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The Ultimate Guide To Microsoft Syntex
The 5-Hour Workshop That Finally Teaches You Why Microsoft Syntex Will Be A Game-Changer**
Microsoft 365 organisations manage vast amounts of unstructured content across SharePoint, Teams, and OneDrive. Manual classification and processing lead to compliance risks, search inefficiencies, and lost productivity.
In this comprehensive session, Kevin McDonald (Head of Workplace Practice at CPS, Microsoft Partner, and upcoming AvePoint team member) provides a full overview of Microsoft Syntex. Renamed from SharePoint Syntex at Ignite, it delivers AI-powered content services across the platform. Kevin demos setup, core pillars, end-user views, licensing, and recent announcements.
What You Will Learn
- Current definition of Microsoft Syntex as a content AI service powering SharePoint and beyond
- How to set up Syntex in a new tenant using paid licenses or trials, with live demonstrations
- Details and demos of the three pillars: content intelligence, content services, and content discovery
- End-user experience when interacting with Syntex-processed content in everyday tools
- Acceleration techniques using Microsoft Lookbook examples and PowerShell scripts for deployment
- Licensing models and costs for Syntex capabilities
- Ignite announcements and upcoming roadmap features expected in 2023
Key Takeaways
- Begin with a trial tenant for hands-on testing. Kevin shows the exact steps to activate Syntex without commitment, allowing admins to explore pillars immediately.
- Leverage the three pillars sequentially. Start with content intelligence for classification, add services for extraction, and use discovery for analytics to build layered value.
- Prepare end-users with simple training. Focus demos on what users see in SharePoint and Teams, reducing adoption barriers through familiar interfaces.
- Use Lookbook and PowerShell for scale. Import pre-built models from Lookbook and automate with scripts to deploy across large libraries quickly.
About the Speaker
Kevin McDonald leads the Workplace Practice at CPS, a UK-based Microsoft Partner, and joins AvePoint in the new year. With 18 years in SharePoint and Microsoft 365, starting in financial services and now consulting, he speaks at events like European SharePoint Conference and Scottish Summit. He co-hosts the Gray Hat Beard Princess podcast and serves as a Viva Explorer, focusing on employee experience and Viva rollout.
Who Should Watch This
Watch this if you manage content in SharePoint, Teams, or OneDrive and seek AI-driven automation without custom development. IT admins and power users evaluating Syntex for classification, extraction, or discovery will gain setup demos and licensing clarity.
Developers familiar with Power Platform may appreciate the PowerShell integration and Lookbook acceleration for enterprise scale. Skip if you already deploy Syntex production-wide, though Ignite roadmap insights could inform your planning.
Business analysts handling compliance or search will value the end-user focus and pillar breakdowns for stakeholder pitches.