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TekkiGurus webcast series once again presents Guardians of M365 Governance (#GoM365gov), a monthly webcast co-hosted by M365 Apps & Services MVP Ragnar Heil (@ragnarh) and M365 Apps & Services MVP and RD Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet). As part of the growing TekkiGurus Learn platform, Guardians of M365 Governance is targeting the rapidly evolving and expanding Microsoft 365 governance story, sharing insights, best practices, and the latest information about new features and products. This monthly live stream is dedicated to everything governance within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. For this third episode, Ragnar and Christian welcome M365 MVP Christoph Twiehaus (@ChTwiehaus), a productivity experience evangelist focusing on Microsoft Loop and Copilot for Microsoft 365, to discuss the ins and outs of managing Loop. If you are piloting Loop within your organization or wondering how Loop will impact your governance strategy, this episode is for you! Read full show notes and watch video --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ragnarheil/message

Find out the details about this podcast, “Best Practices for Copilot and Purview Compliance,” and register for free, here: Live: Guardians of M365 Governance, Episode 2 (tekkigurus.com) TekkiGurus webcast series once again presents Guardians of M365 Governance (#GoM365gov), a monthly webcast co-hosted by M365 Apps & Services MVP Ragnar Heil (@ragnarh) and M365 Apps & Services MVP and RD Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet). Ragnar and Christian welcome M365 and Azure MVP and Microsoft Regional Director Raphael Koellner (@Ra_Koellner). The show will be broadcast live, so look for it on X, LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook and other platforms. Direct links will be posted on the webinar home page where you register, but it may be best to follow Ragnar on YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn and X as he running the show. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ragnarheil/message

Episode 254 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and M365 Apps & Services MVP, Pam DeGraffenreid (@pamdegraff), a Senior Microsoft 365 Developer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, based in Louisville, Tennessee. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk blog at https://buckleyplanet.com/2024/02/mvpbuzzchat-with-pam-degraffenreid/

Episode 248 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and fellow M365 Apps & Services MVP, Matti Paukkonen (@mpaukkon), a Cloud Advisor with Tahto, based in Kuopio, Northern Savonia, Finland. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2024/01/mvpbuzzchat-with-matti-paukkonen.html

Episode 239 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and M365 Apps & Services MVP, Teresa Cyrus (@TRACCreations4E), Founder and Training Consultant with TRACCreations4E LLC, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2023/10/mvpbuzzchat-with-teresa-cyrus.html

Susan Hanley is a business analyst and information architect specializing in the design, development, and implementation of successful knowledge management, collaboration, and intranet solutions based on SharePoint and Microsoft 365. She is a Microsoft M365 Apps and Services MVP and the co-author of the Essential SharePoint book series. She also writes the Essential SharePoint blog for https://www.computerworld.com Prior to establishing an independent consulting practice, Sue led the Portals, Collaboration, and Content Management practice for Dell Professional Services and was the Director of Knowledge Management for American Management Systems. Follow Sue on Twitter @susanhanley.

Episode 233 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and M365 Apps & Services MVP, Drago Petrovic (@_DragoPetrovic), a Principal System Engineer and Cloud Solution Architect at ITpoint Systems AG, based in Zurich, Switzerland. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2023/09/mvpbuzzchat-with-drago-petrovic.html

Episode 232 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and M365 Apps & Services MVP, Simon Hudson (@simonjhudson), Owner and Director of Kinata Ltd., based in East Riding of Yorkshire, England. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2023/09/mvpbuzzchat-with-simon-hudson.html

Episode 229 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and fellow M365 Apps & Services MVP, Dustin Willard (IN/DustinWillard), a Senior Delivery Principal - Global Leader Microsoft Center of Excellence at Slalom, based in Hampton, New Hampshire. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk blog at : https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2023/08/mvpbuzzchat-with-dustin-willard.html

Episode 225 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and M365 Apps & Services MVP, Ferdi Lethen-Oellers (@FerdiLethen), a Senior Modern Workplace Consultant at amexus Informationstechnik GmbH & Co. KG, based in Jüchen, Germany. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2023/07/mvpbuzzchat-with-ferdi-lethen-oellers.html

Episode 220 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and M365 Apps & Services MVP, Ami Diamond (@ami_diamond), a Microsoft 365 Expert with DeePlan in Israel. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2023/06/mvpbuzzchat-with-ami-diamond.html ‎

Episode 200 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and fellow RD and M365 Apps & Services MVP, Maarten Eekels (@maarteneekels), the Chief Technology Officer for Rapid Circle in Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2023/01/mvpbuzzchat-with-maarten-eekels.html

Bev was inspired by Chelsea at a Financial Services Convention in Funner, California when she got up on stage and shared her story as a Dental Hygienist winning in the Financial Services Arena. In this interview she shares her Dental Hygiene journey and how the after effects of the Pandemic shifted her desires to something more. Chelsea's type A driven personality will stop at nothing to make those dreams a reality! If you liked this episode, feel free to like and subscribe and share. If you listen on Apple Podcast, we would appreciate if you left a 5 star review! Thank you for your support in growing the DREAM! follow her on Instagram @chelsea.mcclure Bev's Social media handles: https://linktr.ee/DarkHorse_Matters?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=6237df58-582a-46df-a057-3ddece02d1e1

For this episode, I spoke with Sara Fennah (@sfennah), Microsoft 365 Consultant, MCT, and M365 Apps & Services MVP, as part of a monthly discussion on the employee experience (EXP) and Microsoft Viva. You can find more information on my guest on my blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2022/12/collabtalk-podcast-episode-67-with-sara-fennah.html

For this episode, I spoke with Kevin McDonnell(@kevmcdonk), M365 Apps & Services MVP and Head of Practice for Modern Workplace at CPS, as part of a monthly discussion on the employee experience (EXP) and Microsoft Viva. You can find more information on my guest on my blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2022/12/collabtalk-podcast-episode-66-with-kevin-mcdonnell.html

Episode 190 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and M365 Apps & Services MVP, Amanda Sterner (@amandassterner), a Technical Architect with Knowledge Factory at Advania based in Stockholm, Sweden. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2022/11/mvpbuzzchat-with-amanda-sterner.html

Episode 183 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and M365 Apps & Services MVP, Alisson Soares Araújo (@AlissonAraujoBR), an MCP, MCSE, MCT, and an independent Senior Systems Engineer and Solutions Architect based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2022/09/mvpbuzzchat-with-alisson-araujo.html

Episode 182 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and M365 Apps & Services MVP, Lesley Crook (@lesley_wolan), a Cloud Consultant at CloudWay based in Brighton, England. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2022/09/mvpbuzzchat-with-lesley-crook.html

This week we are joined by Leon Armston, newly minted Microsoft 365 Apps and Services MVP, who shares his thoughts on the latest news.Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro and Microsoft Teams Rooms Basic, everything you need to know. - Tom TalksDriving adoption of Microsoft Viva at Microsoft - Microsoft Tech CommunityIntroducing Adoption Score – helping customers get the most out of Microsoft 365 - Microsoft Tech CommunityPublic preview of SharePoint Framework 1.16 – First release of upcoming features - Microsoft 365 Developer BlogIntroducing Microsoft Teams App Camp - Microsoft 365 Developer BlogWhat's new: Power Apps August 2022 Feature Update | Microsoft Power Apps EventsMetaverse One - 7th SepRegister - Metaverse One – A Community Metaverse Event (metaverse-one.space)Collab Days Netherlands - Sep 10th 2022CollabDays Netherlands 2022 Power Platform Conference Sep 20-22https://powerplatformconf.com/Teams 10X - Sep 28th/29thhttps://teams10x.com/Collab Days Bletchley Park - Kevin and GarryCollabDays Bletchley Park | CollabdaysTechorama Netherlands October 11 - 12Home | Techorama Ignite - 12-14 OctRegister - https://ignite.microsoft.com/homeCollab Days Belgium - Oct 15thCollabDays Belgium 2022 | CollabdaysSouth Coast Summit 14/15th OctoberRegister - South Coast Summit – A Microsoft Cloud Technology ConferenceSecurity & Compliance Workshop - Security and Compliance with Microsoft 365 - 1 Day Workshop Tickets, Fri 14 Oct 2022 at 09:00 | EventbriteViva Workshop - Employee Experience with Microsoft Viva - 1 Day Workshop Tickets, Fri 14 Oct 2022 at 09:00 | EventbriteCodemotion - 18/19 OctHome | CodemotionEuropean SharePoint Office 365 and Azure Conference 28 Nov - 1 DecEuropean SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Conference (sharepointeurope.com) Viva Workshop - Microsoft Viva and Syntex Workshop - European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Conference, 2022 (sharepointeurope.com) 

Episode 179 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and M365 Apps & Services MVP, Dewayne Hyatt (@The_ShiftShow), a Systems Administrator IV at the University of Florida - IFAS (Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences) based in Ocala, Florida. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2022/08/mvpbuzzchat-with-dewayne-hyatt.html

Episode 168 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and Office Apps & Services MVP, Denis Molodtsov (@Zerg00s), a Microsoft 365 Developer, Administrator, and Consultant with Point Alliance Inc., and the man behind the SP Comics series (http://spcomics.ca/). You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2022/06/mvpbuzzchat-with-denis-molodtsov.html

Episode 164 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and Office Apps & Services MVP, Suzy Dean (@Dean_Of_Suzy), CEO at AddIn365 and a specialist in delivering Office 365 digital workplaces, based in London, UK. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2022/05/mvpbuzzchat-with-suzy-dean.html

Episode 159 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP, Andreas Schlüter (@MSCloud_Pro), a consultant, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), PROSCI Certified Change Practitioner, and Chief Digital Satisfaction & Happiness Officer at b2d Vision based in Hamburg, Germany. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2022/04/mvpbuzzchat-with-andreas-schluter.html

Episode 154 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP, Kat Greenan (@GreenanKat), a Microsoft Solutions Specialist with London-based Core Technology Systems. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2022/03/mvpbuzzchat-with-kat-greenan.html

Conversation between Microsoft MVP+RD Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Sean McDonough (@spmcdonough), a consultant with Bitstream Foundry in Cincinnati Ohio and an Office Apps & Services MVP, and Geoff Varosky (@gvaro), a Senior Architect for Insight, co-founder of the Boston Office 365 User Group, and the co-founder of The New Janky Workshop on YouTube. For this episode, Sean, Geoff and I discuss the role of the "citizen developer" in the hybrid workplace, the shut-down of SPSevents.org and what that means for the Microsoft community, and Windows 365 and the ongoing evolution of SaaS products and services. You can find more information on my guests on my blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2021/09/collabtalk-podcast-episode-22.html

Episode 95 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Benjamin Niaulin (@bniaulin), a fellow Office Apps & Services MVP and Microsoft Regional Director, and Head of Product at ShareGate, a leading ISV (independent software vendor) for SharePoint, OneDrive, and Microsoft Teams. Ben was previously the Product Evangelist and public face for ShareGate, and is a frequent speaker at events around the world. Recorded in June 2020. In this episode, Ben and I chat about the ShareGate headquarters in a beautifully-renovated factory in Montreal, and how much the Microsoft ecosystem has evolved and changed for ISVs (independent software vendors) and other partners since the software world has moved to SaaS (software-as-a-service), forcing companies like ShareGate to move faster and think more strategically about customers, competitors, and even new models for monetization. You can watch this entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/RaRx_laX1I0

Episode 93 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Dux Raymond Sy (@MeetDux), Chief Marketing Officer for AvePoint, PMP, and also both an Office Apps & Services MVP as well as Microsoft Regional Director, based out of Northern Virginia. Recorded in June 2020. In this episode, Dux and I discuss his background as an engineer that found his way into project management, where he wrote a book and for a long time represented the PM perspective within the SharePoint community. We talk about the evolution of project and task management technology in the modern workplace, before diving into another shared passion: governance. Dux shares the 3 pillars of governance that he discusses with customers, including provisioning, ongoing management (enforcing policies), and information lifecycles (expiration of content, archiving, etc.) You can also watch this entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/JnMvflfNDiI

It's a CPS bonus this week as Iain Smith (Office Apps and Services MVP and Head of Professional Services at CPS) joins us to talk about…

It's a CPS bonus this week as Iain Smith (Office Apps and Services MVP and Head of Professional Services at CPS) joins us to talk about…

Discussion with Tracy Van der Schyff (@tracyvds), Office Apps & Services MVP and principal at The Guid Stuff in Johannesburg, South Africa, hosted by CollabTalk Founder & CEO Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), on our takeaways from the March 2020 #CollabTalk TweetJam on the topic of "Developing a Strategy for Digital Literacy," reviewing and sharing our thoughts on the 7 questions covered by members of the community during the 1-hour tweetjam.

This is episode 139 recorded on March 26th, 2020 where John & Jason talk to Rob Foster, Senior Manager at Deloitte & Office Apps and Services MVP, about his video on the COVID-19 data that inspired the new series on the BIFocal YouTube Channel. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

Episode 77 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP, Tom Daly (@_tomdaly_), an Office 365 and SharePoint developer and consultant for SoHo Dragon in New York City. Recorded in January 2020. In this episode, Tom and I discuss his role in supporting community events in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and the evolution of SharePoint Saturday and other Microsoft-ecosystem conferences and events. You can also watch this entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/9daI6NFegRM

Episode 76 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP, Julie Turner (@jfj1997), a partner at Sympraxis Consulting LLC. Recorded in January 2020. In this episode, Julie shares some of what she has been working on for Microsoft 365 Learning Pathways, providing partners and customers with an open source solution for consuming on-demand content and training materials. You can also watch this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/4GTD_wGE_OA

Episode 75 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP, Sue Hanley (@susanhanley), business analyst and information architecture consultant, governance and IA expert, and principal of Susan Hanley LLC, based in Bethesda, Maryland. In this episode, Sue and I talk about the state of governance and information architecture within the modern organization -- specifically looking at organizations that are rapidly adopting Microsoft Teams. We also talk about the transition from focusing largely on SharePoint to the expanded M365 platform, and whether organizations have learned from the governance and change management mistakes of the past. You can also watch this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/BTo3QwEqrQY

Episode 74 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP, Paul Stork (@pstork), principal of Don't Pa..Panic Consulting based in Cleveland, Ohio. Recorded in December 2019. In this episode, Paul and I discuss the evolution of his subject-matter expertise in the community from SharePoint to PowerApps and Automate, and the changes he sees in customer requirements around SharePoint and Office 365. You can also watch this entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/I5f0WpZyEMk

Episode 73 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP, Loryan Strant (@loryanstrant), an independent consultant and long-time SharePoint, Office 365, and Microsoft Teams author and speaker. Recorded in December 2019. In this episode, Loryan and I dig into the meaty topic of Governance, and talk about some of the learnings from our SharePoint backgrounds and how they apply in a Microsoft Teams world, and he shares some stories about where he sees organizations still failing to learn from the past. You can also watch this episode in its entirety on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/OWAKiBEWIvI

Episode 71 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP, consultant, and podcaster Michael Greth (@mysharepoint). Recorded in October 2019. In this episode, Michael and I start off talking about the convergence of tools and features within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, expand into Microsoft Stream and Yammer, and then also discuss video and streaming hardware, and what organizations should consider purchasing to build out corporate content. You can watch the entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/2_482d9E_NY

Episode 70 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Stacy Deere-Strole (@sldeere), founder of Focal Point Solutions and a fellow Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in October 2019. In this episode, Stacy and I discuss her efforts to constantly learn by "getting out of her comfort zone" and how that translates into new opportunities with clients, and can help people learn and grow within their own roles. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube site at https://youtu.be/xzrd1JIHsoM

Episode 69 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and "the" Marc Anderson (@sympmarc), a fellow Office Apps & Services MVP, the founder of Sympraxis Consulting based in the Boston area, and, rumor has it, a card-holding Elder of the Internet. In this episode, Marc and I talk about his path into collaboration, back when rubbing two sticks together constituted "knowledge management" and then he found his way into SharePoint. We also get into the topic of search, and the concept of Microsoft Teams as the "hub" for teamwork and what that really means. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/f82uMufwgNI

Episode 68 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Paul Keijzers (@KBworks), a fellow Office Apps & Services MVP, and a Netherlands-based consultant focusing on SharePoint and Microsoft Teams deployments, adoption and strategy. Recorded in September 2019. In this episode, Paul and I talk about some of the issues that can impact collaboration adoption, and share our thoughts on what can make a Microsoft Teams deployment successful. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube site at https://youtu.be/wqcaB6Zjl1Q

Episode 67 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Rene Modery (@modery), a SharePoint, Office 365, and Azure consultant based in Singapore, as well as an Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in September 2019. In this episode, Rene and I discuss his involvement in his local user group, and the struggle to keep up with rapidly changing technology from a more technologically remote part of the world. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/9J3825lp66s

Episode 65 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Mark Rackley (@mrackley), principal at PAIT Group, developer, podcaster, and Office Apps & Services MVP based in Harrison, Arkansas. Recorded in September 2019. In this episode, Mark and I talk about his career track within the SharePoint community, his increasing focus on AI and automation, and some of the common patterns he sees within client engagements. You can watch this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/Yx8hBwzYg5c

Episode 66 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Vlad Catrinescu (@vladcatrinescu), a SharePoint and Office 365 consultant, author, trainer, blogger, and Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in September 2019. In this episode, Vlad and I covered solid ground, discussing some of his background and current technology passion (around automation). We then talked about his blog (https://absolute-sharepoint.com) and the value of education and certifications, which somehow led into a discussion of the "benefits" of Shadow IT and how it can sometimes act as an innovation-driver within the enterprise. You can watch this entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/-GiNp2KQAfM

Episode 62 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Jeff Willinger (@jwillie), Global Evangelist for Kaltura in Los Angeles, CA and an Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in August 2019. In this interview, Jeff and I talk about the rapidly growing importance of video as a communication tool, and as an important knowledge management medium, and how Microsoft Stream is maturing into an important collaboration platform alongside SharePoint and Microsoft Teams. You can also watch the interview via the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/xkORfI3ugKY

Episode 61 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Matt Wade (@thatmattwade), co-founder of Jumpto365, Vice President of Client Engagement at H3 Solutions, and an Office Apps & Services MVP based in Albany, NY. Recorded in August 2019. In this interview, Matt and I talk about his content contributions to the community (Office 365 Periodic Table) and his work on intelligent apps and bots (AtBot) for SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and Azure. You can watch the entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/xZq_Ts3uqQc

Episode 60 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Ragnar Heil (@ragnarh), Partner Sales for Quest, and an Office Apps & Services MVP based in Germany. Recorded in August 2019. In this interview, Ragnar and I discuss his transition from Microsoft to the partner ecosystem, becoming an MVP (on his first day after leaving Microsoft), and his passion for Microsoft Teams. You can watch the entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/AKZQhpBvRyQ

Episode 58 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Christina Wheeler, Office Apps & Services MVP, independent consultant, and part-time trainer for Critical Path Training, Combined Knowledge, and Mindsharp. Recorded in July 2019. In this interview, we discuss Christina's extensive SharePoint experience, and how she's lately been getting back to her roots with PowerApps and Power BI. You can watch the entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/ymH2cY-0h1A

Episode 57 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Lisbon, Portual-based Office Apps & Services MVP, Nuno Arias Silva (@nunoariassilva). Nuno is an Architect Manager and Modern Workplace Lead at GFI Portugal, and a frequent presenter at community events. Recorded in July 2019. In this interview, Nuno and I discuss perspectives on the continued growth of the community, and share some insights on how we both refresh the topics we present on based on customer projects and the evolution of the technology. You can watch the entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/t9nk_vFoT0Y

Episode 56 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Sean McDonough (@spmcdonough), a SharePoint consultant and Chief Technology Officer for Bitstream Foundry LLC, and an Office Apps & Services MVP based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Recorded in July 2019. In this interview, Sean and I discuss the evolution of the SharePoint community, our shared ISV backgrounds, and the opportunities for partners within the Office 365 ecosystem. You can watch the entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/ChO9_58dDwU

Episode 54 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Sarah Haase (@sarahhaase), a corporate collaboration evangelist, one of the principal organizers of SharePoint Saturday Twin Cities (largest in the US), and an Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in July 2019. In this interview, Sarah and I discuss her extensive background designing, implementing, governing, and supporting enterprise collaboration and content management systems. You can watch the entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/WvuSRcCecTc

Episode 53 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Robert Bogue (@robbogue), author, consultant (Thor Projects LLC), President of intellectual property solution provider AvailTek LLC, and Office Apps & Services MVP. In this interview, Rob and I discuss his extensive work and books around information architecture, metadata, and end user adoption -- and how these issues have continued to be relevant within information management. Recorded July 2019. You can watch the entire video of this interview at https://youtu.be/G_ru5c3TqME

Episode 52 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Agnes Molnar (@molnaragnes), CEO and Managing Consultant at Search Explained, and a fellow Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in June 2019. In this interview, Agnes and I discuss the seeming "reemergence" of search as an important topic for information management within the Microsoft ecosystem, driven by new innovations in AI, machine-learning, and related workloads within the Microsoft ecosystem. You can watch this entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/7p_CX8DffH0

Episode 46 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Asif Rehmani (@asifrehmani), Founder & CEO of VisualSP, and an Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in March 2019. In this interview, Asif and I talk about the evolution of support/learning content in the SharePoint community, and the positive impact that an increased focus on end user adoption has had on the success of SharePoint and Office 365. If you prefer video, you can watch this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/lPEWT5S9r6w

Episode 45 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Tom Morgan (@tomorgan), a product innovation architect with Modality Systems in the UK, and an Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in March 2019. In this interview, Tom and I talk about the state of development on the Microsoft Teams platform, and the evolution of building integrations and productivity solutions within the Office 365 ecosystem. You can watch this entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/AUai8VRZj3Y

Episode 43 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Adam Levithan (@CollabAdam), a fellow Office Apps & Services MVP and product manager at Withum. Recorded in February 2019. In this interview, Adam and I discuss the core strength of Microsoft SharePoint: intranets, and how the various new technologies, like Microsoft Teams, fit within the intranet paradigm. You can watch this interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/xsrwHGZQZUA

Episode 42 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Heather Severino (@HeatherSeverino), a fellow Office Apps & Services MVP focusing on OneDrive, OneNote, and Microsoft Teams. Recorded in February 2019. In this interview, Heather and I talk about one of my favorite topics: productivity, and the importance of having a focus on adoption and engagement within the enterprise. You can watch this entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/ojhEzJDzKvI

Episode 31 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Nicki Borell (@nickiborell), a principal of Xperts At Work in Germany, and a fellow Microsoft RD and Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in August 2018. In this interview, Nicki and I briefly talk about changes to the MVP program, but then focus most of our discussion on the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in the EU, and its impacts on Office 365 and Azure. Specifically, we discuss the differences between Microsoft being GDPR compliant -- and what customers need to consider to be GDPR compliant in using Office 365 and Azure. You can watch the entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/O42T5B25NKY And you can find out more about Nicki on the blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/08/mvpbuzzchat-nicki-borell.html

Episode 29 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Hans Brender (@HansBrender), a Cloud Productivity Evangelist with Bright Skies GmbH based out of Aalen Germany, and an Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in August 2018. In this interview, Hans and I discuss the status of the OneDrive workload, and its evolution within the Office 365 ecosystem, as well as the shift in the community discussion from deeply technical topics to very end user and business value-centric topics. You can watch this entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/rWpLe7V1PAI To learn more about Hans, check out the blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/08/mvpbuzzchat-hans-brender.html

Episode 26 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Eric Riz (@RIZinsights), Founder of EmptyCubicle.com, and a fellow Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in May 2018. In this interview, Eric and I waste a lot of valuable time on inside jokes, but then settle down into a discussion on his company, the advances being made around AI and machine-learning, and how his company is leveraging these new capabilities to improve how organizations find and hire people. You can watch the entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/pGGA2Inqkto Additionally, you can find out more about Eric on the blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/06/mvpbuzzchat-eric-riz.html

Episode 25 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Thomas Stensitzki (@stensitzki), Owner of Granikos in Hückelhoven, Germany, and an Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in May 2018. In this interview, Thomas and I discuss adjusting to the rapid pace of innovation in the cloud, and the continued evolution of the IT Pro role, especially within the Microsoft ecosystem. You can watch the entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/qvuk5QnBz7M Additionally, you can find out more about Thomas on the blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/06/mvpbuzzchat-thomas-stensitzki.html

Episode 22 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Haniel Croitoru (@HCroitoru), an Office Servers and Services MVP who is working a lot in the Business Solutions focus area, as well, and who is a Lead Consultant with 2toLead in Toronto, Canada. Recorded in April 2018. In this interview, Haniel and I dig into workplace automation using Teams, Flow, PowerApps, Forms, SharePoint, and PowerBI. You can watch this interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/TS2uip0uspY And if you'd like to learn more about Haniel, check out the blog post at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/05/mvpbuzzchat-haniel-croitoru.html

Episode 24 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Kevin Crossman (@kevincrossman), Manager of IT Collaboration at Juniper Networks in Sunnyvale, California, and an Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in May 2018. In this interview, we discuss coexistence between SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and Yammer, and some of the (continuing) community discourse on the topic. You can watch the entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/U4gjtUEgWUA Find out more about Kevin on the blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/05/mvpbuzzchat-kevin-crossman.html

Episode 23 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and David E. Patrick (@davidepatrick), a Subject-Matter Expert with DSA, Inc. in Baltimore, MD, and an Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in May 2018. In this interview, we discuss thesome of the ways that SharePoint continues to help organizations and end users to be more productive, as well as some DevOps topics of extending SharePoint with Azure, Teams, and more. You can watch the entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/SNlTINc84qE And you can find out more about David on the blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/05/mvpbuzzchat-david-patrick.html

Episode 19 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Paul Keijzers (@KbWorks), an Office Servers & Services MVP and Office 365 Specialist with Wortell, based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Recorded April 2018. In this interview, we discuss customer and community feedback, and its importance in product and service development. You can watch the entire interview at https://youtu.be/bT_YYzndQ-s For more information about Paul, check out the blog post at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/04/mvpbuzzchat-paul-keijzers.html

Episode 21 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Becky Benishek (@beckybenishek), an Office Apps & Services MVP, Yammer expert, and Online Communities Manager at Crisis Prevention Institute in Milwaukee, MI. Recorded in April 2018. In this interview, Becky and I discuss Yammer and its continued growth within the Office 365 ecosystem, and the role of the community manager inside and outside of the enterprise. You can watch this entire episode on our YouTube page at https://youtu.be/5cZZOkh-WEw You can also find out more about Becky on our blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/05/mvpbuzzchat-becky-benishek.html

Episode 16 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft MVP's Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Liam Cleary (@helloitsliam), a fellow Office Servers & Services MVP, security expert, consultant, and principal at Shareplicity, as well as a product owner at Rencore. Recorded March 2018. In this interview, we discuss the topic of cyber-security within the Microsoft Cloud, including Office 365 and Azure, and the whitepaper and research data being made available from CollabTalk through project sponsors: AvePoint, Rencore, Solliance, and Microsoft. You can download a free copy of this report at https://rencore.com/blog/cyber-security-report-understanding-microsoft-cloud-services-and-security/ You can find this video interview at https://youtu.be/EqqXlRRqy1s And you can find out more about Liam via the blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/04/mvpbuzzchat-with-liam-cleary.html

Episode 13 (lucky 13!) of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft MVP's Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Mikael Svenson (@mikaelsvenson), Chief Technology Officer for Puzzlepart, and a fellow Office Servers & Services MVP. In this interview, we discuss some of the evolving role of the IT Pro, his background in SharePoint search, and his focus on provisioning and automating for both on-prem and cloud environments. Recorded March 2018. If you'd like to learn more about Mikael, check out the blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/03/mvpbuzzchat-mikael-svenson.html

Episode 14 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft MVP's Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Sonia Cuff (@Cuff_S), a virtual-CIO and fellow Office Servers & Services MVP. Recorded March 2018. In this interview, we discuss an important end user adoption issue -- not taking advantage of the latest features, but focusing on what you know / technology of the past. To learn more about Sonia, check out the blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/04/mvpbuzzchat-with-sonia-cuff.html

Episode 12 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft MVP's Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Gareth Gudger (@SuperTekBoy), a Solution Architect at Blue Chip Consulting Group in Cleveland, Ohio and a fellow Office Apps & Services MVP. In this interview, we discuss the upcoming Microsoft release cycle with Exchange 2019 and constant updates to Exchange Online, as well as some of the evolving data standards and legislation happening around the world. Recorded March 2018. For more on Gareth, check out the blog athttps://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/03/mvpbuzzchat-gareth-gudger.html

Episode 11 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft MVP's Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Dileepa Kariyawasam (@dileepstweets), a Senior Consultant with Empire Ltd. Australia, one of the region's largest consulting firms. Dileepa is based out of Sydney, and is a fellow Office Apps & Services MVP. In this interview, we discuss the issues that are keeping some organizations he works with from moving to the cloud as quickly as they would like -- namely, end user resistance due to real and perceived feature and performance concerns. He talks about the importance of training and focusing on end user adoption to counter these fears. Recorded March 2018. Find out more about Dileepa in the blog athttps://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/03/mvpbuzzchat-dileepa-kariyawasam.html

Episode 8 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft MVP's Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Jared Matfess (@JaredMatfess), a Practice Area Lead in Technology Enablement at Slalom Consulting, and Office Apps & Services MVP. In this interview, Jared shares his interest in building out chatbots, and trying to better leverage the data being captured inside of SharePoint and Office 365. Recorded March 2018. Read the blog post at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/03/mvpbuzzchat-with-jared-matfess.html

Episode 5 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft MVP's Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Nick Brattoli (@Byrdttoli), Founder and Lead Consultant at Byrdttoli Enterprise Consulting, LLC, and an Office Apps & Services MVP. In this video, we discuss the upcoming release of SharePoint Server 2019, the evolution of migrations, and the increase in hybrid environments we're seeing with long-time SharePoint customers. Recorded March 2018.

Episode 4 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft MVP's Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Tom Arbuthnot (@tomarbuthnot), Principal Solutions Architect at Modality Systems, and a Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) as well as an Office Apps & Services MVP. In this interview, we discuss Microsoft evolving messaging around 'Intelligent Communications' and its impact on Skype, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams. Recorded at Microsoft Studios in Redmond, Washington in March 2018.

Episode 3 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft MVP's Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Eric Overfield (@ericoverfield), Founder & CEO of PixelMill, and a Microsoft Regional Director and Office Apps & Services MVP. In this interview, we discuss our shared interest in blockchain, and how we see the technology impacting many different industries -- and its impact within the Microsoft ecosystem. Recorded February 2018.

Episode 2 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft MVP's Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Michael Blumenthal (@michaelbl), a Principal Office 365 Engineer in broadcast media and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded February 2018.

Episode 37 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features Becky Benishek. Becky is a three time recipient of the Microsoft MVP award, is a one of a kind conference speaker and is the author of the following children’s books: The Squeezor is Coming!, What’s At the End of Your Nose?, Dr. Guinea Pig George and Hush, Mouse! Coming soon. She is also a engagement and technology strategist for the Crisis Prevention Institute in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Becky and Heather caught up virtually from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Marina del Rey, California.Listen in as Becky, and Heather talk about:Being a writer her entire life and the power of setting an intention to publish her first Children’s Book while enjoying some strawberry mead complete tips and tricks on book publishing having been both self-published and now with a publishing company.Becky’s start in IT and career working in both technology and marketing, currently training nurses, teachers, security guards techniques to keep children and adults in safe for the Crisis Prevention Institute, an international training organization that specializes in the safe management of disruptive and assaultive behavior located in Wisconsin.The serendipity of a collaboration with each of her Children’s Books illustrators – one of the books becoming a coloring book from black and white drawings that she loved and developing characters through words becoming drawings and full-fledged on the page characters.Transcript available on mavensdoitbetter.comTo follow Becky: LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram | Website – Becky Benishek | MVP Listing | Crisis Prevention InstituteBecky is a 3rd-year Microsoft Office Apps & Services MVP. At the Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), she directs strategy and engagement for Microsoft Teams, CPI's Yammer Home Network, and their Yammer External Network for customers. She also designs SharePoint Team Sites and other SPO pages because it's fun.She's presented at Microsoft Ignite and MVP Community Meetups, participated in numerous podcasts and interviews, and mentors Yammer admins around the world. Becky also writes tech-based articles on LinkedIn, Medium, and the Microsoft Tech Community.Becky has published three children’s books so far: “What’s At the End of Your Nose?”, “Dr. Guinea Pig George,” and "The Squeezor is Coming!" A fourth book, "Hush, Mouse!" is coming out in June 2019. She's working on young adult and adult fiction, poetry, sci-fi stories, and song-writing as well.Becky also has an extensive Lego collection and a working Commodore 64. She is married with guinea pigs.

Episode 19 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features Matthew McDermott. Matthew is the Office 365 technical guy on the marketing team for Spanning Cloud Apps. A 13-time Microsoft Office Apps and Services MVP, he spends his professional time working to build best of breed solutions for Office 365 and Azure. Matthew is a speaker, content author, blogger, and specialist in SharePoint, Office 365, and Azure technologies. An accomplished photographer, cook, and bartender in his spare time, Matt spends as much time with his wife as his dog will allow.Matthew and Heather caught up in their home offices over the airwaves.Listen in as Heather talks with Matthew about:What it means to be and what is a Microsoft MVPWhat it means to be a consultant in technologyLiving in Austin, traveling and connecting with people all over the worldFollow Matthew McDermott at:Twitter | InstagramSpanning Cloud

This is episode 49 recorded on May 15th, 2018… where John & Jason talk to Liz Sundet, Office Servers & Services MVP from Minnesota, about the upcoming SPCNA Conference in Las Vegas next week and some news related to the upcoming GDPR deadline. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

This show takes you into the building blocks of your Microsoft SharePoint intranet. It's about how SharePoint fits into your everyday work life. This week Hosts Mark Kashman and Chris McNulty discuss Low-Code / No-Code solutions, the meaning behind it, the trends, along with the benefits and repercussions. They explore various scenarios supported by Microsoft Flow and PowerApps. Special guests this week include SharePoint experts Asif Rehmani of VisualSP, and Tracy van der Schyff, Office Servers and Services MVP and SharePoint Coach and Catalyst.   Show Outline:  1.    News & Announcements – 00:01:19:00  2.    Topic of the Week: Low-code/No-code Solutions – 00:03:37:00  3.    Guest Perspective with Tracy van der Schyff – 00:22:12:00  4.    App / Best Practice of the Week – 00:45:20:00  5.    Partner Highlight with Asif Rehmani – 00:47:08:00  6.    FAQs of the Week – 01:00:41:00  7.    Upcoming Events – 01:10:21:00    Additional Information and Resources:   SharePoint Community Blog   SharePoint Facebook  Mark Kashman Twitter  Chris McNulty Twitter  Tracy van der Schyff Site   Tracy van der Schyff Twitter  Asif Rehmani Site  Asif Rehmani Twitter    Tracy's #Microsoft365 Day 124 post: https://tracyvanderschyff.com/2018/02/22/create-a-contact-capturing-and-sharing-system-with-office-365/       Subscribe to The Intrazone:  * Show Page: https://aka.ms/TheIntrazone  * Apple Podcasts: https://aka.ms/TheIntrazone-iTunes      * Google Play: https://aka.ms/TheIntrazone-GooglePlay  * Spotify: https://aka.ms/TheIntrazone-Spotify  * Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/rick-senechal/the-intrazone-by-microsoft  * RSS: https://aka.ms/TheIntrazone-RSS 

Our guest in this episode is Alex Lewis previously with Event Zero, a Microsoft partner specializing in helping organizations maximize their investment in Office 365. Event Zero has a unique focus on developing tools that help organizations manage their voice over IP phone and conferencing system devices.Alex is an Office Servers and Services MVP specializing in Skype. He's has been an industry expert in unified communication for the last 20 years, working closely with Microsoft to communicate their vision to IT leaders such as yourself while developing tools to overcome any shortfalls. Like other MVPs, Alex is committed to giving back to the community as you can see in his many blog posts, guest appearances, and by his involvement in 11 books on topics related to Microsoft 365.Tuesday at 7:00 AM EST - new episodes releasedHosted by Neil McDonnell of SV Mac Pack, Inc. - a Veteran-Owned, HUBZone Certified firm specializing in Microsoft 365 and SharePoint training and support.

Our guest in this episode is Alex Lewis previously with Event Zero, a Microsoft partner specializing in helping organizations maximize their investment in Office 365. Event Zero has a unique focus on developing tools that help organizations manage their voice over IP phone and conferencing system devices.Alex is an Office Servers and Services MVP specializing in Skype. He's has been an industry expert in unified communication for the last 20 years, working closely with Microsoft to communicate their vision to IT leaders such as yourself while developing tools to overcome any shortfalls. Like other MVPs, Alex is committed to giving back to the community as you can see in his many blog posts, guest appearances, and by his involvement in 11 books on topics related to Microsoft 365.Tuesday at 7:00 AM EST - new episodes releasedHosted by Neil McDonnell of SV Mac Pack, Inc. - a Veteran-Owned, HUBZone Certified firm specializing in Microsoft 365 and SharePoint training and support.

Our guest in this episode is D'arce Hess, President of DH Consulting. She's an Office Servers and Services MVP specializing in SharePoint and Office 365.D'arce started her immersion into all things SharePoint and Office 365 at a Silicon Valley SharePoint Saturday and hasn't stopped yet; you can find her at most major SharePoint and Microsoft events sharing her knowledge as an industry expert speaker.One of the most common reasons I hear for not using SharePoint is that it's ugly. Beside the argument that it is just utilitarian and not really ugly, perception is reality. D'arce has made a career of making the ugly duckling look like a swan and she'll provide us some tips on how you can have "Your Intranet, Your Way…by touching on "Your Journey to a fully customized Intranet in O365"That was the title of a session she taught at a recent SharePoint conference, one of four classes that focused on SharePoint as a content management system. If you think SharePoint and Office 365 can't be your Intranet platform, I would highly recommend you think again.Tuesday at 7:00 AM EST - new episodes releasedHosted by Neil McDonnell of SV Mac Pack, Inc. - a Veteran-Owned, HUBZone Certified firm specializing in Microsoft 365 and SharePoint training and support.

Our guest in this episode is D'arce Hess, President of DH Consulting. She's an Office Servers and Services MVP specializing in SharePoint and Office 365.D'arce started her immersion into all things SharePoint and Office 365 at a Silicon Valley SharePoint Saturday and hasn't stopped yet; you can find her at most major SharePoint and Microsoft events sharing her knowledge as an industry expert speaker.One of the most common reasons I hear for not using SharePoint is that it's ugly. Beside the argument that it is just utilitarian and not really ugly, perception is reality. D'arce has made a career of making the ugly duckling look like a swan and she'll provide us some tips on how you can have "Your Intranet, Your Way…by touching on "Your Journey to a fully customized Intranet in O365"That was the title of a session she taught at a recent SharePoint conference, one of four classes that focused on SharePoint as a content management system. If you think SharePoint and Office 365 can't be your Intranet platform, I would highly recommend you think again.Tuesday at 7:00 AM EST - new episodes releasedHosted by Neil McDonnell of SV Mac Pack, Inc. - a Veteran-Owned, HUBZone Certified firm specializing in Microsoft 365 and SharePoint training and support.

Our guest in this episode is Shane Young from Bold Zebras. Shane is a twelve time Office Servers and Services MVP focused on SharePoint, PowerShell, Azure and Office 365. He's a Principal Consultant at Bold Zebras www.boldzebras.com, a firm that specializes in Microsoft Cloud Solutions. As you make you move to the Cloud, Shane and his team can ensure that move is successful. Shane is a prolific creator of content, as seen on his YouTube channel (shaneyoungcloud) and heard as a cohost on the Todd Klindt's SharePoint Podcast. Shane recently presented "Deploying SharePoint 2016 to Azure" and you can find that deck on his boldzebras.com site. I don't often talk about my SharePoint background, but I'm basically a SharePoint farm admin…and I own most of the books Shane's contributed to and that you can find on Amazon…they are what made me good at my job. MVPs Talk Microsoft 365 is a weekly interviews with Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVP). In these episode, MVPs will share their thoughts on any recent changes to Microsoft 365, Office 365, Dynamics 365, Azure, etc. and the impact IT leadership should be aware of, as well as sharing some best practices around total cost of ownership and maturity within your organization.Tuesday at 7:00 AM EST - new episodes releasedHosted by Neil McDonnell of SV Mac Pack, Inc. - a Veteran-Owned, HUBZone Certified firm specializing in Microsoft 365 and SharePoint training and support.

Our guest in this episode is Shane Young from Bold Zebras. Shane is a twelve time Office Servers and Services MVP focused on SharePoint, PowerShell, Azure and Office 365. He's a Principal Consultant at Bold Zebras www.boldzebras.com, a firm that specializes in Microsoft Cloud Solutions. As you make you move to the Cloud, Shane and his team can ensure that move is successful. Shane is a prolific creator of content, as seen on his YouTube channel (shaneyoungcloud) and heard as a cohost on the Todd Klindt's SharePoint Podcast. Shane recently presented "Deploying SharePoint 2016 to Azure" and you can find that deck on his boldzebras.com site. I don't often talk about my SharePoint background, but I'm basically a SharePoint farm admin…and I own most of the books Shane's contributed to and that you can find on Amazon…they are what made me good at my job. MVPs Talk Microsoft 365 is a weekly interviews with Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVP). In these episode, MVPs will share their thoughts on any recent changes to Microsoft 365, Office 365, Dynamics 365, Azure, etc. and the impact IT leadership should be aware of, as well as sharing some best practices around total cost of ownership and maturity within your organization.Tuesday at 7:00 AM EST - new episodes releasedHosted by Neil McDonnell of SV Mac Pack, Inc. - a Veteran-Owned, HUBZone Certified firm specializing in Microsoft 365 and SharePoint training and support.

Collab365 host Andy Talbot interviews Juan Carlos González Martin, Microsoft Office Servers & Services MVP and co-founder of the SharePoint Users Group of Spain. Live from the Office 365 Engage Conference in Haarlem, NL. In this interview Andy and Juan discuss the difficulties in pronouncing words in Spanish along with some of the key Office 365 features he uses to enable him to work effectively from home. They focus on Microsoft Teams and discuss a new way of extending teams to enable messages that allow you to: interact with connectors for example adding a task in Trello embed your custom activity messages within Teams to publish your custom development for teams publish to the Microsoft Store They talk about how idea the idea behind teams is not just to compete with Slack but to provide a single site without having to leave to go to SharePoint / Email etc – all the tools you need are available in Teams. They discuss some of the differences between Delve, Slack and Teams for example the ability to store files in Teams and move on to talk about the differences in pricing. To keep up to date with the new releases and functionality Juan Carlos recommends using: message centre, tech community roadmap They consider Stream v’s O365 Video and the number of channel, 500 GB per tenant and 500 MB per user limits before discussing their ability to automatically create transcripts and face recognition.

Collab365 host Andy Talbot interviews Juan Carlos González Martin, Microsoft Office Servers & Services MVP and co-founder of the SharePoint Users Group of Spain. Live from the Office 365 Engage Conference in Haarlem, NL. In this interview Andy and Juan discuss the difficulties in pronouncing words in Spanish along with some of the key Office 365 features he uses to enable him to work effectively from home. They focus on Microsoft Teams and discuss a new way of extending teams to enable messages that allow you to: interact with connectors for example adding a task in Trello embed your custom activity messages within Teams to publish your custom development for teams publish to the Microsoft Store They talk about how idea the idea behind teams is not just to compete with Slack but to provide a single site without having to leave to go to SharePoint / Email etc – all the tools you need are available in Teams. They discuss some of the differences between Delve, Slack and Teams for example the ability to store files in Teams and move on to talk about the differences in pricing. To keep up to date with the new releases and functionality Juan Carlos recommends using: message centre, tech community roadmap They consider Stream v’s O365 Video and the number of channel, 500 GB per tenant and 500 MB per user limits before discussing their ability to automatically create transcripts and face recognition.

In episode 120 of the Office 365 Developer Podcast, Richard diZerega and Andrew Coates are joined by MVP Mikael Svenson to discuss his community efforts with Office 365 Dev. Weekly updates SharePoint Framework reaches general availability by the SharePoint team Microsoft gives SharePoint Extensibility a shot in the arm by eweek.com SharePoint Framework reaches general availability by Chakkaradeep (Chaks) Chandran SharePoint Framework reaches general availability by Andrew Connell SharePoint Framework reaches general availability by Wictor Wilen SharePoint Framework (SPFx) enterprise guidance by the SharePoint team Visio JavaScript APIs generally available by OfficeDev SharePoint PnP Webcast – Automate custom solution deployment steps at Office 365 and Azure by the PnP Team Keep your SPFx and NPM Packages up-to-date by Stefan Bauer Configure tenant policies for groups and sharing by Paul Schaeflein Dive into PowerApps – Build Apps That Mean Business Without Writing Code by Charles Sterling and Martin Abbott Serverless in Office 365 – Build Services with Azure Functions by John Liu SharePoint PnP links SPFx special interest group bi-weekly invite PnP CSOM Core, PowerShell and Provisioning bi-weekly invite SharePoint PnP YouTube Channel Show notes Mikael Svenson Blog Mikael Svenson Twitter Mikael Svenson MVP Profile Puzzlepart Got questions or comments about the show? Join the O365 Dev Podcast on the Office 365 Technical Network. The podcast RSS is available on iTunes or search for it at “Office 365 Developer Podcast” or add directly with the RSS feeds.feedburner.com/Office365DeveloperPodcast. About Mikael Svenson Mikael Svenson is the CTO for Puzzlepart, an Office 365 consultancy. He works as a consultant delivering solutions Office 365, and has worked in the search field for over 15 years implementing solutions for major international corporations and for several Nordic governmental institutions. Mikael is a an international speaker as well as an Office Server and Services MVP for the past six years. He is a Microsoft P-TSP, and he is also involved in a lot of SharePoint community work in Norway. Mikael has worked with media monitoring software, developed an Enterprise Search Engine in C#, and developed for Office 365 and SharePoint in general. He has also authored two books, “SharePoint Search Queries Explained” and “Working with FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint.” About the hosts Richard is a software engineer in Microsoft’s Developer Experience (DX) group, where he helps developers and software vendors maximize their use of Microsoft cloud services in Office 365 and Azure. Richard has spent a good portion of the last decade architecting Office-centric solutions, many that span Microsoft’s diverse technology portfolio. He is a passionate technology evangelist and a frequent speaker at worldwide conferences, trainings and events. Richard is highly active in the Office 365 community, popular blogger at aka.ms/richdizz and can be found on Twitter at @richdizz. Richard is born, raised and based in Dallas, TX, but works on a worldwide team based in Redmond. Richard is an avid builder of things (BoT), musician and lightning-fast runner.   A Civil Engineer by training and a software developer by profession, Andrew Coates has been a Developer Evangelist at Microsoft since early 2004, teaching, learning and sharing coding techniques. During that time, he’s focused on .NET development on the desktop, in the cloud, on the web, on mobile devices and most recently for Office. Andrew has a number of apps in various stores and generally has far too much fun doing his job to honestly be able to call it work. Andrew lives in Sydney, Australia with his wife and two almost-grown-up children.