🏆 My Key Contributions to the Microsoft Community in Serbia and Balkan region
Over the past 12 years, I’ve continuously worked to empower people through technology. While I’ve been fortunate to host, organize, and support many events, this page focuses on my personal contributions: speaking, mentoring, writing, and community leadership.
🎤 Talks & Presentations
These are some of the most notable sessions I delivered:
- Keynote Speaker at Tarabica # Hash IT conference(multiple years)
- Microsoft Viva – Talk focused on how companies and employees can benefit from Microsoft Viva.
- Microsoft Teams in Education – Session held at Microsoft Sinergija conference describing how university staff uses Teams for distant learning and how IT departments should optimize M365 for hybrid work and teaching.
- Data Governance in Office 365 – Educational session for system engineers, introducing best practices.
- Office 365 Cloud App Security – Session for administrators and engineers covering Cloud App Security
- Microsoft EOP and Office 365 ATP – Session for system administrators and engineers and security professionals – overview of current e-mail threat landscape (e-mail phishing in Serbian language, ransomware), Exchange Online Protection and Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection
- Microsoft Azure Information Protection – Session covering data classification, labeling and protection
- Office 365 ATP vs malware – session about WannaCry ransomware and e-mail protection in Office 365
🤝 Leadership & Community Building
- President of the organization behind Tarabica # Hash IT, one of Serbia’s most recognized tech conferences
- Long-time leader of ITPro Serbia (2012–present), hosting monthly meetups, including hybrid and virtual events.
- Represented Microsoft community at Sinergija 2023 and Sinergija 2024, building regional bridges with MVPs and tech leaders.
📚 Technical Content
- Wrote technical articles for local IT magazines on Microsoft 365, Teams, Microsoft Exchange, Hyper-V, and Windows Server, Nano server.
- Blogged about hands-on experiences with Microsoft 365, productivity software and real-world user adoption.
- Maintained Twitter/X presence with community insights.
👨🏫 Mentorship
- Mentored professors and staff at my institution on how to use Copilot, Teams, OneDrive, and M365 suite efficiently.
- Helped beginners from outside IT transition into tech roles via workshops and personalized support.
- Supported newly arrived IT professionals from other countries to integrate into the Serbian IT community.
📝 Technical Content & Outreach
Wrote for multiple IT publications, sharing insights on Windows Server, Exchange, and Hyper-V
Active blogger on real-world M365, Copilot, and hybrid work scenarios
🔗 Blog
Engaged Twitter/X audience
🔗 Twitter Profile
Maintains event archive and educational resources on
🔗 Meetup Page
(left ro right Milan Čakarević, Marko Totović, Milan Gospić, Srđan Stević and Nikola Pančić
I still vividly remember giving a short speech that evening — standing in front of fellow speakers, reflecting on what we had created together. It was a quiet, meaningful highlight of the entire event.
