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The next Cambridge Power Platform User Group will be hosted on August the 18th, 2022 at 4 - 6:30 pm BST. This is a free event driven by communities around the world, for anyone who wants to learn more about the Microsoft Power Platform. This event will be hosted via Microsoft Teams ending with a Q&A session.4 PM - 6:30 PM BST18th August 2022 Agenda:4:00 pm - Introduction by Sharon Sumner, Cambridge Power Platform Leader4:05 pm - Vesku NopanenSession: Shaping the Future with the MetaverseDescription: How Metaverse is shaping the Future of Work, Collaboration, and how do we meet with each other? As it is opening new kinds of opportunities for businesses and employees, should leaders care about the Metaverse?Why the Metaverse is such a big game changer for the Future of Work? In this session, you will learn about key concepts, business, and employee experience reasons about the Metaverse.You will also learn about the new upcoming Microsoft Metaverse community event Metaverse One.Metaverse One event is created by the same team who organized and created the Teams Nation.Bio: Principal Consultant and Microsoft MVP working on Metaverse and Future Work on Microsoft Cloud. As a trusted advisor he helps organizations in future technology, collaboration, and productivity. Metaverse enables businesses to innovate new models and processes with the help of AI while enabling new ways how to meet, work, collaborate and share experiences together. He is guiding organizations on the road into the Metaverse. Vesa is extremely passionate about Metaverse and how it - with Microsoft Teams - enables to change how people work together now and in the future. Vesa has 25+ years of experience in the IT business in various industries, domains, and roles. He is also a futurist, active speaker, blogger, evangelist, and technology community member. 4:35 pm - Sancho HarkerSession: Power Apps Top TipsDescription: A collection of tips for Canvas Power Apps (and one bonus tip for Power Automate) covering productivity, UI/UX, tricks, and workarounds. Some of these you may know, some of these you may be hearing for the first time – you won’t know until you’ve heard them all!Bio: Sancho is an Office365 and Microsoft Power Platform evangelist who specializes in optimising Power Platform Canvas Apps and in creating integrated low-cost Power Platform solutions. Sancho has been recognised as a Super User (#Appstronaut) on the Microsoft Power Apps Community forums since July 2019 and has been recognised a #PowerAppsChamp by Microsoft since November 2019 (https://aka.ms/MeetSancho). Sancho has been recognised as a Microsoft Business Applications MVP since May 2020.Quick Break 5:05 pm - James ArmstrongSession: Authoring for everyone - Overcoming common web development challenges with Power PagesDescription: What is it, why Microsoft has pivoted to Power Pages, and what does this mean for the end user.Bio: James has been in the Microsoft ecosystem since 2013, predominately as a Dynamics consultant deploying solutions for the Retail, Wholesale, and Distribution space. At Microsoft, James works with Corporate customers to adopt transformational technologies across Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform.5:35 pm - Chris Hoard Session:Hype-a-Loop: Components in Teams, now OutlookDescription: It’s been 9 months since the launch of Loop Components in Teams, but do we remember what Loop is, what it is intended to be? And how far have we come as they now arrive into a second application in the Microsoft 365 stack? Along with hands-on demos in this level 2-300 session, we’ll ask - what opportunities are ahead? What challenges remain? In the foreseeable future is Loop likely to remain the best Microsoft 365 app you’ve never used?Bio: Chris Hoard is a 2x MCT Regional Lead (MCT RL), 2x Office Apps and Services MVP and Educator (MCEd). With over 13 years of cloud computing experience in Provisioning and Professional Services, he now delivers skilling and enablement experiences to over 500 Microsoft partners for Vuzion (Tier 2 UK CSP). His focus areas include Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365, Security & Compliance & Power Platform integration. Outside of work, he is very active in the Microsoft Tech Community, blogging at microsoft365pro.co.uk and since 2019 has spoken at many international events including Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft Build, Commsverse, Galactic Summit, Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon and the Modern Workplace Conference Paris. As the co-creator of Teams Nation (previously TeamsFest and the European Teams User Group), he is a member of the British Computer Society (BCS), the Microsoft 365 Partner Council and currently sits on the Microsoft Certifications Advisory BoardFollowed by a Q&A session
