Teams Nation is a 100% free, 100% community driven online conference dedicated to Microsoft Teams, it’s underlying technologies and it’s extensibility options. It aims to bring together exceptional technical talent and thought leaders to democratize Teams knowledge, encourage participation in the Teams community and give those who are struggling financially an opportunity to attend a first class Teams conference.<ul><li>7 dedicated tracks to all aspects of Microsoft Teams including Mesh and Copilot</li><li>60 + Sessions with Microsoft, Microsoft MVP's, Regional Directors &amp; Microsoft Certified Trainers</li><li>100% free, 100% community</li></ul>WHAT KIND OF TRACKS WILL PEOPLE SEE AT TEAMS NATION THIS YEAR? All the favorites will return: Adoption and Management, Security, Productivity, Meetings, Rooms and Calling. We have always been proud that the event has catered for and appealed to developers so Build and Extend will return. We've consolidated several tracks into Synergies. But the one that is topical is AI and Metaverse for obvious reasons. Copilot has really dominated Microsoft in the past 12 months, and Mesh has made many advances since we last had an event.WILL COPILOT BE AT THE CONFERENCE? Of course! It's going to have an impact on our work and our lives in the years to come.&nbsp;

Teams Nation 2024

Build & Extend

Managers often share a common desire: a quick and simple way to set up auto-replies for absent employees without involving IT. In this live scenario demo, discover how to leverage Microsoft Copilot Studio (former Power Virtual Agent) in Teams to fulfill this wish, creating a chatbot solution accessible across the entire organization.

Main Takeaways:

- Learn the process of building a chatbot with Microsoft Copilot Studio directly in Teams.
- Gain practical insights on crafting intelligent chatbot topics for user-friendly interactions.
- Understand the integration of Power Automate flows within Copilot Studio, including retrieving manager information for a specific user.
- Explore the application of Graph API to efficiently set auto-replies for users in Azure AD.

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Empowering Managers: Streamlining Employee Auto-Reply with Teams ChatBot

In the world of OpenAI, the ability to harness and integrate your own data into AI models has become a game-changer. 

Azure OpenAI and LangChain, two powerful tools open up a world of possibilities for bringing your own data to the AI applications. 

You can personalize and enrich your Teams chatbot with your own data, making it a true extension of your organization’s knowledge and processes. 

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Bringing your own data to Microsoft Teams apps with Azure OpenAI and LangChain

You're drowning in a sea of invaluable data locked within SQL Server, while your boss demands a mythical AI bot that possesses the power to answer absolutely everything about your organisation. The clock is ticking, and the pressure is mounting. How will you rise to the challenge?

Join Microsoft MVP Tom Morgan to explore how to transform your SQL Server data into a treasure trove of knowledge that fuels an awe-inspiring Microsoft Teams bot, using Microsoft Cognitive Services, Azure OpenAI, and the Microsoft Teams Development Platform.

We'll do this by working through a real-life example and building a bot live in the session. Don't miss your chance to wield the true potential of your SQL data and revolutionize the way you interact with your information!

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Unleash the Power of Your SQL Server Data: Transforming Databases into Knowledgeable AI Bots!

With the PnP Modern Search WebParts, SharePoint search can be configured and customized. Content and documents from SharePoint can be customized with the WebParts Search Box, Filter, Vertical and Result. 

In the session you will learn how the SharePoint search can be customized with the PnP Modern Search WebParts.

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Search and more - Customizing SharePoint Search with PnP Modern Search WebParts

In this session, we will deep dive into all the new things available for Teams developers. Even if you are not into Teams development, this session will let you know all Microsoft Teams' latest and greatest options. We will see what updates Microsoft did to the Teams developer platform and take a peek at the multiple community initiatives because they are the treasure trove of good ideas to speed up our application development.

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The latest Teams development innovations

Discover Microsoft Graph Connectors to extends Search, Copilot and soon Puview capabilities to content stored out of M365

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Extend Copilot and search with Microsoft Graph Connectors

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 🙂

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Supercharge your Adaptive Cards with Cards for Power Apps

Application Lifecycle Management is important and provides a framework for managing the development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of software applications. In the Power Platform ecosystem, solutions are the mechanism for implementing ALM.
For building applications in the Dataverse environment, you can easily create a solution, include the necessary components in it, and configure Azure DevOps pipelines for CI/CD.
But what if you are developing Power Apps applications in the Dataverse for Teams? In this case, you can't create a solution and automate CI/CD? Don't panic! We have tips for you!
In this session, we'll take a look at how to automate CI/CD for applications created in Dataverse for Teams using the Microsoft 365 E3 license and Azure DevOps.

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Automate CI/CD using Azure DevOps for Power Apps applications created in Teams

Introduced in September 2020, Microsoft Dataverse for Teams is a built-in, low-code data platform for Microsoft Teams that empowers users to build custom apps, bots, and flows in Microsoft Teams. While Dataverse itself is a powerful data source, it's integration in Teams has some good, bad and OMG items that you need to be aware of. So join Daniel Christian, a Microsoft MVP and certified trainer as he deep-dives in this topic.

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This session will not be recorded!