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.
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Upcoming Podcasts and Events ...
Stay tuned for the latest gatherings and meetups in the area!
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M365 Virtual Event - June 2 How Microsoft 365 Change Management is Changing — Straight from the Product Team
Microsoft has announced it’s modernising change management for Microsoft 365 customers.
But what does it actually mean for the admins and change management teams dealing with it every day?
MVP Michael Blumenthal is joined by the Microsoft team at Microsoft who manage Microsoft Message Center and Roadmap — Jim Barber, Brian McGough and Micky Saini — to unpack what’s changing, and what it means in practice.
- The new audience-based release model: Frontier, Standard and Deferred – what each means for your organisation
- How Message Center is being restructured to be more compliance-first and actionable
- AI-assisted change management: the new MCP servers and how admins can use them
- What this means in practice for how you manage M365 change day-to-day
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M365 Virtual Event - July 1 Change in the Real World: Syncing Message Center to SharePoint Lists - How NORC Manages M365 Updates at Scale
Microsoft 365 Message Center gives you the updates, but it doesn’t make them easy to work with.
In this third webinar of the M365 Change in the Real World series, MVP Michael Blumenthal sits down with John Burkholder from NORC to find out why they sync Message Center to SharePoint and how doing so transforms the way their team manages M365 change.
- Why Message Center alone isn’t enough for managing change at scale
- How to sync Message Center data to a SharePoint list for richer metadata access
- What you can do with that data once it’s in SharePoint: filtering, tagging, reporting and workflow
- How NORC uses this approach to stay on top of the volume of M365 updates
- Practical steps you can take to build something similar in your own environment
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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