I’m excited to head back to the TechCon365 conference in Dallas, TX, November 11-15, 2024, presenting a pair of full-day workshops & sessions on extending Copilot for Microsoft 365 and building custom apps for Microsoft Teams and using SharePoint Embedded!
TechCon365 in Dallas, TX in November 11-15, 2024
Full-day Workshop: Extend Copilot for Microsoft 365 to get the most out of your investment!
You’ve rolled out copilot for Microsoft 365 and now your organization has entered the AI revolution. Mission accomplished… or is it? In this session, learn how you can unlock the power of copilot by customizing and extending it with your organization’s data.
From populating the semantic index with Graph connectors to implementing the RAG pattern & injecting real-time data into copilot queries with plugins using Microsoft Teams message extensions or OpenAPI endpoints, you can make copilot more “yours”!
But that’s not all you’ll learn in this workshop for pro-code/full-stack developers…
You’ll also learn how to create declarative copilots for specific scenarios and even bring copilot into your own apps with custom engine copilots.
This workshop is not intended for attendees to follow along & build the same projects during the session. Instead, focus on learning, taking notes, & getting answers to your questions - you’ll walk away with everything at the end of the day!
Full-day Workshop: Zero to Hero: Build Microsoft Teams App for Full Stack Developers
If you have little to no experience creating apps for Microsoft Teams using full-stack development techniques, this is for you! After covering what tools you need to start creating Microsoft Teams Apps, you’ll learn how to build different components to extend Microsoft Teams. This includes building personal & channel tabs (apps), bots, and message extensions for Microsoft Teams. And, you’ll learn how to take your message extensions and use them as Copilot plugins if your users have Copilot for Microsoft 365!
This workshop is not intended for attendees to follow along & build the same projects during the session. Instead, focus on learning, taking notes, & getting answers to your questions - you’ll walk away with everything at the end of the day!
Breakout session: Inject LOB and Realtime Data into Copilot for Microsoft 365 with Custom Plugins
Copilot for Microsoft 365 is a game changer for business. It not only has access to the knowledge it’s been trained on, but it also has access to all the data in your Microsoft 365 tenant.
But what about real-time data like inventory or customer activity?
What about data from your organization’s third-party systems?
That’s where custom plugins can help!
In this session, learn how to build custom plugins for Copilot for Microsoft 365!
Breakout session: Your onramp to Creating Microsoft Teams apps with the Teams Toolkit for VS Code
The Microsoft Teams Toolkit (TTK) for VS Code is a huge step forward in creating Microsoft Teams apps! And with the retirement of the community “YO TEAMS” option, it isn’t just the best game in town, it’s the ONLY game in town!
In this session, you’ll see how you can use the TTK to create apps and learn all the customization and cool capabilities the TTK has to offer.
By the end of this session, you’ll be ready to build your first Microsoft Teams app, bot, or message extension!
Breakout session: Explore SharePoint Embedded App Development: From Setup to Production Ready Apps
SharePoint Embedded (SPE) offers a headless, API-only pattern for building content apps that integrate management capabilities like collaboration, security, and compliance into any app by storing content within an enterprise’s existing Microsoft 365 tenant.
Ready to see how to build your first app? In this session, you’ll learn how to setup SPE in your tenant and build a your first document-centric app that can read, write, and search for files in SPE Containers, render previews, and work with metadata!