Conference Schedule - European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Conference, 2023

Program Launch

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Monday 27 November

09:00 - 17:00	Full Day Tutorials
A	Business	Best Practices for Using M365 to Conquer your Corporate Communications Challenges	Level 200	Microsoft 365


		Mark Rackley, MVP, Avanade, USA Susan Hanley, MVP, Susan Hanley LLC, USA
B	Dev / End User	Let’s Build the Ultimate Power App: Reusable, Remarkable and Responsive	Level 200	Power Apps


		Robin Rosengrün, EnBW AG, Germany Luise Freese, MVP, Luise Freese, Germany
C	Dev	Building Apps for Microsoft Teams with Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code	Level 200	Microsoft Teams


		Garry Trinder, Microsoft, United Kingdom
D	Dev	Securing Custom Software Solutions with the Microsoft Identity Platform	Level 200	Security


		Paolo Pialorsi, MVP, PiaSys.com, Italy
E	IT Pro	Mastering Infrastructure Automation Tools for Efficient Azure Management	Level 300	Azure


		Aleksandar Nikolic, MVP, M.O.3.A.K. IT Consulting, Serbia
F	Dev	Mastering the New World of ChatGPT, GPT-4, DALL-E 2, and Multi-Modal Models	Level 300	ChatGPT


		Andreas Erben, Microsoft RD, MVP, daenet, United States
G	IT Pro	From Chaos to Control: Mastering Records Management in the Digital Age with Microsoft Purview	Level 300	Compliance


		Joanne Klein, MVP, NexNovus Consulting, Canada
H	IT Pro	Get your Microsoft 365 Tenant in Shape, Secure and Compliant	Level 200


		Thomas Vochten, MVP, MCT, Cronos Group, Belgium Maarten Eekels, Microsoft Regional Director, MVP, Rapid Circle, Netherlands
I		Hacker’s Perspective on Infrastructure: Managing and Defending Against Current Threats		Security


		Paula Januszkiewicz, Microsoft RD, MVP, CQURE, Poland
J	IT Pro	Turning Content to Knowledge with Microsoft Syntex and Viva Topics	Level 300	Microsoft Syntex


		Kevin McDonnell, Avanade, United Kingdom Chirag Patel, MVP, MCT, Patel Consulting, United Kingdom Leon Armston, MVP, Intelogy, United Kingdom

Tuesday 28 November

08:45 - 09:00

Conference Welcome

09:00 - 10:00		KEYNOTE: Keynote - Title Coming Soon
		Jeff Teper, President - Collaborative Apps & Platforms, Microsoft, USA

10:00 - 10:15

Change Rooms

10:15 - 11:15	Sessions
T1	Business / End User / IT Pro	What's New and Next for Microsoft Search in the Land of AI	Level 200	Search


		Mikael Svenson, Microsoft, Norway
T2	Business / Dev / IT Pro	Dev & Test Environments in Azure Finally Fast, Cheap, and Somewhat Easy	Level 200	Azure


		Magnus Mårtensson, Microsoft RD, MVP, Devoteam, Sweden
T3	IT Pro	Turning the Table on Identity: From Azure AD to AD	Level 300	Security


		Sander Berkouwer, MVP, MCT, SCCT, Netherlands
T4	Dev	Build Resilient Microsoft 365 Apps with Microsoft Graph	Level 200	Microsoft Teams


		Garry Trinder, Microsoft, United Kingdom Waldek Mastykarz, MVP, Rencore, Netherlands
T5		Microsoft Session Coming Soon


		Microsoft, USA
T6	Business / End User / IT Pro	Piloting & Scaling Successfully With Microsoft Viva	Level 100	Microsoft Viva


		Richard Harbridge, MVP, 2toLead, Canada
T7	IT Pro / Maker	Architecting Your Next Power Platform Project	Level 200	Power Platform


		Ahmad Najjar, MVP, Avanade, Norway
T8	Business	Boost your Intranet!	Level 200	SharePoint


		Katja Jokisalo, MVP, Sulava Oy, Finland
T9		Session Title Coming Soon



T10	Dev / IT Pro	AI in Microsoft 365: State of the Nation in 2023	Level 200	Microsoft Teams


		Stephan Bisser, MVP, Solvion, Austria

11:15 - 11:45

Networking Break

11:45 - 12:45	Sessions
T11		Microsoft Session Coming Soon


		Microsoft, USA
T12	Business / Dev / IT Pro	Microsoft Syntex Deep-Dive - from AI Document Understanding to Content Governance	Level 200	Microsoft Syntex


		Chris O’Brien, MVP, Content+Cloud, United Kingdom
T13	Dev / IT Pro	Modern Infrastructure as Code, or taking Terraform, Pulumi and Bicep for a Ride.	Level 300	Azure


		Stas Lebedenko, MVP, Solidify AB, Ukraine
T14	Business / Maker	Tiny Price Tag, Big Results: An Introduction To Dataverse 4 Teams	Level 200	Power Platform


		Robin Rosengrün, EnBW AG, Germany
T15	Business / End User / IT Pro	Microsoft Viva - The Architecture, the Graph and the Possibilities for Customization	Level 200	Microsoft Viva


		Nicki Borell, Microsoft Regional Director, MVP, Experts Inside, Germany
T16		Microsoft Session Coming Soon


		Microsoft, USA
T17	Business / IT Pro	Protect and Govern your Sensitive Data with Microsoft Purview in Microsoft Teams	Level 200	Microsoft Teams


		Jasper Oosterveld, MVP, InSpark , Netherlands
T18	IT Pro	Azure AD Conditional Access Demystified	Level 300	Security


		Kenneth van Surksum, MVP, Secure At Work, The Netherlands
T19	Business / IT Pro	"Automation" CoE: Rolling out a Power Platform "Automation" Strategy for your Organization	Level 200	Power Platform


		Negar Shahbaz, Capgemini Sweden AB, Sweden
T20	Dev	Exploring the Pros and Cons of Serverless Computing: When to Consider and When Not To	Level 300	Azure


		Jonah Andersson, MVP, Forefront Consulting, Sweden

12:45 - 14:00

Lunch - Visit the Expo

14:00 - 15:00	Sessions
T21	Dev	Kickstart your Microsoft 365 Extensibility with Open-Source and Community Assets	Level 200	SharePoint


		Vesa Juvonen, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft, USA
T22	IT Pro	Viva Connections: Bring your Intranet and Digital Workplace to the Next Level	Level 100	Microsoft Viva


		Susan Hanley, MVP, Susan Hanley LLC, USA
T23		Microsoft Session Coming Soon


		Microsoft, USA
T24	Dev	Microsoft Teams Meeting Extensions: Meetings as you've Never Seen them Before	Level 400


		Emanuele Bartolesi, MVP, SoftwareONE, Switzerland
T25	IT Pro / Maker	Azure DevOps vs GitHub Actions for Power Platform	Level 200	Power Platform


		Iona Varga, Avanade , Netherlands
T26		Session Title Coming Soon



T27	IT Pro / Maker	Getting Started with Microsoft Power Automate for SharePoint	Level 200	Power Platform


		Vlad Catrinescu, MVP, MCT, vNext Solutions, Canada
T28	Business / IT Pro	Enforcing Governance and Compliance with Azure Policy: Best Practices for Well-Managed Azure	Level 300	Azure


		Tiago Costa, MVP, MCT, Independent Contractor, Portugal
T29	Dev / IT Pro	Master the Unknown: Protect yourself against Zero-Day Cloud Vulnerabilities	Level 300	Azure


		Karl Ots, Microsoft RD, MVP, EPAM Systems, Switzerland
T30		Microsoft Session Coming Soon


		Microsoft, USA

15:00 - 15:15

Change Rooms

15:15 - 16:15	Sessions
T31	Business / End User / IT Pro	5 Steps to Transform Employee Experience with Microsoft Viva	Level 100	Microsoft Viva


		Dux Raymond Sy, Microsoft Regional Director, MVP, AvePoint, USA
T32	Business / IT Pro	Modernizing your On-Premises and Cloud Infrastructure for Zero Trust	Level 300	Security


		Jussi Roine, MVP, North Advisors, Finland
T33		Microsoft Session Coming Soon


		Microsoft, USA
T34	Dev	Developing Secure Software with GitHub	Level 300	Microsoft Teams


		Laura Kokkarinen, MVP, Sulava, Finland Thomas Vochten, MVP, MCT, Cronos Group, Belgium
T35	End User	How Microsoft 365 Copilot is Changing the Way We Work	Level 200	Copilot


		Bill Ayers, MVP, MCM, MCT, Flow Simulation Ltd., United Kingdom
T36	Business / IT Pro	Teams Governance – Putting the Puzzle Together One Piece at a Time	Level 200	Microsoft Teams


		Joy Apple, MVP, Orchestry, USA Michal Pisarek, MVP, Orchestry, Canada
T37	Dev / Maker	Level Up your Power Apps (with these 5 Steps)	Level 300	Power Platform


		Paulien Buskens, Ventigrate, Belgium
T38	Dev	Transforming SharePoint Online Classic Solutions to the “Modern” Experience	Level 300	SharePoint


		Paolo Pialorsi, MVP, Piasys.com, Italy
T39		Session Title Coming Soon



T40	IT Pro	The Azure ADventures with Microsoft Graph and PowerShell	Level 300	Azure AD


		Aleksandar Nikolic, MVP, M.O.3.A.K. IT Consulting, Serbia

16:15 - 16:45

Networking Break

16:45 - 17:45	Sessions
T41	Dev / IT Pro	Pentesting Azure Container Services	Level 300	Security


		Sergey Chubarov, Microsoft, Armenia
T42		Microsoft Session Coming Soon


		Microsoft, USA
T43	IT Pro	Viva Connections & Viva Engage: a Match Made in Heaven?	Level 100	Microsoft Viva


		Antje Lamartine, MVP, IF-Blueprint, Germany
T44	Dev / IT Pro	Azure Architecture: Choosing Wisely	Level 300	Azure


		Rik Hepworth, MVP, Microsoft RD, Black Marble, United Kingdom
T45		Microsoft Session Coming Soon


		Microsoft, USA
T46	Dev / IT Pro	Getting Started with AI in Your Organization: Real-World Use Cases and Easy-to-Use Tools	Level 300	AI and Azure


		Mark Rackley, MVP, Avanade, USA
T47	Dev	Microsoft Teams Development: Building Custom Solutions for Enhanced Collaboration and Productivity	Level 300	Microsoft Teams


		Rick Van Rousselt, MVP, Advantive, Belgium
T48		Microsoft Session Coming Soon


		Microsoft, USA
T49		Session Title Coming Soon



T50	IT Pro	IT Pro Meets Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle and Records Management	Level 300	Security


		Joanne Klein, MVP, NexNovus Consulting, Canada

Wednesday 29 November

08:45 - 09:00

Conference Welcome

09:00 - 10:00		KEYNOTE: Keynote - Title Coming Soon
		Karuana Gatimu, Principal Manager, Customer Advocacy Group, Microsoft Teams Engineering, Microsoft, USA

10:00 - 10:15

Change Rooms

10:15 - 11:15	Sessions
W1		Microsoft Session Coming Soon


		Microsoft, USA
W2	Dev	Microsoft Syntex - Title Coming Soon	Level 300


		Paolo Pialorsi, MVP, Piasys.com, Italy Bert Jansen, Microsoft, Belgium
W3	IT Pro	Don't Bother your Users with Mobile Device Management, Embrace Modern!	Level 300	Security


		Peter Daalmans, MVP, Daalmans Consulting, Netherlands
W4	IT Pro	Exchange Hybrid Architecture and Expert Troubleshooting Techniques	Level 400	Microsoft Teams


		Ståle Hansen, Microsoft RD, MVP, CloudWay, Norway
W5	Dev	Azure Communication Services - A Guide for Developers	Level 300	Microsoft Teams


		Tom Morgan, MVP, ThoughtStuff Ltd , United Kingdom
W6		Session Title Coming Soon



W7	Dev / IT Pro / Maker	Low-Code to Collaboration: Mastering Source Control for Power Platform Solutions with Git & GitHub	Level 300	Power Platform


		Yannick Reekmans - MVP, Quibix NV, Belgium
W8	Dev / IT Pro	Get a grip! - Managing your APIs with API Management	Level 200	Azure


		Rick van den Bosch, Microsoft, Netherlands
W9	Dev / IT Pro	How to Manage your Microsoft 365 Tenant and SharePoint Framework Projects from any Platform	Level 300	SharePoint


		Martin Lingstuyl, MVP, I4-YOU Business Solutions b.v., The Netherlands
W10	IT Pro / Maker	Create Solutions for Microsoft Teams using Microsoft Lists	Level 300	Microsoft Teams


		João Ferreira, MVP, Appspace, Portugal

11:15 - 11:45

Networking Break

11:45 - 12:45	Sessions
W11		Microsoft Session Coming Soon


		Microsoft, USA
W12	IT Pro	PnP PowerShell: The De-Facto Standard	Level 200	SharePoint


		Erwin van Hunen, MVP, MCM, Rencore, Sweden
W13	IT Pro	What's New with Microsoft Entra Azure AD?	Level 300	Security


		John Craddock, MVP, XTSeminars Ltd, United Kingdom
W14	Dev / IT Pro	Using Azure Key Vault to Protect Your Application Secrets	Level 200	Azure


		Joseph Guadagno, MVP, Rocket Mortgage, USA
W15	Dev / IT Pro	Grow your Own Company Portal with Viva Connections	Level 200	Microsoft Teams


		Bill Ayers, MVP, MCM, MCT, Flow Simulation Ltd., United Kingdom
W16	Business / Maker	Rapid and Brand-Aware Prototyping: Integrating Custom Connectors with Power Platform for Enhanced UX	Level 200	Power Platform


		Luise Freese, MVP, Luise Freese, Germany Iona Varga, Avanade , Netherlands
W17		Microsoft Session Coming Soon


		Microsoft, USA
W18	IT Pro	Optimizing Microsoft Search	Level 200	Search


		Agnes Molnar, Microsoft RD, MVP, Search Explained, Netherlands
W19		Session Title Coming Soon



W20	Dev	Automated Testing for Microsoft 365 with Playwright	Level 300	Microsoft Teams


		Elio Struyf, MVP, Struyf Consulting, Belgium

12:45 - 14:00

Lunch - Visit the Expo

14:00 - 15:00	Sessions
W21	Dev	Do more with less in Microsoft 365 using SharePoint Framework (SPFx)	Level 300	SharePoint


		Vesa Juvonen, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft, USA
W22	IT Pro	Application Insights, Log Analytics, Kusto and Power BI, Oh My!	Level 300	Power Platform


		John P. White, MVP, tyGraph, Canada Jason Himmelstein, Microsoft, USA
W23	Dev	Azure Cost Optimization Strategies: Save Money Without Sacrificing Performance	Level 300	Azure


		Rohit Turambekar, Microsoft, Germany
W24	IT Pro	52 Mins from Initial Access to Ransomware -- is your Defensive Team Ready?	Level 200	Security


		Maarten Goet, Microsoft Regional Director, MVP, Wortell, Netherlands
W25	Dev / IT Pro	Choosing between Pro Developers or Business Users or Do We Need Both?	Level 300	Azure


		Angelique Grootenboer, MVP, Canada Rik Hepworth, MVP, Microsoft RD, Black Marble, United Kingdom
W26	Dev / End User / IT Pro	How to Standardise and Automate all your Microsoft Tenants	Level 200	Security


		Micha Bos, Ydentic, Netherlands
W27		Microsoft Session Coming Soon


		Microsoft, USA
W28		Go Full Lifecycle of Employee Onboarding with Microsoft Viva


		Lesley Crook, MVP, CloudWay, United Kingdom Merethe Stave, MVP, CloudWay, Norway
W29	Dev / Maker	Build an AI Driven Self-Help Agent in Microsoft Teams with Power Virtual Agents	Level 300	AI


		Eric Overfield - Microsoft Regional Director, MVP, MCT, Creospark, USA
W30		Session Title Coming Soon

15:00 - 15:15

Change Rooms

15:15 - 16:15	Sessions
W31	Dev / IT Pro	Integrate ChatGPT into SPFx and Power Platform solutions with OpenAI and Azure OpenAI	Level 300	AI


		Chris O’Brien, MVP, Content+Cloud, United Kingdom Anoop Tatti, MVP, Content + Cloud Limited, United Kingdom
W32	Dev	Migrating Applications to Azure using Well Architected Framework	Level 300	Azure


		Mihai Tataran, MVP, Microsoft Regional Director, Avaelgo, Romania
W33		Session Title Coming Soon



W34	Dev	Developing Adaptive Card Extensions using the SharePoint Framework	Level 200	Microsoft Viva


		Derek Cash-Peterson, MVP, Sympraxis Consulting, Iceland
W35	End User / IT Pro / Maker	Viva Topics – Your End-To-End Guide	Level 200	Microsoft Viva


		Daniel Glenn, MVP, Creospark, United States
W36	Dev	Protect your API with Azure AD - from zero security to security hero	Level 300	Security


		Stephan van Rooij, MVP, Smartersoft, Netherlands
W37	Business / Dev / IT Pro	How we Implemented Microsoft Search at Ubisoft	Level 200	Microsoft Search


		Franck Cornu, MVP, Ubisoft, Canada
W38	IT Pro	No Country for Old Admins: The Hidden Microsoft 365 Features that you never knew existed!	Level 300	Microsoft Teams


		Andy Malone, MVP, Freelance, United Kingdom
W39		Session Title Coming Soon



W40		Session Title Coming Soon

16:15 - 16:45

Networking Break

16:45 - 17:45		KEYNOTE: Keynote - Title Coming Soon
		Scott Hanselman, Partner Program Manager, Microsoft, USA

Thursday 30 November

08:45 - 09:00

Conference Welcome

09:00 - 10:00		KEYNOTE: The Next Decade in Data, Intelligence, and Technology
		Rafal Lukawiecki, Project Botticelli Ltd, Ireland

10:00 - 10:15

Change Rooms

10:15 - 11:15	Sessions
TH1		Microsoft Session Coming Soon


		Microsoft, USA
TH2	Business	From strategy to action: Lead your Modern Work Journey with Viva Goals	Level 100	Microsoft Viva


		Karoliina Kettukari, MVP, Meltlake, Finland
TH3	IT Pro	Beyond the Thunderdome: Microsoft 365 Guest & External Access Inside & Out!	Level 300	Security


		Andy Malone, MVP, Freelance, United Kingdom
TH4	Dev / IT Pro	1,2,3 … testing : is this thing on(line)? Meet your new Microsoft Testing tools.	Level 300	Azure


		Mike Martin, Microsoft, Belgium
TH5	Dev / Maker	Difference between SPFx Forms Customizer and PowerApps Edit Forms	Level 300	SharePoint


		Paulien Buskens, Ventigrate, Belgium
TH6		Session Title Coming Soon



TH7	Dev / Maker	Creating Custom Connectors: Harnessing the power of external APIs	Level 300	Azure


		Fabio Franzini, MVP, Apvee Solutions, Italy
TH8		Session Title Coming Soon



TH9	IT Pro	Teams Shared Channels under the hood	Level 300	Microsoft Teams


		Bram de Jager, MVP, MCM, Advice Matters, Netherlands
TH10	Dev	Your Microservices, Supercharged!	Level 300	Azure


		Alex Mang, Microsoft Regional Director, MVP, KeyTicket Solutions, Romania

11:15 - 11:45

Networking Break

11:45 - 12:45	Sessions
TH11		Microsoft Session Coming Soon


		Microsoft, USA
TH12	Business / Dev / IT Pro	Building solutions using Azure OpenAI Services for Power Platform and Azure	Level 300	AI


		Jussi Roine, MVP, North Advisors, Finland
TH13	Dev / IT Pro	Bicep: From Zero to Hero	Level 200	Azure


		Barbara Forbes, MVP, OGD, Netherlands
TH14	Dev	Optimizing Azure CosmosDB for Enterprise Applications	Level 300	Azure


		Glenn Colpaert, MVP, Zure, Belgium
TH15	Dev / IT Pro	Taking your Microsoft Search beyond Microsoft 365 with Azure Logic Apps	Level 300	Microsoft Search


		Kevin McDonnell, Avanade, United Kingdom
TH16		Session Title Coming Soon



TH17	Business / End User / IT Pro	Microsoft Syntex and Viva Topics - A better together story	Level 200	Microsoft Syntex


		Joanne Klein, MVP, NexNovus Consulting, Canada Daniel Glenn, MVP, Creospark, United States
TH18		Microsoft Session Coming Soon


		Microsoft, USA
TH19	Dev / IT Pro	Speed Wins: Unleashing DAX Efficiency for Rapid Power BI Reports and Streamlined Server Operations	Level 300	Power BI


		Marco Russo, MVP, SQLBI, Italy
TH20	IT Pro	All You Need to Know About Encryption within Microsoft 365	Level 300	Security


		Albert Hoitingh, MVP, InSpark, Netherlands

12:45 - 14:00

Lunch - Visit the Expo

14:00 - 15:00	Sessions
TH21		Microsoft Session Coming Soon


		Microsoft, USA
TH22	Business / End User	Microsoft 365 Copilot - Experiences from the Field	Level 300	Microsoft Copilot


		Chris O’Brien, MVP, Content+Cloud, United Kingdom
TH23	Business / Dev / IT Pro	Azure DevOps Corporate Templates for the Enterprise, covering SharePoint Framework, Teams and Azure	Level 300	SharePoint


		Rodrigo Pinto, MVP, Storm, Portugal
TH24		Microsoft Session Coming Soon


		Microsoft, USA
TH25	IT Pro	Microsoft Teams Governance Options for the IT Professional	Level 300	Microsoft Teams


		Vlad Catrinescu, MVP, MCT, VNext Solutions, Canada
TH26	Business / Dev	Microsoft Bot Framework vs. Power Virtual Agents - Best Practices from the trenches	Level 200	AI


		Stephan Bisser, MVP, Solvion, Austria Maximilian Müller, SOLVION information management GmbH, Austria
TH27	Dev	Securing Azure Service Bus for the Enterprise	Level 200	Azure


		Eldert Grootenboer, Microsoft, Canada Olena Borzenko, Xpirit DE, Germany
TH28	IT Pro	Advanced Hunting across Microsoft 365 Defender and Microsoft Sentinel	Level 300	Security


		Dominik Hoefling, Microsoft, Germany Tobias Martin, Microsoft, Germany
TH29	Dev	Build your Own Collaborative Apps in Microsoft Teams and EHybrid Work!	Level 200	Microsoft Teams


		Nicole Enders, MVP, Conet Solutions GMBH, Germany
TH30	Business / IT Pro	From Data to Documents: How Microsoft Syntex Content Assembly Can Transform Your Business Processes	Level 300	Microsoft Syntex


		Leon Armston, MVP, Intelogy, United Kingdom

15:00 - 15:15

Change Rooms

15:15 - 16:15	Sessions
TH31		Microsoft Session Coming Soon


		Microsoft, USA
TH32	Business / IT Pro	Unlock the Power of Microsoft Viva: Demystifying Security and Privacy Risks	Level 200	Microsoft Viva


		Nikki Chapple, MVP, CloudWay, United Kingdom
TH33	Dev	Cloud-Native vNext: WebAssembly in Azure and AKS	Level 300	Azure


		Thorsten Hans, MVP, Thinktecture AG, Germany
TH34	Dev	Real Time Collaborative Apps with Microsoft’s Fluid Framework	Level 300	Microsoft Teams


		Markus Möller, MVP, Avanade, Germany
TH35	IT Pro / Maker	Power Platform Test Engine: A Comprehensive Solution for Automated Testing	Level 200	Governance


		Gilles Pommier, MVP, Freelance, France
TH36	IT Pro	Ready, Set, Migrate: A Guide to Tenant-to-Tenant Data Migration	Level 300	Microsoft Teams


		Peter Schmidt, MVP, MCM, NeoConsulting, Denmark
TH37	Dev	Keep your Nose out of it. Denying yourself Access to Production	Level 200	Compliance


		Glenn F. Henriksen, Justify , Norway
TH38	Dev / IT Pro	Using Logic Apps and Containers to manage Microsoft 365	Level 200	Azure


		Albert-Jan Schot, MVP, BLIS.digital, Netherlands
TH39		Microsoft Session Coming Soon


		Microsoft, USA
TH40		Microsoft Session Coming Soon


		Microsoft, USA

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