Extend Office 365 Management and Security Capabilities with EMS

In this session we would be giving a detailed walk-through on all the management and security capabilities that’s built into Office 365 and how we can take advantage of these robust management and security capabilities to build a comprehensive and a secure digital ecosystem for your users. The idea is to give a detailed overview on all the EMS features in Office 365 such as single sign-on, risk-based conditional access, Mobile device and mobile application management , Advanced Security , Advanced Threat Analytics, Cloud App Security, Rights Management Service and Azure Information Protection etc .

The targeted audiences for this session would be Security Architects, Office 365 administrators and business decision makers.

How secure is your Office 365 ecosystem ?

We all know that Office 365 is a security-hardened service which is designed following the Microsoft Security Development Life cycle and at the service level, Office 365 uses the defense-in-depth approach to provide physical, logical, and data layers of security features and operational best practices. So, our goal in this session is to give a complete overview of the physical security, logical security and also the data security features in Office 365 and in addition to that we will also talk in detail about the user controls as well as the admin control features in Office 365 that takes care of security. The plan is to talk about how the customer's data is secured in the Office 365 data centres and give a complete walk-through on the security and compliance features in Office 365 such as DLP, eDiscovery, Intune, Advanced Security Management and Threat Management, Threat Intelligence, Azure Information Protection, Customer Lock box, EOP & auditing etc. We would also provide some insights about the Compliance Framework that Microsoft has designed to give customers a visibility into Office 365’s compliance with global, regional and industry standards.

The targeted audiences for this session would be Security Architects , Office 365 administrators and business decision makers .

Achieving your GDPR Compliance with Microsoft 365

With GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) becoming a buzzword everywhere, many organisations are busy trying to assess the impact on their business, the path to compliance and in many cases, the investment required – particularly in the context of IT and data. Given the complexities of GDPR and to some extent, the uncertainties in the context of IT, many businesses are weighing up the path to compliance and the cost. So, in our session we're planning to help the audiences understand what the GDPR compliance is all about, to whom it applies and how to take advantage of the features and rich capabilities in Microsoft 365 to remain complaint with GDPR. The idea is to give a complete walk-through of all the security and compliance features in Microsoft 365 such as DLP, eDiscovery, Customer Lockbox, Advanced Data Governance, Advanced Threat Protection, Advanced Security Management, Audit Logs, Threat Intelligence, Azure Information Protection and also the newly introduced Compliance Manager Portal. We will also be covering the licensing part for all these features in the session.

The targeted audiences for this session would be Office 365 administrators , folks from the legal team and business decision makers .

Driving your Digital Transformation with Microsoft 365

As Cloud Computing has started playing a vital role in every walk of our life’s, in this session we would be discussing about how Microsoft 365 helped organizations in their journey towards adopting a smarter/creative workplace. We will be discussing in detail about Microsoft 365 and how it helped organizations in empowering their employees, engaging effectively with their customers, optimizing their day to day operations and also in transforming their products and services with appropriate use case scenarios. The main goal of our session is to help audiences understand in detail about Microsoft 365 and all the components in Microsoft 365 such Office 365, Windows 10 and Enterprise Mobility + Security and provide them some guidance on how they can make use of Microsoft 365 to transform as a digital company with some real-world examples.

The targeted audiences for this session are those who’re currently evaluating Office 365 for their organization and who would love to know the benefits of migrating to Office 365 from the on-premises world.

Transforming your organization into a Digital Workplace

Transforming into a digital workplace can seem like a daunting task, with more number of outdated legacy apps to support, sceptical stakeholders who can't envision the benefits, and workforce that must be retrained. Of course, Office 365 can be an answer for all these. However, it's often a question about how and where do I even start? What about user adoption? and much more. Hence, in this session I'll be discussing about how to be successful with Office 365 and how you can transform the classic workplace to a Digital Workplace using the rich features and services in Office 365 .

The targeted audiences for this session are those who’re currently evaluating Office 365 for their organization and who would love to know the benefits of migrating to Office 365 from the on-premises world .

What's new in SharePoint Server 2019?

The next version of SharePoint Server is arriving within the next couple of months. This session will cover the new features coming with the new version of the product, shed a light on the benefits you will gain and considerations you have to make before deploying it in your environment.There will be also be a comparison between SharePoint 2016 to showcase what changes have been done to the existing features as well as what has been deprecated in SharePoint Server 2019.

The targeted audiences for this session would be SharePoint architects , SharePoint developers & SharePoint administrators .

Planning a successful SharePoint Online Migration

SharePoint Migration has always been a nightmare , that too when you're on the legacy versions of SharePoint ,things can get even more complicated . So in this session, I'll be giving a complete overview on how to plan a successful SharePoint Online migration by discussing about how you need to prepare your existing on-premises environment for the migration , the checklist for migration , pre and post configuration steps , user adoption and communication , how to move the on-premises workloads to the Cloud on batches and much more .

The targeted audiences for this session would be SharePoint administrators/architects who work on migration activities.

Protect your Azure and Office 365 resources using PIM .

Privileged Identity Management (aka: PIM) has caught the attention of many organizations out there because of the rich capabilities it offers to secure your Azure and Office 365 resources as well as SaaS apps . In this session, I’ll be talking about what is PIM, why would you need one and how you can leverage the PIM features to secure your organization's resources.

The targeted audiences for this session would be Security Architects and Office 365 administrators

Securing your content in the new world of work

In this session, I'll be discussing about how your SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business content is secured by Microsoft using the inbuilt tools available in Microsoft Office 365 . I'll be talking about Platform Security , Logical Security , Information governance, Secure access and sharing , Awareness and trust and finally the Security and Compliance features in Office 365 .

The targeted audiences for this session would be Security Architects , Office 365 administrators and business decision makers.

Deep Dive into Azure AD Premium Features

In this session I'll be doing a technical deep dive into all the Azure AD premium features . I'll be discussing about what's Azure AD , what you get in the free and basic plans and what's included in the premium plans such as P1 & P2 .The idea is to cover everything mentioned in this link below with appropriate use cases .
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/details/active-directory/

The targeted audiences for this session would be Office 365 administrators , Active Directory administrators and Cloud Security architects.

What's a CASB and why do you need one to monitor Office 365?

Our footprints in the cloud keeps increasing every single day and we definitely need to monitor how our users are using the Office 365 services. Although there are so many inbuilt tools within Office 365 to monitor the user activities, a CASB (Cloud Access Security Broker) is something which we definitely cannot afford to miss. In this session, I'll be giving a detailed explanation about what's a CASB and how you can use a CASB to gain visibility into your organization's Cloud ecosystem and ensure that your data is safe at rest and at transit. I'll also be giving a demo on Microsoft's native CASB (i.e. Microsoft Cloud App Security) and explain about how you can leverage that to secure your Office 365 workloads.

The targeted audiences for this session would be Office 365 administrators, Security architects and business decision makers.

How tenant isolation in Office 365 protects your data ?

We all know that Microsoft Office 365 is a multi-tenant environment and Microsoft has applied a logical layer of security between the tenants in the Office 365 datacenters. In this session, we will be discussing about what happens behinds the scenes in an Office 365 datacenter , how Microsoft splits the customers data between different tenants and how they ensure that the customers data stored in all Office 365 workloads such as Exchange Online , SharePoint Online , OneDrive for Business and Skype for Business Online is secured in Office 365 .I’ll also be giving some insights about the defense in-depth approach which is followed by Microsoft to secure Office 365 services .

The targeted audiences for this session would be Office 365 administrators , Security architects and business decision makers

Different type of Architectural models in SharePoint

SharePoint has different type of Architectural models as listed below and in this session I'll be discussing about what they are and how you need to plan for them and when to choose a model and when not to choose a specific model and I’ll also be giving some deep insights on all these models listed below.

1.SharePoint on-premises
2.SharePoint Online/ SaaS(Office 365)
3.SharePoint Hybrid
4.SharePoint in Azure/IaaS

The targeted audiences for this session would be SharePoint architects and administrators.

Being successful with Office 365

This session is mainly targeted on driving the successful user adoption for Office 365 services once you have completed the migration to cloud. I'll be focusing on how you can advertise a new Office 365 service to your end users, having a roadmap for all the Office 365 services, when to turn on which service, pilot phase, collecting user feedback, user education, how to use Office 365 to address the problems your business is facing, having a well-defined governance for all the Office 365 services and much more. It would be completely about how you can be successful with Office 365 once you have migrated to the Cloud.

Accelerate your journey to Office 365 with the SharePoint Migration Tool from Microsoft

Ever since Microsoft has announced the release of the free SharePoint Migration tool on January 2018, it has caught the attention of many organizations out there because it helps you to migrate your on-premises workloads to the cloud without buying costly third-party tools. My goal here is to showcase this tool and talk about its features, it's limitations and how small organizations can benefit from it. In that regard, listed below are the topics that we would be discussing in this session:

1.How the SharePoint Migration Tool works?
2.How to use the SharePoint Migration Tool?
3.Advanced Settings
4.How to format your CSV file for data content migration
5.Create a user mapping file for data content migration
6.What's available in version 2 of the SharePoint Migration tool?

Securing your Office 365 resources using Azure AD Conditional Access Policies

Conditional access requires multiple pieces to work. It involves a multi-factor authenticated user, an authenticated device, and a compliant device and much more factors. In this session, I’ll be explaining about how to put together all these pieces and configure the conditional access policies in Azure AD. I’ll be doing a deep dive on how it works, how to configure custom conditional access policies, working with baseline protection, license requirement for conditional access policies and much more. The idea is to help the audiences understand how they can leverage the conditional access policies in Azure AD to secure their Office 365 resources.