{"id":37613,"date":"2022-04-13T15:34:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T20:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualsp.com\/blog\/a-quick-snapshot-of-last-weeks-m365-conference\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T22:53:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T03:53:04","slug":"a-quick-snapshot-of-last-weeks-m365-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visualsp.com\/blog\/a-quick-snapshot-of-last-weeks-m365-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"A quick snapshot of last week's M365 conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I had the opportunity to not only speak at, but also lead the <strong>inaugural Dynamics 365<\/strong> track at the M365 conference.<\/p>\n<p>The idea was to gather the best Dynamics 365 speakers and demonstrate <strong>how both M365 and D365 ecosystems are coming together.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 500px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visualsp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/5f35fad1-43ba-b597-1689-24aa5ced5795.png\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Dynamics 365 Speakers<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The comments from the attendees I talked with were very positive. Many of them emphasized that it was great to understand the complete picture as to how <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 ecosystems are intertwined<\/span> with each other and what Microsoft's vision is for the future.<\/p>\n<p>The sessions I presented were on <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Intro to Dynamics for the Microsoft 365 Guy\/Gal<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Learning in the Flow of Work within M365 &amp; D365<\/span>. Both of these decks and other presentations I do can be <a href=\"https:\/\/visualsp.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2df3e8c83e83f08b7548bf1b2&amp;id=971874b0a0&amp;e=746555b88c\" rel=\"noopener\">downloaded from here<\/a> if you want.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 5px; text-align: center;\"><a class=\"vspBtn\" href=\"https:\/\/visualsp.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2df3e8c83e83f08b7548bf1b2&amp;id=5aea4da3b8&amp;e=746555b88c\" rel=\"noopener\">Download My Slides<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The conference took place at <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">MGM Grand in Las Vegas<\/span>. A beautiful venue that sits at a great location on the Las Vegas strip.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 500px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visualsp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/90c449b8-6127-c404-a9d6-b0a32434c6fd.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Over 1,000 attendees<\/span> showed up to this conference. A decent number that is sure to rise in the future since the overwhelming sentiment from the attendees was that it was Great to be here in person instead of attending yet another virtual conference.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 500px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visualsp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/91142bc3-4bc7-d28f-3c02-a28b56bdf046.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft's <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Charles Lamanna<\/span> (head of Dynamics 365 and Power Platform) and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Jeff Teper<\/span> (who leads MS Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive and more) presented keynotes at this conference. This further cemented the fact that Microsoft is slowly <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">merging applications for collaboration, communication and all types of business applications<\/span> under one umbrella.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 500px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visualsp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/65bf5a9e-50a0-37e5-1ebe-2ba263152fbe.png\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dozens of speakers presented at this conference. It was great to catch up with old colleagues and speakers new to the conference.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 500px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visualsp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/f473622b-8ea5-394d-3beb-40dbd3e5a8a8.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Snapshot of the speaker room<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The next event I'll be presenting at is the <a href=\"https:\/\/visualsp.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2df3e8c83e83f08b7548bf1b2&amp;id=78a04ecaf4&amp;e=746555b88c\" rel=\"noopener\">Learning Solutions conference.<\/a> If you happen to be attending that conference, drop me a line. Would love to meet up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I had the opportunity to not only speak at, but also lead the inaugural Dynamics 365 track at the M365 conference. 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