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Claire Edgson

Claire Edgson

Capgemini - Microsoft CX CTO Europe

Kidderminster, United Kingdom

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Microsoft Fast Track Recognized Architect. I have 30+ years experience in Data Analytics, Infrastructure and Integration Architecture. 20+ years of Microsoft Business Applications and Azure, including SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365CE, FO & HR. Business experience as IT Manager and IT Director allows Claire to work closely with customer IT teams and understand their pain through transformation programs.
9 years experience with Power platform architecture and design, with Dataverse , SharePoint, SQL , Azure cognitive services, Azure Blob and Azure datalakes. I am passionate about Learning new things and sharing that knowledge with others as well as being incredibly passionate about the outcomes we give our customers.
My prime focus is on Security, Governance and Integrations with the PowerPlatform.

Awards

  • Most Active Speaker 2024

Area of Expertise

  • Information & Communications Technology

Topics

  • Microsoft Power Apps
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Microsoft Power Automate
  • Microsoft Power platform
  • Microsoft Business Applications
  • Dynamics 365
  • GenAI
  • co-pilot
  • Fabric
  • Microsoft Purview
  • Security & Compliance

“Guardians of the Platform": Power Platform Security from Setup to Enterprise ready”

In this session, we will review
1. Setting Up Your Platform: the base power platform security needed to be successful. What tools can be used where. The best ways to make use of Entra ID access management and Look at that encryption and security features are out of the box.
2. Integrations: Guide to Integration Patterns and how to manage your risks. Debate User vs Service principles for data security & Integrations. Controlling risks of Out of the box connectors and APIs, in and out of the platform.
3. Purview: Understand how to use both Office Purview and Azure Purview, to monitor and manage our users and data. Brief detor to azure monitor and Sentinel to know what they can and cant get from the platform.
4. Fabric : Dive into the integration with Fabric, to look at benefits and risks, then consolidate integration best practices to include gateways and firewalls.
5. Latest and upcoming features: Have a sneak peak at what is in preview and whats on the road map to help us guard the platform

"Low Code, High Chaos: Taming the Shadow IT Beast"

Buckle up, business and tech leaders. We're about to embark on a wild ride through the untamed jungle of Low Code. In this action-packed 50-minute adventure, we'll explore the double-edged sword that's revolutionizing business processes while simultaneously giving IT departments nightmares.
Low Code platforms promise to empower citizen developers and accelerate digital transformation. But as these tools proliferate across departments faster than you can say "drag-and-drop," a new form of Shadow IT is emerging, threatening to plunge your carefully crafted tech ecosystem into chaos.
Join us as we:
Uncover the hidden dangers lurking in the Low Code undergrowth, based on years of experience with small, medium and enterprise clients.
Reveal shocking tales of real clients where governance has gone wrong
Equip you with battle-tested strategies to manage the mayhem
You'll leave this session armed with practical tips to harness the power of Low Code while keeping your IT landscape from descending into anarchy. Don't miss this chance to stay ahead of the curve and turn potential pandemonium into productivity.
Warning: This session may cause sudden urges to implement robust governance frameworks and revaluate your entire Low Code strategy. Proceed with caution – and a sense of humour!

Being Neurodiverse is not as rare as we think it is

It is estimated 15 to 20% of the population are neurodivergent. Quite a few neurodivergent people like problem solving, work well with numbers and have a flair with computers so in the IT world that percentage is going to be higher. So the chances are your team, your workplace even your family will include a few neurodivergent people. And every possibility they haven’t told anyone.

How do we as a community, a company or a family create an inclusive team to include them? How does a heavily neurodivergent team include a neurotypical personality into the team?

How does being neurodivergent affect our mental health? How do we explain “my brain doesn’t work like that” without sounding mad or just giving excuses? How do we create a balance between it being seen by some as a disability and others as a superpower? We will share our experiences, the current theories and look forward to hearing yours.

Power Platform Best Practices in Architecture

The Power Platform has emerged as a game-changing suite of tools for building low-code applications and automation, enabling organizations to accelerate their digital transformation journey. However, harnessing the full potential of this platform necessitates a solid architectural foundation. The "Power Platform Best Practices in Architecture" workshop comprehensively explores architecting solutions on the Power Platform and beyond. Whilst not Lab based this is an interactive session, with use cases, quizzes, team and individual use case projects.

The workshop encompasses various topics, addressing fundamental and advanced aspects of Power Platform architecture. Participants will gain insights into the significance of extending the Power Platform's capabilities and how it fits into the broader enterprise architecture landscape.

One of the critical dimensions of this workshop is defining the distinct roles of software architects, solution architects, and enterprise architects in the Power Platform context. Moreover, the session explores the roles of development architects and admin architects, shedding light on how they collaborate to create robust solutions.

The interplay between applications and data is a pivotal theme in this workshop, as attendees will learn to choose the right data source for the job, including SharePoint, file-based storage, Dataverse, and databases. Likewise, they will discover how to choose the most suitable app type for specific scenarios, whether it's SharePoint forms, Canvas apps, or Model-driven apps.

Integration with Azure services and other backend systems is another significant aspect of this workshop. Participants will delve into integration scenarios and gain the knowledge to select the optimal Azure service, such as Azure Functions, APIs, or Service Bus, to connect Power Platform solutions with external services seamlessly.

A strong focus on reusability, maintainability, and fostering an open-minded approach to architecture will be emphasized throughout the workshop, equipping attendees with the tools to craft solutions that stand the test of time.

Real-world use cases and the opportunity to review others' work in architecture add practical depth to the workshop. Attendees will learn from both exemplary and cautionary examples, enabling them to understand the "good, bad, and ugly" in solution architecture.

The "Power Platform Best Practices in Architecture" workshop offers an in-depth exploration of architecting solutions on the Power Platform. With a blend of theoretical insights and practical wisdom, participants will be empowered to design robust, scalable, and future-proof solutions that leverage the full potential of the Power Platform.

Workshop Prerequisites 🛠️

For this workshop, some experience with Power Platform is recommended, whether you're a developer or an architect. While laptops are not required, feel free to bring them along for note-taking or research. The session will be a mix of theory, demos, and practical exercises based on real-life scenarios. You'll also have the chance to participate in both individual and group activities, where you can share your experiences and discuss best practices with others.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Fabric - What is it and why should Power platform care.

Join us for an Fun, demo laden workshop, designed for those eager to deepen their understanding of Microsoft Fabric and its transformative impact on the Microsoft Power Platform. This session is tailored for Developers and Architects who are ready to dive into the "power" of Fabric teamed with Dataverse.
In this level 200 workshop, we will explore the core functionalities of Microsoft Fabric, what are the key components and what's changed and review the architecture behind it and how that impacts Power platform. Including Data exports from Dataverse, Day to day PowerBI analytics and reading from Fabric with Virtual tables.
Key Topics:
Understanding Microsoft Fabric:
Discover the architecture and components of Microsoft Fabric, including its role as a centralized hub for data analytics,
Deep Dive into Data Exports:
Explore how Microsoft Fabric integrates with the Power Platform to streamline workflows and enhance data accessibility. Dive into Data Exports to Fabric with a live demo, understand what the "Link" means. Discuss Power BI options for data modeling from Dataverse.
Using Fabric in Power apps and automations:
Look at options including Virtual tables to read data in the Apps and automations with a live demo.
Recap the key benefits of combining Fabric and Power Platform:
Discuss the Limitations and best practices , as well as how Fabric can help Data management and reduce costs.
Takeaways:
Better understanding of what Fabric is and how it can be used with power platform, the risks, mitigations and benefits of combining with power platform in your solutions.

Hitch Hikers Guide to Security - Don't Panic!

Grab your towel and come with me for a tour of Power platform security.
Starting off with platform basics around understanding who has admin access, environment creation and security groups.
Dive through Admin centre, security and privacy settings, Tenant isolation, enterprise polices and customer lockbox.
Look at what extra features managed environments bring, including environment groups and routing, IP firewalls, IP Cookie Binding.
Then we will hunt for the answer to life the universe and everything in the new merged Microsoft Purview, where we can see how to monitor human interactions with the platform through Audit and use data maps and data catalog to monitor, tag and track our data, review what works with Dataverse today and how we can review data across the solutions not just in Dataverse.
Finally to keep Marvin the Paranoid android happy we will look at Dataverse with fabric, what the risks are and how to mitigate those keeping our security friends happy.
Come out of the session with a good understanding of what security tools and actions we have in the admin centre, how to and when to use the different elements of purview, as well as mitigating risks across your data estate.

Enhancing Microsoft Fabric with Power Automate

Enhancing Microsoft Fabric with Power Automate
Microsoft Fabric can ingest, transform, store and then let the business analyse the data to make those important data driven decisions. The toolset includes ways to orchestrate and schedule the data journey from raw to a conformed layer and onto a reporting layer. So what does Power Automate bring to the table to enhance this?

Lets start with demonstrating how Power Automate Desktop can interact with that old legacy system to fetch the data ready for Microsoft Fabric to ingest. Then onto how to use AI Builder to extract data from documents and into Microsoft Fabric. Next we will move onto showing how Power Automate can enhance orchestration of the data journey from raw to conformed. Finally we will look how Data Activator and Power Automate work together to enhance the reflex to act in custom ways. Interweaving as we go the governance and security issues that we should be aware of.

Fun filled demo-rich session from experts in the Microsoft Fabric and Power Platform stack. Every demo will have blogs and YouTube videos supporting them.

Weave your own Fabric and Power Platform Solution

Come join us for a hands on workshop day exploring and building with Microsoft Fabric and Power Platform. Weaving together these exciting low-code platforms to create real working solutions for a business use case.

In this workshop we will take a real business problem and work through a design and straight into building the solution. You will get a chance to work with data in Fabric and Dataverse together. And then bring ing Apps and Flows from Power Platform to add that business interaction and of course Power BI to report on it all.

A fast, fun, demo filled workshop showing Power Platform and Fabric working together at their best.

Securing and Monitoring M365 Copilot, Copilot Studio and Azure AI

This session dives deep into the latest strategies and tools to manage the new challenges of AI infused data residing in our tenants.

Using a mix of architecture, use cases and demos, we will explore how Microsoft Purview, along with other out-of-the-box tools, can be harnessed to locate and safeguard your data.

M365 Copilot and agents - understand the architecture and where the data model and data are held, alongside what tools are available today to both secure and monitor.

Copilot Studio and Agents - review typical architectures to understand both the security risks and how to access the data from an analytics perspective. Then review with Purview and Copilot Hub what methods can be used to tag and secure our AI data. Including when building Agents and extensibility.

Role based Copilots like Copilot for Sales and service, what if any differences in data management do we have to consider

Azure AI services and Azure Open AI, review the risks and data management techniques available as well as what's on the road map.

Throughout this session I will give use cases and scenarios to help you understand both the risks and mitigations, as well as where there are opportunities for Analytics and further reporting.

Whether you are an IT professional, security expert, or a business leader, this session will equip you with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate the complexities of securing and monitoring your AI and cloud environments. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay ahead of the curve and ensure your organization’s digital assets are protected.

This session is primarily a security topic, but is also of interest to admins , and IT leaders being asked how to manage this AI mess. Data teams will also have an interest in data locations and possibilities to monitor the AI data.

Claire Edgson

Capgemini - Microsoft CX CTO Europe

Kidderminster, United Kingdom

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