Small business vs enterprise: same problem, different scale, same Microsoft 365

Small business vs enterprise: same problem, different scale, same Microsoft 365
Everyone is talking about AI agents. But does every business need the same one?
Join the Van365View community for a new kind of evening. Two Microsoft 365 experts will take on the same business problem, turning customer reviews into growth, and solve it in two different ways. Eric builds for small businesses. Sarang builds for large enterprises. Luis Juarez moderates, and every round includes a live demo.
Which tools will they use? We don’t know yet, and neither do they. Each contender picks their own approach for their kind of business. It could be Copilot agents, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Azure AI Foundry, or a mix of all of them. Agents might be at the center of one solution and play a supporting role in the other. You’ll see what each of them chooses, and hear why, as the rounds go on.
What you will learn

How the size and stage of a business change the right agent strategy, even on the same platform
Where AI agents add real value, and where a simpler approach works better
How to plan, build, deploy, operate and evolve an agent solution in Microsoft 365
How to govern and secure agents so they keep working as the business grows
Why business strategy matters as much as the technology

Who should attend
Small business owners, IT leaders, Microsoft 365 administrators, business decision makers, consultants and Microsoft partners in the Vancouver area.
Agenda
5:00 PM Check in, pizza and networking
5:20 PM Welcome to Van365View
5:30 PM The challenge: one business problem, two market sizes
5:40 PM Round 1, Plan: the design and the agents and tools each contender chooses
6:00 PM Round 2, Build: how each agent solution comes together
6:20 PM Round 3, Deploy: getting agents into the hands of real users
6:40 PM Round 4, Operate: managing, governing and securing agents day to day
7:00 PM Round 5, Evolve: maturing the solution as the business and the technology change
7:20 PM Open Q&A with Eric and Sarang
7:45 PM Closing and networking
About Van365View
Van365View is Vancouver’s Microsoft 365 community, a space where professionals, users and partners come together to share knowledge, explore what is new in the Microsoft ecosystem and build local connections.