Tag: Webinar

CIAOPS Need to Know Microsoft 365 Webinar – June

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Join me for the free monthly CIAOPS Need to Know webinar. Along with all the Microsoft Cloud news we’ll be taking a look at Viva Engage.

Shortly after registering you should receive an automated email from Microsoft Teams confirming your registration, including all the event details as well as a calendar invite.

You can register for the regular monthly webinar here:

June Webinar Registrations

(If you are having issues with the above link copy and paste – https://bit.ly/n2k2405

The details are:

CIAOPS Need to Know Webinar – June 2024
Friday 28th of June 2024
11.00am – 12.00am Sydney Time

All sessions are recorded and posted to the CIAOPS Academy.

The CIAOPS Need to Know Webinars are free to attend but if you want to receive the recording of the session you need to sign up as a CIAOPS patron which you can do here:

http://www.ciaopspatron.com

or purchase them individually at:

http://www.ciaopsacademy.com/

Also feel free at any stage to email me directly via director@ciaops.com with your webinar topic suggestions.

I’d also appreciate you sharing information about this webinar with anyone you feel may benefit from the session and I look forward to seeing you there.

May Microsoft 365 Webinar resources

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The slides from this month’s webinar are available at:

https://github.com/directorcia/general/blob/master/Presentations/Need%20to%20Know%20Webinars/202405.pdf

If you are not a CIAOPS patron you want to view or download a full copy of the video from the session you can do so here:

http://www.ciaopsacademy.com.au/p/need-to-know-webinars

Watch out for next month’s webinar

Meeting recap from Copilot

Key Topics:
  • Microsoft 365 and AI updates: Robert shared some news and videos from the recent Build conference and the Open AI demo, highlighting the new features and capabilities of Copilot, GPT-4, and AI agents. 4:58

  • Microsoft Bookings demo: Robert showed how to create and customize booking pages, services, staff, and customers, and how to integrate Bookings with Outlook, Teams, and Power Automate. 17:29

  • Questions and feedback: David asked about the Outlook add-in for scheduling polls and the future of AI in Bookings. Robert suggested using Bookings instead of the add-in and expected more AI integration in the future. 42:05

CIAOPS Need to Know Microsoft 365 Webinar – May

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Join me for the free monthly CIAOPS Need to Know webinar. Along with all the Microsoft Cloud news we’ll be taking a look at Microsoft Bookings.

Shortly after registering you should receive an automated email from Microsoft Teams confirming your registration, including all the event details as well as a calendar invite.

You can register for the regular monthly webinar here:

May Webinar Registrations

(If you are having issues with the above link copy and paste – https://bit.ly/n2k2405

The details are:

CIAOPS Need to Know Webinar – May 2024
Friday 31st of May 2024
11.00am – 12.00am Sydney Time

All sessions are recorded and posted to the CIAOPS Academy.

The CIAOPS Need to Know Webinars are free to attend but if you want to receive the recording of the session you need to sign up as a CIAOPS patron which you can do here:

http://www.ciaopspatron.com

or purchase them individually at:

http://www.ciaopsacademy.com/

Also feel free at any stage to email me directly via director@ciaops.com with your webinar topic suggestions.

I’d also appreciate you sharing information about this webinar with anyone you feel may benefit from the session and I look forward to seeing you there.

April Microsoft 365 Webinar resources

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The slides from this month’s webinar are available at:

https://github.com/directorcia/general/blob/master/Presentations/Need%20to%20Know%20Webinars/202404.pdf

If you are not a CIAOPS patron you want to view or download a full copy of the video from the session you can do so here:

http://www.ciaopsacademy.com.au/p/need-to-know-webinars

Watch out for next month’s webinar.

Recap from Copilot for Microsoft 365:

Generated by AI. Make sure to check for accuracy.

Meeting recap notes:

  • Robert talked about various topics in the meeting, including the need to know webinar for April 2024, Microsoft 365 cloud news, and Loop. He also provided information on how to keep up to date with Microsoft’s announcements and how to troubleshoot and assist in Intune using Copilot for Security.

    • Robert hosted a webinar on the need to know for April 2024. He thanked everyone for joining and confirmed that the sound and video checks were done, and the recording had started. He advised that the recording would be available afterward.

    • Robert discussed two topics in the meeting. Firstly, he talked about Microsoft’s plan to introduce an external recipient rate limit from January 2025.

    • Robert discussed Microsoft’s Loop product and its components, including task listing. He advised that it is important to learn how to use the tools before putting production information in them.
  • Robert talked about Microsoft licensing changes due to the European Union’s anti-competitive requirements. Teams will no longer be included in the suite and will need to be purchased as an add-on license. Microsoft Mesh, a virtual reality style world connected to teams, is now fully available but requires a premium license.

    • Robert discussed the changes in Microsoft licensing due to the European Union’s anti-competitive requirements. Teams will now be detached from new sales of Microsoft 365 and will need to be purchased as an add-on license. Existing licenses are not affected.

    • Robert discussed the wider environment and the premium license required to access it. He also talked about the Apple Vision Pro reports and its low adoption rate. Robert then moved on to talk about Teams, which is Microsoft’s major focus.

    • Robert discussed the challenges of using SharePoint and how Microsoft Teams can help. Teams leverages existing services like exchange online, SharePoint, planner chat, and more. By default, most users can create a team without needing any particular permissions.

    • Robert discussed the modern approach of using multiple social media accounts and how Teams is a combination of chat conversations, calls, chats, meetings, and video conferences. He also mentioned that Teams integrates with Office 365 apps and has customization extensibility.

    • Robert discussed the capabilities of Microsoft Teams, including the ability to set meetings on various platforms, integrate with telephony systems, and apply policies and compliance.
  • Robert talked about the benefits of using Teams for developing apps at zero or very little cost. He also discussed the integrations available to the administrator to control permissions and licenses. Robert explained how files work inside a team and how every team created creates a dedicated SharePoint site in the background.

    • Robert discussed the capabilities of Teams, including the ability to develop your own apps at zero or very little cost, and the various integrations available. He also explained how files work inside a team, with each team creating a dedicated SharePoint site.

    • Robert discussed the benefits of using Power Automate to create automated processes in Teams. He emphasized the importance of breaking up teams by department or function and highlighted the enterprise security compliance and manageability features available in Microsoft 365.

    • Robert discussed the benefits of using Microsoft Teams for work collaboration. He mentioned that the new Teams client is faster and better than the old one and allows for easy switching between different teams.

    • Robert discussed the benefits of using the new teams and encouraged everyone to start using it. He also highlighted the challenges of allowing remote access or group access and suggested using teams to collaborate with people inside and outside the organization.

    • Robert explained the limitations of guest users in external teams. They cannot be an administrator of a team or create channels.
  • Robert talked about enabling guests in teams, integrating phones into teams, and the premium features of Microsoft Teams. He emphasized that Microsoft is encouraging collaboration and making it possible out of the box, but users can restrict it with policies.

    • Robert discussed various aspects of Microsoft Teams, including enabling guests, integrating phones, and the premium offering. He emphasized that Microsoft is encouraging collaboration and making it possible out of the box.

    • Robert provided an overview of the capabilities of Teams Premium. He discussed the intelligent recap feature, which allows users to search for specific words or ideas mentioned in a meeting.

    • Robert introduced an app called Meet that gives a summary of all meetings and allows users to jump between them quickly. He recommended it for those who spend a lot of time in Teams meetings.

    • Robert discussed the capabilities of SharePoint in Teams. He explained how to search for SharePoint, launch a meeting inside a channel, control notifications, and pin conversations to the top. He also mentioned that each channel has a unique email address and a link.

    • Robert explained the features of Teams, including the ability to receive notifications for new updates and changes, chat with individuals or groups, share files and gifts, and escalate to audio or video calls.
  • Robert talked about Microsoft Teams and its capabilities. He explained how it is a different approach to collaboration and how it can help provide advanced productivity and save time in businesses. He discussed the integration with the phone system and OneDrive for Business.

    • Robert discussed the features and capabilities of Microsoft Teams in a meeting. He explained how to schedule a meeting, use the phone system, and work with personal and shared files.

    • Robert demonstrated the features of the Meet app and how it can be integrated with other apps. He emphasized the benefits of using Teams for collaboration, including the ability to search for data quickly and easily.

    • Robert demonstrated how to automate processes using Power Automate in Teams. He showed examples of automations such as dad joke of the day, space picture of the day, and chat GPT.

    • Robert discussed the benefits of using Teams for collaboration, highlighting its features such as working out loud, sharing, searching, and putting information and control in users’ hands.

    • Robert provided an overview of Microsoft Teams and its capabilities. He emphasized the importance of moving from one-to-one collaboration using email to working out loud.

Follow-up tasks:

  • Teams licensing: Review the changes in Teams licensing and pricing due to the EU decision and the new Teams premium option (Teams resellers and customers)

  • Copilot for security: Explore the benefits of Copilot for security, especially for Intune and Defender integration and troubleshooting (Teams admins and security managers)

  • Loop: Learn how to use Loop and its new task list component and compare it with other tools like OneNote and Planner (Teams users and collaborators)

  • Teams shared channel: Set up the required permissions to join the Teams shared channel and send an email to Robert to request access (Anyone interested in joining the Teams shared channel)

  • Teams premium features: Try the new Teams client and the new features like intelligent recap, branding, and mesh (Teams users and meeting organizers)

CIAOPS Need to Know Microsoft 365 Webinar – April

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Join me for the free monthly CIAOPS Need to Know webinar. Along with all the Microsoft Cloud news we’ll be taking a look at Microsoft Teams.

Shortly after registering you should receive an automated email from Microsoft Teams confirming your registration, including all the event details as well as a calendar invite.

You can register for the regular monthly webinar here:

April Webinar Registrations

(If you are having issues with the above link copy and paste – https://bit.ly/n2k2404

The details are:

CIAOPS Need to Know Webinar – April 2024
Friday 26th of April 2024
11.00am – 12.00am Sydney Time

All sessions are recorded and posted to the CIAOPS Academy.

The CIAOPS Need to Know Webinars are free to attend but if you want to receive the recording of the session you need to sign up as a CIAOPS patron which you can do here:

http://www.ciaopspatron.com

or purchase them individually at:

http://www.ciaopsacademy.com/

Also feel free at any stage to email me directly via director@ciaops.com with your webinar topic suggestions.

I’d also appreciate you sharing information about this webinar with anyone you feel may benefit from the session and I look forward to seeing you there.

March Microsoft 365 Webinar resources

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The slides from this month’s webinar are available at:

https://github.com/directorcia/general/blob/master/Presentations/Need%20to%20Know%20Webinars/202403.pdf

If you are not a CIAOPS patron you want to view or download a full copy of the video from the session you can do so here:

http://www.ciaopsacademy.com.au/p/need-to-know-webinars

Watch out for next month’s webinar.

Recap from Copilot for Microsoft 365:

Main ideas:

Webinar overview: The document is a transcript of a webinar hosted by Robert Crane on March 20, 2021, about Microsoft 365 updates and forms.

Microsoft Copilot for Security: One of the major updates in Microsoft 365 is the launch of Microsoft Copilot for Security, a cloud-based AI service that analyzes security logs and helps detect and respond to threats.

Surface devices with Copilot button: Microsoft also announced new Surface devices with a Copilot button that can launch the AI assistant directly. The devices have a neural processing unit for local AI calculations.

Microsoft Forms update: Microsoft Forms has a new user interface and features, such as multilingual support, email receipts, and quick polls. There is also a Forms Pro version with more capabilities.

Forms integration with Stream: Forms can be integrated with Stream, Microsoft’s video platform, to add interactivity and feedback to videos. Users can embed forms in Stream videos and see the results in real time.

CIAOPS Need to Know Microsoft 365 Webinar – March

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Join me for the free monthly CIAOPS Need to Know webinar. Along with all the Microsoft Cloud news we’ll be taking a look at Microsoft Forms.

Shortly after registering you should receive an automated email from Microsoft Teams confirming your registration, including all the event details as well as a calendar invite.

You can register for the regular monthly webinar here:

March Webinar Registrations

(If you are having issues with the above link copy and paste – https://bit.ly/n2k2403

The details are:

CIAOPS Need to Know Webinar – March 2024
Thursday 28th of March 2024
11.00am – 12.00am Sydney Time

All sessions are recorded and posted to the CIAOPS Academy.

The CIAOPS Need to Know Webinars are free to attend but if you want to receive the recording of the session you need to sign up as a CIAOPS patron which you can do here:

http://www.ciaopspatron.com

or purchase them individually at:

http://www.ciaopsacademy.com/

Also feel free at any stage to email me directly via director@ciaops.com with your webinar topic suggestions.

I’d also appreciate you sharing information about this webinar with anyone you feel may benefit from the session and I look forward to seeing you there.

February Microsoft 365 Webinar resources

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The slides from this month’s webinar are available at:

https://github.com/directorcia/general/blob/master/Presentations/Need%20to%20Know%20Webinars/202402.pdf

If you are not a CIAOPS patron you want to view or download a full copy of the video from the session you can do so here:

http://www.ciaopsacademy.com.au/p/need-to-know-webinars

Watch out for next month’s webinar.

Recap from Copilot for Microsoft 365:

  • Robert talked about Microsoft 365 updates and Copilot. Copilot is a family of assistants that are based on Azure and use large language models to provide predictive capabilities. There are copilots for the power platform dynamics, Microsoft 365, security windows, Bing GitHub, and more.

    • Robert started the webcast and turned on recording. He provided information on how to join his free teams shared channel. The agenda was to discuss Microsoft 365 updates and Copilot. Copilot is now available as a service to everybody.

    • Robert shared some useful resources for learning about AI and how it fits into the Microsoft Stack. He also discussed the security challenges posed by QR codes and recommended using Microsoft tools to hunt for phishing attempts and user compromises.

    • Robert discussed the new version of Outlook and provided a link for basic license users to understand how it works. He also talked about Microsoft Copilot for security and how it can be a game changer for SMBs.

    • Robert discussed the adoption of Copilot, which is a family of AI-powered tools that use large language models and the Microsoft Graph to provide predictive capabilities and integrate with Microsoft 365 apps.
  • Robert talked about Microsoft’s copilot for Microsoft 365, which is now available to all customers. He explained that copilot requires prerequisites of the suite of products or Word, Excel, PowerPoint, exchange, team, SharePoint, OneDrive, and more.

    • Robert discussed the availability and prerequisites of Copilot for Microsoft 365. Copilot is now available to all customers and can be purchased directly, with enterprise agreement, or CSP.

    • Robert discussed the different AI options available, including Microsoft copilot personal, Bing chat enterprise work, and Microsoft 365 copilot.

    • Robert explained the features of Chapatti, a free option with the ability to pay for a subscription to get more capabilities.

    • Robert discussed Microsoft’s indemnification policy for users of their technologies, and demonstrated the privacy protection feature of Copilot. He also showed how Copilot can be used to translate text and assist with coding.

    • Robert discussed the benefits of using GitHub Copilot in the meeting. He mentioned that it can save a lot of time by automatically adding semicolons at the end of each line and generating scripts in different languages like PowerShell and Python.
  • Robert talked about Microsoft 365 Copilot and demonstrated how it works. He showed how it can be used to generate a summary of a document, create a training course outline, and create a chart in Excel. He also mentioned that Copilot is not instantaneous and can take some time to generate results.

    • Robert demonstrated copilot in his production environment. He faced some technical issues with the browser session, but eventually managed to log in and show the features of copilot.

    • Robert demonstrated the capabilities of Copilot, a chatbot that can generate summaries of documents and provide steps to complete certain actions. Copilot is not able to make changes to documents, but can suggest steps to achieve certain tasks.

    • Robert demonstrated how to use Copilot for Microsoft 365 to summarize and formalize a document. He explained that Copilot is not instantaneous and can take some time to generate a summary.

    • Robert demonstrated how Copilot can be used to generate outlines and charts in both Word and Excel. He emphasized that Copilot is a useful tool when he doesn’t know how to do something, such as creating charts or pivot tables.

    • Robert explained how to create a pie chart and use pivot tables in Excel.
  • Robert talked about the capabilities of Copilot, a chat sheet capability that can be used to ask questions, get answers, summarize emails, and documents. Copilot can also be used to create quizzes and automate tasks in Power Automate. It is most beneficial for creators, such as those creating reports and marketing materials.

    • Robert discussed the capabilities of Copilot, a chat sheet feature that can be used to ask questions, get answers, summarize emails, and documents. Copilot can also be used to create quizzes and automate tasks in Power Automate.

    • Robert demonstrated how to use Copilot to create automated workflows in Power Automate. He explained that Copilot can help users who are not Power Automate experts to create workflows by guiding them through the process.

    • Robert discussed the features of Microsoft Handly and Security Code Pilot. He recommended using the assessment available for copilot and provided links to videos and resources.
  • Robert talked about copilot and business premium, emphasizing the importance of good data governance and permissions to ensure copilot works effectively. He also mentioned that copilot is not a solution for bad data.
    • Robert discussed the building blocks of copilot and business premium, emphasizing the importance of securing data and locking down the environment appropriately. He compared copilot to a search engine that requires a certain set of permissions to determine what is returned to the user.

    • Robert discussed the use of Copilot and its benefits. He mentioned that Copilot is available and worth the money, but it relies on good data. He also advised that training is key to using the tool effectively.

    • Robert discussed the benefits of Copilot and how it can be leveraged to improve productivity. He suggested starting with creative teams and then rolling it out to others.

    • Robert provided an overview of resources available for consumption, including a copy of the slides via email, an assessment spreadsheet, his blog, podcast, online training courses, and patron community.