Greetings and Salutations
This month's newsletter contains quite a bit of information as quite a bit has been happening in recent weeks!
First, thank you to Harsh Mishra for speaking at July's meeting on 'Microsoft 365 not just a marketing bundle but a catalyst to Modern Workplace and Digital Transformation' and thank you to everyone who attended the meeting.
Harsh has kindly provided the slide deck for July's meeting , located at: https://www.slideshare.net/ASPUG/microsoft-365-magic and his February session – "Bots and Office 365 Better Together " can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bots-office-365-better-together-harsh-m/
At next month's Adelaide SharePoint User Group Meeting we have Asish Padhy who will be virtually presenting "Building Modern Intranets with SharePoint Communication Sites".
Asish, who is speaking to us virtually, is a Microsoft certified Professional for Office 365 and SharePoint. He has worked for many major multinational companies and has 12+ years of experience in SharePoint and Enterprise Collaboration solutions and is currently working at Kloud Solutions in Sydney.
Registration for Augusts meeting is open and located at https://aspug21082018.eventbrite.com.au
As said above, there is quite a bit of information in this newsletter so make sure to scroll to the end!
We hope to see you at next month's meeting!
-Adelaide SharePoint User Group Team
August Meeting information
At this month's meeting, we have Asish Padhy presenting "Building Modern Intranets with SharePoint Communication Sites" to the group this month.
You can register for this month's meeting at: https://aspug21082018.eventbrite.com.au
The agenda for this month's activities are:
- 3:30PM – Arrive, Relax, Network and enjoy some nibbles and refreshments!
- 4:00PM – Welcome, Introductions, Australian Computer Society & Microsoft Ignite / SharePoint Recap – Daniel Brown
4:10PM – Building Modern Intranets with SharePoint Communication Sites - Asish Padhy
The Modern SharePoint Communication sites provide a responsive rich experience which makes them a great candidate for SharePoint Intranets. Along with it, the modern experience enriches the way content can be structured, tagged with metadata and curated by content owners.
There are obvious limitations with the modern experience and will present few approaches to overcome these limitations. In this session, we will get a quick overview of Communication sites, and various advantages and limitations of the modern experience sites. In addition, we will look at how to map the old SharePoint structures in Classic sites to New experience and options to achieve that.
This session is focused towards: Business Sponsors, Change Leaders, Project Managers, Architects, UX Designers and Developers.
Participants will gain an understanding of:
- How to use SharePoint Communication Sites as an Intranet
- An Effective approach to build Modern Intranet focusing on End user adoption and better content delivery
- Migration plan for Old to New Intranet mapping structure
- Latest updates in SharePoint Communication sites from May 2018
- Few things to keep in mind
More about Asish
Asish is a Microsoft certified Professional for Office 365 and SharePoint. He has worked for many major multinational companies and has 12+ years of experience in SharePoint and Enterprise Collaboration solutions. Asish now specializes in architecting solutions in Office 365, SharePoint and Azure platforms.
- 4:55PM – Meeting Close - SharePoint Forum, Questions & Door Prize
You can register for this month's meeting at: https://aspug21082018.eventbrite.com.au
SharePoint Server 2019 Public Preview
Today, Microsoft delivered the first public preview of SharePoint Server 2019 and Project Server 2019!
SharePoint Server 2019 will deliver enhancements and new capabilities in three major areas:
- Modern, familiar and intuitive user experiences based on our investments in SharePoint Online
- New ways to engage with content across browsers and devices
- Robust scale, security and compliance capabilities to meet growing demands
SharePoint Server 2019 Preview provides a first look at a select set of new investments that will help define the scope, scale, and reliability of SharePoint Server 2019
Some quick highlights:
- Modern User Experience
- Quick Page editing and web part insertion
- Colour Formatting columns in lists and library's using JSON
- Large File support – Up to 15GB per file
To see more of the new investments in SharePoint Server 2019, please visit the official blog post at https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-SharePoint-Blog/Announcing-Availability-of-SharePoint-Server-2019-Preview/ba-p/214427 by Bill Baer, Senior Technical Product Manager for SharePoint at Microsoft!
Microsoft Business Applications Summit
Another event which took place this was, was the first ever Business Applications Summit.
The Microsoft Business Applications Summit brings together a community of business users and partners to discover how Microsoft's Business Application Platform can move their organizations forward.
The event empowers users to more effectively translate data into actionable insights, creating the best, longest-lasting solutions for their business.
Over the two days, attendees and the community came together with the engineering teams that build Dynamics 365, Power BI, PowerApps, and Microsoft Flow to connect, share, learn, and be the first to know where Microsoft's going and what's coming next across the Business Applications landscape.
All the details, sessions and keynote session can be found at the official website: www.microsoft.com/businessapplicationssummit
Microsoft Inspire
Microsoft Inspire took place in Las Vagas between 14th and 18th of July 2018 - formerly the World Partner Conference), is an annual conference held for the Microsoft Corporation partner community.
For more information, downloads, highlights and more, please visit the Microsoft Inspire site at https://partner.microsoft.com/en-US/inspire
Office 365 Saturday Adelaide
This year Office 365 Adelaide is being again this year on the 15th of September, 2018!
Office 365 Saturday Events are free events held in most capital cities in Australia throughout the year. At each event there are no less than 10 fantastic sessions covering all aspects of Office 365 presented by respected professionals in various fields.
More details as they become available can be found on their website at http://o365saturdayaustralia.com/
Digital Workplace Conference
The successor to the Australian SharePoint Conference is the Digital Workplace Conference!
The team has been running this conference now for 7 years, in Australian, New Zealand and South East Asia!
Registration is currently open and costing ~$990AUD for the 2-day event.
- When: 15th & 16th of August 2018
- Where: Sofitel Melbourne, Australia
- Website: http://www.dwcau.com.au/
Office 365 Developer Podcasts
A great resource is the Office 365 Developer Podcast show presented by Richard diZerega and Andrew Coates.
You can check out the site and the podcast at https://dev.office.com/podcasts
The Intrazone Podcast
The Intrazone is your bi-weekly conversation and interview podcast hosted by the SharePoint team. The show highlights usage, adoption, and how SharePoint works for you.
You'll hear from guest experts behind the scenes and out in the field. It's all about how SharePoint fits into your everyday work life – the goal being to more easily share and manage content, knowledge and applications, and to empower teamwork throughout your organization with the technology you already have. Get your ears ready and subscribe today!
You can visit the Intrazone Podcast at https://aka.ms/TheIntrazone
User Group Sponsors
The Adelaide SharePoint User Group would like to thank our user group sponsors who help make our meetings possible each and every month.
If you would like to find out more or are interesting in becoming a sponsor of the Adelaide SharePoint User Group, please email [email protected]
Websites
Check out our website at http://www.aspug.org.au/
We also have a number of Social Media platforms:
List Management
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Feedback
Please let us know if you have any feedback on how we can improve the user group. Also, if you would like to present to the group on your experiences with SharePoint, just let us know. We can be contacted at [email protected] or by visiting http://www.aspug.org.au.
