Embrace tools that support modern work and security for whatever happens next.

Join us for a unique experience designed to help organizations connect in a new way and thrive in the face of change. Microsoft expert Mike Fontaine will present this webinar and will be answering your questions.

Agenda: 

Introduction

• Introduction to Teams as the central hub for teamwork in Microsoft 365 
• How Teams impacts organizations 
• Overview of chats, meetings, and calls 
• Collaborate with integrated Microsoft 365 apps 
• Customizing team workspace 
• Stay connected across devices

Navigate Microsoft Teams 

• Explore the Microsoft Teams interface 
• Your digital identity within Teams 
• Search in Teams 
• Compose a new message 
• Break down the apps within Teams

Using persistent Chat 

• Create and participate in one-on-one, group, and meeting conversations 
• Format messages 
• Find messages by a person’s name or keyword 
• Hide or mute chats to keep them out of the way 
• Connect relevant information to chats 
• Easily jump into an audio or video call

Collaborating in a team 

• Overview of teams and channels 
• Utilize posts to share ideas and communicate with the team 
• Share and collaborate on files 
• Customize and extend the Teams experience through connecting Microsoft and other apps 
• Host an audio or video call within a Channel

Calendar and meetings

• Overview of the relationship between Outlook and Teams calendar 
• Book an online meeting 
  • • Create in Teams or Outlook 
    • Difference between meeting and channel meeting 
    • Scheduling assistant 
    • Invite people outside the organization, including those who don’t have a Teams license 
• Change calendar view 
• RSVP, chat with participants and join 
• Meeting details

Call capabilities in Teams 

• Set speed dial and contact groups 
• Launch an audio or video call from VoIP 
• Exploring Phone System (if enabled)

See all your files 

• Overview of files storage in Microsoft Teams 
• See recent files, files from across teams, and downloads 
• Access OneDrive
• Connect to another cloud storage location (if requested)

Customize and extend 

• Pin additional apps or unpin unused apps 
• Preview to extending Teams experience (covered in advanced Teams courses)

Catching up with the Activity feed 

• Getting to the summary of everything that’s happened in Teams 
• Viewing notifications 
• Filtering notifications and responding to posts

Create your first team 

• Walkthrough of setting up a team and channels 
• Explore different circumstances where a team could be made 
• Building a successful first team 
• Create a team from scratch that has a clear intention 
  • • Build channels with clear description and uses 
    • Pin tabs to extend the experience 
    • Post etiquette and populating channels with rich content 
    • Review key features in teams 
• Customizable demonstration based on workstreams and use cases

Join a Teams meeting

• Explore how teams can be used to prepare for a meeting, run a meeting, and follow-up on meeting objectives 
• Join a meeting from a hyperlink, meeting chat, dial-in, calendar, or a channel 
• Navigate the pre-meeting screen and selecting the right devices 
• Explore main actions in a Teams meeting
  • Share video, audio, and content 
  • Show and chat with participants and raise hand 
  • Explore meeting views 
• Mobile capabilities

Next steps

Summary of topics covered 

Question and Answer Session

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Let’s get started in AI and Machine learning!  You’ve probably heard about it in the news and know that other companies are using it, but what is it? How does it work? And how can a typical manufacturing and distribution company take advantage of the technology?

Please join us in a “hands-on” approach to understanding what AI is and how to use it.  The format will be similar to the other 101 series, which is a combination of education and doing.

Agenda:

• What is Data Science?
• What is Machine Learning?
• What kinds of prediction questions can you ask?
• Common Algorithms
• Data
• Simple Predication
• Hands-on creation in the Machine Learning Studio

This webinar focuses on Machine learning, which is an application of artificial intelligence (AI) that uses algorithms to identify patterns within the data, and those patterns are then used to create a data model that can make predictions.  After building, the model the system has the ability to automatically learn and improve from experience without being explicitly programmed and Microsoft provides toolsets that make this process as easy and drag and drop.

This webinar is designed for people will little to no experience in programming, R-Scripts, Data Science, Statistics, etc. but want to learn something new and understand how this technology will shape the future.

For machine learning:

• You need to create an Azure Account and be able to log into the machine learning studio – its free
• You must have Microsoft Excel

Most office users only use about 15% of Microsoft Excel’s Power.

This webinar is to review some common features, tools, tips, tricks and designed to take you from a basic understanding to an intermediate level.

What you’ll learn:

• Sorting data
• Removing Duplicates
• Data Validation
• Math Functions
• Freeze Panes
• Working with Dates
• Search and Replace
• Formulas – IF, TRIM, LEFT, MID, SEARCH
• VLookup
• Pivot Tables, Charts and Graphs
• Working with ERP – Budgets, add/modify/delete

Requirements

• Basic computer skills and experience navigating the Internet.

Microsoft Cloud is an ever-expanding set of cloud services to help your organization meet your business challenges and moving your IT infrastructure to the cloud has numerous benefits. Whether you’re looking to enhance security and become GDPR compliant, cut your total cost of ownership by 10.25%, or improve teamwork and innovation by integrating AI capabilities, moving to the Cloud provides a solution to your IT problems.

In this webinar you will learn:

• What is Microsoft Cloud
• Top 5 reasons why the cloud is a better option than on-premise
• The economical and security benefits associated with the Cloud
• 5 biggest risks while moving to the Cloud
• Exclusive checklist for your Cloud migration strategy
• Bridge to the Cloud Promotion from Microsoft