Manchester September 2023 In Person Meeting

We're excited to announce that our next User Group meeting is taking place on September 13th!

Agenda

17:45-18:15 - Arrivals, Networking and Introductions

18:15-19:00 - Previewing Dataverse Long Term Data Retention - Matt Beard

Storage space in Dataverse has long been a pain point and it’s a problem that gets larger each day it’s left alone. One way to combat it was a long awaited feature from Microsoft that is now called “Dataverse Long Term Data Retention” and was historically referred to as “Archival”.

Join Matt as he takes a look at this preview feature in detail to see how it could benefit you.

19:00-19:15 - Break for food, drinks and networking

19:15-20:00 - AI-Powered Knowledge Management: Why I Love Viva Topics - Damian Bell

20:00 - Close. Post-event drinks at Slug & Lettuce, Albert Square

Our Speakers

Matt Beard is Development Team Leader at Data8 and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) based in Chester. Matt's an experienced software developer with a demonstrated history of working across the full stack, with a particular focus on data cleansing API's. Matt is also heavily involved as part of the user group and also as part of the Scottish Summit events, the latest of which was very recently held in Manchester. We're delighted to welcome Matt back to present at our user group!

Damian Bell is IT Transformation Manager - Microsoft & Infrastructure Platforms at Amey, and also a member of the Manchester User Group Committee.

Location

BJSS, 4th Floor, Union 2, 10 Albert Square, Manchester, M2 6LW

To locate the building, look for the entrance to Ditto Coffee, next door to Duttons. There will be someone there at reception to greet you and then lead you to the elevators.