Welcome to Tallinn! The great coastal capital of Estonia, which according to John Oliver is still waiting for a Shrek attack. This due to the well-preserved medieval buildings and the old town with its cobble stone roads to show the old city walls and buildings.On the 10th of February 2023, Tallinn will host its very first Microsoft Cloud Technology Townhall. Bringing in inspiration, knowledge about possibilities and solutions within the Power Platform, Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365 and Azure.&nbsp; A completely free, community driven event to bring inspiration about Microsoft Cloud to Tallinn!

In order for us to be able to run a free community event, we rely on our sponsors. They are the backbone of the conference giving the speakers and organizers the ability to showcase their knowledge and passion within their respective technologies.

Cloud technology townhall Tallinn 2023

Hall D

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Cauldron hall

Terrace Hall

Stalker Hall

Target Audience: Beginner Level

The purpose of this session is to demonstrate the usage of Azure Service Bus (MaaS). The demo walks audience through the story of a bad customer experience and how it was resolved using Azure Service Bus,  Other use cases, Cool features in Azure Service Bus, High Level Solution Design diagrams, How to send messages to Azure Service Bus, How to retrieve messages from Azure Service Bus using an Azure Function, How to use Azure Service Bus Explorer, Service Bus Quotas and basics of Dynamics 365 CRM Integration with Azure Service Bus. No prior knowledge of Azure Service Bus is required to attend this session.

Microsoft Azure Service Bus (MaaS) Integration Simplified

As data becomes the core value in more and more cloud-based solutions and organizations, gaining insights in that data is key.

In this session Glenn will explain how to extract and enrich critical knowledge from data with Cognitive Search and CosmosDb. Based on a real-life dataset, he will dive into the technical details and show you which decisions you have to take while building a fast, scalable cloud-based search solution.

Expect tons of demo's to learn from!

Building AI enriched applications with Azure Cognitive Search and CosmosDb.

Custom Controls are magical for usability in model-driven apps but only a few are available out of the box and the open source is FILLED with them. 

But what should you consider when using an open source code component or building one for yourself? 

We will share both the application side of PCFs as well as the dev-side of it in this session that is all about making quality choices for your Power Platform Solutions.

Help! I need a Code Component!

Business is looking for more automated, knowledge-based and actionable BI. Therefore it is not enough to create reports and hope users find needed information. Intelligent decision-making is an approach where several techniques are combined to provide recommendations in plain language, prepared using explainable rules or algorithms and connected with automated workflows to connect APIs or other interfaces. In this session, we will look at how it is possible to build intelligent decision-making solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform.

Intelligent decision making with Power BI and Power Platform

Microsoft Lists is revolutionizing the classic lists from SharePoint, bringing new configuration and customization options that allow any user to transform tabular data into things like To Do lists or Kanban boards without the need of writing code.

In this session I’ll explain you how to implement complete solutions using Microsoft Lists from where you and other members from your organization will be able to collaborate directly from Microsoft Teams.

Link to session: https://teamsnation.rocks/Room10

Create solutions for Microsoft Teams using Microsoft Lists

What is relevant in a Data Platform? How to choose the right components for your Data Platform?
What happens when things change and how to re-evaluate your decisions and ensure you're on the right track?
Applying the 80-20 rule: one size does not fit all, but having a framework enables creating value quickly.

Actual examples about building comprehensive data solutions.

Roadmap to a modern Data Platform #Azure

CRM systems are a wonderful thing. They help you manage data for your clients, sales processes and your overall business relationship with them. But they can be messy when they are not developed around the user and are overloaded with technical expertise instead. And then you wonder, why are my end-users not adopting the system?

Imagine instead a world where Change Managers were best friends with Business Analysts, Solution Architects and Developers. A world where they all work together towards the CRM platform’s development from the beginning by championing the user experience instead of working separately. No longer is Change Management at the end of the product lifecycle, but rather a trusted companion at the start of the journey.

In this session, we will review the benefits of Change Managers being involved in the continuous development of CRM systems, both for the business and their clients. We will also look at the risks and potential hurdles if Product Development and Change Management work in silos. Finally, we will look at how you can inspire a collaboration culture that brings your teams together and ultimately drives end-user satisfaction in your operations.

The chicken-egg dilemma; Should Product Development or Change Management come first in CRM systems?

In a world where AI is getting more and more important. It is good there are tools that can help you to add advanced AI skills into your own application or even DWH without having to know any Machine or Deep Learning techniques. This session will show you around in the Azure AI Stack and explain how you can use them!

How to embed AI, when you have no AI skills

Git integration for PowerApp.
Pipelines and deployment between environments.
Tips & tricks with description of the tools, their purpose and how to use them.

DevOps pipelines for Power Apps & Azure

Many organisations consider their intranet to be still fresh, if it's renewed within five years. But if you look at how much communications technology and ways of working have changed during the last five years, you may want to re-evaluate the status of your intranet as well. 

If 5 years ago, the basic building blocks of an intranet were IT department as the project lead, on-prem SharePoint, stock price as an RSS feed on the front page and lunch list, what are the new ones? In the modern M365 world, things are a bit different.

In this session, I will present top 5 topics that cause debate on the customer project groups and what kind of solutions we have found for them. Demos included! 

Dos and don'ts when transforming your intranet to this decade

Power Automate is a quick tool for building simple integrations between systems, but it might not be your optimal solution when dealing with large amounts of data. This session is for anyone who hates to wait for the Apply to Each -loops to complete and would like to find alternative ways to speed up the processing.  

I’ll demo some of the tips and tricks that I’ve found useful along the way in building Power Automate and Logic Apps integrations for clients. You’ll learn, for example, how to upload data in bulk to Dataverse and Azure SQL databases in different ways. Moreover, I’ll cover how to do a bit more complex data operations by using arrays.

Some of the techniques shown might not be your optimal solution, but at least it is fun to see how much you can achieve with Power Automate on enterprise-level integration scenarios. 

How to handle large amounts of data with Power Automate?

In a world where more and more is asked from us, how are we able to keep up? Let's discover a number of ways how Office 365 lets us keep up with work so we can stay sane and don't burn out. 
In this sessions we will look at VIVA and measurement tools to track and improve our meeting, communication and collaboration habits.

How Office 365 protects your mental health

Do you want to learn how to work with “micro-apps with enterprise data and workflows and interactive, lightweight UI elements that other applications can use as content”? Power Apps Cards is a brand-new feature designed to bring information and transactions in an easy UX that we all know: Microsoft Teams.
During this session, we will share with you some tips and tricks on how to make the most of Power Apps Cards. You will learn:
1.	Why this functionality adds value to your customers and business scenarios. 
2.	How you can use Cards to connect data through Dataverse.
3.	How to build a simple card live. 
Get ready to learn 🙂

Supercharge your Adaptive Cards with Cards for Power Apps

Power BI is a great interactive reporting tool, and Power Apps is a great business application development tool. Separately, they are great, but they are amazing if you use them both. Power Apps can enrich Power BI with the only thing Power BI is missing, the possibility of writing data into data sources. Vice versa, Power BI reports in Power Apps enable business users to turn data into insights inside the app. This is why we will show how to do that in this session.

There will be a practical session with many demos on how to use them together. So, after it, you will be well equipped to do it yourself and take advantage of this integration.

Double Power: Power BI and Power Apps Integration

Intranets with SharePoint, migrating from on-premises to the cloud, transitioning from Skype to Teams…We are used to investing in technical IT projects - but how about people who use these tools every day? Employees are the most valuable asset in every organisation. Now it has come time to invest in them - to invest in wellbeing at work.

In this session, I will share and show how Microsoft Teams and Viva solutions merge as one ultimate employee experience platform. We cover Viva Connections, Topics, Insights and Learning. Our focus is not on the technical aspects of the applications, but on how they combine and how we use the technology to develop our employee experience. Use the tech for good - it pays back.

Session takeaways:
	• Why employee experience matters?
	• Understanding of Microsoft Teams and Viva as the Employee Experience Platform
	• How to create a #PeopleFirst mindset in IT projects
	• Concrete tips and quick fixes you can start utilising right away!

From technology to #PeopleFirst - Microsoft Viva as the Employee Experience Platform

When business have a problem we all know there are 10 ways to solve it but which is right? How can you work out licensing implications of that design before you decide which to choose? How can you make sure it fit's the needs not only now but also in the future.

Join us to talk through licensing in a way that makes sense. In building solutions designing what it would look like in common scenarios whether that's Power Platform, Azure or D365. This is an open session for you to bring your questions too so let's fix some problems!

Licensing by Design - Let's build your problems


In this session we will cover both end user and admin point of view in optimizing hybrid working model in Microsoft 365. It begins with an examination of the key directions that an organization must consider when planning/designing its Microsoft 365 tenant, thus supporting the key design decisions that will affect configuring, managing, and using the services. Each environment is unique, but there are there are always ways to get more and get better. This is our take on "lessons learned", from User and Administrators perspective, based on practical experience and projects within the last few years.

Better together: User & Admin Guide for optimizing your Microsoft 365 environment

You kind of know what it is, it's the thing everyone is talking about - the low code tool from Microsoft. 
You know you should start learning more about it, but where on earth do you start? What is it, really, what is in the Power Platform, and what can you do with it? And where can you find some information and learn more? 
This session will give you all the answers you need to know to take the plunge into the Power Platform.

Getting started with the Power Platform

There are so many datasources out there, how do I choose one that matches my requirements? How easy is it to maintain it in the future? For which do I need a premium license for? When to use virtual tables?
Explaining the difference in using Sharepoint, Dataverse, SQL and even Excel for Canvas apps and Model Driven apps.

When to use which datasource? For Canvas apps and Model driven Apps.

With custom connectors, you can combine the flexibility of APIs with the easy-to-use awesomeness that is the Power Platform. While there are a lot of examples for simple connectors, custom connectors offer a variety of advanced but less well-known features. Let's change the less-know part! 🚀

Did you know that you can have fields with dynamic option values? Or that you can create action where some fields are completely dynamic and loaded at runtime? You can even create custom connectors with custom triggers 👌

We will spend little time on theory but instead are focusing on awesome features in live demos 🔥

The hidden Powers of Custom Connectors 🧙‍♂️

Solita has been developing low-code solutions with Power Platform and Outsystems for their customers for 3 years now. Mainly for Finnish organizations, both small and big. In this session Märt Ridala will tell about real-life examples of low-code projects, why and where they should be used

Real-life examples of low-code projects. Why should you use it

Real life business processes require document automation for quotes, reports, contracts, emails, PowerPoints, etc. Use dox42 to ignite the potential of the entire Microsoft ecosystem by automatically generating these documents with data from all your sources! What you will see in this session: • Get an overview and a LIVE demo of the technical options and challenges when it comes to document automation. • Generate your documents where you need them: from a Power App, a Power Automate Flow, directly in your Dynamics 365 applications, SharePoint, Teams and many more! • Easily design complex documents in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint with tables, conditions, text modules, barcodes, charts, images, etc. • Combine data sources: SharePoint, M365, D365 FinOps, CE & BC, Web Services, SQL and many more. The session will be brought to you by dox42 Senior Technical Evangelist and Product Manager Lisa Pulsinger.

Let's (Power) Automate all your D365 and M365 documents with dox42

Today, as enterprises keep on pushing the limits of their digital transformation initiatives hyperautomation is emerging as one of the top priorities & trends. While most business processes are automated today by RPA or other workflow technologies, end-to-end business process automation is still limited. In this session we will deep dive into the end-to-end automation capabilities of the Microsoft Power Platform & Azure and discover how you can give everyone in your organization an intuitive, low-code way to automate repetitive tasks and capture end-to-end processes.

Hyperautomation unleashed with the Power Platform & Azure

Marketers and communicators are not new, but sometimes new cool tools emerge especially for you! That is definitely what has happened with D365 Marketing! 

In this session, you will learn some key skills when emerging into using Marketing to execute your communication, marketing and customer experiences. 
How should you get started? 
What are the most important features to master?
How to go from newbie to master QUICKLY?!
I will both show and tell, and you will be ready to get started with Marketing today!

A Movement in the Making - Marketeers unite!

A walk in the sunshine involves several safety measures, such as shoes to protect your feet, sunglasses for the eyes and sunscreen for what the clothes do not protect. Information and system protection is often far more complex than antiviruses, MFA, and firewalls. In this session, Olav Tvedt and Alexander Rødland will demonstrate and explain the many layers of security that are built layer by layer, from device level to user protection and artificial intelligence in the cloud.

Security from chip to cloud

A lot of people are finding their way to PowerApps. Do you know how to create a PowerApp but have you never thought about the user experience? Than come follow this session.

In this session I will take you to the world of UX and UI. What is the difference between UX and UI? What is the return on invest if I first think about the UX and the UI and then start creating? What is the importance of UX and UI? And what are some great tools for creating an awesome UX and UI.

Create a great user experience in Power Apps

Do you want to load data into Power BI with REST APIs? REST APIs are everywhere. They are a great way to get data from one system to another, but they can be difficult to work with if you don't know where to start.

In this session, you will learn how to use Postman to explore a REST API. You will learn how to find the information you need in the API documentation, and how to use that information to create a Power Query function that loads the data into Power BI using the built-in web connector.

After attending this session you will be able to find and use API documentation, authenticate with an API, and prototype API calls in Postman. You will also have knowledge about the use of the Power Query REST API connector to load data from REST APIs into Power BI.

Topics:
-	REST API
-	API Documentation
-	API Authentication
-	Prototyping in Postman
-	Power Query

Loading data with Rest API in Power Query

Application stacks, which describe the real-world scenario the best, tend to be the most efficient and reliable. Many workloads are event-driven in their nature. In this session, you are going to learn what event-driven means and how to build serverless Java solutions using the power of serverless event-driven computing, Azure Functions, and send event-based telemetric data in real-time to Azure Cosmos DB.

This presentation will also cover:

• Talk about event-driven scaling.
• Build Java serverless APIs with Azure Functions.
• Leverage the Event Hub Trigger extension of function for real-time event processing.
• Have a look at the metrics by enabling Application Insights to measure the performance and identify potential bottlenecks.
• Enable CI/CD for your serverless workload right from Github.

Build a real-time event-driven Java solution in Azure

Innovation project Flemish Traffic Center – Artificial Intelligence.
Incident prediction based on traffic loop data and camera alarms. 


Practicalities of an AI and ML project

Security of your identities is crucial in the cloud. With Microsoft 365 we have many options and tools to make sure our identities can stay as secure as possible while at the same time we keep our users productive. Your identity is also what defines what and how you can access your resources in the cloud. 

Learn how to protect both your standard users and all the privileged accounts in Azure AD. Join in on a journey from password strategies, identity protection, privileged identity management, conditional access all the way over to a password-less world.

Beyond Passwords - Securing your identities in Microsoft 365

Center of Excellence, environment strategy, Data Loss Prevention, governance landing zones, power platform reference architecture, security layers – all these topics are music to my ears, but for some overwhelming and unclear.

With this session, I aim to bring clarity to those who wonder where to get started to get visibility, establish governance and provide a thriving environment where fusion teams have fun creating scalable, sustainable, and secure solutions.


Governing Power Platform solutions, a non-expiring process

Ever wondered if you can do RPA on PowerApps? Well, it is possible. Not only that, but it provides you with a lot of opportunities to enhance the testing of your Power App. We will mainly discuss how to test multiple users simultaneously working in one app.

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