Beyond the Intranet: Digital Workplace Apps, Solutions n Bots #powell365

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1. Many organizations have already established a powerful Office 365 Intranet, but they haven't answered the question What's next . In this session we will respond to the ever-increasing demand for powerful and integrated solutions that support users' needs across their digital workplace and beyond. Leveraging Office 365 means that you have access to entirely new ways of building solutions faster than ever before. The best part? It's not just IT that can build these great solutions! Join Kanwal Khipple as he shares real world examples, and best practices for how organizations can deliver more value with integrated solutions built by the business, by IT, or a combination of both. In this session, we will talk about Bots, Microsoft Flow, PowerApps, Microsoft Forms, Integrations, Office 365 development, industry innovation and more!
2. Users will use SharePoint ‘follow’ feature to subscribe to the activity they want to see in the activity feeds. Assumption is that all users will automatically ‘follow’ all of the Admin Departments. If user does not set their preferences, they see all activities by default. Setting a preference does not exclude user from seeing those activities if they navigate to that specific community site.
3. Site design overview : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/declarative-customization/site-design-overview Site design with Powell : https://www.yammer.com/powellpartnersnetwork/#/files/115173602
4. Do not want people to be able to ‘unfollow’ what we have set for them Do
5. https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/project/blogs/announcing-the-general-availability-of-sharepoint-framework-1-8/ Reduce technical debt and upgrade your solutions to the latest SharePoint Framework + client side libraries Even if you don’t have new features, upgrade your solutions
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7. As you have more employees leveraging your intranet, they are still accessing other platforms. Today much of the implementation is owned by IT
8. Priya opens a custom form built with PowerApps and SharePoint to start the onboarding process by providing basic information for Bryan.
9. At this point, a flow in Microsoft Flow receives the initial data from Priya and starts the onboarding process. Conceptual but with screen shots of doc -> Email -> options for yes/no -> approved doc
10. Once the account is created, a series of tasks can be configured to: Schedule onboarding training events Send emails on schedule based on employee start date to provide information on the first day, first week, and so forth to keep the employee supported though the process.
11. These tasks are organized into buckets per department for easy identification
12. Each person assigned a task will perform their requested activity and mark the task as complete.
13. Carrie is finishing her shift, as she leaves, comes across a customer Rosco asks about rates for conference rooms and roof lounge as he is planning a company event and this location seems to be a great choice for his employees. What can Carrie do to meet or exceed client expectations?
14. Carrie opens up the SharePoint app on her phone. Here, she will access conference room information stored on a list, sorts the information by room capacity and is able to provide the customer with an option for a large conference room. She then opens the link to more information regarding the room and checks availability on the room’s calendar, the room is available for the dates Rosco requested.
15. Ralph asks about local laws and restrictions for serving alcohol in the event. Carrie, being new to the role is not sure how to respond so he opens Yammer and posts a question on the “Assistant Managers” group. Melissa, the, assistant manager promptly looks at the message and replies that a license is required, providing a link to a document that details the steps to follow.
16. The client is thrilled with the quick response and is eager to move forward.
17. Germans are very competitive and do not usually collaborate naturally, Germany - the culture in Germany values formality, neatness and strong work ethic. Typically very competitive so they do not usually collaborate naturally. Ghana – as a hierarchical society, people are given respect based on age, wisdom, experience, wealth or position. So they expect people that are leaders to make the decision for the entire group. Younger staff members will not challenge superiors. Abu Dhabi - Culture is very much mixed with religion in Abu Dhabi. Many of the rules that are followed are based on Islam. The rules regarding modesty and strong gender segregation. This does not help collaboration between genders. An example is having Emirati employees in a room and only women were allowed to attend. Much more structured than anywhere else. China - They place a high value on education and hard work. There is always a competitive drive to succeed. Very similar to the United States but it is considered impolite to question superiors. We need to break the silence mindset, once the interaction happens it will be incredibly valuable. Japan - culturally, Japanese users are more open to experimenting which leads to higher degrees of collaboration. Have seen much higher adoption rates