Title: How can I use Azure Serverless services in my projects?

Speaker: Frank Boucher, Microsoft, Canada

Date and Time: Thurs, May 28, 2020 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CEST

You heard about “serverless” computing. The idea that small pieces of code can run without having to worry about infrastructure seams marvelous.  In this session, we will cover what’s serverless, then dive in the world of Azure Functions & Azure Logic Apps, exploring the languages, tools, deployment methods, and integrations available.

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Title: Azure Policy with Azure Security Center

Speaker: Gregor Reimling, MVP, sepago GmbH, Germany

Date and Time: Fri 29th, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CEST

Azure services have become an integral part of many environments. These architectures have different requirements for compliance, budget, security, access levels and more,

In this webinar we will dive into the many aspects of Azure Policy and Azure Security Center and see how they work together.

• Learn more about the possibilities of policies to define guard rails for your Azure environment and see how this interacts with the Azure Security Center. See the power of the Azure Security Center to strengthen your security.
• Use these features as an integral part to get a better overview and control of your environment to make your environment compliant and secure.

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Stefano Tempesta Webinar

Title: Nudge Platform: AI-powered behavioural orchestration of lines of communication

Speaker: Stefano Tempesta, CTO, Microsoft Regional Director and MVP, SXiQ, Australia

Date and Time: Thurs, Jun 11, 2020 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CEST

Employees are getting overwhelmed by the number of applications they need to access and use to do their job. Nudge is a behavioural concept which proposes positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions as ways to influence the behaviour and decision making of groups or individuals.

This session presents a Cloud-based platform that consolidates multi-system notifications leveraging AI technology in Azure, and curates application messages with actionable outcomes. With out-of-the-box connectors for leading platforms like Microsoft Dynamics 365, Office 365, SAP, Salesforce and Workday, the Nudge Platform can influence and guide organizational change and behaviours, making workforce more focussed and productive ultimately.

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Aidan Finn Webinar

Title: Digitally Transform (And Keep) Your On-Premises File Servers

Speaker: Aidan Finn, MVP, Innofactor, Ireland

Date and Time: Wed, Jul 15, 2020 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CEST

Even with new cloud options, the on-premises file server continues to play an important role in small business, large business, and the branch office. However, this comes at a cost. Storage is always under pressure and never cheap, backups and disaster recovery require infrastructure, and offices in mid-large businesses need to collaborate. In this session you will learn how Azure File Sync is an easy technology to introduce into to an existing infrastructure and will completely change how you view your file servers – without removing them! Join this session to learn what Azure File Sync is, how to architect it, and how to deploy it.

Key benefits of attending this webinar:
– A new way to do file server storage while keeping familiar usage patterns.
– Reduce costs & complexity by using cheap cloud storage.
– Simplify branch office deployments.

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Johan Delimon Webinar

Title: Enable Telephony in Microsoft Teams with Microsoft Phone System & Direct Routing

Speaker: Johan Delimon, MVP, MCT, The Collective, Belgium

Date and Time: Tue, Jul 28, 2020 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CEST

Learn what options are available for Teams when it comes to Enterprise Voice & Microsoft Phone System. See how to configure phone numbers for all of your Teams users including countries that do not support Microsoft Voice Services.

Key benefits of attending this webinar:
– Full overview of Voice options in Office 365
– Lots of demo’s
– Interactive

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Andrew Welch Webinar

Title: Power Platform as a First Class Citizen in the Cloud Transformation + App Modernization Journey

Speaker: Andrew Welch, MVP, Director, Applied Information Sciences (AIS), USA

Date and Time: Wed, Aug 12, 2020 15:00  – 16:00 CEST

Power Platform has matured into the go-to cloud platform for business application development, workflow automation and RPA, chatbots, business intelligence and data visualization, and relational database as a service via the Common Data Service (CDS). Organizations large and small are finding the platform well-suited for both localized productivity use cases built by “citizen developers” as well as big line-of-business workloads whose impacts are felt across the enterprise. This session introduces the technology in the context of an organization’s cloud transformation and app modernization, and provides a framework for adopting, managing, and governing the technology at scale as a first class citizen alongside Azure and Office 365.

Key benefits of attending this webinar:
– Learn how large organizations are using Power Platform as part of their cloud transformation and app modernization journey
– Get introduced to the global community-driven framework for adopting, managing, and governing Power Platform at scale
– Learn about several specific best practices for adopting, managing, and governing Power Platform

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Ahmad Najjar Webinar

Title: Calling APIs, Consuming Services and Exposing Data using Power Automate

Speaker: Ahmad Najjar, MVP, Infoworker, Norway

Date and Time: Tue, Aug 18, 2020 15:00  – 16:00 CEST

Power Automate tooling make it possible to quickly automate Microsoft Office 365, Dynamics 365 and hundreds of SaaS services without or with minimal code – but that doesn’t mean you’re limited!
Power Automate provides an abundance of possibilities and connectors that makes it easy to go beyond the tooling to solve more sophisticated scenarios and empower citizen developers at every step of app development.
In this webinar developers will get a deep dive on how to call APIs, consume services and expose and surface data using different techniques; from using HTTP calls from within Power Automate to building custom connectors to integrate directly with services and extend the server-side logic with code plugins.
This session also provides prescriptive guidance and best practices on when to use which technique.
Join Ahmad Najjar for an advanced level webinar that will extend your Power Automate skills beyond the tooling point and click!

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Tracy van der Schyff Webinar

Title: Microsoft 365, the toolbox to enable digital citizens to work from home efficiently

Speaker: Tracy Van der Schyff, MVP, The Guid Stuff, South Africa

Date and Time: Wed, Sept 9, 2020 13:00 – 14:00 CEST

Although Office 365 was launched 9 years ago, many companies held back due to data centre availability as well as licensing / financial complexities. Even after companies moved to the cloud, most users were not trained in using the technologies efficiently. Now that working from home is no longer a stranger to most, these skills have become crucial for employees.

In this session, Tracy will share valuable insights on:

·       How to use Microsoft Teams, Stream, OneDrive, Forms to share and gather content without causing further email fatigue.
·       Staying in touch and informed using Microsoft Teams Meetings, Chat and Conversations
·       Working together using co-authoring in Office ProPlus while in Microsoft Teams
·       Tips and Tricks for #WFH employees in low / no connectivity scenarios

This session is not just meant for new users but also existing Microsoft Teams users, who might have started off on the wrong foot and currently experience frustration when using cloud technologies.

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