Chris Hoard
Infinigate Cloud, Partner Education Lead
Havant, United Kingdom
Chris Hoard is a two-time Microsoft Certified Trainer Regional Lead (MCT RL), four-time Dual MVP in the areas of Microsoft 365 Apps and Services (4) and Security (2) and is a qualified secondary school teacher (QTS). With over 14 years of cloud computing experience specialising in Provisioning, Professional Services and Architecture, and over a decade of that active in the field, he has built and leads a skilling and enablement program servicing over 800 Microsoft partners for Infinigate Cloud (Tier 2 CSP) throughout the UK, Ireland and the UAE. His focus areas include Microsoft 365, collaborative workloads such as Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Viva, the whole of the SCI stack including Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Entra as well as elements of Azure such as DevOps. Outside of work, he is very active in the Microsoft Tech Community, blogs at microsoft365pro.co.uk and since 2019 has spoken at many international events including Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft Build, Microsoft Secure, the Microsoft MVP Summit, MCT Connect and the Modern Workplace Conference Paris. As the co-creator of Teams Nation and Metaverse One, he sits on the Microsoft Certifications Advisory Board and several feedback programs including Teams, Viva and Defender.
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Microsoft Secure
Session 1: When MFA is not enough: 5 easy and essential steps for hardening our identities
Session 2: Defend to the End: A successful MDE rollout and Notes from the field
Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) Connect Conference 2023
Session 1: How Microsoft Learn and ILT, have become our winning combination
Session 2: Regional Leads AMA
Session 3: The what and why of Teams premium for Trainers: An Evaluation
Microsoft Viva Customer Connection Program (VCCP)
Session 1: Microsoft Goals AMA
Tech Summit Nigeria 2022
Session 1: Hype-a-Loop: Components in Teams, Now Outlook
Virtual M365 Friday Cincinnati
Microsoft Ignite 2022
Session 1: GBCTT705H: Microsoft Ignite Spotlight on the UK: Enter The Mesh (Speaker)
Session 2: GBCTT709H: Data protection & privacy: building a privacy-resilient workplace with Priva (SME)
Session 3: GBCLL700: Configure Microsoft Teams meetings and calls for inclusion (SME)
Session 4: GBCHI703H: Field Workers of Tomorrow: The opportunity in the Metaverse (SME)
Microsoft Reactor | London
Session 1: Hype-a-Loop: Components in Teams, Now Outlook
Cambridge Power Platform User Group
Session 1: Hype-a-Loop: Components in Teams, Now Outlook
Global Security and Compliance Community Conference 2022
Session 1: End to End Encryption: What you need to know
Microsoft Reactor | London
Session 1: Post Build Table Topic: What does the Metaverse mean to you?
Microsoft Build 2022
Session 1: GBKEY02 | Why the announcements at Microsoft Build are important to UK developers (SME)
Session 2: GBCTT01 | Microsoft Teams - are you ready for the Metaverse? (Speaker)
Session 3: GBBRK09 | Build Microsoft 365 apps that help keep employees in the flow of work (SME)
Session 4: GBCATE04 | Create next-gen experiences at scale with Microsoft 365
aMS Lausanne 2022
Global Power Platform Bootcamp 2022
Session 1: Securing Apps in Dataverse for Teams
aMS Germany - 16-11-2021
Microsoft Ignite 2021
Session 1: CONTT106 | Threat Protection | Conversations in AltSpaceVR (Speaker)
Session 2: CONITS108: Intro to Microsoft Teams Administration & Management (Moderator)
M365 Security & Compliance User Group
Session 1: Play it Again, Sam! How to retain your Teams Meeting Recordings
Teams Nation Monthly Meetup
Session 1: Let's Deploy Profile+
Cambridge Power Platform User Group
Session 1: Let's Deploy Profile+
Microsoft Reactor | London
Session 1: Microsoft Teams App Management Fundamentals
Microsoft Build 2021
Session 1: CON034 | Unleash the power of Dataverse with Microsoft Teams (Speaker)
Session 2: BRK242-R1: Learn how to build exciting apps across meetings, chats, and channels within Microsoft Teams (Moderator)
Session 3: ATEBRK242-R1: Building apps across meetings, chats, and channels within or outside Microsoft Teams (Moderator)
Session 4: ATEBRK240-R1: Deliver value with apps that plug into the Microsoft Teams platform (Moderator)
Microsoft Reactor | London
Session 1: The Art of Approvals: Learning from Use Cases in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft MCT Connect Conference 2021
Session 1: What's up and what's new with MCT Central?
Northern Virginia (NOVA) 365 and Azure User Group
Session 1: Policy Management in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft 365 Virtual Cafe
Session 1: Microsoft Teams Ignite News
Microsoft Ignite 2021
Session 1: ATE138-R1 Ask the Experts: Microsoft Certifications (Speaker)
Session 2: ATE-FS189 Ask the Experts: Easy, intuitive webinars with Microsoft Teams: Virtual engagement in the age of remote work (Moderator)
Session 3: ATE-FS191 Ask the Experts: Microsoft Teams Manageability (Moderator)
Session 4: ATE-FS191-R1 Ask the Experts: Microsoft Teams Security and Compliance (Speaker)
Session 5: ATE-FS192-R1 Ask the Experts: The latest innovations with Microsoft Teams (Moderator)
Session 6: FS191 Secure and compliant collaboration with Microsoft Teams (Moderator)
Session 7: FS191-R1 Secure and compliant collaboration with Microsoft Teams (Moderator)
Session 8: FS192 The latest innovations with Microsoft Teams (Moderator)
Session 9: LRN250 Defend against threats in Teams (Moderator)
Teams Nation Bangladesh
Session 1: Microsoft Teams Loves Microsoft Lists
Global Power Platform Bootcamp Paris
Lagos State University TechX
Session 1: The Most Productive Teams are Empowered
Commsverse: Collaborating in a Universal Workplace
Session 1: Making Virtual Meetings More Engaging & Inclusive
Microsoft 365 Friday California 2021
Microsoft Reactor | London
Session 1: Microsoft Teams Loves Microsoft Lists
Microsoft Reactor | London
Session 1: Microsoft Lists Fundamentals
Microsoft 365 Virtual 2020 Spain
Tri State Office 365 User Group
Session 1: Microsoft Lists Fundamentals
Microsoft Ignite 2020
Session 1: LRN203: Deploy Microsoft Teams Meetings (moderation)
Session 2: ATE-DB156: Ask the Expert: Creating a resilient, inclusive, and hybrid workplace with Microsoft Teams (moderation)
Session 3: ATE-DB151-R1: Meet smarter, stay focused, and achieve more with Microsoft Teams meetings (moderation)
Session 4: ATE-DB144: Ask the Expert: One place for admins to manage Microsoft Teams: What's new in Teams manageability (moderation)
Session 5: LRN111: Intro to Microsoft 365 (moderation)
Session 6: LRN125: Intro to Microsoft Teams for IT (moderation)
Session 7: ATE-DB140-R1: Ask the Expert: What's new in Microsoft Teams security and compliance (speaking)
Session 8: LRN126: Intro to Microsoft Teams for IT (moderation)
Session 9: LRN135: Careers in Tech: Getting Ahead (speaking)
Tech Talk Wednesday with Kazeem
Session 1: 10 Office 365 Tips that will make you Productive
Microsoft Reactor | London
Session 1: Microsoft Teams: Deep Dive into the Meeting
Simplex Connect 2020
Session 1: Making Technology Ready for Redefining Workspaces
Microsoft Teams Meetup Berlin
Session 1: Teams - Let's Talk About Security
Commsverse
Session 1: MS-700 Managing Microsoft Teams Exam Prep
Session 2: The Flipped Meeting
Galactic Collaboration Summit
Session 1: The Most Productive Teams are Empowered
Microsoft 365 The Tour Israel
Session 1: Teams and Stream - Better Together
Microsoft 365 Virtual Summit Spain
Teams Community Day – The Tour Germany
Session 1: How Teachers can use video in Teams for rich learning experiences
Modern WorkPlace Summit
TeamsFest | April 2020
Keynote: The Great Test
Microsoft Ignite 2019
Session 1: THR1015 | Nine-and-a-half years without certification
Session 2: THR2045 | Leveraging Microsoft Teams to deliver instructor-led training (ILT)
Chris Hoard
Infinigate Cloud, Partner Education Lead
Havant, United Kingdom