Leverage the collaboration capabilities of Microsoft Viva Connections as an employee experience platform to build a gateway to your digital workplace. This book helps you set up Microsoft Viva connections via easy-to-follow steps and extend it to target your business scenarios. The book starts with an introduction to Microsoft Viva and its modules and it discusses Viva Connections for desktop and mobile users. You will learn about the intranet landing experience with SharePoint where you will plan, build, and launch a home site. You will know how to use the app bar and global navigation in Viva Connections and understand the importance of the dashboard and dashboard cards. You will learn how to enable Viva Connections in MS Teams and define a rollout strategy. You will gain experience with Viva Connections on mobile devices and go through end-user guidance. And you will learn to extend Viva Connections with the SharePoint Framework and deploy SPFx solutions. After reading this book, you will be able to set up Microsoft Viva Connections for your digital workplace and empower your employees to search and discover relevant news, information, content, and sites from across the organization. What Will You Learn: Understand the modern experience in SharePoint with Microsoft Viva Connect Know best practices for your home site in SharePoint Get your content ready for feed with SharePoint and Yammer Build Adaptive Card Extensions (ACEs) with SPFx Define governance for Viva Connections.

Use the power of analytics, knowledge management, and discovery for improved employee retention and insight to the unique collaborative and learning needs of your organization using Viva, Microsoft’s new employee experience platform. This book introduces you to the four central tenets of Microsoft Viva, a platform designed to improve communication, knowledge, learning, and insight within an organization. The authors, all Microsoft MVPs and early users of Viva, share their first-hand experiences and knowledge to teach you how to configure, utilize, and adopt Viva Topics, Viva Connections, Viva Learning, and Viva Insights to drive knowledge management and discovery within an organization. In Part I, you will learn how to classify data and topics within your organization, and learn how the use of AI can bring to life the discovery of knowledge and information related to people and other topics, allowing for better understanding and clarity of the content you see every day. In Part II, you will learn how to bring the power of SharePoint Syntex and Viva Topics into Microsoft Teams. In Part III, you will learn how to build a shared learning portal in Microsoft Teams using your own training materials, or bringing in third-party resources such as LinkedIn Learning and Skillsoft to connect directly to your employees. Managers will appreciate the ability to assign learning topics to users and gain the skills needed to create a fundamental process around learning consolidation. In Part IV, you will be introduced to Viva Insights, and understand how to discover vital analytics for individuals, managers, and leaders. You will also learn how it supports your company’s greatest asset, your employees. What You Will Learn Understand the basics of Viva to get up and running in no time Configure each vertical of Microsoft Viva Know the roles and pre-requisites for installation and configuration Organize and think about your content for discovery and relationships Deliver learning through an optimized experience for managers and users Leverage the power of SharePoint within Teams using Viva Connections Who This Book Is For Management, end users, and system administrators who want to step up their knowledge management, better train and retain employees, and improve access to internal content. The book is designed for businesses that want to transform the way they learn about content and people within their organization, with the end objective of making their business grow and thrive.

Build customized apps quickly using real-world business scenarios and proven techniques with this all-inclusive guide for Microsoft Teams professionals Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Key Features Customize and extend Microsoft Teams using Power Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint framework, PowerShell, and Microsoft Graph APIs Integrate Microsoft-certified third-party and Dynamics 365 apps with Microsoft Teams Understand the low-code capabilities of Microsoft Teams provided by Dataverse for Teams Book DescriptionIn the evolving remote working arrangement, the demand for custom Microsoft Teams apps is increasing rapidly across businesses. If you are someone who aims to provide users with an exceptional experience through custom-built apps that adhere to industry standards and good governance, Customizing Microsoft Teams is for you! The book starts with an overview of Microsoft Teams customization and configuration prerequisites. It then shows you how to expose functionalities from various solutions through tabs, connectors, messaging extensions, and more before you move on to explore how the PowerShell module can manage multiple aspects of administration and how to use the SharePoint Framework for creating custom Microsoft Teams apps. You’ll be able to work with Microsoft Dataverse for Teams to build custom apps, bots, and flows using Power Apps, Power Virtual Agents, and Power Automate. As you publish your production-ready apps on the Teams store and Microsoft AppSource, you’ll also understand Teams app analytics and reporting functionalities. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned how to develop custom solutions to solve critical business problems and extend the power of Microsoft Teams to develop high-value use cases in the remote working culture.What you will learn Understand Microsoft Teams app architecture and configuration for custom apps Personalize the Teams compose box with your app and develop rich interactive cards Explore the diverse Teams capabilities using Microsoft Graph APIs Manage multiple aspects of Teams administration, including users, policies, and configuration Build custom apps and bots using Power Apps, Power Virtual Agents, and Power Automate Use community-driven, open source app templates for Microsoft Teams extensibility Publish your app on Microsoft AppSource for global subscribers Who this book is forIf you are a business user, Microsoft Teams developer, citizen developer, or Microsoft Teams admin working with Microsoft 365 apps and want to develop custom solutions with Microsoft Teams for multiple business use cases, this book is for you. It is recommended that you have a fundamental understanding of Microsoft 365 technologies to fully benefit from this book.

With a significant increase in hybrid and full-time remote roles, organizations need new ways to keep employees connected, supported, and thriving. Viva, an employee experience platform from Microsoft, was designed to provide just that. In this course, get up to speed with Microsoft Viva, and learn how this solution can help employees stay focused and engaged from any location. Nick Brazzi gives a quick tour of the platform's four modules, including how they integrate with Teams, SharePoint, and other Microsoft applications. Nick begins with an exploration of Viva Topics, which leverages AI to help you quickly find solutions by tapping into your company's collective knowledge. Nick then covers Viva Insights, explaining how it delivers personalized and organizational insights designed to help individuals and employers boost their productivity and well-being. Plus, get a brief overview of the two other modules that are set to release in 2021: Viva Learning and Viva Connections.

Microsoft Teams is used in hundreds of thousands of organizations to help keep remote and hybrid workplaces with dispersed workforces running smoothly. But while Microsoft Teams can seem easy for the user, Teams administrators must stay on top of a wide range of topics, including device administration techniques, quality benchmarks, and security and compliance measures. With this handy cookbook, author Fabrizio Volpe provides a clear, concise overview of administrative tasks in Teams-along with step-by-step recipes to help you solve many of the common problems that system administrators, project managers, solution architects, and IT consultants may face when configuring, implementing, and managing Microsoft Teams. Think of this book as a detailed, immensely practical cheat sheet for Microsoft Teams administrators. Recipes in the book will show you how to: Apply Teams best practices, compliance, and security Automate administrative tasks Successfully deploy Teams Implement Teams collaboration Deploy and manage Microsoft Teams Rooms Leverage the monitoring, productivity, and accessibility features Foresee roadblocks in migrations to Teams and Teams Voice Optimize Teams on virtual machines

Become a Microsoft 365 superuser and overcome challenges using the wide range of features offered by Microsoft 365 apps including SharePoint, Teams, Power Automate, Planner, and To-Do Key Features • Enhance your productivity with this consolidated guide to using all the tools available in Microsoft 365 • Improve your collaboration and maximize efficiency using various M365 features • Integrate project, task, and people management within one ecosystem Book Description With its extensive set of tools and features for improving productivity and collaboration, Microsoft 365 is being widely adopted by organizations worldwide. This book will help not only developers but also business people and those working with information to discover tips and tricks for making the most of the apps in the Microsoft 365 suite. The Microsoft 365 Fundamentals Guide is a compendium of best practices and tips to leverage M365 apps for effective collaboration and productivity. You'll find all that you need to work efficiently with the apps in the Microsoft 365 family in this complete, quick-start guide that takes you through the Microsoft 365 apps that you can use for your everyday activities. You'll learn how to boost your personal productivity with Microsoft Delve, MyAnalytics, Outlook, and OneNote. To enhance your communication and collaboration with teams, this book shows you how to make the best use of Microsoft OneDrive, Whiteboard, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams. You'll also be able to be on top of your tasks and your team's activities, automating routines, forms, and apps with Microsoft Planner, To-Do, Power Automate, Power Apps, and Microsoft Forms. By the end of this book, you'll have understood the purpose of each Microsoft 365 app, when and how to use it, and learned tips and tricks to achieve more with M365. What you will learn • Understand your Microsoft 365 apps better • Apply best practices to boost your personal productivity • Find out how to improve communications and collaboration within your teams • Discover how to manage tasks and automate processes • Get to know the features of M365 and how to implement them in your daily activities • Build an integrated system for clear and effective communication Who this book is for Whether you're new to Microsoft 365 or an existing user looking to explore its wide range of features, you'll find this book helpful. Get started using this introductory guide or use it as a handy reference to explore the features of Microsoft 365. All you need is a basic understanding of computers.

In this book I give you my honest views on the good and dark sides of Windows 11. There are more features, issues, hacks and tricks hiding in Windows 11 than most people will ever know. I unveiled some of them in this book. I've been a Windows user for over 20 years, and after further exploring two early builds of Windows 11, at first I had to admit that it looks rather nice, and is better than Windows 10. But I soon discovered there's a lot more than meets the eye. So I strongly advise you read this book first to help you decide if you should install or upgrade your OS to Windows 11. These are some of what you'll learn in this book: The new features and major changes since the Windows 11 insider preview was released. Why Microsoft's system health-check application, and the hardware constraints they plan to include in Windows 11 are shameful, and how they can affect your system and you. Why I suspect the rollout of Windows 11 will be relatively slow, and why it will take quite a long time before lots of people start using it. Apps experiencing troubles with Windows 11 and why Microsoft is unable to find a fix. 8 Windows 11 troubles Microsoft is currently investigating The Microsoft's policy and how it will affect Windows 11 users when Windows 10 support ends on October 14th, 2025. How to quickly and reliably check if your system can run Windows 11. Two methods to install Windows 11 step by step (for Windows and Linux-based systems with backup and restore options for programs and files). A work around to install Windows 11 on non-supported hardware. How to dual boot your PC with Windows 11 and 10 step by step. And so much more...