<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

5010-Fundy/Microsoft Viva

Join Microsoft experts for this unique session were we share insights and explore how you can create an "Employee Centric Experience" that improves organizational culture, wellbeing, productivity, knowledge and learning in the flow of hybrid work.

The Future of Hybrid Work and the Employee Experience

Viva Connections enables your users to stay engaged with each other and the organization by bringing your intranet's news, links, apps, and navigation into Microsoft Teams. 

In this session, Microsoft MVP Daniel Glenn will present the need for user engagement, work through how to enable Viva Connections, and discuss the potential pitfalls to avoid. SharePoint Hub sites, Communication sites, root site swap, and modern site improvements will all be demoed to help you bring the 'wow' factor to your intranet.

Build Your Intelligent Intranet Home with Viva Connections

Hybrid and remote work are the new normal, but work trends indicate the greatest challenges are a sense of community, connection, relationship-building, and inspiration. This session highlights how Viva Connections, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and Viva Engage come together to foster company culture, unlock communication and engagement opportunities, organize content, and spark employee creativity. 

Power employee engagement with Viva Connections, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint & Viva Engage

Microsoft Viva Insights gives users, managers, and leaders personalized and actionable insights. This session will provide an overview of what Viva Insights is and how you would roll this out to your organization.

Getting started with Viva Insights

Microsoft Viva is a new kind of employee experience platform designed for the digital era! In this session we will have a deep dive into Viva Connections and learn how it can help employees in your organization stay connected. We will explore the Viva Connections Dashboards and the client experience. 

At the end of the session, we will explore Viva Topics and how it tightly integrates with your Viva Connections implementation. 
