Using Innovation Games to engage your SharePoint/Office 365 users Donald Donais August 8th, 2018 Using Innovation Games to engage your SharePoint/Office 365 users Sarah Haase

Instructions Draw an Avatar of yourself Include the following information on your Avatar First name Industry Version of SharePoint Favorite SharePoint / Office 365 Feature Cats vs. Dogs Upload your Avatar Find a connection

User Group Goal / Objectives Develop and support a local community focused on Microsoft SharePoint surrounding technologies Educate user group members about SharePoint and surrounding technologies Transfer knowledge within the community Communicate best practices Introduce new products / solutions

MNSPUG Sponsors Dedicated Sponsors Annual Sponsor Avtex (www.avtex.com) Microsoft (www.microsoft.com) Softvative (http://www.softvative.com) K2 (http://www.k2.com) SharePoint User Group Support Sponsorships Levels: Gold Sponsorship - $500 Silver Sponsorship - $250 Wrox Press (www.wrox.com) O’Reilly (www.oreilly.com)

MN SharePoint Users Group Website SharePoint Resource Documents SharePoint Resource links RSS Feeds Meeting Schedule Past User Group Presentations Past User Group Recordings Sponsorship Information http://sharepointmn.com Email: sharepoint@sharepointmn.com

Social Networking Linked In group – The most interactive… includes job postings… Post Job Posting on the Jobs Discussion page https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1878792 Twitter tags - @MNSPUG and #MNSPUG Yammer – Minnesota SharePoint Users Group https://www.yammer.com/mnspug/

Upcoming Schedule Next Meeting Ongoing Schedule September 12th, 2018 – Modern vs. Classic (Matthew Ruderman) Microsoft Technology Center, Bloomington, MN Check www.SharePointMN.com for updates! Ongoing Schedule 2nd Wednesday of every month 9:00 to 11:30 am Microsoft Technical Center – Edina

Local and Online Events SharePoint Saturday Los Angeles – August 11th, Playa Vista, CA http://www.spsevents.org/city/losangeles/losangeles2018 Office 365 MN User Group – August 13th, MTC https://o365mn.org SharePoint Fest Seattle – August 20th – 24th, Seattle, WA https://sharepointfest.com/Seattle App in a Day – September 11th, MTC https://www.microsoftevents.com/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x4339430abcd Microsoft Ignite – September 24th – 28th, Orlando, FL https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ignite SharePoint Saturday Twin Cities – November 17th, Normandale Community College http://www.spstc.com Anything Else?

News and Updates

Live Event Capabilities Published 07/12/2018 Replacing Skype for Business Broadcast Integrations Yammer Teams Stream New Roles Producer Presenter Visitor More Information: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Office-365-Blog/Announcing-intelligent-event-capabilities-in-Microsoft-365/ba-p/214061

Microsoft Teams – Free Edition Published 07/12/2018 Free Edition 40 languages Up to 300 users Unlimited Chat and Search 10GB team file storage 2GB personal storage Integrated with Offline Online App integration Audio, Video calling for individuals, groups and team meetups More Information: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams-Blog/Introducing-a-free-version-of-Microsoft-Teams/ba-p/214592

Page Approvals Posted 07/13/2018 Rollout Targeted Release: End of July 2018 Configure Page Approval Flow Submit Page for Approval Approve Page Customize Flow More Information: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/SharePoint/Announcing-SharePoint-page-approvals/m-p/215466

Usage Analytics in Power BI Published 07/13/2018 Generally Available Adoption Communication Collaboration Activation New Data and Reports Teams Groups More Information: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-365-Blog/Realize-the-full-value-of-your-IT-investment-with-Microsoft-365/ba-p/215521

PowerApps Preview Program Published 07/23/2018 Try out, learn, and dogfood upcoming functionalities Ensuring their current apps will continue to work What is available Creating Apps in next version (Canvas now) Manage Apps (Preview Environment) Playing Apps (Web Player) Administrate Experiences More Information: https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/preview-program/

SharePoint Server 2019 Preview Posted 07/24/2018 Modern Experiences Sites Lists Libraries Pages SharePoint Framework Support (v1.4) Next Generation Sync Client SharePoint Mobile More Information: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-SharePoint-Blog/Announcing-Availability-of-SharePoint-Server-2019-Preview/ba-p/214427

Power BI and SharePoint – The Road Ahead Posted 07/25/2018 Previous SSRS Integration Removed Integrate Power BI SharePoint 2019 SharePoint Online Adding RDL Support (Power BI Premium) Modern Authentication Support More Information: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-and-sharepoint-the-road-ahead/

Business Application Release Notes Published 07/26/2018 Roadmap through October 2018 Dynamics 365 Power BI PowerApps Flow Common Data Service More Information: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/business-applications-release-notes/October18/

Site Design Updates Posted 07/27/2018 New Actions removeNavLink createSiteColumnXml addSPLookupFieldXml Apply to new templates (Invoke-SPOSiteDesign) New modern team site (STS#3) Classic team Classic publishing More Information: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/declarative-customization/site-design-json-schema

Self Service Site Creation Published 07/28/2018 Rollout Targeted Release - starting late July 2018 Worldwide - end of August 2018 Updates Create modern sites WITHOUT O365 Groups (STS#3) Select default language Modern subsites More Information: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-SharePoint-Blog/Updates-to-SharePoint-self-service-site-creation/ba-p/218971

PowerApps Formatting Published 07/30/2018 Automatically format formulas Format text Remove formatting More Information: https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/automatically-format-your-formula/

The Intrazone Episode #9 – 07/24/2018 SharePoint Server 2019 Preview - Go! Episode #10 – 08/07/2018 Ready Player OneDrive Show Page: https://intrazone.libsyn.com/

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