Drupal: Reusing functionality
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This document discusses different ways to reuse functionality in Drupal through modules, features, install profiles, and distributions. It defines each method and provides examples. Modules are individual code packages that can be combined to provide functionality. Features allow pre-assembling common functionality into reusable packages. Install profiles automate assembling modules, features, and themes into downloadable packages. Distributions are similar to install profiles but also allow proprietary modules and core modifications.
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Ramsay Grove, Product Manager @UiPath
This session streamed live on May 29, 2025, 16:00 CET.
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Protecting Your Sensitive Data with Microsoft Purview - IRMS 2025
Protecting Your Sensitive Data with Microsoft Purview - IRMS 2025Nikki Chapple Session | Protecting Your Sensitive Data with Microsoft Purview: Practical Information Protection and DLP Strategies
Presenter | Nikki Chapple (MVP| Principal Cloud Architect CloudWay) & Ryan John Murphy (Microsoft)
Event | IRMS Conference 2025
Format | Birmingham UK
Date | 18-20 May 2025
In this closing keynote session from the IRMS Conference 2025, Nikki Chapple and Ryan John Murphy deliver a compelling and practical guide to data protection, compliance, and information governance using Microsoft Purview. As organizations generate over 2 billion pieces of content daily in Microsoft 365, the need for robust data classification, sensitivity labeling, and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) has never been more urgent.
This session addresses the growing challenge of managing unstructured data, with 73% of sensitive content remaining undiscovered and unclassified. Using a mountaineering metaphor, the speakers introduce the “Secure by Default” blueprint—a four-phase maturity model designed to help organizations scale their data security journey with confidence, clarity, and control.
🔐 Key Topics and Microsoft 365 Security Features Covered:
Microsoft Purview Information Protection and DLP
Sensitivity labels, auto-labeling, and adaptive protection
Data discovery, classification, and content labeling
DLP for both labeled and unlabeled content
SharePoint Advanced Management for workspace governance
Microsoft 365 compliance center best practices
Real-world case study: reducing 42 sensitivity labels to 4 parent labels
Empowering users through training, change management, and adoption strategies
🧭 The Secure by Default Path – Microsoft Purview Maturity Model:
Foundational – Apply default sensitivity labels at content creation; train users to manage exceptions; implement DLP for labeled content.
Managed – Focus on crown jewel data; use client-side auto-labeling; apply DLP to unlabeled content; enable adaptive protection.
Optimized – Auto-label historical content; simulate and test policies; use advanced classifiers to identify sensitive data at scale.
Strategic – Conduct operational reviews; identify new labeling scenarios; implement workspace governance using SharePoint Advanced Management.
🎒 Top Takeaways for Information Management Professionals:
Start secure. Stay protected. Expand with purpose.
Simplify your sensitivity label taxonomy for better adoption.
Train your users—they are your first line of defense.
Don’t wait for perfection—start small and iterate fast.
Align your data protection strategy with business goals and regulatory requirements.
💡 Who Should Watch This Presentation?
This session is ideal for compliance officers, IT administrators, records managers, data protection officers (DPOs), security architects, and Microsoft 365 governance leads. Whether you're in the public sector, financial services, healthcare, or education.
🔗 Read the blog: https://nikkichapple.com/irms-conference-2025/
Nix(OS) for Python Developers - PyCon 25 (Bologna, Italia)
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This talk was given in Italian, 29 May 2025, at PyCon 25, Bologna, Italy. All slides are provided in English.
Original slides at https://slides.com/bittner/pycon25-nixos-for-python-developers
Agentic AI Explained: The Next Frontier of Autonomous Intelligence & Generati...
Agentic AI Explained: The Next Frontier of Autonomous Intelligence & Generati...Aaryan Kansari Agentic AI Explained: The Next Frontier of Autonomous Intelligence & Generative AI
Discover Agentic AI, the revolutionary step beyond reactive generative AI. Learn how these autonomous systems can reason, plan, execute, and adapt to achieve human-defined goals, acting as digital co-workers. Explore its promise, key frameworks like LangChain and AutoGen, and the challenges in designing reliable and safe AI agents for future workflows.
Sticky Note Bullets:
Definition: Next stage beyond ChatGPT-like systems, offering true autonomy.
Core Function: Can "reason, plan, execute and adapt" independently.
Distinction: Proactive (sets own actions for goals) vs. Reactive (responds to prompts).
Promise: Acts as "digital co-workers," handling grunt work like research, drafting, bug fixing.
Industry Outlook: Seen as a game-changer; Deloitte predicts 50% of companies using GenAI will have agentic AI pilots by 2027.
Key Frameworks: LangChain, Microsoft's AutoGen, LangGraph, CrewAI.
Development Focus: Learning to think in workflows and goals, not just model outputs.
Challenges: Ensuring reliability, safety; agents can still hallucinate or go astray.
Best Practices: Start small, iterate, add memory, keep humans in the loop for final decisions.
Use Cases: Limited only by imagination (e.g., drafting business plans, complex simulations).
AI Emotional Actors: “When Machines Learn to Feel and Perform"
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The entertainment landscape is undergoing a seismic transformation. What started as motion capture and CGI enhancements has evolved into a full-blown revolution: synthetic beings not only perform but express, emote, and adapt in real time.
For reading further follow this link -
https://akash97.gumroad.com/l/meioex
The case for on-premises AI
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On-premises solutions provide a number of advantages. With full control over your security infrastructure, you can be certain that all compliance requirements remain firmly in the hands of your IT team. Opting for on-premises also gives you the ability to design your infrastructure to the precise needs of that team and your new AI workloads. Depending on the workload, you may also see performance benefits, along with more predictable costs. As you start to build your next AI initiative, consider an on-premises solution utilizing AMD EPYC processor-powered Dell PowerEdge servers.
Measuring Microsoft 365 Copilot and Gen AI Success
Measuring Microsoft 365 Copilot and Gen AI SuccessNikki Chapple Session | Measuring Microsoft 365 Copilot and Gen AI Success with Viva Insights and Purview
Presenter | Nikki Chapple 2 x MVP and Principal Cloud Architect at CloudWay
Event | European Collaboration Conference 2025
Format | In person Germany
Date | 28 May 2025
📊 Measuring Copilot and Gen AI Success with Viva Insights and Purview
Presented by Nikki Chapple – Microsoft 365 MVP & Principal Cloud Architect, CloudWay
How do you measure the success—and manage the risks—of Microsoft 365 Copilot and Generative AI (Gen AI)? In this ECS 2025 session, Microsoft MVP and Principal Cloud Architect Nikki Chapple explores how to go beyond basic usage metrics to gain full-spectrum visibility into AI adoption, business impact, user sentiment, and data security.
🎯 Key Topics Covered:
Microsoft 365 Copilot usage and adoption metrics
Viva Insights Copilot Analytics and Dashboard
Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) for AI
Measuring AI readiness, impact, and sentiment
Identifying and mitigating risks from third-party Gen AI tools
Shadow IT, oversharing, and compliance risks
Microsoft 365 Admin Center reports and Copilot Readiness
Power BI-based Copilot Business Impact Report (Preview)
📊 Why AI Measurement Matters: Without meaningful measurement, organizations risk operating in the dark—unable to prove ROI, identify friction points, or detect compliance violations. Nikki presents a unified framework combining quantitative metrics, qualitative insights, and risk monitoring to help organizations:
Prove ROI on AI investments
Drive responsible adoption
Protect sensitive data
Ensure compliance and governance
🔍 Tools and Reports Highlighted:
Microsoft 365 Admin Center: Copilot Overview, Usage, Readiness, Agents, Chat, and Adoption Score
Viva Insights Copilot Dashboard: Readiness, Adoption, Impact, Sentiment
Copilot Business Impact Report: Power BI integration for business outcome mapping
Microsoft Purview DSPM for AI: Discover and govern Copilot and third-party Gen AI usage
🔐 Security and Compliance Insights: Learn how to detect unsanctioned Gen AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude, track oversharing, and apply eDLP and Insider Risk Management (IRM) policies. Understand how to use Microsoft Purview—even without E5 Compliance—to monitor Copilot usage and protect sensitive data.
📈 Who Should Watch: This session is ideal for IT leaders, security professionals, compliance officers, and Microsoft 365 admins looking to:
Maximize the value of Microsoft Copilot
Build a secure, measurable AI strategy
Align AI usage with business goals and compliance requirements
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UiPath Community Berlin: Studio Tips & Tricks and UiPath Insights
UiPath Community Berlin: Studio Tips & Tricks and UiPath InsightsUiPathCommunity Join the UiPath Community Berlin (Virtual) meetup on May 27 to discover handy Studio Tips & Tricks and get introduced to UiPath Insights. Learn how to boost your development workflow, improve efficiency, and gain visibility into your automation performance.
📕 Agenda:
- Welcome & Introductions
- UiPath Studio Tips & Tricks for Efficient Development
- Best Practices for Workflow Design
- Introduction to UiPath Insights
- Creating Dashboards & Tracking KPIs (Demo)
- Q&A and Open Discussion
Perfect for developers, analysts, and automation enthusiasts!
This session streamed live on May 27, 18:00 CET.
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Agentic AI - The New Era of Intelligence
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We explore the imminent risks posed by quantum computing to modern encryption standards and the urgent need for post-quantum cryptography (PQC).
Bio: With 30 years in cybersecurity, including as a CISO, Tommy is a strategic leader driving security transformation, risk management, and program maturity. He has led high-performing teams, shaped industry policies, and advised organizations on complex cyber, compliance, and data protection challenges.
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WordPress survives on collaboration, and the Test Team plays a very important role in ensuring the CMS is stable, user-friendly, and accessible to everyone.
This talk aims to deconstruct the myth that one has to be a developer to contribute to WordPress. In this session, I will share with the audience how to get involved with the WordPress Team, whether a coder or not.
We’ll explore practical ways to contribute, from testing new features, and patches, to reporting bugs. By the end of this talk, the audience will have the tools and confidence to make a meaningful impact on WordPress—no matter the skill set.
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Drupal: Reusing functionality
- 1. Reusing functionality with Drupal Modules, Features, Install profiles and Distributions
- 2. A module is one brick
- 3. Modules • Small and large bricks • More then 6000+ available • Code packages downloaded from d.o or drupalmodules.com
- 4. Functionality • Module ≠ functionality, with Drupal most of the time data = functionality – e.g. Views, content types, fields, variables, comment • Most CMS have a 'News' module, Drupal has: – Module Node/CCK: Content type news – Module Views: Multiple content listings – Module Taxonomy: Categorise news – Module Comment: Commenting on news articles • Creating this news functionality takes configuration every time!
- 5. Features: multiple bricks already assembled
- 6. Features • “A feature is a collection of Drupal entities that, taken together, satisfy a certain use-case.” • Multiple bricks assembled – e.g. A news feature as described earlier • Technically it's serialized data in a Drupal module. • Build by Developmentseed
- 7. Features • Features have a distributed system. Vendors are encouraged to setup a feature server. • So where can I find them? – http://drupal.org/taxonomy/term/11478 – Vendor pages like http://code.developmentseed.org • How can I build them? – Http://drupal.org/project/features – http://drupal.org/node/580026 – Check out modules: Ctools, Boxes, Context, Strongarm, Spaces
- 8. Install profiles: automated system to assemble bricks and pre- assembled bricks
- 9. Install profiles • Install profile: a list of modules, features and themes to install and additional configuration to be set. – Limited to projects available on d.o • Drupal's packaging script translates a profile into a downloadable package including Drupal core, modules and themes.
- 10. Install profiles • 118 install profiles available – http://drupal.org/project/installation+profiles • Creating a install profile: – http://drupal.org/node/159730 – profilename_profile_modules(), profilename_profile_details(), profilename_profile_final() • Or Drush make files: – http://drupal.org/project/drush_make – http://drupal.org/node/642116
- 11. Distributions: assembled packages
- 12. Distributions • Distributions are packages similar to packaged install profiles. Differences: – Downloadable from vendor pages. – Modules/themes do not need to be on d.o – Core hacks are possible! • Find them at: http://drupaldistrowatch.com/ • Create them by packaging your total codebase.
- 13. Questions? • Email: [email protected] • Linkedin: rmuilwijk • Twitter: rmuilwijk