%
more committed
employees invested
in mission of
organization
48%
increased employee
productivity
47%
better innovation
How do
orgs measure
the business
value/ROI
of an EXP?
61%
lower cost
of new hires
57%
faster product
development,
innovation
53%
increase in
measurable goal
achievement
49%
boost in
speed to
market, revenue
42%
reduction
of time to
onboard
Source: Based on 420 business leaders and 606 knowledge and frontline workers surveyed for a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Microsoft, Nov. 2021.
“EXP” = employee experience platform.
5. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
We are experiencing greater volume, velocity, and variety of communication and collaboration. This
requires us to collaborate, communicate and manage employees in better ways than we have before.
34%
of companies have invested in
six or more tools to meet their
employee experience (EX) goals1
94%
of business leaders responsible
for EX strategy want one
comprehensive employee
experience system1
90%
of employees want one
comprehensive employee
experience system2
1Based on 420 business leaders surveyed for a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Microsoft, Nov. 2021.
²Based on 606 knowledge and frontline workers surveyed for a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Microsoft, Nov. 2021.
6. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
The challenge consistently is one of strategy and tactics. Not is this valuable, but how do we
implement this in way that leads to better return on the investment and greater success.
8. Microsoft Viva
Viva Education & Alignment Workshops Work
For larger (1k+ employee) customers this can work really well to map use cases & scenarios while
educating key stakeholders. Smaller organizations can still use this as a guide for how to start.
Core
Assess Art of the Possible Build the Plan
Pathways
(at
least
2
required)
Viva Goals Viva Topics Viva Learning Viva Connections
Select any two pathways
9. Microsoft Viva
What Were The Key Challenges & Pain Points?
From a high level we encountered and surfaced a number of challenges and pain points.
Challenges/Pain Points
1
2
3
4
5
10. What are the scenarios where Viva Connections can help with today and in the future?
Description Objectives Metrics/KPIs Sponsor(s) Timing
Bridge company
communication and
collaboration
As a Connector, I want the intranet to
be easy to both find and access from
anywhere within the digital workplace
(default start page, pinned app,
featured link) so that I can spend more
time-consuming content than trying to
find and access it.
• Bring the Intranet and core
communications experience into
Microsoft Teams via Viva Connections
• Compliment multi-channel publishing
campaigns/approaches via Teams
Company Communicator & Viva
Amplify
• Qualitative feedback on ease of access (do
you find it valuable dashboard card to
MSFT form)
• Page & App Stats
• Unique views per month
• Total views per month
Meghan Bower
Consistent, personalized
global homepage I want a consistent page layout that will
organize assets resources into a
cohesive intranet home page so that all
employees can benefit from a modern
employee experience.
• Provide an integrated personalized
newsfeed that is highly relevant to the
employee.
• Drive employee engagement with easy
sharing and reactions.
• Reduce the time it takes to engage with
common systems and services via a
unified dashboard.
• Page & Home Site Stats
• Unique views per month
• Total views per month
• Views by location
• Yammer engagement (if on homepage)
Sue Gannon
Publish news to the
organization
As a Communicator, I want to publish
corporate news on the Intranet, so that
employees can find the latest updates
from the organization
• Keep employee up-to-date on
important company initiatives
• Increase awareness of authoritative
news.
• Boost news until a date, number of
impressions, or it has been viewed.
• Change in amount of time it takes to
publish with current Intranet platform vs.
new Intranet publishing time
• Change in % of news stories published in
six-month timeframe (Volume, Variety, &
Velocity – from both corporate comms
and distributed departments/spaces)
• Number of news views (unique & total)
• Social engagement – shares, likes, etc.
Meghan Bower
Provide a managed pathway
to navigate across all digital
spaces
As a Connector, I want to ensure all
Consumers have the ability to both
discover and request to join existing
communication and collaboration sites
across Microsoft 365 and our digital
workplace platforms while respecting
existing security and governance
policies.
• Reduction in redundant spaces being
created over time.
• Accelerated adoption and usage due to
more targeted templating, pro-active
adoption support and easier
discovery/navigation.
• Digital Workplace Directory Page Views
• Digital Workplace Directory Usage
Statistics
• Change in % of volume and frequency of
orphaned and inactive spaces (by location,
by department, by product, by client, etc).
John Smith
Easy desktop and mobile
As a Consumer, I want the intranet
experience to be fully responsive and
• Reduce the number of company apps
needed on employees devices. • Site Stats based on device type.
11. How should we prioritize these scenarios?
Medium priority High priority
Low priority Medium priority
Business
impact /
Visibility
High
Med
Low
Easy Somewhat Hard
Difficulty to implement (people
and processes)
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Scenario name
Copy these to map!
Scenarios
Add your scenario’s name and add as many as
needed.
Bridge company
communication and
collaboration
Consistent,
personalized global
homepage
Consistent
homepage for my
department
Consistent
homepage for my
community
Easy desktop and
mobile access
Publish news to the
organization
Automatically tag
our content
Scenarios
Bridge company
communication and
collaboration
Consistent,
personalized global
homepage
Consistent
homepage for my
department
Consistent
homepage for my
community
Easy desktop and
mobile access
Publish news to the
organization
Automatically tag
our content
12. U S E R S T O R Y
USER STORY
USING
OWNERSHIP
SUCCESS
A S S E S S M E N T
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
As a Connector, I want the intranet
to be easy to both find and access
from anywhere within the digital
workplace (default start page,
pinned app, featured link) so that I
can spend more time-consuming
content than trying to find and
access it.
2
5
John Smith
Qualitative feedback on ease of access
Unique views per month
Total views per month
RELEASE 1 | PBLG-017
Viva Connections
13. U S E R S T O R Y
USER STORY
USING
OWNERSHIP
SUCCESS
A S S E S S M E N T
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
As a Connector, I want to Solve
citizen tax cases within the
shortest time possible,
continuously grow and improve
knowledge bases
3
5
John Smith
Viva Topics Insights & Analytics
Qualitative Feedback
Process Improvement (Tax Case Turnaround
etc)
RELEASE 1 | PBLG-062
Viva Topics
14. U S E R S T O R Y
USER STORY
USING
OWNERSHIP
SUCCESS
A S S E S S M E N T
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
As a Connector, I want to share
assigned learning in an easily
discoverable interface within
Microsoft Teams and see
completed learning items to keep
track of employee learning
journeys
2
5
2toLead
Microsoft Learn certifications per employee
Microsoft Learning paths per employee
RELEASE 1 | PBLG-054
Viva Learning
15. U S E R S T O R Y
USER STORY
USING
OWNERSHIP
SUCCESS
A S S E S S M E N T
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
FUTURE RELEASE
As a Communicator, I want the
ability to customize and
streamline the OOTB navigation so
that the experience better reflects
our organizational requirements
and is as ‘on brand’ as possible.
Teams, SharePoint
5
5
John Smith
Reduced “help me find content” support tickets
Navigation Reporting & Analytics
User interaction heat map
Time Taken To Navigate (Testing & Monitoring)
16. U S E R S T O R Y
USER STORY
USING
OWNERSHIP
SUCCESS
A S S E S S M E N T
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
As a Connector, I want to ensure
all Consumers have the ability to
both discover and request to join
existing communication and
collaboration sites across
Microsoft 365 while respecting
existing security and governance
policies.
Teams, SharePoint
5
4
John Smith
Digital Workplace Directory Page Views
Digital Workplace Directory Usage Statistics
Change in % of volume and frequency of orphaned
and inactive spaces
FUTURE RELEASE
17. U S E R S T O R Y
USER STORY
USING
OWNERSHIP
SUCCESS
A S S E S S M E N T
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
COMPLEXITY
VALUE
As a Consumer, I want to have the
ability to access a Center of
Excellence with tailored content
from my organization so that I
have a central place from which to
navigate learning, governance and
support.
Teams, SharePoint
FUTURE RELEASE
2
5
John Smith
Site Usage
Feedback Insights
Change In Digital Excellence
Testing/Metrics
19. Bringing The
Intranet To Where
Employees Work
We will be bringing more
personalization and
integration to our Intranet
while making it easier to
access in the flow of work by
being available directly from
within Microsoft Teams
desktop and mobile.
EXAMPLE PILOT
YOUR EXPERIENCE MAY VARY…
Estimated Duration:
Educate & Plan For Viva
Connections
Implement Connections
& Pin The App
Empower More Integrated
Communications
20. Bringing The Intranet To Where Employees Work
EXAMPLE PILOT
CROSS-INDUSTRY
IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
SIMPLIFICATION
BUSINESS IMPACT
INDUSTRIES
INTRANETS
CORPORATE COMMUNICATION
DIGITAL WORKPLACE
VIVA CONNECTIONS
MICROSOFT TEAMS APPS
SOLUTION AREAS
Educate Corporate Communications, Marketing & IT teams on capabilities
your organization already owns, but has yet to maximize.
Discuss key industry trends, patterns, and practices that Viva Connections
addresses, such as how Microsoft Teams is becoming the digital hub of most
digital workplaces, how intelligent boosting can lead to better
communication, how unified feeds can bring more personalized, relevant,
and engaging content to employees, how targetable and integrated
dashboards can improve access to services and more.
Support and implement Viva Connections.
Establish a foundation to further evolve your communications strategy and
employee experience over time based on Teams, SharePoint, Yammer,
Microsoft Viva and Microsoft 365 as a platform.
WHAT WILL WE DO?
Except... It’s often not that simple is it?
21. Viva Connections Planning Working Session(s)
Bringing The Intranet To Where Employees Work
SERVICES
HOW WILL WE DO IT?
Viva Connections Overview
Enable Viva Connections
Current State Analysis Planning Workshops
Activities Touchpoints
Estimated Duration: 3 Days
Implementation
Target: Day 1
Target: Day 2
Pilot & Use Viva Connections Adopt & Optimize
Target: Day 3
Configure Viva Connections
Begin Planning Broader Org Rollout
ENABLED VIVA CONNECTIONS
STARTER DASHBOARD CARDS &
“PERSONALIZED” FEED
OUTCOMES
22. The challenge isn’t the optimal
approach for Viva Connections
it’s addressing gaps and aligning
new capabilities with existing
approaches.
Viva Connections
24. Arguably the Intranet has undergone a few major transformations. Are we in the midst of another major
transformation? How impactful is the change that Microsoft Teams, Loop and Viva have on Intranets?
Intranet 0.1
•Portals
•Links
•Simple News
•Technical To Update
Intranets 1.0
•Search
•More Content
•Services
•Audience Targeting
•Updatable By
Business
Intranets 2.0
•Enterprise Social
•Engagement 1.0
•Personalization
•Mobile
•Digital Workplace
Intranets 3.0?
•Engagement 2.0?
•AI Powered & More
Intelligent?
•More Dynamic?
•Richer Integration?
•Where You Work?
44. A new out
of the box
experience.
For “getting
started” or
for smaller
orgs.
45. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
While larger organizations may be tempted to wait for multiple home sites it’s much better for some
people to benefit NOW from having a Viva Connected experience today.
Modern
Homepage
Multiple Home
Site Connection
Experiences
Business Unit
Or Department
Portal
Target Users For Initial Rollout Value Now Is Better Than No Value Until Later
48. Bringing The
Intranet To Where
Employees Work
While it’s important to start with
bringing the Intranet experience
into Teams with Viva Connections,
you can also bring the Intranet
into context where people work
whether that be in their inbox, IM
messages, Teams, Yammer,
SharePoint pages or in the office
applications like Word.
EXAMPLE PILOT
YOUR EXPERIENCE MAY VARY…
Estimated Duration:
Educate & Plan Viva
Topics Pilot “Curators”
Enable & Explore Topics
With Curators
Enhance Intranet “Curated”
Content Based On Topics Insight
49. Bringing The Intranet To Where Employees Work
EXAMPLE PILOT
CROSS-INDUSTRY
IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
SIMPLIFICATION
BUSINESS IMPACT
INDUSTRIES
INTRANETS
CORPORATE COMMUNICATION
DIGITAL WORKPLACE
VIVA TOPICS
MICROSOFT TEAMS APPS
SOLUTION AREAS
Educate your Intranet and content owning stakeholders (optimal pilot group)
on how Microsoft 365 & Viva Topics can bring the Intranet (and knowledge)
to users where they work. More importantly, how Viva Topics does this in a
dynamic, integrated, and always up to date way.
Plan an effective pilot of Viva Topics aligned with your own Intranet,
departmental and content leads where they can use the ‘insights’ provided
by topics to empower better traditional ‘curated’ content they manage today.
Together we can coach on how to better use Microsoft 365 capabilities like
SharePoint, Teams and Topics to improve communication, add more
dynamism and content connectedness.
This will lead to valuable topics slowly being curated effectively and
responsibly (seeding future value and educating key stakeholders).
Governance is established and with seeded champions want to use topics for
the pages they don’t curate, or to transition some of their curated pages.
WHAT WILL WE DO?
50. Identification Of Pilot Topics & Curators
Bring The Intranet To Users Where They Work
EXAMPLE PILOT
HOW WILL WE DO IT?
Viva Topics Overview & Enablement
Optimize “Intranet” Content
Current State Analysis Planning Workshops
Activities Touchpoints
Estimated Duration: 3 Weeks
Explore & Optimize
Target: Week 1
Target: Week 2
Confirm & Publish Viva Topics Curate & Organize
Target: Week 3
Coaching Sessions With Curators
Enhance Targeted Topic Pages
ENABLED VIVA TOPICS
CURATED VIVA TOPICS
OUTCOMES
51. The challenge is to rarely start
with Topics for everyone, and
instead improve curated content
based on the insight topics
brings.
Viva Topics
52. Viva Topics itself can be easy to implement,
but most organizations don’t have a
knowledge team or governance readiness.
53. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
By focusing on the curators and content leaders this group of people already understand how
curation works, what governance rules exist around “Intranet” content, and the value of knowledge.
Steering
Committee
Intranet
Working
Group
Administrators Champions
Content
Owners
Content
Authors
Support
54. From Viva Connections dashboards to Viva Topics navigation can be targeted, dynamic and
integrated where users already work (Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Teams Mobile App & More)
55. From Viva Connections dashboards to Viva Topics navigation can be targeted, dynamic and
integrated where users already work (Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Teams Mobile App & More)
56. From Viva Connections dashboards to Viva Topics navigation can be targeted, dynamic and
integrated where users already work (Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Teams Mobile App & More)
57. From Viva Connections dashboards to Viva Topics navigation can be targeted, dynamic and
integrated where users already work (Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Teams Mobile App & More)
58. From Viva Connections dashboards to Viva Topics navigation can be targeted, dynamic and
integrated where users already work (Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Teams Mobile App & More)
59. From Viva Connections dashboards to Viva Topics navigation can be targeted, dynamic and
integrated where users already work (Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Teams Mobile App & More)
60. From Viva Connections dashboards to Viva Topics navigation can be targeted, dynamic and
integrated where users already work (Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Teams Mobile App & More)
61. From Viva Connections dashboards to Viva Topics navigation can be targeted, dynamic and
integrated where users already work (Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Teams Mobile App & More)
62. From Viva Connections dashboards to Viva Topics navigation can be targeted, dynamic and
integrated where users already work (Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Teams Mobile App & More)
63. From Viva Connections dashboards to Viva Topics navigation can be targeted, dynamic and
integrated where users already work (Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Teams Mobile App & More)
64. From Viva Connections dashboards to Viva Topics navigation can be targeted, dynamic and
integrated where users already work (Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Teams Mobile App & More)
65. From Viva Connections dashboards to Viva Topics navigation can be targeted, dynamic and
integrated where users already work (Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Teams Mobile App & More)
66. From Viva Connections dashboards to Viva Topics navigation can be targeted, dynamic and
integrated where users already work (Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Teams Mobile App & More)
67. From Viva Connections dashboards to Viva Topics navigation can be targeted, dynamic and
integrated where users already work (Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Teams Mobile App & More)
68. From Viva Connections dashboards to Viva Topics navigation can be targeted, dynamic and
integrated where users already work (Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Teams Mobile App & More)
69. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Contextualized insights based on the topic discovery that includes people, resources, sites,
communities and more can improve our curated assets and support our extended team of content
leads and departmental stakeholders.
Content leaders can
leverage the insights
provided by Viva Topics by
rationalizing them with
curated resources to
improve them.
Does that product site
internally have
links/connections to the
people, resources and sites
suggested by topics?
70. Viva Topics works best when Topics are
curated and championed. It can be
overwhelming with so many topics initially.
71. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Contextualized navigation and discovery based on where and how users work benefiting from
cloud scale AI, digital behavior capture & continual content analysis is our long term goal.
In emails, instant messages,
team messages, pages, news,
documents and more… the
knowledge, people, digital
spaces, and more are
available in context.
72. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
While some initial topics can be driven from taxonomy and leadership many require deeper
understanding distributed across the organization through various leaders/groups.
73. Viva Topics benefits from content and signal
data, so the more content in Microsoft 365
(and connected through search) the better.
74. It’s not just Microsoft 365 content in SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams and more - but the content we
connect to Microsoft through search that enriches the value of Topics longer term.
75. Example: Content owners
have better visibility into
things like view counts to
help optimize content in
the cloud.
This is easier in the cloud and means
that the improved experiences are
available sooner to more people (at
less cost). Optimization is the biggest
cost and the most likely to lead to
significant (if not near-never ending)
scope creep.
While it’s tempting to front-load optimization into the migration pattern it is rarely the most
efficient approach. There are better tools to optimize in the cloud or modern environment.
Migration
Success
Content
Migration
Solution
Migration
(Foundational)
Restructure
Optimization
76. Optimization
Project
Migration
Project
While it’s tempting to front-load optimization into the migration pattern it is rarely the most
efficient approach. There are better tools to optimize in the cloud or modern environment.
Migration
Success
Content
Migration
Solution
Migration
(Foundational)
Restructuring
Restructure &
Optimization
Improved
Knowledge
77. Optimization
Services
While it’s tempting to front-load optimization into the migration pattern it is rarely the most
efficient approach. There are better tools to optimize in the cloud or modern environment.
Migration
Success
Content
Migration
Solution
Migration
(Light)
Restructuring
Envision &
Assess
Design
Implement
Adopt
Review
Migration
Project
Migration
Success
Content
Migration
Solution
Migration
(Foundational)
Restructuring
80. Improve Learning
Engagement With
Viva Learning
Employees want to learn and
grow. An integrated learning
experience powered by peer
recommendations, sharing,
and connected to structured
learning and unstructured
learning leads to more
engaged learners, and a more
engaged workforce.
EXAMPLE PILOT
Estimated Duration: Educate On Learning As A
Shared & Connected
Experience
Enable Viva Learning For
Pilot Group(s)
Explore Learning Engagement Analytics
& Learning Usage Patterns
YOUR EXPERIENCE MAY VARY…
81. Improve Learning Engagement With Viva Learning
EXAMPLE PILOT
CROSS-INDUSTRY
ORGANIZATION RESILIENCY
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
BUSINESS IMPACT
INDUSTRIES
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
VIVA LEARNING
EMPLOYEE RETENTION
SOLUTION AREAS
This pilot program should be expert led as it will server to demonstrate and
discuss Microsoft 365 capabilities and solutions that improve and provide
insights into employee objectives, alignment and goal management.
Configure and implement Viva Goals and a pilot program that helps
employees connect, align, and manage goals and objectives in different ways
further strengthening their performance, the team and organization culture
and business growth.
WHAT WILL WE DO?
1% Employees use only 1% of their workweek
to focus on learning new skills1
84%
of L&D leaders think now is the time to
integrate learning into collaboration
platforms2
82. The challenge is complimenting
and transforming traditional
learning systems with new more
connected learning experiences
(without losing the benefits).
Viva Learning
83. Viva Learning itself can be easy to implement,
but most organizations need to learn to
adapt their growth and development plan.
84. Scenarios: Learner
In a meeting with a colleague, they mention
wanting to brush up on their data analysis
skills
Chat and conversation
Send a relevant course in a meeting or
Teams chat
Include pointers to relevant sections or add
context in chat message
Enable peer coaching or mentor relationships –
formal or informal
A sales analyst is searching Office.com for
a customer pitch deck to give in an
upcoming sales meeting
Cross-M365 discovery
Relevant learning courses like “Effective sales
pitch strategies” surface in search results
alongside pitch decks
Bookmark courses in Viva Learning to consume
later in preparation for the meeting
A marketing analyst wants to improve
her knowledge on web and social media
strategy
Search for keywords like “SEO optimization” in
the Viva Learning home page or a channel
learning tab
See search results from Microsoft, 3rd party
providers, and internal sources
Bookmark interesting courses and recommend
courses to peers
Search and recommend
85. Scenarios: Manager
A new team member will be joining
next week
A manager wants to foster a culture
of learning and growth
A team member led a presentation on Diverse
and Inclusive marketing that would be helpful
for the broader organization
Onboarding
Add a learning tab to your Teams channel for
onboarding
Add relevant courses and team-specific
resources to the tab
Curate for your team and priorities
Manage view
Recommend relevant courses to team members
Check the completion status of recommended
content in the Manage view
Give kudos to team members who prioritize
learning
Crowdsource learningcontent
Add the presentation to the organization’s
collaborative SharePoint folder, connected to
Viva Learning
Employees can see added content in Viva
Learning as learning content
88. Improve Team
Performance &
Alignment With
Viva Goals
Empower objective alignment
at the organizational, team
and individual level. Connect
work to outcomes with
projects and tasks aligned to
OKRs while sharing progress
and insights across your
organization with shareable
links and pinned apps.
EXAMPLE PILOT
Estimated Duration: Educate On Importance
Of Connecting Goals
To Outcomes
Expert Led Discussions On
Viva Goals & Designing
Your Pilot Program
Implementation Of Viva Goals Pilot
& Pro-Active Support
YOUR EXPERIENCE MAY VARY…
89. Improve Team Performance & Alignment With Viva Goals
EXAMPLE PILOT
CROSS-INDUSTRY
ORGANIZATION RESILIENCY
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
PRODUCTIVITY
BUSINESS IMPACT
INDUSTRIES
EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE
VIVA GOALS
EMPLOYEE RETENTION
VIVA INSIGHTS
HYBRID WORK
SOLUTION AREAS
This pilot program should be expert led as it will server to demonstrate and
discuss Microsoft 365 capabilities and solutions that improve and provide
insights into employee objectives, alignment and goal management.
Configure and implement Viva Goals and a pilot program that helps
employees connect, align, and manage goals and objectives in different ways
further strengthening their performance, the team and organization culture
and business growth.
Coach, mentor and support (with experts) pilot groups on the usage and
refinement of their objectives, key results, projects and help them adopt it
meaningfully.
Explore qualitative and quantitative findings on how much value it drove
during and after the pilot period.
WHAT WILL WE DO?
90. Sample Viva Goals Pilot Timeline
Week1
Kickoff
Communications
Planning
Viva Goals Technical
Deployment
Week 2
OKR Leadership
Program
Week3
OKR Coaching
Program
OKR Design
Workshop(s)
Viva Goals Software
Training
Week 4
Viva Goals Software
Training
Week 5
Dashboard &
Integration Support
Week6
Close-out Meeting
91. 2toLead Viva Goals Pilot Timeline (High Level)
FY23 Q3 - Dec
Starting our OKR
journey
Piloted usage of OKR
methodology
Limited business
rhythm and
alignment of goals
between levels
FY23 Q3 - Jan
Validating OKRs in
your organization
Piloted usage of OKR
methodology
Department and
group learning of OKR
concepts and how
OKRs will work for
them at scale
FY23 Q4 - Feb
Evaluate and adjust
coaching and support
approach based on
initial findings.
OKRs are used in
quarterly planning
business rhythms,
becoming a mindset
of focus and
alignment
Employees feel that
Q4 has clearer
purpose and priority
FY23 Q4 - Mar
Integrate established
OKRs with automated
updates (Planner,
Project Online, ADO,
etc).
OKRs are expanding
more widely into
business rhythms
Departments and
teams of the
organization are
developing the OKR
muscle and habit
FY23 Q4 - Apr
Support quarterly
review and close-out
motions with Viva
Goals and time
investment.
OKRs are a key part of
our quarter and fiscal
close out at the
individual, team and
organizational level.
FY24 Q1 - May
Starting a new fiscal
committed to the
OKR practice/process.
OKRs are firmly
embedded in
business rhythms
throughout the
organization, from
top to bottom.
92. The challenge is it’s a business
transformation supported by
incredible technology based on a
need for greater alignment and
prioritization that goals can bring.
Viva Goals
93. Viva Goals itself can be easy to implement,
but most organizations need to learn to
adapt to using it and mature.
94. Step Task Priority Description Guidance/Links
1 Assign licenses to users and groups Required
Assign licenses for the users you want to have access to Viva
Goals features.
NA
2 Configure org creators1 Recommended
This is not a wizard step, but wondering if we should provide
guidance so that it can be addressed if it comes up
Restrict organization creation
permissions
3
Assign the Organization Administrator
role1
Recommended
Assign roles and user permissions (those who can access all
functionality vs. those who can view only).
Roles and permissions in Viva Goals
4 Configure time periods Optional
Manage OKR time periods and customize them for your
organization's requirements.
Manage OKR time periods
5 Configure notifications Optional Customize notifications settings through the admin portal. How to set reminders for check-ins
6 Configure integrations Optional
Integrate Viva Goals with industry-leading tools and platforms
you use every day,
Viva Goals integrations overview
7 Configure OKRs rules Optional Configure how you want to view objectives and key results.
Configure your OKR model in Viva
Goals
8 Configure projects Optional Keep track of all the work your org is executing with Projects. Projects in Viva Goals
9 Pin the app in Teams Recommended Pin the Viva goals app in Teams to guide users to the app.
Manage app setup policies in
Microsoft Teams
10
Plan and drive adoption of Viva Goals in
your organization
Recommended
Review, plan and apply adoption best practices to help make
your deployment a success with our variety of resources.
• Adoption guide
• OKR success toolkit
• OKR examples
• Maturity model
11
Promote Viva Goals to employees and
measure engagement
Recommended
Measure level of organizational engagement for services
deployed using resources in the MAC.
Viva Connections Teams App Usage
Report
12 Get connected to support channels Recommended
Use available resources to get technical support, ideas from
other organizations, and become aware of new features. See slide
Viva Goals Set Up Steps
1Step not included in Set Up Guide (aka Wizard)
IT Supported (Core)
95. OKR Maturity Model
Follow a phased approach to fully embrace company-wide integration
Centering
Unlocking cultural buy-in
for OKRs
• Executive Sponsorship
• Team members reference
OKRs in every decision,
big and small
• OKRs are firmly
entrenched in business
rhythms, becoming a
global mindset Of focus
and alignment
• Employees feel there is
purpose at the center of
everything they do
Beginning
1
Starting your OKR journey
• No usage of OKR
methodology
• No structured business
rhythm
• Limited alignment of goals
between levels
Piloting
Validating OKRs in your
organization
• Organizational
experimentation with OKR
methodology via pilot
group
• Small group learning OKR
concept and building into
business rhythm
• Small group trying to
understand how OKRs will
work for them at scale
Adopting
Committing to the OKR
practice
• Executive Sponsorship
• Top levels of the
organization are
developing the OKR
muscle and habit
• OKRs are expanding more
widely into business
rhythms
• OKR tool selection begins
Scaling
Rolling out OKRs broadly
• Executive Sponsorship
• OKRs are rolled out to the
rest of the company and
baked into large,
organization-wide
initiatives
• OKRs are firmly
embedded in business
rhythms throughout the
organization, from top to
bottom
• OKR tool is selected and
used across the
organization
2
3
4
5
96. Example How OKR Leadership Program Could Work
We bring your OKR Champions (and other key end users) and take them through an intensive 2-day experience to
learn about OKRs and how to embed them into your organization.
This can also be experienced digitally via MS Learn as a self-serve option for customers.
1. Role of a Champion
Day One: Role of a Champion and Writing Day Two: Software and Ensuring Program Success
Learn about the program, the why of OKRs, and
how to pitch OKRs internally at your company
2. Writing OKRs
Learn the core structure for writing effective
OKRs, and the nuances of writing and aligning
OKRs across an Org.
Day One Topics Details
3. Viva Goals Software
Learn the core functionality of Viva
Goals’ software, how to engage with others, and
how to organize and present data.
4. Ensuring Program
Success
Day Two Topics Details
Learn how to make change last, track success,
and prepare for program rollout
97. Example How OKR Coaching Program Could Work
We bring your OKR Champions and build upon the knowledge that they learned during the OKR Champion
Program to help enable others with OKRs.
This can also be experienced digitally via MS Learn at this link.
They Key Questions of an
OKR Coach & Preparation
Day One: OKR Coaching Deep Dive Day Two: OKR Coaching Simulations
Learn about the key questions to ask an OKR
coach, and how best to prepare for an OKR
Coaching session
OKR Coaching Scenario
Observe a real scenario of where the OKR
Coaching tactics were put into practice and the
outcomes of that conversation
Day One Topics Details
Instructor Simulation
Observe the instructors simulate an OKR
Coaching scenario for you to replicate in groups
4. Ensuring Program
Success
Day Two Topics Details
Put your OKR Coaching learning into practice
during simulations
101. Teams Empowered
Company
Communications
Go beyond the Intranet and
enhance your company
communications across
Microsoft Teams Company
Communicator and the right
Intranet, email and corporate
communications strategy.
EXAMPLE PILOT
YOUR EXPERIENCE MAY VARY…
Estimated Duration:
Educate & Plan For
Company Communicator
Implement Company
Communicator
Empower Communications
With Microsoft Teams
102. Teams Empowered Company Communications
SERVICES
CROSS-INDUSTRY
IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
SIMPLIFICATION
BUSINESS IMPACT
INDUSTRIES
INTRANETS
CORPORATE COMMUNICATION
DIGITAL WORKPLACE
MICROSOFT TEAMS APPS
SOLUTION AREAS
Educate Corporate Communications, Marketing & IT teams on capabilities
your organization already owns, but hasn't maximized such as Yammer and
Teams for company communications.
Discuss key industry trends, patterns and practices with an emphasis on
marketing/communication best practices and how multi channel
communication can amplify and funnel people towards key content.
Demonstrate and map organization needs to Microsoft 365, Viva Engage,
Yammer and Teams app experiences such as Company Communicator for
Microsoft Teams.
Support and implement Company Communicator for Microsoft Teams.
Establish a foundation to further evolve your communications strategy based
on Teams, SharePoint, Email, Yammer, Viva Engage, Viva Amplify, Viva Goals,
Viva Learning and Microsoft 365 as a platform.
WHAT WILL WE DO?
103. Company Communicator Setup
Teams Empowered Company Communications
SERVICES
HOW WILL WE DO IT?
Company Communicator Demo
Train Communication Staff
Current State Analysis Planning Workshops
Activities Touchpoints
Estimated Duration: 3 Weeks (Or 3 Days)
Implementation
Target: Week 1 (Day 1)
Target: Week 2 (Day 2)
Pilot & Test Communicator Adopt & Optimize
Target: Week 2 (Day 2)
Deploy Company Communicator
Explore Analytics & Insights
ENABLED COMPANY
COMMUNICATOR
ESTABLISHED USE CASES FOR
LEVERAGING MORE OF
MICROSOFT 365 FOR COMPANY
COMMUNICATION
OUTCOMES
104. The challenge is that the business
isn’t using Teams for
communication campaigns and
hasn’t maximized Yammer and
Email communication patterns.
Viva Amplify
105. Viva Amplify is a game changer for
communications, but it requires and
understanding of how internal multi-
channel communication is best amplified.
106. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
How do we communicate more effectively? Especially as we think about the enterprise channels
and employee experience landscape that exists today?
Intranet
•Boosted Until
•Personalization
•Targeting
•Content Mixture
Email
•Newsletters
•Priority Messages
•Personalized
Integration
Social / Engage
•Polls
•Q&A (Bots later)
•Storylines
Teams / Slack
•Targeted Individuals
•Targeted
Channels/Teams
Knowledge Tools
•Search Optimization
•Associated Topics
•“Books” Of Content
•Videos Of Popular
Content
Goals / Learning
•OKR Connection &
Alignment
•Learning Resource
Profiles, Work Modes, Mobile & Digital Excellence
107. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
How do we communicate more effectively? Especially as we think about the enterprise channels
and employee experience landscape that exists today?
Intranet
•Boosted Until
•Personalization
•Targeting
•Content Mixture
Email
•Newsletters
•Priority Messages
•Personalized
Integration
Social / Engage
•Polls
•Q&A (Bots later)
•Storylines
Teams / Slack
•Targeted Individuals
•Targeted
Channels/Teams
Knowledge Tools
•Search Optimization
•Associated Topics
•“Books” Of Content
•Videos Of Popular
Content
Goals / Learning
•OKR Connection &
Alignment
•Learning Resource
Profiles, Work Modes, Mobile & Digital Excellence
Underutilized
108. Microsoft Viva Amplify further helps bring capabilities that help collaborate, coordinate,
distribute, measure and manage communication campaigns.
Active Campaign Stats
Favorite Campaigns
Templates
Shared Guidance
109. Microsoft Viva Amplify further helps bring capabilities that help collaborate, coordinate,
distribute, measure and manage communication campaigns.
110. Microsoft Viva Amplify further helps bring capabilities that help collaborate, coordinate,
distribute, measure and manage communication campaigns.
111. Microsoft Viva Amplify further helps bring capabilities that help collaborate, coordinate,
distribute, measure and manage communication campaigns.
112. Microsoft Viva Amplify further helps bring capabilities that help collaborate, coordinate,
distribute, measure and manage communication campaigns.
113. Microsoft Viva Amplify further helps bring capabilities that help collaborate, coordinate,
distribute, measure and manage communication campaigns.
Campaigns Exist
Because Of This Need
116. Improve Employee
Connectivity With
Microsoft 365
Empower insights that enable
employees to be more
connected. Identify expertise
and align it with employees.
Enable employees to extend
and strengthen their networks
within the organization with
solutions that improve
retention, connection and
engagement.
EXAMPLE PILOT
Estimated Duration: Educate On Importance
Of Connected Employees
Expert Led Discussions On
Viva Insights, Viva Pulse &
M365 Solutions
Provide Recommendations
& Next Steps
YOUR EXPERIENCE MAY VARY…
117. Improve Employee Connectivity With Microsoft 365
SERVICES
CROSS-INDUSTRY
ORGANIZATION RESILIENCY
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
PRODUCTIVITY
BUSINESS IMPACT
INDUSTRIES
HYBRID WORK
EMPLOYEE NETWORKING
EMPLOYEE RETENTION
VIVA INSIGHTS
WORKPLACE ANALYTICS
VIVA PULSE
SOLUTION AREAS
Together we will demonstrate and discuss Microsoft 365 capabilities and
solutions that improve and provide insights into employee connectivity,
networking and organization resiliency.
We will share insight into how to successfully engage and connect your
employees even in hybrid or entirely remote environments.
Provide ready to deploy and implement solutions that your organization can
implement that integrate and are built into Microsoft Teams, Outlook and
SharePoint that help employees connect in different ways further
strengthening their networks, increasing productivity and collaboration and
improving retention.
WHAT WILL WE DO?
The difference isn’t (optimally) to just do Insights (or Glint/Pulse) but to
actually combine it with campaigns, solutions and more that should
nudget/change employee experience for the better.
118. The challenge is change takes
time and while insights and
feedback matter it’s what we do
with that information that matters
most.
Viva Insights/Pulse
119. Viva Insights and Viva Pulse both provide
wonderful complimentary insight and feedback
(continually). Both have recommendations that
can be acted on. So act on the insight.
122. Today Microsoft not only matches this need with great experiences but even adds intelligence to
those experiences to improve collaboration further whether for the individual, team or org.
Blurred
boundaries
75% of people have
experienced burnout at
work with 40% of people
report work disrupts
personal/family time at
least weekly
123. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Help your employees have the tools to manage and improve their well-being and personal
productivity. Start by leveraging the capabilities built into Insights.
Blurred
Boundaries
75% of people have
experienced burnout at
work with 40% of people
report work disrupts
personal/family time at
least weekly
124. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Help your employees have the tools to manage and improve their well-being and personal
productivity. Start by leveraging the capabilities built into Insights.
Blurred
Boundaries
75% of people have
experienced burnout at
work with 40% of people
report work disrupts
personal/family time at
least weekly
125. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Help your employees have the tools to manage and improve their well-being and personal
productivity. Start by leveraging the capabilities built into Insights.
Blurred
Boundaries
75% of people have
experienced burnout at
work with 40% of people
report work disrupts
personal/family time at
least weekly
126. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Help your employees have the tools to manage and improve their well-being and personal
productivity. Start by leveraging the capabilities built into Insights.
Blurred
Boundaries
75% of people have
experienced burnout at
work with 40% of people
report work disrupts
personal/family time at
least weekly
127. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Help your employees have the tools to manage and improve their well-being and personal
productivity. Start by leveraging the capabilities built into Insights.
Blurred
Boundaries
75% of people have
experienced burnout at
work with 40% of people
report work disrupts
personal/family time at
least weekly
128. Wellbeing score across categories Distribution by wellbeing score and collaboration hours
Collaboration hours
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136.
137. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Limited
Network
42% of IWs rarely meet
new people at their
company, managers rarely
make those connections
IWs rarely meet new people at their company; when they do meet new people, it’s most often
through a formal or informal company event. How many have you had during this pandemic?
138. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
Limited
Network
42% of IWs rarely meet
new people at their
company, managers rarely
make those connections
Empower insights that enable employees to be more connected. Enable employees to extend and strengthen their
networks within the organization with solutions that improve retention, connection and engagement.
139. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
As leaders figure out their organization’s new working models, the Hybrid workforce experience
Power BI dashboard helps them understand how hybrid work affects employees differently.
140. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
How does the employee work mode effect network size and composition?
141. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
How does the mode of work impact the integration into the organizations network? Is there as
much manager support for remote employees' integration as onsite ones?
143. You will love the way we work. Together. ™
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