Please take a look at the listing below of our 2023 past events with the link to the recording and any resources shared during the talk.
Questions? Don’t hesitate to get in touch with Kris Lynch, Technical Program Manager at the SUNY CPD, at 315-214-2428 or krista.lynch@suny.edu.
Wednesday, January 25, 2023, 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT
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Links from the chat:SUNY Wide Security Solution with Guardian 365 Managed Service
Microsoft and Forsyte IT will discuss the XDR Security Solution Pilots that are underway with Oneonta, University at Albany and SUNY System Admin. This solution includes Microsoft Advanced Security Solutions and Forsyte IT’s Security Managed Service (Guardian 365).
Agenda- Project Goals and Objectives (Microsoft and Forsyte) – 10 min
- What the Pilots were and the steps in the process
- Albany’s experience in the Security Pilot (Forsyte and Albany) – 20 min
- Demo – Dashboard, Reporting etc
- Financial Impact Summary (Melannie Zalnasky) – 10 min
- Licensing Overview (Steve Scholz) – 10 min
- How to participate, next steps (Mike Barbato & Jeremy Fass) – 5 min
- Open Q and A – 5 min
Wednesday, February 22, 2023, 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT
Click here to watch the recording
Links from the chat:- February 2023 Presentation (PDF)
- How to chat via SMS on Microsoft Teams (free)
- Learn more about chatting via SMS
- Mike Barbato’s Email
- Kurt Buehlmaier’s Email
- Jack Turner’s Email
- David Bridges’ Email
AudioCodes on the Teams Voice POC’s at SUNY
Microsoft and AudioCodes will be doing a follow-up session on the Teams Voice Proof of Concept that is happening at SUNY.
- Organization Benefits of Microsoft Teams
- Migration strategies to move users from PBX to Microsoft Teams Phone
- Additional Considerations
- Modes of Communication
- Auto-Attendants and IVRs
- e911
- SUNY – A platform for success
- Questions and answers
- Open Q and A
Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT
Links from the chat:- Products and Capabilities – FastTrack – Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Learn
- Mike Barbato’s Email
- James O’Neal’s Email
SUNY Unified Communications with Teams Voice – No Charge Fast Track Services and e911
Agenda
- General Overview of the SUNY Unified Communication Solution with Microsoft Teams
- Teams Voice e911 capabilities
- Fast Track Services for Teams Voice
- Open Discussion and Q&A
Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT
Links from the chat:- SUNY CIOs – Microsoft Copilot – Resources
- Microsoft Security Copilot – PPT Deck
- Data & AI Office Hours for EDU
- Mike Barbato’s Email
Microsoft AI Advancements for Higher Education
We would like to invite you to the SUNY Tech Talk for April 2023 to discuss Microsoft’s recent advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related technologies, including Azure Open AI and Microsoft Copilot. This meeting will provide an opportunity to explore how these cutting-edge tools and platforms can benefit your organization and help drive innovation and growth in Higher Education.
Microsoft has made remarkable progress in foundational technologies that have helped to advance human knowledge and create new possibilities to address some of society’s most challenging problems. Over the past few years, Microsoft has made significant strides in the field of AI, leveraging its expertise in machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, and other areas to develop a range of powerful tools and services. Azure Open AI, for instance, provides a robust and flexible platform for building, training, and deploying AI models at scale, while Microsoft Copilot uses AI to assist developers in writing code more efficiently and effectively.
At our meeting, we will discuss the latest developments in these areas, as well as explore how your organization can leverage these tools to improve your operations, enhance your faculty, staff and student experience, and drive new learning models and business growth. Our team of experts will be on hand to answer your questions and provide insights and guidance on how best to utilize these technologies for your unique needs.
Agenda
- Microsoft Ai, Azure Open Ai, Responsible Ai overview
- Azure Open Ai & Ai use cases for Higher Education
- M365 Copilot
- Microsoft Security Copilot
- Open Discussion and Q&A
Wednesday, May 31, 2023, 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT
Links from the chat:- Products and Capabilities – FastTrack – Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Learn
- Microsoft Learn: Build skills that open doors in your career
- Jeremy Fass’s Email
- Mike Barbato’s Email
SharePoint, OneDrive and Higher Education
SharePoint is a trusted and proven platform that SUNY Campuses own. SharePoint and OneDrive in Microsoft 365 are cloud-based services that help organizations share and manage content, knowledge, and applications to Empower teamwork. With SharePoint you can quickly find information and seamlessly collaborate across the organization. SharePoint has strong legal, or other requirements, that govern the handling of data, and can manage sensitive or confidential information that you want to protect. SharePoint is deeply integrated into Teams. Files that are stored in Teams are stored in SharePoint sites. SharePoint and OneDrive provide a rich collaboration environment where people inside and outside your organization can work together, coauthoring documents. SharePoint provides a rich set of tools to help you create and maintain your organization’s intranet.
Agenda
- What is SharePoint and how can it help in Higher Education
- SharePoint as an Intranet
- SharePoint and OneDrive
- SharePoint and Document Libraries
- SharePoint and Teams
- Using advanced features such as forms and Power Automate
- Comparing O365 to Google Workspace for Collaboration
- Open Discussion and Q&A
Wednesday, August 30, 2023, 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT
Links from the chat:- What’s new in Microsoft 365 Defender?
- Azure AD Connect retirement
- Alert Tuning
- Other ways to reduce false positives
- Conditional Access Named Locations
- MDCA IP Ranges
- MDI Exclusions
- Safe/Trusted Sender Lists in MDO
- Automatic Attack Disruption
- OAuth App Governance
- MDE
- Upgrade Azure AD Connect
- Jeremy Fass’s Email
- Steve Scholz’s Email
- Shihan Wijeyeratne’s Email
- Kristin Greene’s Email
Microsoft Security Updates and Microsoft Licensing Discussion
Agenda
- Microsoft Security Updates – Changes and Enhancements (Jeremy F & Shihan W – Forsyte) – 30 minutes
- Including: Alert Tuning, Automatic Attack Disruption, Guided mode for advanced query building, OAuth App Governance in Defender for Cloud Apps,
- Internet Facing Devices in Defender for Endpoint, Forced release of devices from isolation
- Microsoft Licensing Changes and Group Based Licensing (Kristin G and Steve S)
- Including A1+ licensing, Unified Skus and Group Based licensing.
- Open Discussion and Q&A
Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT
Links from the chat:- Artificial Intelligence Solutions | Microsoft AI
- Microsoft Responsible AI | Microsoft AI
- Education Blog – Microsoft Community Hub
- Educator Center Overview – Microsoft Learn Educator Center | Microsoft Learn
- Microsoft 365 Copilot – YouTube
- How Microsoft 365 Copilot works – YouTube
- How to get ready for Microsoft 365 Copilot – YouTube
- How to prepare for Microsoft 365 Copilot – Microsoft Community Hub
- Data, Privacy, and Security for Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft Learn
- Microsoft Teams Premium | Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Teams Premium – Overview for administrators – Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn
- Get Started with Microsoft Teams Premium – Microsoft Community Hub
- Your AI-Powered Chat for Work | Bing Chat Enterprise (microsoft.com)
- Manage Bing Chat Enterprise | Microsoft Learn
- Renata Ruiz’s Email
- Chris White’s Email
Microsoft Bing Chat Enterprise and Microsoft 365 Copilot
Agenda
- Bing Chat and M365 Copilot (Chris White, Renata Ruiz – Microsoft Modern Workplace Specialists)
- Bing Chat Enterprise gives your organization AI-powered chat for work with commercial data protection. With Bing Chat Enterprise, user and business data are protected and will not leak outside the organization. What goes in—and comes out—remains protected.
- Copilot combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with your data in the Microsoft Graph—your calendar, emails, chats, documents, meetings, and more—and the Microsoft 365 apps to turn your words into the most powerful productivity tool on the planet. And it does so within our existing commitments to data security and privacy in the enterprise.
- Microsoft Storage Changes (Chris White)
- Brief review of the Microsoft Storage changes and timeline.
- Open Discussion and Q&A
Wednesday, October 25, 2023, 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT
Links from the chat:Microsoft Viva
Join us for a presentation on Microsoft Viva, the innovative platform designed to enhance the modern workplace. Discover how Viva empowers leaders to set their company strategy and effectively communicate goals and priorities across the organization, enable employees with the right resources, skills and knowledge, and create a feedback flywheel to continuously assess and improve employee engagement and performance at every level. Explore Microsoft Viva’s key features, benefits, and how it can transform your organization’s productivity and employee experience.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
Links from the chat:Microsoft Fabric 1:1 Workshop with SpyGlass MTG
November’s SUNY Tech Talk is a must-attend session on Microsoft Fabric. Please invite your data and analytics team members. Microsoft Fabric is an all-in-one analytics solution for enterprises that covers everything from data movement to data science, Real-Time Analytics, and business intelligence. The platform is built on a foundation of Software as a Service (SaaS), which takes simplicity and integration to a whole new level. It offers a comprehensive suite of services, including data lake, data engineering, and data integration, all in one place. With Fabric, you don’t need to piece together different services from multiple vendors. Instead, you can enjoy a highly integrated, end-to-end, and easy-to-use product that is designed to simplify your analytics needs.
Spyglass’ Microsoft Fabric 1:1 Workshop aims to provide an end-to-end review of Microsoft Fabric. In the digital age, data is crucial. However, organizing all of your data sources into one easy and secure platform can be difficult. You must reshape how everyone accesses, manages, and acts on data and insights, which is not an easy task. Microsoft Fabric brings your data into the era of AI by connecting every data source and analytics service together on one platform. With Fabric you can manage your data in a single, AI-powered analytics platform that helps teams turn data into a competitive advantage.
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