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The two half-day event will feature speakers from all over the country sharing their knowledge and insight around XR.
The Extended Reality (XR) at Michigan 2021 Summit
This virtual event will span two half-days on April 6 and April 7 and will feature speakers from all over the country sharing their knowledge and insight around XR, including:
• ALAN SMITHSON, Event Emcee, Co-Founder of MetaVRse, and Host of the XR for Business Podcast
• NICK KLINGENSMITH, Mixed Reality Academy Lead Engineer, Microsoft
• MARK MINE, Director, Technology Innovation group, The Walt Disney Studios
• JOANNA POPPER, Global Health of Virtual Reality for Location-Based Entertainment, Hewlett Packard
• JEREMY BAILENSON, Founding Director, Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab
• 13 faculty, students, and staff from the University of Michigan
Please visit our registration page for a full list of speakers and sessions.
The XR at Michigan Summit will utilize virtual event platforms, Hopin, for the majority of the speaker sessions, and AltspaceVR, for a networking reception.
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Call Summary:
This month’s community call featured latest look at the Teams Community Sample Repository (consolidated sample code Repo for Teams platform), then two Community Sample Showcase entries: Business to Citizen Consumer Communication Bot (allows citizen end-users with no Teams license to engage a business licensed user in a real-time Teams chat), and Bot Composer (create a simple bot, install it in Teams and have it calling the Graph in 15 minutes!), followed by a presentation on Utilizing Mobile First Device Capabilities for Teams Apps (how developers are able to extend hardware capabilities in mobile devices to build richer mobile apps), and a 10-minute Q&A. The call was hosted by Jun Pak (Microsoft). Microsoft presenters included Wajeed Shaikh, Sathya Raveendran, Arun Kumar Anaparthi, Bob German, Anuj Bahl and Shubham Chauhan. Recorded on February 16, 2021. Thank for attending the call or viewing on demand.
Demos:
Business to Citizen Consumer Communication Bot – sample allows citizen end-users with no Teams license to engage a business licensed user in a real-time Teams chat and vice versa, using a consumer chat channel. Chat conversations may be escalated into a call/meetings with anonymous (guest) users. Allows quick and easy file/image transfers and handling of multiple chat sessions in parallel with clear user attribution in each chat thread. Uses Graph APIs for chat and file transfers.
Bot Composer – create a simple bot, install it in Teams and have it calling the Graph in 15 minutes! Step-by-step – Name your bot, add a trigger, use ngrok to make bot work in Teams, register bot, create an app (in App Studio), install bot locally, connect it to the Graph, create trigger to respond with person’s title from profile, ask question in Teams!
Utilizing Mobile First Device Capabilities for Teams Apps – four device capabilities (Image, Location, Mic, and Scanner APIs) now in Teams Client JS SDK that developers can utilize for extending bots, tabs, messaging extensions and personal apps, in mobile apps. Reviewed mobile device capabilities Roadmap, 3 UI demos, and scenarios with API configurations. Have a look at the mobile People Picker Control in development. API documentation with code snippets is current.
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“We all deserve a seat at the table, we all have something important and unique, our own skills and perspectives are important to the development of our communities.”
This is the message from Data Platform MVP Mico Yuk and Developer Technologies MVP Diana Rodriguez as they each mentor women around the world about equality in tech. Here are their stories.
Mico is an accomplished public speaker and mentors analytics leaders from Fortune 1000 companies like Alimed, Mobile Mini and Intel through her BI Data Storytelling Mastery Accelerator Workshop VIP program. Unfortunately, it remains a sad truth that women and other underrepresented folks continue to face barriers to progressing in their tech careers, Mico says.
“Whether or not it’s apparent, there are many Fortune 1000 companies (especially the older ones) that still suffer from old-school, non-female-friendly male leadership,” Mico says.
“In addition, there are biases that exist. If you’re a black or brown female, you must come from a good school who got here because we need ‘diversity’. There is more of a tolerance than an acceptance, and it is felt.”
“It’s disgusting and I’ve seen it in and out of board rooms for the last 10 years. I’ve concluded that until this generation of decision-makers retires, this dominant underlying attitude will not be eliminated.”
Until that time comes, Mico believes the fastest and most effective solution will be to push for an agenda that focuses on more leadership that “looks and thinks like us.” Mentorship is vital to supporting women until then, Mico says.
“Mentorship is very much like therapy where it provides a ‘non-judgmental’ avenue to talk … with someone who has been there, done that, and is still thriving,” she says.
Likewise, Diana is inspired to encourage women that there is “room for everybody in the tech ecosystem.” With mentorship efforts ranging from Uruguay to Malaysia, Diana wants to inspire her students to achieve their potential and beyond.
“Sadly, there’s still so much ignorance to combat,” Diana says. “But it can be combated with knowledge, access to tools, learning resources, mentoring, job opportunities, and a welcoming environment.
“And, finally, getting rid of these toxic behaviours that reward unhealthy practices like working unreasonable hours, toxic masculinity, gender bias, and more.”
Diana is the education director of frontendfoxes, a charity that creates and hosts workshops to teach front-end technologies to women in an engaging way. The group – which is made for women, by women – is preparing to begin three cohorts of a free bootcamp in April.
Access to education, platforms and content help women to overcome the current barriers of tech, Diana says. “As a mentor, I like to pave the road for my mentees to succeed. I’m not the oracle and I may not have all answers, but I give my very best!
“It’s a learning experience for me, too. I like to see it as a win-win because I am sharing knowledge from a collection of personal experiences as a way to pave their success. At the same time, I gain new perspectives and insight, different and innovative ways to approach problems and think of solutions through code.”
For more on both mentoring efforts, visit Mico’s Twitter @MicoYuk and Diana’s GitHub.
by Contributed | Mar 18, 2021 | Technology
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This webinar covers how to extend the capability of Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) by utilizing various third party solutions developed by Secude, Synergy Advisors, Cognni and Netwoven.
Resources:
Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) in Microsoft 365
Learn about sensitive information types
This webinar was presented on February 10, 2021, and the recording can be found here.
Attached to this post are:
- The FAQ document that summarizes the questions and answers that came up over the course of both Webinars.
- A PDF copy of the presentation.
Thanks to those of you who participated during the two sessions and if you haven’t already, don’t forget to check out our resources available on the Tech Community.
Thanks!
@Robin_Baldwin on behalf of the MIP and Compliance CXE team
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The Microsoft Federal Collaboration & Cybersecurity Summit is a FREE half-day virtual event designed to advance U.S. Federal agencies collaboration and cybersecurity initiatives.
Our theme this year is “Transforming Intergovernmental Collaboration and Cybersecurity.”
Leadership resiliency, today, in the face of unprecedented challenges is paramount. The high stakes of cybersecurity continue to increase and evolve – with no end in sight. The frequency of cybersecurity threats and their level of sophistication have and will continue to grow; and as the threat of cyber-breaches increase, so too does the need for intergovernmental collaboration, communications, and data sharing.
We are bringing together executives and leaders from the U.S. Federal agencies to deliver key insights, lessons learned, and practical guidance on:
- Advancing Cybersecurity in the Federal Government
- Cultural transformations that drive new ways of working and digital modernization
- Breaking down silos to facilitate partnership with industry and academia
- Connecting with people and information from the office or in the field to securely share and protect sensitive information
Microsoft can help Federal organizations respond, rebound, re-imagine modern collaboration, and accelerate the adoption of modern security compliance. During the Summit, Microsoft experts will speak to specific Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, Azure, and security capabilities that will allow you to accelerate delivery on your mandates and actively respond to real-world issues in the current environment.
We invite you and your team to join us at the Summit for live fireside chat, executive panel discussions, breakout sessions, and more….
Be on the lookout for an official invitation by the end of March!
This event is not open to the public.
If you have any questions, please contact us at MSFTFedCollab@service.onmicrosoft.com.
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