All About 365 with Jay and Steve

In the show this week, we discuss...·         New features arriving in Teams·         Call Quality in the Client·         What is SATIN?·         Music Mode in Teams·         Certified Devices versus Professional Equipment·         Teams + NDI + OBS·         Stream to YouTube, Facebook, Twitch and More DIRECT from Teams – but why?

It's all about Microsoft Teams Rooms and the Hybrid workspace in this episode. We talk not just about what you'd do pre-hybrid work, but how things need to evolve for the future; what new technology is around now, and what integrations you need to include in your meeting room planning.

On the show today, Jay and Steve discuss hybrid work, and return to the office (again!) - including:·         Is there a push to return to the office?·         Question for listeners: Did you really digitally transform?·         Is Hybrid work a technology or business problem?·         Overcoming the business issues·         Technology needed to support Return to the Office·         Hybrid working and why it’s so important

In the latest show, Steve and Jay talk to Microsoft Master and CEO of Perfrax, Gary Steere, to talk about user experience monitoring in Microsoft 365. Gary's spent countless hours examining how to monitor Microsoft services from the outside in, and has a deep understanding of how Microsoft 365 hooks together. On the show, he shares his knowledge and experience with us to understand why you'd monitor Microsoft's services, what you can glean by using the built-in reporting and how to monitor the service itself. 

In today's show, Michael van Horenbeeck, Microsoft MVP, joins Steve and Jay to discuss Microsoft 365 security. Michael discusses his book on the topic and we learn about the biggest risks to information security that organizations face today, how to begin securing against threats in your Microsoft 365 tenant, and how to monitor and manage threats.

In this week's episode, we're joined by Mike Weaver from Quadrotech to talk about the new Teams APIs available, and to hear about the new Exchange native tenant to tenant tools work in the real world. We also hear about how tenant migrations have changed and a remote workforce is driving more automation.

In this episode, Steve and Jay meet up to discuss the impending retirement of Skype for Business Online, and what that means for CCE and Skype for Business Hybrid. Steve quizzes Jay to find out how smaller and larger businesses in different scenarios should approach moving their voice systems to the cloud

In this week's episode, Steve and Jay are back recording in person and discussing a topic that comes up regularly in Office 365 discussions. Do you need to backup? Things have moved on since we last discussed this on the show and we'll cover some of the reasons why you might need backups, mitigations built into the service and how to look at some of the claims made by backup vendors eager to sell their services.

In this episode we talk about the various ways to secure data in Office 365 - using Microsoft 365 tools. In the show we talk about AIP, MIP, Azure RMS and the associated tech you can use to keep content secure - and when to use it.

In this episode we consider what your next steps with voice and meetings should be if you've implemented Teams rapidly, or have implemented primarily for PC to PC & mobile calling and meetings and want to go to the next level. We discuss:What your next steps should be..What are the options available for smaller companies?What do larger enterprises tend to do?Are meeting rooms extinct? If not, what are the use cases over the next few months for using Microsoft Teams Rooms - from real life experience.

On the show today, MVP Chris O'Brien joins us to discuss Power Apps. We cover topics including:What's included in the Power Platform?What's a citizen developer?How quickly can someone build their first app?What are the types of apps appropriate for Power Apps?What did people use to build apps on Office 365 before Power Apps?What makes a fully functional Power App?What are the different models of application?When should someone consider using premium functionality?What are some of the newer features and functionality available?What is the Common Data Service and when should you use this instead of SharePoint?What are some good use-cases for building apps?How do we deal with governance?How do we deploy applications to users?

In the latest episode, Steve and Jay are joined by GSX's Jean-François Piot to discuss how to gain insights into the type of issues remote workers might have when using Teams and Microsoft 365 away from the the office. In the show we discuss:How we understand the different types of connections people have, be it WiFi, wired connections or even mobile connectivityPeople using Teams in unusual settings and what these areWhat has happened with rapid deployments of TeamsWhat are the challenges this has brought?What do we have inside Office 365 and Teams to identify these problems?How can we use the free product offering from GSX to identify issues and gain insights and trends?

The show this week comes from quarantine, and the first time Jay and Steve haven't been able to meet up in person for a coffee and chat to record. We've been working with Teams since it's preview release and have needed to switch gear to consulting with clients remotely over the last few weeks. In the show we share how we've been coping, how to help your colleagues, our tips for running remote consultations and workshops, the best devices to use and what we've seen work well to keep your mental health OK.

In this week's show we're joined by Greg Taylor, Exchange Product Director at Microsoft. In the show we talk about Exchange Online and Exchange On-Premises and cover the following topics and more...Is anyone left on-premises? And are people still deploying Exchange Server today?Exchange 2010 was going to out of support on the 14th of January – but has been extended to October. Why?What are the new features coming to Exchange Online?Did you expect Exchange Online to be so successful?

In today's episode, Mike Weaver and Doug Davis from Quadrotech join us to discuss what happens before and after you migrate to Microsoft 365. Topics include:Pre-Migration IssuesWhere do these come up?Straightforward deployments and migrations – 1-1 migrations from existing environments, where is it easy?Where does it become complex?Post Migration management challengesWhat’s the challenge with managing after migration?Do you need a target operating model?How to you keep up with changes to the cloud?How do you monitor stuff?

In this week's episode, Jay and Steve are joined by MVP Vesa Nopanen to talk about First Line workers and Microsoft Teams. We discuss:What is a First Line worker?What do Microsoft offer for this type of employee?What's useful in Teams for First Line workers?Before Office 365 not many businesses bought licensing for these employees - is anything changing here?Can we customise the experience in Teams?Is it simply build it and they will come?How did Vesa get involved with working with First Line workers?How do you customise an adoption approach for this type of employee?What does "good" look like?How do you use and scale champion networks for First Line workers?How can we make things sticky for First Line workers?How do you deal with resistance?How do you measure success?

In this episode Steve and Jay are joined by Microsoft's Sean Wilson, to discuss how to accelerate your enablement of Microsoft Teams. In this show we talk aboutWhat's offered by Microsoft to help thisWhere you should consider startingWhat Sean sees as the role of IT in thisHow Microsoft Partners helpWhere Adoption and Change Management fits and how 5 different generations in the workforce impacts thisThe transition of the role of AV teams in the Teams world

In episode 37, Steve and Jay get together at Microsoft Ignite to discuss the CQDv3 - the Advanced Call Quality Dashboard and why you should be using it with your Microsoft Teams deployment. In the show we ask - What do we mean by call quality and what does it apply to?If Microsoft are providing it as a service, why is it our responsibility?What's different about this version of CQD?How real-time is it?What reporting and drill-down does it give us?Everything has AI in these days - does CQD?What can it integrate with?

In Episode 36, Steve and Jay talk to Petra Thomas, Emily Kirby and Lesley Montgomery from Microsoft IT about their move to Teams Only mode from Skype and Teams Islands mode for over 200,000 people. We cover what Teams only mode is - and why you should consider moving to it, the challenges Microsoft encountered with their own move and what we can learn from their approach.

On the show today, we're joined by Ilya Bukshteyn from Microsoft and Adam Jacobs from Poly to talk about new features announced at Microsoft Ignite - Cloud Video interop and Direct Guest Join. Listen to the show to find out a bit of the history behind where we are today, where the future is headed, what the experience is going to be and much more.

This time on All About 365, Steve and Jay are talking about a long-awaited feature in Microsoft Teams - Private Channels. In the show today, we go beyond the basics and talk about - - What similar functionality is in Microsoft Teams and where does Private Channels fit in- Why do people want Private Channels at all?- How does it work under the hood?- What challenges might you need to consider?And much more...

On the show today, Steve and Jay are joined by legendary Microsoft MVP Tony Redmond to talk about Teams migrations, the state of tenant to tenant moves, compliance in Microsoft 365, predictions for Microsoft Ignite 2019 - and of course we have a few laughs along the way!

In episode 32, Steve and Jay are joined by Microsoft's Laurie Pottmeyer, to talk about how YOU can get involved in the Microsoft Community. We chat about:What is the Teams Airlift?What events Laurie has been involved with over the last few months and whyWhy it's worth sharing with others and what you can get out of itHow do you start to get involved with other Teams admins and users and how Microsoft can helpAnd much more!

On this episode we're on the lookout for facts on Microsoft Search! We'll discover what it is, how it fits into Office 365 and the rest of the suite and how to access it. is it just a posh version of Bing, or will it be the tool that helps us find and discover everything we need within the Office 365 suite, wherever that conversation, email or file lives? Tune in to find out!

On episode 30 of the All About 365 podcast, Anna Chu from Microsoft joins Steve and Jay to talk about Microsoft Ignite, and opportunities to be a part of Microsoft's premier IT conference. You'll find out what Microsoft Ignite is - how has it changed from last year - and get some tips on how to convince your boss to send you. And if you are interested in becoming a community reporter or submitting a session before the August 4th deadline, tune in for some tips and tricks from Anna, Steve and Jay

In this episode, Steve and Jason talk about Microsoft Flow - the business process automation and personal productivity tool inside Microsoft 365. Comprising a key part of the Microsoft Power Platform, we ask:What is Flow? Is it a posh version of IFTTT?How do we use it?How do we access it?What license SKU is it part of?What does it connect it to?How do you manage it?Can we add our own applications that tie into the Flow?Is it only Microsoft Applications or can we tie it into Line of Business apps?Examples of using Flow?

In episode 28 of the All About 365 podcast, Jason and Steve are joined by Robert Epstein, Product Marketing Lead for Microsoft 365 to talk about Windows 10 in the Enterprise and your roll as an IT pro in rollout and adoption.

In Episode 27 we discuss how IT professionals should tackle user adoption and change management, with Levente Nagy, PMM for Microsoft 365 Customer Success.What works? What doesn't work? What have IT done well and not so well in the past and what approach is best to take when rolling out a productivity suite like Office 365? Find out in the show and visit the AllAbout365.com website for links to everything discussed.

In episode 26, Steve and Jay are joined by Theresa Miller - Microsoft MVP, Citrix CTP and VMware vExpert to talk about Office 365 backups and gain valuable perspective from this industry veteran on why it is something you might want to consider

In episode 25 Steve and Jay talk to experienced Office 365 and Azure recruiter, Will Rowe. In the show, recorded live from Ignite London, Will talks about the skills companies are looking for today, how to keep your skills current and more.

This week, Steve and Jay talk about Microsoft Teams Rooms. It can be quite confusing trying to understand exactly what you need to buy if you want a great meeting experience in Teams and traditionally there's been a variety of solutions to choose from. Teams Rooms makes things simpler and we explain why.

On the show today, Steve and Jay talk about one of the deceptively interesting and most important aspects of an Office 365 deployment - governance! We discuss who you need to involve; how you do it - and what you need to pull it all together.

On today's show, Steve and Jay talk about Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection. What is it and where does it fit within the Microsoft 365 suite? What does it include and what's the best way to configure configure it? Then we tackle the all important question - licensing. Finally we talk about alternatives on the market.

On this week's episode Steve and Jay talk about working from home - a topic that's often very controversial. As two "road warriors", working remotely from anywhere, we chat about how home workers often get stigmatised and why that might be - be warned, it gets a little controversial! Of course we've got a Microsoft 365 angle as it's how to remain part of the team even though you are not tied to a desk...

On this week's episode, Steve and Jay get together to discuss the FUTURE! Will robots make us all obsolete,or make us more productive? We take a gamble on the latter and explore what the future looks like when we harness new capabilities in Microsoft 365 - and explain how to get started as a user, IT pro or developer.

On the latest All About 365 podcast, Steve and Jay discuss backups for Office 365. Do you really need them? We attempt to have a fairly balanced discussion weighing up the reasons we see backup solutions being sought, and the real capabilities these solutions offer versus Office 365's native functionality.

We're getting the band back together. If you know MIcrosoft's Jamie Stark and Sean Wilson, formerly of Microsoft's SfB Broadcast Meeting video podcast, then you'll enjoy today's show. We're talking management of Teams - including select new features and ways to make it easy to get help starting your teams project. At least, that was the plan for what we were going to talk about...

In this episode we're joined by special guest Phoummala Schmit, Cloud Ops Advocate at Microsoft A.K.A Exchange Goddess. We talk about IT pros and developers and what the future holds for both, Microsoft's shift away from a niche developer focus to the rest of the industry, skills you need in the future to succeed and the fear of change. We only wish we could have went on longer - Exchange Goddess has a ton of war stories!

Live from Ignite 2018, Steve and Jay chat with Nikolay Muravlyannikov, Principal PM for Direct Routing in the Microsoft Teams product group. In this episode, we recap some Direct Routing basics, gotchas to avoid, pros and cons of different approaches, dealing with multiple sites & regions, integrating into the enterprise and more.

Microsoft have completed their roadmap for bringing Skype for Business Online features and functionality into Teams, and according to Microsoft, Teams is ready to meet your messaging, meeting and calling needs. In this episode we find out and discuss meeting, messaging, calling and device improvements and discuss what the reality is, and how you can begin to use Teams in your organization if you are running Skype for Business Online today.

On today's episode Jay and Steve talk about remote workers and access to Office 365. How can the user experience be managed, what can go wrong; and more importantly, what solutions are there available. It's a complex topic - with no easy answers so we went a little bit over today. Let us know if you share our frustrations.

On today's episode Steve and Jay chat about Microsoft key to modern device management - Intune. Where does it fit within the wider Microsoft 365 suite? How does it compare to traditional solutions and how well does it work with Office 365? All this and more, in today's show.

In today's show, Steve and Jay talk all about Direct Routing in Microsoft Teams. What is it? How is it different to Cloud Connector Edition? What do you need to use it, and how do you set it up? And what are the wider considerations you need to think about. Find out in this week's show.

In today's show we are talking PowerShell - the subject that splits many IT Pros - should you use it or just stick with the GUI? And how do you get the best out of it with Office 365? We discuss how to get started, how to learn more about PowerShell and the top commands you'll find essential when managing your Office 365 tenant.

In today's show we go back to basics and cover a topic Steve has been working with since Office 365's inception - and try to cram in the things you need to know about Exchange Hybrid into just over half an hour. We discuss the benefits and downsides to Hybrid, what it offers, key areas you need to get right, and what the user and admin experience is like.

In today's show we take a listener request - how to migrate from Cisco Unified Communications Manager to Skype for Business Online, or Microsoft Teams. It's a whistle stop tour as we discuss what you need to discovery, decisions you need to make, planning your migration and user training considerations

In today's show we talk about last week's announcements at Enterprise Connect in Florida, where Microsoft Teams won "Best in Show" and celebrated it's first birthday. We talk through the announcements, what they mean for you and then talk about a long wished-for feature in Outlook and Exchange - and how to help make it happen.

In today's show we are joined by Jon Maunder, Senior Product Manager with Windows at Microsoft. Jon talks us through Windows Autopilot and how this fits into the deployment and management offerings for Microsoft 365 and also gives us some insight into Microsoft's plans for Windows S Mode, which replaces Windows 10 S Edition.

In today's show we're joined by Ståle Hansen, Office 365 MVP and CEO of CloudWay.no. Ståle talks to Steve and Jay about how he's helping partners roll out Microsoft 365 to organizations, and talks us through how to hack your own personal productivity using OneNote.

Today's second show of the day is live from Bellevue (yes, I got corrected on the first one) and Jay and I sat down with Tony Redmond, Office 365 MVP, to talk about a variety of topics ranging from skills needed for IT Pros, Teams functionality, we dig a little deeper on Episode 4's tenant to tenant question and we chat about the possibility of a freemium option for Teams

Today's show recorded LIVE in Seattle is all about how you deal with mergers and acquisitions when you are running Office 365 and Teams. We talk about the gotchas you need to know about with tenant to tenant migrations, tools you can use and what can be migrated from Teams