Mastering Microsoft Teams

Mastering Microsoft Teams

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About the Event

Before March 2020, Teams was just another application in a law firm's tech stack. Two years into a pandemic, Teams has become a critical part of the technology and collaboration ecosystem at many firms.

ILTA and Microsoft present this two-day series of master classes to explore Lessons Learned and Best Practices for Document Management, Matter Management, and ways to Future Proof your Teams environments.

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Session topics include:

Teams journey for legal

matter management environments

document management

future-proofing

integration showcase

and more!

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Hear from the experts

We'll discuss the "next challenges" for evolving the Teams environments, the new features and functions that are coming and/or prioritized, things that need to be taken into account in Microsoft's planning, and discussions around the skills/training Microsoft team members need to support the environment best.

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Agenda

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Day 1:  Wednesday 20 July 2022

10:00 - 10:15 Welcome & The Teams Journey for Legal

Welcome and introductions by Kara Portwood, ILTA Board Secretary, and Joy Heath Rush, CEO, ILTA
10:15 - 11:45 What We Wish We'd Known about Teams When We Started

In March 2020, Teams was just another application in most law firms. Two years into the pandemic, Teams has become a critical part of the technology and collaboration ecosystem at many firms.

Only two years for a project of this magnitude? How did we do it so fast? What did we give up by such a short implementation? What do we wish we'd known that we are dealing with now?

Speakers: Elizabeth Adkins, Director, Information Governance, Davis Wright Tremaine, Jeff Heath, Global IT Business Analyst, Mayer Brown LLP, Michelle Gilbert, Microsoft, and Miranda Perkins, Knowledge Manager, WilmerHale
12:15 - 1:25 Lessons Learned: Mastering Teams in a Matter Management Environment

Part of the challenge of implementing Teams has been to incorporate its features and functions into what is - for most firms - a mature matter management model with processes for populating matter teams, providing access rights, etc.

What have we learned about Teams that is improving our Matter Management? What about Teams is causing us to rethink aspects of Matter Management? What have we had to do to fit Teams into our Matter Management environment?

Speakers: TBA
1:30 - 2:30 Best Practices: Mastering Teams in a Matter Management Environment

This session will focus on best practices for implementing/evolving Teams as a multi-product matter management environment.

Speakers: TBA
2:30 - 3:00 Bragging Rights - TBA
3:00 - 3:45 Integration Showcase

Tools for Matter Management in Teams 

Day 2:  Thursday 21 July 2022

10:00 - 11:10  Lessons Learned: Mastering Document Management in a Teams Environment

Document management differs from matter management in substantive ways. However, as with matter management, most if not all law firms have a mature document management environment.

What additional document management capabilities comes with Teams? How do these complement or complicate traditional document management? Are the challenges the same with internal vs. external document collaboration?

Speakers: TBA
11:15 - 12:30 Best Practices: Mastering Document Management in a Teams Environment

This session will focus on best practices for implementing/evolving Teams in the context of a document management system.

Speakers: Paul Edlund, Chief Technologist - Midwest, Microsoft, Josh Hogan, Product Manager, Netdocuments, Marcel Lang, Director, Epona USA, Keith Vallely, Vice President and Senior Consultant, Epona USA, and Shawn Misquitta, Executive Vice President of Product Management, iManage
12:45 - 2:30 Best Practices for Future Proofing Microsoft Teams

What issues are emerging as the "next challenges" for evolving our Teams environments? What new features and functions are coming and/or prioritized that we need to take into account in our planning? What skills/training do our team members need to support the environment best?

Speakers: Michelle Gilbert, Microsoft and TBA
2:30 - 3:00 Bragging Rights - TBA
3:00 - 3:45 Integration Showcase

Document Management Tools in Teams
3:45 - 4:00 Closing Remarks

Event wrap-up

Registration Coming Soon!

updated 09 May 2022

FAQs

Mastering Microsoft Teams (offered by Microsoft and hosted by ILTA) is a series of deep dive master classes on all things Microsoft Teams. Topics will cover how to best use Microsoft Teams for both Matter and Document Management. Participants will see upcoming enhancements and custom integrations created by peers as well as best of class solutions from business partners.

IT professionals who have implemented Teams and are looking to future proof as well as IT professionals who have not yet implemented Teams will gain much from this series of master classes.

Mastering Microsoft Teams took place May 4 & 5. Due to demand, we are offering a second event July 13 and 14. The content will be very similar with enhancements from the May 4 & 5 event.

Mastering Microsoft Teams will be 100% digital using the Microsoft Meetings platform.

Members may register for $199 until end of day Friday 8 July.
If there is space available, registration will open for Non-members on 18 June ($349 18 June through 8 July)
Registration will close at 5:00 PM Central Time on Friday 8 July.

Yes, member firms may purchase 6 registrations and receive a 7th at no additional charge.

1. Please have each person register for Mastering Microsoft Teams event (Please note they must be logged in to the ILTA Website). Once they get to the payment step please select the “Pay Later” option.

2. Each registrant will be assigned a Registration submission number (REG-XXXXX). Once all registrants have completed the Registration Request and been assigned an ID number, email events@iltanet.org with the names and registration ID numbers for everyone you would like on the group invoice. We will confirm the submissions match, and we will issue an invoice (honoring the SuperPass discount).

Upon receipt of payment, registrations will be processed and email confirmations will be issued. Timely and accurate submissions are very important. Any delays could result in your team missing out on this event due to limited space. It is important to note that no registrations will be processed or confirmed until payment is received. All SuperPasses must be paid by 1 July 2022. All registrations must be complete by 8 July 2022.

ILTA members and non-members (space permitting) may register for this event.

Registrations are non-refundable. If you need to cancel please contact events@iltanet.org or via USPS to ILTA Event Cancellation 159 N. Sangamon, Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60607.

Please contact Tracie McCray (tracie@iltanet.org) with ILTA's Event Team to discuss specific ways to accommodate your full participation.

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