Welcome to M365 Chicago Community Days Events!
User groups and Community Days around M365 in the Chicago Area!
Join us for an immersive experience where professionals passionate about Microsoft Collaboration and Cloud Technologies gather to explore the latest insights, innovations, and best practices. Whether you’re a Microsoft 365 specialist, Cloud IT administrator, Power Platform enthusiast, developer, or architect, our events are designed to empower you with practical knowledge and networking opportunities.
Stay tuned for news on live events in the Chicago area which include conferences and hackathons from the community and from Microsoft for the community!
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Copilot Cowork is better than you think! - M365 Community Podcast
Copilot Cowork completes multi-step tasks on your behalf. You describe the outcome, and it grounds the work in your emails, meetings, files, and business data powered by Work IQ. Cowork plans the steps, picks the right skills and apps, pauses for your approval at key checkpoints, and returns finished artifacts—a deck, report, email, or update—ready for review.
Ralph Rivas (Copilot Studio/Power Apps MVP) and Craig Jahnke (Microsoft), Chicago Microsoft Power Platform User Group Hosts share experiences and thoughts on a key feature that can affect what we decide to build or NOT build with Power Platform.
GenAI: The Value, Savings, and Risk for a Company - M365 Community Podcast
Every company wants to get the most out of Generative AI, but what does that look like and how much value can it provide a company and its’ employees? One tough question we grapple in this episode is how that value is measured in a company, whether it’s saving time or money.
Ralph Rivas (Copilot Studio/Power Apps MVP) and Craig Jahnke (Microsoft), Chicago Microsoft Power Platform User Group Hosts look into the “Money” and just a bit past it as we consider justifying the power of the new tools and capabilities not just for the Power Platform and Low Code.
M365 Virtual Event - Sept 16 How a Global Legal IT Team Turned Microsoft 365 Message Center Chaos into Governance
Global law firms don’t have the option of ad hoc Microsoft 365 change management.
With thousands of Microsoft 365 Message Center updates landing every year, how do the world’s largest firms turn that volume into a governed, repeatable process?
In this webinar of the M365 Change in the Real World series, MVP Michael Blumenthal sits down with Ben Moore, Modern Workplace Manager, at Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, to explore how a global law firm moved from ad hoc Message Center handling to a fully mature Microsoft 365 change management practice.
- How many people it takes to manage Microsoft 365 change at a global law firm
- Who owns Message Center management and how decisions get made
- What gets communicated internally, to whom, and how
- What’s worked and what they learnt
- Practical takeaways for any organization building its own governance practice
At M365 Chicago Community Days
We pride ourselves on being community-led, ensuring that our events are tailored to the needs and interests of local technical experts like you. Our lineup features esteemed IT Professionals, Microsoft MVPs, Developers, and Solution Architects who generously share their real-world experiences, lessons learned, and expert insights.
- Deep dives into Microsoft Teams, unlocking its full potential for collaboration and productivity.
- Exploring the Power Platform, from building custom applications to automating workflows and driving business innovation.
- Enhancing Employee Experience through effective tools and strategies within the Microsoft ecosystem.
- Strategies for boosting User Adoption & Productivity, ensuring maximum ROI on your Microsoft investments.
We focused on the user groups but have not forgotten the community so watch this space for our next event coming in the spring of 2026!
Previous Events quick links:
- M365 Virtual Event – July 1 Change in the Real World: Syncing Message Center to SharePoint Lists – How NORC Manages M365 Updates at Scale
- M365 Virtual Event – June 2 How Microsoft 365 Change Management is Changing — Straight from the Product Team
- M365 Virtual Event – May 6 Change in the Real World: How a Fortune 500 Insurance Firm Manages 2,500 Message Center Updates a Year
- Vibe Coding in M365 (February 2026 Edition)
- Intro to Copilot Studio (January 2026)
- Year in Review (December 2025)
- Heather Cook Copilot for you (October 2025)
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