1. 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

2. 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

4. 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

5. MNSPUG Sponsors Dedicated Sponsors Annual Sponsor
Avtex (
Microsoft (
Softvative (
K2 (
SharePoint User Group Support
Sponsorships Levels:
Gold Sponsorship - $500
Silver Sponsorship - $250
Wrox Press ( O’Reilly (

6. 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

7. Social Networking
Linked In group – The most interactive… includes job postings…
Post Job Posting on the Jobs Discussion page
Twitter tags and #MNSPUG
Yammer – Minnesota SharePoint Users Group

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

9. Local and Online Events
SharePoint Saturday Los Angeles – August 11th, Playa Vista, CA
Office 365 MN User Group – August 13th, MTC
SharePoint Fest Seattle – August 20th – 24th, Seattle, WA
App in a Day – September 11th, MTC
Microsoft Ignite – September 24th – 28th, Orlando, FL
SharePoint Saturday Twin Cities – November 17th, Normandale Community College
Anything Else?

10. News and Updates

11. Live Event Capabilities
Published 07/12/2018
Replacing Skype for Business Broadcast
Integrations
Yammer
Teams
Stream
New Roles
Producer
Presenter
Visitor
More Information:

12. 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:

13. 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:

14. Usage Analytics in Power BI
Published 07/13/2018
Generally Available
Adoption
Communication
Collaboration
Activation
New Data and Reports
Teams
Groups
More Information:

15. 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:

16. 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:

17. 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:

18. Business Application Release Notes
Published 07/26/2018
Roadmap through October 2018
Dynamics 365
Power BI
PowerApps
Flow
Common Data Service
More Information:

19. 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:

20. 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:

21. PowerApps Formatting Published 07/30/2018
Automatically format formulas
Format text
Remove formatting
More Information:

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

23. Speaker

24. Break

25. Thanks for coming! Last But Not Least Please Fill Out Evaluations
Drawings for Giveaways
Online Participants Eval
Today’s Presenters:
Sarah Haase
Thanks for coming!