The Art of Approvals: Learning from Use Cases in Microsoft Teams

o What is this session about?
This session is about how to use the new Approvals App within Microsoft Teams, and how the Approvals App can work standalone, or part of a workflow within your Team

o Who is it aimed at?
This session is designed for workers who participate in approval processes or who are looking to make approvals more regulated, compliant and auditable

o Why should I attend?
This session will give you a fundamental understanding of the Approvals App, why it is necessary and show real world scenarios of how to use it effectively.

Speaker info:
Chris Hoard
Microsoft Certified Trainer Regional Lead (MCT RL), Educator (MCEd) and Office Apps and Services MVP. With over 10 years of cloud computing experience, he is currently building an education practice for Vuzion (Tier 2 UK CSP). His focus areas are Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 and entry level Azure. In his spare time he is very active in the Microsoft Tech Community, blogging at microsoft365pro.co.uk and has spoken at several events such as Microsoft Ignite 2019, SharePoint Saturday 2019, Commsverse, Galactic Summit and the Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon. As the co-creator of the European Teams User Group and TeamsFest, he is also a member of the Microsoft Association of Practicing Architects (MAPA), the British Computer Society (BCS), the Microsoft 365 Partner Council.

Vesa Nopanen
Principal Consultant at Sulava, Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Teams and modern worklife evangelist.
Microsoft MVP for Office Apps & Services since 2019
Helping and coaching customers to find benefits and value when adopting new tools, methods, ways or working and practices into daily work-life equation. I am always eager to challenge current situation and dig out new possibilities and ways to think and work. In my work I am also an adviser for customers so they can discover best benefits, gain best value & ROI out of chosen tools. I have 25+ years of experience in IT and worked with Office 365 since 2012.
I am an active member in the Microsoft Teams Community, speaker (Microsoft Ignite, Teams Nation (TeamsFest), Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon, Commsverse, CollabDays, SharePoint Saturdays, Power Platform community,.. ) , blogger ( https://myteamsday.com ) and also event & user group co-organizer (Teams Nation Community Conference & Monthly Meetups, Teams Community Finland).
My expertise area is Microsoft/Office 365, covering especially Microsoft Teams, Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, Power Apps), SharePoint and tools that create a modern workplace solution and practices.