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“What we need today are universal values based not on faith but on scientific findings, common experience and common sense.” Dalai Lama

There is a great quote that is almost 60 years old, but unfortunately especially true today: “Too often we hold fast to the clichés of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” John F. Kennedy, Commencement Address at Yale University, June 11 1962. Source: www.goodreads.com.

The SharePoint Conference (SPC) returns to Las Vegas in May 2020! Sharepoint Conference 2020 is packed with over 200 sessions, panels and workshops for everyone working in the Microsoft 365 workspace. We from atwork look forward to being there again. The SPC 2020 event registration is already open and there are reduced price packages available. Additionally, find a discount code here! Vegas, baby! SPC 2020 takes place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 19 - 21, 2020. The workshops start on May 17th. It’s time to add the event to your calendar and to follow @SPConf and #SPC20 on Twitter and to watch SharePointTV! ...

Wir wünschen all unseren Kunden, Freunden und Partnern frohe Festtage und ein schönes neues Jahr. Wir möchten uns auf diesem Wege herzlichst für die gute Zusammenarbeit im Jahr 2019 bedanken und freuen uns schon auf ein erfolgreiches 2020! We would like to wish happy holidays and a happy new year to all our customers, friends and partners. Once more, we say thank you for the good cooperation in 2019 and are looking forward to a successful 2020! ...

The year comes to an end and we had our last event at Modern Workplace Conference Paris 2019 this week. See a short recap here. #MWCP19 started with a workshop day on Monday, Dec. 9th, followed by two conference days from Dec. 10th to Dec. 11th 2019 with a bunch of interesting session in the Centre de Conférence Microsoft à Issy les Moulineaux. The agenda offered four tracks. The workshops and sessions were mixed, some in English and some in French. ...

As announced, this Wednesday, on November 27th, 2019, the Global Office Developer Bootcamp took place at the Microsoft office in Vienna, Austria. See some event reflections here. The world wide Global Office Developer Bootcamps 2019 (aka.ms/M365DevBootcamp) are following the success of the Developer Bootcamps 2018 held in 41 countries with over 3,400 attendees and it is now back for its 3rd year. The Bootcamps happen between October 1 to December 15, 2019. The idea is to share the latest and greatest technologies and products (Microsoft Graph, SharePoint Framework, Microsoft Teams, Office Add-ins, Connectors and Actionable Messages, Adaptive Card, Windows, Identity and more) on the Microsoft 365 platform. It was the first time we had the event in Austria. ...

Today, the Microsoft 365 Training Day for Security and Compliance took place at the Microsoft Office in Vienna. Microsoft 365 experts Martina Grom and Klaus Harrer-Nemecek provided information on the cloud security strategy and security implementation for the Modern Workplace. The interest was huge. The event was aimed at IT professionals, IT decision makers, security managers, legal and compliance managers and officers, and compliance consulting and technology partners. After the opening by Hermann Erlach, COO Microsoft Austria, our CEO Martina held the security keynote. Then the event was split into a teams and a safety track. Klaus, Security Technical Specialist at Microsoft Austria, filled the morning sessions about Microsoft 365 Security and the building blocks at a glance, Identity, and Information Protection. In the afternoon, Martina, MVP Office 365 and Microsoft Regional Director, held a workshop about the Security Immersion Experience (SIE) in Microsoft 365. See the event details here. ...

Last week, the Microsoft Ignite conference took place in Orlando, Florida. Microsoft informed about its new products and services and offered over 1000 sessions and over 200 hands-on experiences to attend and watch online. This was our 5th Ignite conference and we had a blast. See some impressions here. Microsoft Ignite, including the pre-day, took place from Sunday, Nov. 3rd to Friday, Nov. 8th, 2019 in the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) in Orlando, Florida, at the same location as in the past three years. The logistics worked properly and all 30,000 attendees could schedule their conference days with the Microsoft Events mobile app (see Google Play and Apple App store) and online, hang out in The Hub area - the expo hall where all partners and the Microsoft booths were located and food was provided - and attend the sessions in the West building and in the Hyatt Hotel across the street. ...

We are excited to kick off the Global Microsoft 365 Developer Bootcamp in Vienna, Austria, on November 27, 2019! The Microsoft MVPs and community leaders invite YOU to attend this cost free developer bootcamp to learn the latest on Microsoft 365 platform such as Microsoft Graph, SharePoint Framework, Microsoft Teams, Bots, Actionable Messages and more. Learn how to apply the latest technologies to your future projects! The Global Microsoft 365 Developer Bootcamp takes place at the Microsoft Office in Vienna: ...

See the amazing musical made by interns spending the summer of 2019 at Microsoft: Microsoft the Musical. 150 interns and employees came to the Microsoft Redmond Campus outside of their day jobs to produce this 10 minutes video as a musical during the summer of 2019. The video was published to YouTube yesterday, on September 6th, and result is amazing. The full credits are at IMDb.com. Microsoft the Musical is a cool and professionally made video, with some self-mockery to Windows Vista, and Windows Phone and referrals to current technology. “All around the world our products are well known. Except for when we tried to make a phone…” ...