<p>Microsoft 365 / Dynamics 365 Ottawa Event is a free community‐focused technology event dedicated to educating and engaging members of the local technical community.</p><p><br></p><p>With the expansion of the Microsoft 365 and Dynamics platforms, the event now draws upon the expertise of IT professionals, developers and solutions architects who come together to share their real-world experiences, lessons learned, best practices, and general knowledge with other like‐minded individuals.</p><p>These individuals bring invaluable experience and lessons across the broad suite of services Microsoft offers like: SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Security and Compliance, Power Platform, Dynamics 365, Azure, and other M365 applications.</p><p><br></p><p>M365 Friday Ottawa will be held at the Microsoft Ottawa office.</p><p><br></p><h2>Construction Note</h2><p>Constructions are underway in the World Exchange Plaza; please follow the signs to the event</p><p><br></p><h2>Transportation</h2><ol><li>Option 1 (Preferred): LRT to Queen street station</li><li>Option 2: Parking at the World Exchange Plaza</li></ol>

<h2>Platinum</h2><figure><img src="https://m365ottawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/tygraph_logo-edited-300x118.png" id="fhuhh0uc20bd" data-image="fhuhh0uc20bd"></figure><p>tyGraph organizes your data and helps you see the connections, actions, and productivity of your people—giving you access to critical information that informs decisions and drives innovation.</p><figure><img src="https://m365ottawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ORANGUTECH_250X250_NP-BG.png" id="1f6uj3whr5w6" data-image="1f6uj3whr5w6"></figure><p>Orangutech works closely alongside Microsoft driving enterprise-level cloud adoption through expertise in EDRMS in M365, Teams, SharePoint, PowerApps and SharePoint to GCDocs. Orangutech has established itself as Ottawa’s recognized leader in Digital Workplace, User Adoption, and Information Management.</p><figure><img src="https://m365ottawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/helixlogo.png" id="ixz1a9yl861k" data-image="ixz1a9yl861k"></figure><p>HELUX is a Microsoft Gold Partner and a Microsoft Preferred Partner in Content Services. As a Preferred Partner in Microsoft 365 Content Services, we are excited to help you plan for and implement knowledge and content services solutions, including SharePoint Syntex and Microsoft Viva.</p><h2>Gold</h2><figure><img src="https://m365ottawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/icefirelogo-300x106.png" id="wq0jzol2l4xb" data-image="wq0jzol2l4xb"></figure><p>IceFire is revolutionizing the way companies use SharePoint to collaborate in multilingual environments.<br>Based on exclusive innovations, the company’s flagship product PointFire™ for SharePoint on premise and PointFire 365 for SharePoint Online, addresses all issues related to multilingual SharePoint – including pages, documents, lists, and user interfaces. Its groundbreaking PointFire Translator carries out translations of all of those content and UI elements in seconds, either on demand or triggered by rules when content is created or modified.</p><figure><img src="https://m365ottawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/protiviti.png" id="rk74gh4lzkab" data-image="rk74gh4lzkab"></figure><p>Protiviti is a global business consulting firm that delivers deep expertise, objective insights, a tailored approach and unparalleled collaboration. We help you confidently address challenges.</p><h2>Silver</h2><figure><img src="https://m365ottawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ShareGate-by-GSoft-300x72.png" id="pk55p2vozt5p" data-image="pk55p2vozt5p"></figure><p>We’re GSoft, home to a family of software products that lay the groundwork for a better employee experience. Our goal is to make work simpler, kinder, and faster.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>Specifically, we help companies get the most out of Microsoft 365 with ShareGate. We also help managers and HR leaders grow their teams with our Officevibe platform. And we ensure every onboarding is a professional and personal success with Softstart.</p>

M365 and D365 Friday Ottawa

5007-Glacier/Power Platform

Log Analytics and Application Insights are increasingly becoming the storage mechanism of choice for telemetry data. At its core is Azure Data Explorer (ADX) or "Kusto", and the KQL language for analysis, which can also be used independently. Power BI is of course the standard for data analysis and reporting in the Microsoft ecosystem. 

It's easy enough for Power BI to report on Log Analytics and ADX data, but the devil is in the details. When should you use native KQL Queries? When should you use Direct Query? What about Hybrid tables and aggregations? This session will dive deeply into the nuances of reporting on both Log Analytics and ADX data with Power BI. 

Application Insights, Log Analystics,  Azure Data Explorer and Power BI, Oh My!

For many business and technology users, the word "governance" often instills fear of excessive processes, documentation, and meetings.  Let me remove this anxiety by introducing the Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence.  

Join my session to learn how this accelerator can give you a head start on 
- Gaining insights into your Microsoft Power Platform adoption
- Establishing audit and compliance processes
- Accelerating your adoption by thriving with a community of makers
- and more

Optimize your Power Platform governance using the Power Platform Center of Excellence

This session wil cover how to integrate data from external sources (excel) into Power apps using dataflow.

Introduction to Dataflows in Power apps

Learn how tyGraph modernized their business processes using the Power Platform. tyGraph is an ISV focused on building analytics solutions for Microsoft 365 usage and adoption. As the company grew the need to formalize processes, consolidate data and find opportunities to add value through automate also grew.

Dataverse, Power Apps Model-driven apps, Power Automate and Power BI will be showcased to show how the Power Platform can transform your organization's business process.

A case study in digital transformation using the Power Platform

Join us in this session to get started with the new Power Virtual Agent application, Microsoft’s citizen developer both creation solution. During this session we will take a tour of the Power Virtual Agent application interface, look at the available controls and discuss some of the basic concepts around chat bots. 

We will show you in a step-by-step demo how you can create a chat bot that can interact with a costumer and how to implement it in your applications. 
