It’s what the government IT community has been waiting for: the highly anticipated Teams Premium for GCC is HERE. This new release infuses AI in virtual and hybrid meetings, creating a more intelligent, personalized, and secure meeting experience for government clouds.  

Margi Desai, Product Manager, Microsoft Teams Engineering, joins the gang to talk about the roll-out and the advanced meeting capabilities included in this new plan, including:  

• Intelligent recap (2:31)
• AI-driven translation (5:15)
• Advanced meeting protection (7:45)
• Personalization features (12:42)
• And more! (15:30)

Ready to get started? Tune in to get the scoop on all that’s coming with this release and how to get your free 60-day trial.

Links:
https://community.max.gov/display/NARAExternal/Microsoft+365+User+Group

https://www.meetup.com/washington-dc-power-platform-dynamics-365-user-group/events/288360395/

https://www.meetup.com/microsoft-365-meetup-for-government/events/

https://www.meetup.com/m365dc/events/fsghbsyfcgbrb/

https://www.meetup.com/baltimoresharepoint/

https://cmmcday.org/

https://ndianewengland.org/index.php/event/7th-annual-ndia-new-england-cyber-conference/

https://365educon.com/DC/

Microsoft 365 Roadmap filtered to Gov instances - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=GCC%2CGCC%20High%2CDoD

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/premium

Learn all about how to get started with Teams Premium here! https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/get-started-with-microsoft-teams-premium/ba-p/3699262

View more #M365 Government Community Call episode here: https://avept.it/M365GovCommunityCall
Stay up to date with the latest info for Public Sector: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/public-sector/ct-p/PublicSector
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AI has been making headlines recently with the explosion of tools like ChatGPT and Google Bard. We’ve certainly come a long way since the earliest AI bots (think Microsoft Clippy). Modern no-code bot platforms like Power Platform make it easy and inexpensive for anyone to create effective bots – even in the public sector.  

In this throwback episode from April 2021, our guests Lisa Ruff, formerly of H3 Solutions, and Roxy Ndebumadu, former Customer Success Manager at Microsoft, show us that 2023’s bots and the value they have on Fed, State, and Local Government to provide better services, reduce menial tasks, and potentially even retain talent, are simply an expansion of the building blocks released in 2021; the technology has changed – for example, we talk about how Virtual Agents aren’t even available yet - but the fundamentals are still the same! 

Tune in to learn more about:  

• What is a Bot and What Makes it Good (9:26)
• How Gov is Using Bots to Enable Services (18:37)
• How to Get Started with Bots (24:25)
• Managing Costs of Bot Development (26:28)
• Case Study: Modernizing the City of Bowie (35:18)
• How to Advocate for Technology Modernization (40:24)
• Civic Tech at Municipal and City Level (45:15)

Imagine: a pothole outside your house getting fixed without completing a long form or speaking to someone on the phone. With bots, this and other streamlined citizen services are possible. 

View more #M365 Government Community Call episode here: https://avept.it/M365GovCommunityCall
Stay up to date with the latest info for Public Sector: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/public-sector/ct-p/PublicSector
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Sarah Gilbert: https://twitter.com/SingingTech
Jeremy Wood: https://twitter.com/geekwithin
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Stay connected with AvePoint and AvePoint Public Sector:
APS Twitter | https://twitter.com/AvePointGov
​APS LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/avepoint-public-sector/
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While some people may think records management sounds as exciting as watching paint dry, today’s records managers know it’s not your father’s records management. Thanks to new tech, automation, and even AI, records management no longer means filing cabinets, stick-on labels, or dusty archives. Yet proper records management is more critical than ever, particularly in the public sector, to ensure transparency, compliance, and efficient service delivery to citizens.  

In today’s episode, Erica Toelle, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft, joins us to discuss how Microsoft is continuing to build out its data lifecycle and records management business in government cloud services. Erica shares about:  

• Records Updates for Government Clouds (1:55)
• Integrations with Power Automate (5:58)
• Records Management & Syntex (9:16)
• Best Practices for Successful Records Management (14:50)

If you’ve been dreaming of delegated administration for retention labels and policies, a simulation mode for testing new policies before production, or integrating retention policies in workflows, you won’t want to miss this episode. Tune in to take your records management to the next level! 

View more #M365 Government Community Call episode here: https://avept.it/M365GovCommunityCall
Stay up to date with the latest info for Public Sector: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/public-sector/ct-p/PublicSector
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Follow our Hosts on Social Media:
Jay Leask: https://twitter.com/jayleask
Rima Reyes: https://twitter.com/rimazima
Sarah Gilbert: https://twitter.com/SingingTech
Jeremy Wood: https://twitter.com/geekwithin
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Stay connected with AvePoint and AvePoint Public Sector:
APS Twitter | https://twitter.com/AvePointGov
​APS LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/avepoint-public-sector/
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How can I protect CUI in Microsoft 365? What data security tools are available in M365 for GCC, GCC High, or even DOD? What even is CUI?! 

Ryan Bonner, founder and CEO of DEFCERT, joins us to answer these and other questions about managing CUI, or Controlled Unclassified Information, in M365. Ryan and his team specialize in helping companies build better approaches to sensitive information management, and we put this expertise to the test, discussing:  

•  What is Controlled Unclassified Information (5:32)
• Strategies to protect CUI in M365 (9:45)
• Should we apply today’s regulatory standards to legacy data (13:55)
• Best practices for managing sensitive data within M365 (19:02)
• M365 tools to support your data security strategy (22:13)

As the White House continues to enhance its cybersecurity strategy and tighten controls around data security, it’s essential to understand the best practices and tools that can help you better manage sensitive information. Tune in to get down in the government data security weeds and learn how Microsoft 365 can help you protect your CUI.  

View more #M365 Government Community Call episode here: https://avept.it/M365GovCommunityCall
Stay up to date with the latest info for Public Sector: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/public-sector/ct-p/PublicSector
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Follow our Hosts on Social Media:
Jay Leask: https://twitter.com/jayleask
Rima Reyes: https://twitter.com/rimazima
Sarah Gilbert: https://twitter.com/SingingTech
Jeremy Wood: https://twitter.com/geekwithin
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Stay connected with AvePoint and AvePoint Public Sector:
APS Twitter | https://twitter.com/AvePointGov
​APS LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/avepoint-public-sector/
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Talked over in a meeting. Passed over for a promotion. Questioned on expertise. Asked to organize the office holiday party.  

Women in tech are all too familiar with these challenges. Hear how these women working in the IT government space were able to overcome obstacles like this, as well as other critical issues, including:  

• Handling bias in a typically male-dominated field (11:13) 
• Preparing young women for a career in tech (23:00) 
• Advice for your younger self (32:22) 
• Battling imposter syndrome (40:28) 
• Tackling challenges unique to IT government space (49:30) 

Tune in to learn how you can combat biases and find success as a woman in the tech industry.  

In this episode, Rima Reyes, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft and Sarah Gilbert, Community Manager at Microsoft, are joined by Erin Fitzgibbons - Deputy Program Manager at Octo, Jacqueline French - Senior Associate at KPMG, Angela Ploumis - CX lead at FAA and Alli Zanelotti - Federal Account Executive at AvePoint.  

View more #M365 Government Community Call episode here: https://avept.it/M365GovCommunityCall
Stay up to date with the latest info for Public Sector: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/public-sector/ct-p/PublicSector
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Follow our Hosts on Social Media:
Jay Leask: https://twitter.com/jayleask
Rima Reyes: https://twitter.com/rimazima
Sarah Gilbert: https://twitter.com/SingingTech
Jeremy Wood: https://twitter.com/geekwithin
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Stay connected with AvePoint and AvePoint Public Sector:
APS Twitter | https://twitter.com/AvePointGov
​APS LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/avepoint-public-sector/
AP Twitter | https://twitter.com/AvePoint​
​AP LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/avepoint/
​AP Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/avepoint