Marc Anderson - Past Speaking Engagements

ECS 2025

26/05/2025, Congress Center Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany

Building Intranets with Viva, SharePoint, and M365

intranet

An intranet can support your organization’s ability to communicate and collaborate effectively, make information easy to find, automate business processes, and help cut administrative costs… but where do you start? In this all-day tutorial, we will focus on the mechanics of building the basic structure of an intranet in modern SharePoint Online and surfacing it in Teams through Viva Connections. At the end of the tutorial, we will have demoed common solutions like a Policy Center, global navigation, and personalized content experiences. You will also have a clear understanding of how to best leverage Viva Connections, Engage, and Amplify to better support uses in the hybrid workspace. In the developer tenant, we will: -Create a branded experience -Build an enterprise information architecture -Surface the right information, at the right time -Centralize information and create search-based experiences -Implement better practices for writing for the web -Create a seamless connection between your SharePoint-based Intranet and Microsoft Teams Join MVPs Marc Anderson and Emily Mancini to gain a deeper understanding of the out of the box technical capabilities so you can focus on identifying your desired business outcomes, defining your overall content strategy and governance, and driving the adoption of your intranet at your organization. At the end of the workshop, you will have a simple intranet in your own developer tenant with common solutions like a Policy Center, global navigation, and personalized content experiences.

European Collaboration Summit 2025

26/05/2025, Congress Center Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany

Building a Policy Center with PnP Modern Search

sharepoint

content-management

search

information-architecture

In a modern Intranet, we generally want to store content on the site where it should be managed. We think of this as distributed content management. It’s similar to the way News works in modern SharePoint. This usually means each department or organizational unit can (and should) manage their own content using a process which makes sense for them. At the same time, we may want to roll up that content in one central location for ease of access. A Policy Center is a great example of this approach and one we find ourselves building for many of our clients. But this approach works for many types of content. In this session, you’ll see how the following components add up to make a Policy Center: * Information architecture (IA) in the form of Site Columns and a Content Type to represent a Policy * A Site Template which only instantiates a Policy library in the site and applies the appropriate IA (Content Type, views, etc.) * A Policy library in each department Intranet site where it will be used, deployed using the Site Template, with Policies specific to that department * Changes to the search schema to support metadata filtering * A Policy Center page built using PnP Modern Search Web Parts to display the Policies from across the Intranet Additionally, we’ll discuss various approaches to solve the content management puzzle – before the Policy is even visible on the Intranet. We'll also talk about how an approach like this prepares your content for a solid retention approach.

European Collaboration Summit 2023

22/05/2023, Congress Center Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany

Jumpstart your Intranet with SharePoint, Viva, and Teams

sharepoint

information-architecture

viva-connections

intranet

An intranet can support your organization’s ability to communicate and collaborate effectively, make information easy to find, automate business processes, and help cut administrative costs… but where do you start? In this all-day tutorial, we will focus on the mechanics of building the basic structure of an intranet in modern SharePoint Online and surfacing it in Teams through Viva Connections. At the end of the tutorial, you will have a simple intranet in your own developer tenant with common solutions like a Policy Center, global navigation, and personalized content experiences. You will also have a clear understanding of how to best leverage Viva Connections, Engage and Insights to better support uses in the hybrid workspace. In the developer tenant, we will: Create a branded experience Build an enterprise information architecture Surface the right information, at the right time Centralize information and create search-based experiences Create learning and onboarding content Implement better practices for writing for the web Create a seamless connection between your SharePoint-based Intranet and Microsoft Teams And demo some advanced topics Join MVPs Marc Andersson and Emily Mancini to gain a deeper understanding of the out of the box technical capabilities so you can focus on identifying your desired business outcomes, defining your overall content strategy and governance, and driving the adoption of your intranet at your organization. At the end of the workshop, you will have a simple intranet in your own developer tenant with common solutions like a Policy Center, global navigation, and personalized content experiences.

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