At the IAMCP SoCal 10th Anniversary Celebration & Conference on October 24th in Irvine, CA, we will have two tracks of sessions at our event… Advanced Technical and Partnering 101. Below are the sessions and speakers for the Advanced Technical Track:
Session 1 Description:
Microsoft’s Transition to Teams: Learnings and Best Practices
This session will dive into the Skype for Business to Teams upgrade strategy that Microsoft used to migrate it’s 200K users to Microsoft Teams. The session covers all of the technical aspects of the upgrade, including the deployment approach and strategy, Skype for Business landscape, and end user experience. As the technical must be tightly coupled with adoption and change management campaigns, we will also discuss our approach on training and adoption, gaining executive sponsorship, and our best practices and lessons learned.
About the Speakers:
Rachelle Blanchard:
Rachelle has a unique background in both program and project management, with over a decade of experience ranging from complex website builds to ecosystem development programs. In her most recent role at Microsoft, she is on the team responsible for the internal migration of 180k+ employees and vendors from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams – one of the fastest upgrades ever completed. Rachelle is focused on driving readiness and adoption for Microsoft Teams through unique initiatives, such as the Teamwork Champions program. She is a true teamwork enthusiast with a passion for helping people understand how to unlock the potential of Teams to vastly improve productivity and collaboration.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelle-blanchard/
Emily Kirby:
Emily is a program manager who helped to lead Microsoft’s upgrade from Skype for Business to Teams. Emily is a subject matter expert in the Teams meeting and compliance areas, driving feature roll out and cross-organizational strategy in the meetings and compliance space. Dedicated to making users’ experience with technology seamless and energizing, Emily is a champion at driving teamwork success.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyekirby/
Session 2 Description:
Taking Security to a New Level with Microsoft 365 Advanced Security
Did you know 58% of data breaches took place at small business and $120K is the average cost? Firewalls and Antivirus are not enough, it’s time to up your game… Join us as Matt Soseman demonstrates Microsoft security solutions that can increase posture and lower risk. You’ll learn how a layered defense can drive a good cyber security strategy and discover where Microsoft solutions form each layer. In this demo only session Matt will show you compelling solutions that cover protecting user identities from impersonation, protecting data no matter where it travels, securing employee devices, discover/mitigate advanced threats across email and devices, securing 3rd party cloud apps and more! Walk away with inspiration on how you can help your client, drive loyalty, and grow your business using Microsoft as a strategic security partner. Knowing Matt, he loves demos, so expect this to be a no PowerPoint allowed session!
About the Speaker:
Matt Soseman
Matt Soseman is a
Security Architect based in San Diego, CA working with Microsoft partners and
their customers to help them with reducing their cyber security risk. Matt has
held multiple roles within Microsoft over the last 8 years in areas of
Partner Marketing and Microsoft Consulting Services focused on Teamwork and
Collaboration, Security, Enterprise Mobility and more. Prior to Microsoft, Matt
delivered world class mobility consulting and training to Fortune 50 customers
at BlackBerry and built business transforming solutions such as Unified
Communications at Sprint.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattsoseman/
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