SharePoint’s Brand Center promised to make corporate branding in Microsoft 365 a breeze. So… did it? In this brutally honest (but lovingly snarky) session, I’ll walk you through what it actually felt like for me to roll out the Brand Center for a sprawling 8000+ employee organization. We’ll cover: - What actually worked, what sat there looking pretty, and what no one used - How to keep your brand (mostly) intact across PowerPoint, Word, and Clipchamp without babysitting every font and logo - Whether CDN integration is a performance win or a governance migraine - How Copilot plays with—or sometimes ignores—your brand assets Expect hands-on demos, practical advice, and a no-fluff breakdown of how to get the most out of this feature—without overpromising what it can’t deliver. If you’re a SharePoint admin, intranet lead, or the poor soul who got voluntold to “make our sites look better,” this one’s for you.

Going from Miami Beach to Microsoft MVP wasn’t a straight line. It wasn’t even a ladder. It was more like a rollercoaster with no seatbelts — full of detours, surprises, and the occasional post-conference bratwurst at 3am. In this session, I’ll share how the Microsoft 365 community not only gave me a career boost but also gave me belonging, mentors who became family, and the courage to stop playing it safe. You’ll hear the honest story of how I went from sitting quietly in the audience to standing on stage, flipping the script on what it means to be “successful” in tech. This isn’t a highlight reel of accomplishments; it’s a real talk about showing up, being authentic, and finding belonging in a space that thrives on collaboration, not competition. Along the way, I’ll share the practical insights and steps that helped me earn the MVP award — and how you can set yourself on that same path, no matter where you’re starting from. Whether you’re new to the community or thinking “why would anyone care what I have to share,” this session is your permission slip to jump in. Because the community that changed my life can change yours too.

SharePoint Online comes with more web parts than anyone ever remembers — and they’re the secret sauce for turning a boring page into something people actually want to read. In this session, we’ll take a whirlwind tour of web parts from A to Z (yes, all of them), showing you what they do, when to use them, and when to avoid them like that mysterious potato salad in the breakroom fridge. This isn’t a death-by-screenshots session. Expect real demos, unexpected use cases, and a few strong opinions about which web parts deserve a standing ovation and which should be quietly retired. Whether you’re brand new to SharePoint or you’ve been dragging and dropping since the classic days, you’ll leave knowing how to make your intranet sites shine.

Running a Microsoft 365 tenant means keeping up with a constant stream of Message Center posts, roadmap announcements, feature releases, and admin notifications. The information exists, but turning it into something your organization can actually act on is another story. In this session, you'll learn how to build an intelligent update pipeline using native Microsoft 365 capabilities, Power Automate, Copilot, SharePoint, and the Microsoft 365 Roadmap MCP. We'll centralize Microsoft announcements, enrich them with AI, classify what's actually relevant to your organization, and automatically route important changes into Planner, Teams, SharePoint, or email. Instead of checking multiple portals every day, you'll build a repeatable system that transforms Microsoft's roadmap into your organization's roadmap, complete with automation, prioritization, and actionable planning. You'll leave with practical patterns you can implement immediately, without buying another product or drowning in admin noise.