Podcast appearances and mentions of viva topics

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/564  Meet Belgium's latest MVP, Anouck Fierens, who brings her infectious enthusiasm for SharePoint, Microsoft Viva, and the Power Platform to our show. We chat about her ascent to MVP status in 2024 and how her journey evolved from developer to low-code/no-code aficionado. Onuk opens up about her personal passions, from her commitment to charity to her love of Italian fare, and even lets us in on why the charming city of Ghent is a must-visit. The conversation then turns to the future of digital workspaces, as Onuk expresses her preference for Viva Connections amidst the unexpected phase-out of Viva Topics, providing valuable insights for those navigating the ever-changing tech landscape.Eager to inspire our listeners to step into the community spotlight, we discuss the impact of sharing knowledge and experiences through content creation. Whether you've been mulling over drafting that first blog post or hitting record on a podcast, I encourage you to let go of the hesitation and embrace the journey. Our community thrives on the diverse voices and stories we each have to share, and there's a wealth of support and feedback to be found. Join us for a conversation that not only celebrates Onuk's achievements but also aims to light that spark within you to contribute, engage, and grow within our vibrant tech community.OTHER RESOURCES: Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP  90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Fusion Talk podcast - https://fusiontalk.be/ AgileXRM AgileXRm - The integrated BPM for Microsoft Power PlatformSupport the Show.If you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening

Did you remember to reply to this email? This one. The one at the top of your Inbox. No? You're welcome. Outlook mobile will soon remind you to reply to messages that appear to need a reply. Also Topics will get it's own app soon in Teams. This will be handy for the topics you contribute knowledge to, or if you are a Knowledge Manager.  Darrell and Daniel cover:   - Reminder: Uploading content to Stream (Classic) to be blocked   - Graph Connector Content Results Experience Switches to Results Inline in All Vertical   - Viva Topics app in Teams   - Microsoft Syntex: Prebuilt model for contracts   - Message Reminders in Outlook for iOS and Android   - Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Optical character recognition in Information Protection and Data Loss Prevention   Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.  Follow us!   Twitter - Facebook - LinkedIn  Check out Daniel and Darrell's own YouTube channels at:  Daniel - https://youtube.com/DanielGlenn  Darrell - https://youtube.com/modernworkmentor   

Microsoft Evergreen - stetig auf dem neuesten Stand sein, gehört einfach dazu. Wir haben uns für diese Update-Folge wieder ein paar davon herausgepickt und für dich zusammengetragen. Mit dabei ist wieder Teams, Outlook, OneNote und Viva Topics.

It isn't what you think. No, it's not offline meetings in Microsoft Teams. It's the ability to schedule offline meetings in Teams. You know. Appointments that don't need a Teams meeting. But we give 10 points to the click-bait message title in the Message Center this week    Daniel and Darrell cover:     - Offline meetings in Microsoft Teams      - Pin workspaces is now available      - Microsoft Viva: Display connected topics on people profile cards, now available WW      - Improvements to @mentioning behavior on Viva Engage      - Microsoft Teams: Speaker View in Teams Meetings      - SharePoint: Create Pages and News from the SharePoint app bar      - Teams Video Clip Auto-Generated Captions      - Microsoft Viva: SharePoint content on Office.com and Edge New Tab Page Feed show related Viva Topics      Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.    Follow us!   Twitter - Facebook - LinkedIn Check out Daniel and Darrell's own YouTube channels at:     Daniel - https://DanielGlenn.com/YT Darrell - https://www.youtube.com/modernworkmentor   

Viva Topics in Engage doubles the impact and access of your knowledge at your fingertips - and how you pay it forward to others. On today's episode, we hear from Raj Jain (Principal product manager at Microsoft) about all things topical about Viva Topics, specifically - the role of Viva Topics within your Viva Engage community discussions, questions, and announcements posts. The real value gives you a built-in knowledge management system that balances and refines the length of your internal communications without sacrificing the depth you pay forward to each person that reads your comm. Two Viva apps, one great outcome. Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Plus, click here for transcript of this episode. 05:35 Conversation with Raj Jain 19:08 Upcoming Events Raj Jain | (Principal Product Manager - Viva Engage and Answers team) [guest] Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] Viva Topics | Website | Viva adoption center | @MicrosoftViva Viva Engage | Website | Viva adoption center | @MicrosoftViva SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Feedback Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.  Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Upcoming events: Modern Workplace Conference 2023 | March.27-29.2023 Paris, France Microsoft Secure | March.28.2023 Online Microsoft Viva Summit | April.20.2023 Online Microsoft 365 Conference | May.2-4.2023 Las Vegas, Nevada CollabDays Poland | May.13.2023 Warsaw, Poland Power Automate & Power Apps Developer Bootcamp Automation Summit 2023 | May.19-20.2023 London, Paddington European Collaboration Summit | May.22-24.2023 Düsseldorf Fair, Germany Microsoft Build 2023 | May 23-25, 2023. Register now. The AIIM Conference 2023 | May.25-27.2023 Hyatt Regency, New Orleans   Listen and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

In this episode, we cover: Yammer > Engage rebrand, Viva Topics in Viva Engage, Stream Playlists, SharePoint Advanced Management, updated OneDrive Home and Shared, external file requests for SharePoint document libraries, export Microsoft Lists as datasets for Power BI, update to rules email notifications, and more. Plus, we talk with Sesha Mani, Principal group product manager on the SharePoint team focused on admin, security, and compliance. Sesha highlights the value of new SharePoint Advanced Management capabilities when working with proposals, contracts, invoices, and more - to help IT address sprawl and oversharing with a new set of advanced security and content management capabilities - broadly speaking advanced access policies for secure content collaboration AND advanced sites content lifecycle management. Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Click here for full transcript.  1:30 Employee Engagement 7:40 Conversation with Sesha Mani 21:10 Teamwork 28:25 Related Technology   Sesha Mani | LinkedIn | Twitter SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]   "Microsoft Syntex – SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM) Add-on – Announcing General Availability" (blog post) Learn more about SharePoint Advanced Management (MS Learn) Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.  Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes   Upcoming events: Modern Workplace Conference 2023 | March.27-29.2023 Paris, France Culturati | Apr.2-3.2023 Austin, Texas Microsoft 365 Conference | May.2-4.2023 Las Vegas, Nevada CollabDays Poland | May.13.2023 Warsaw, Poland Technorama Belgium - the Jungle Edition | May.15-17 Kinepolis Antwerp Power Automate & Power Apps Developer Bootcamp Automation Summit 2023 | May.19-20.2023 London, Paddington CollabDays Italy | May.20.2023 Milan, Italy European Collaboration Summit | May.22-24.2023 Dusseldorf, Germany   Listen and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

We're excited to see Answers arrive in Microsoft Viva, the premium experience for sourcing knowledge socially. It helps find the right person to get answers quickly, leveraging Viva Topics to select subject matter experts. It improves upon Yammer / Viva Engage Q&A features to make the best answers visible. Hear more in this episode.      Also, on the show:        - Microsoft Viva: Meeting Prep Inline Suggestions Coming to Outlook with Viva Insights      - Org Explorer in Outlook: View and Navigate the Organization Chart      - Get ready for Answers in Microsoft Viva      - Virtual Appointment as a new Teams Meeting Template      - Microsoft Teams: Video Filters in Teams Meetings      - SharePoint: External File Request in SharePoint Document Library                  Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.    Follow us!   Twitter - Facebook - LinkedIn Check out Daniel and Darrell's own YouTube channels at:     Daniel - https://DanielGlenn.com/YT Darrell - https://www.youtube.com/modernworkmentor   

Our team spent most of December 2022 refining the cloud, improving it for your return to work – whenever that may be. In this episode, you'll find details about a load of great new offerings: Microsoft Syntex Pay-as-you-go (Preview), search video transcript for Stream (on SharePoint), SharePoint Apps: Add to teams when enabling an app, OneDrive: Sensitivity labels appear on the sharing dialog, OneDrive sync reports (GA), SharePoint sites search in usage analytics, Microsoft Teams Premium (Preview), Microsoft Whiteboard mobile apps, and more. Plus, we included audio from my co-host Chris McNulty, Director of product marketing for Syntex and Viva Topics – from his recent keynote segment during the European SharePoint Conference - to provide an update on all things Microsoft Syntex. Happy holidays, and welcome to 2023. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Click here for transcript of this episode. Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] SharePoint Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Microsoft 365 Setup site (Getting started and deployment guides) Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.  Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

This month Taylor and Rob dive back into a topic they first covered a year ago, Dynamics 365. This time they talk Business Apps with the MBG's own expert Hector Konomi (LinkedIn). They also discuss a fun Viva Topics development, extol the virtues of the Microsoft WhiteBoard Mobile App, and as always share some Microsoft 365 news!

Drive more interaction with Viva Topics by adding new Topics cards to the Viva Connections dashboard. Two new cards will suggest topics you might be interested in, or suggest you as a subject matter expert.      On the show:       - Suggest types for Viva Topics      - (Updated) OneDrive Android: Extract PDF Pages      - (Updated) Viva Topics Cards in Viva Connection      - Modern Commenting Experience Coming to Whiteboard      - Visio Services discontinuation starting 10th Feb 2023      - Loop components in Word for the web in Targeted release                 Join Daniel Glenn and Darrell as a Service Webster as they cover the latest messages in the Microsoft 365 Message Center.   Follow us!   Twitter - Facebook - LinkedIn Check out Daniel and Darrell's own YouTube channels at:     Daniel - https://DanielGlenn.com/YT Darrell - https://www.youtube.com/modernworkmentor   

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

Viva continues to evolve - what's the latest? Richard talks to Sandy Ussia about her work with the various Viva modules and approaches to customizing Teams. Sandy talks about how it's possible to shape a Teams experience to fit your organization, including using third-party components - there are many choices! When your Teams is in good shape, there are plenty of new Viva modules to explore, including Topics, a knowledge management system using machine learning to extract critical aspects of your organization. And related to that machine learning module are upcoming Sales and Goals! The Viva family keeps growing!Links:Accessible PowerAppsLightning ToolsMicrosoft VivaViva ConnectionsSharePoint NewsAdaptive CardsMicrosoft Viva TopicsOffice DelveMicrosoft Viva SalesMicrosoft Viva GoalsRecorded July 15, 2022

June 2022 brought a lot of new tech to Microsoft 365 - lots of SharePoint and related tech goodness: Pride Month | LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group site template, Viva Topics in Teams chat, inline playback of videos in Hero web part, updated site logo management, multilingual UI when editing team sites, rename Add to OneDrive Shortcuts, OneDrive: Pin and unpin shared libraries, Planner cards in team site activity feed, SPS'2013 Workflows migration assessment tool, Teams chat with self, and more. We also hear from Adam Ford from the OneDrive and SharePoint design team share insights about the focus on UX - especially in SharePoint pages and how they appear in Microsoft Teams. So, design some listening time for this episode of The Intrazone. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post.   Adam Ford | LinkedIn | [guest] Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] SharePoint Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Feedback Resources: "Create and use modern pages on a SharePoint site" (Microsoft support 'how to' article) Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.  Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Upcoming Events: Microsoft Inspire 2022 (Virtual) (July.19-20.2022) 365 EduCon - Dallas (Aug. 8-12, 2022) Microsoft Power Platform Conference (Sept.20-22.2022; Orlando, FL) European Cloud Summit (Sept.26-28.2022; Mainz, DE) 365 EduCon - Chicago (Sept.26-30.2022) Microsoft Lists workshop [now available on-demand] Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

April 2022 brought a lot of new tech to Microsoft 365 - lots of SharePoint and related tech goodness: Viva Topics in Outlook for the Web (4:40), Viva Topics insights, Microsoft Stream: Comment on a video or audio file, Create directly from the SharePoint app bar, Microsoft Lists for Android (9:30), Create and manage Power Apps from Microsoft Lists within Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Lists Calendar view: 'Unscheduled' Pane, OneDrive: Access your Teams standard and private channel files, OneDrive: Pin shared libraries to Quick Access, Viva Insights (20:20): Shared focus plans, Microsoft Purview, Bookmarks in New Yammer, Whiteboard files stored in SharePoint, and more. We also hear from two Microsoft Viva product leads - Naomi Moneypenny discuss progress we're seeing with Viva Topics and its latest feature in Outlook, plus insights about Viva Insights from Erik Anderson. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Social and Info Links: Naomi Moneypenny | Twitter | LinkedIn [guest] Erik Anderson | LinkedIn [guest] Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] SharePoint Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Feedback Resources: Viva Topics in Outlook for the Web click-through demo  Microsoft Purview: Your home for Microsoft 365 compliance solutions .whiteboard files Tweet from Ian Mikutel (Head of Product at Microsoft Whiteboard for Teams and Surface) Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.  Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Upcoming Events: SEF 2022 (planned for in-person with a few sessions delivered virtually, May.4-5.2022 | Sweden) Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon (May.4-6.2022 | Virtual) Microsoft Tech Days (May5.2022) 365 EduCon (May.9-12.2022 | Seattle, WA) Microsoft Ability Summit (May10.2022 | Virtual) @MSFTEnable Build 2022 (May.24-26.2022 | Virtual) Thrive Conference (May.24-25.2022 | Slovenia) Microsoft Lists workshop [now available on-demand] Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

Geben Sie Mitarbeitenden und Kollegen regelmässig Anerkennung für ihre Arbeit? Microsoft Viva hilft Ihnen dank künstlicher Intelligenz, immer mal wieder Lob zu verteilen. Wie ein virtueller Checkout funktioniert und was er genau bringt, erfahren Sie in dieser Podcast-Episode. Was Microsoft Viva sonst noch alles zu bieten hat? Jetzt in die Episode reinhören. Die Themen im Überblick: (00:00) – Intro – Microsoft Viva: Lohnt sich das für Unternehmen? (03:20) – Modul 1: Microsoft Viva Connections (05:42) – Modul 2: Learning Plattform (08:07) – Eigene Lern-Inhalte einbinden (11:29) – Modul 3: Microsoft Viva Topics (13:08) – Unsere Empfehlung zu Viva Topics (14:00) – Modul 4: Microsoft Viva Insights (14:57) – Virtueller Checkout (17:36) – Dank künstlicher Intelligenz Lob verteilen (20:25) – Zusammenfassung: Das sind die vier Module von Microsoft Viva Hier finden Siedie im Podcast erwähnte Episode «Microsoft To Do und Planner: So rocken Sie Ihr Task-Management»:

February 2022 continued strong in Microsoft 365 with numerous SharePoint and related tech goodness: Updated My feed web part, Viva Topics integration with SharePoint Syntex taxonomy, new Microsoft Graph connectors, channel and folder rename between Teams and SharePoint, Microsoft 365 connected templates, OneDrive sync for macOS, and more. We talk with Raju Nagalinga - principal program manager at Microsoft focused on Microsoft Graph connectors in connection to Microsoft Search. Raju talks more about two new connectors for Jira and Confluence, plus the broader ways to connect your various content sources for a holistic end user search results experience. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Click here for a transcript of this episode.    Social and Info Links: SharePoint Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | UserVoice Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] Raju Nagalinga | Twitter | LinkedIn [guest]   Resources: Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.  Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts   Upcoming Events: Enterprise Connect (Mar.21-24.2022, Orlando, FL) Teams Nation 2022 (Mar.23.2022) CollabDays - Cologne (Mar.2022 - no specific day announced yet) Document Strategy Forum (DSF) 2022 (April 4-6.2022, Chicago, IL) Microsoft 365 Conference (in-person, Apr.5-7.2022, Las Vegas, NV) AIIM 2022 (Apr.27-29, Denver, CO) SEF 2022 (planned for in-person with a few sessions delivered virtually, May.4-5.2022, Sweden) 365 EduCon (May.9-12.2022, Seattle, WA)   Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

January 2022 kicked us off right in Microsoft 365 with a slew of SharePoint and related tech goodness: Microsoft Editor in SharePoint pages, Viva Topics topic card improvements, SharePoint navigation switcher, conversation search in Office.com and SharePoint, migration updates, Microsoft Lists: Board view, Power BI for libraries, new library drop-down menu, Lists in the SharePoint app bar, and more. Mark also chats with Yogesh Ratnaparkhi - Microsoft principal program manager focused on migration of files and folder into Microsoft 365. We chat about progress on Migration Manager in the SharePoint admin center, recent updates with the SharePoint Migration Tool (SPMT), and highlight some of the key organizing and scheduling capabilities now available to admins. It's a packed half hour, and you'll find yourself more informed at the end. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Social and Info Links: SharePoint Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | UserVoice Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] Yogesh Ratnaparkhi | LinkedIn [guest] Resources: Sign up and try the Microsoft Lists - MSA Preview Read and review the free ClearBox 'Intranet and Employee Experience Platforms 2022' Visit the Microsoft Viva adoption center within adoption.microsoft.com Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.  Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Upcoming Events: CollabDays - Bletchley Park, England (Feb.23.2022) + @CollabDays_Park Enterprise Connect (Mar.21-24.2022, Orlando, FL) Teams Nation 2022 (Mar.23.2022) CollabDays - Cologne (Mar.2022 - no specific day announced yet) Document Strategy Forum (DSF) 2022 (April 4-6.2022, Chicago, IL) Microsoft 365 Conference (in-person, Apr.5-7.2022, Las Vegas, NV) AIIM 2022 (Apr.27-29, Denver, CO) SEF 2022 (planned for in-person with a few sessions delivered virtually, May.4-5.2022, Sweden) 365 EduCon (May.9-12.2022, Seattle, WA)   Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

The Christmas specials and Microsoft Roadmap Roundup continues. In the winter program today: The return of File Explorer in SharePoint Online, local times in Microsoft Teams, new search options or the end of Delve, more options in the Text Web Part and Viva Topics in Outlook. If that's not enough, listen to the last few episodes or stop by afrait.com.

Weiter geht's mit den Weihnachtsspecials und Microsoft Roadmap Roundup. Im winterlichen Programm heute: Die Rückkehr des Datei Explorers in SharePoint Online, Ortszeiten in Microsoft Teams, neue Suchmöglichkeiten bzw. das Ende von Delve, mehr Möglichkeiten im Text-Webpart und Viva Topics in Outlook. Wenn das alles noch nicht reicht, hör' dir die letzten Folgen an oder schau auf afrait.com vorbei.

Hallo liebe Zuhörer:Innen, in der 20. Ausgabe unserer 2021er Season sprechen wir mit einem Rockstar aus der deutschen #Community über #MicrosoftVIVA: Ragnar Heil. Was verbirgt sich hinter VIVA #Insights, VIVA #Topics, VIVA #Learning und VIVA #Connections? Diese Fragen, was man jeweils mit den Modulen machen kann und wie man diese einrichtet, wird in dieser Folge besprochen. Wir freuen uns auf Euer Feedback via Social Media oder gern auch direkt. Viel Spaß bei unserem Talk, Michael und Thorsten -------------------------------------------------- Link zur Webseite von Ragnar: https://ragnarheil.de/ Ragnar auf Twitter: @ragnarh Ragnar auf LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ragnarheil/ -------------------------------------------------- Link zum Blog findet ihr hier: https://talkm365.net Auf Twitter unter: @TalkM365 Twitter Michael: @plemich Twitter Thorsten: @thorpick Link zum YouTube-Kanal: https://link.talkm365.net/YouTube -------------------------------------------------- Reference-Links: Music Intro/Outro: Vacation - AShamaluevMusic. Music Link: https://soundcloud.com/ashamaluevmusic/vacation Music Background: Inspirational Corporate Ambient - AShamaluevMusic Music Link: https://www.patreon.com/ashamaluevmusic --------------------------------------------------

One piece of paper might be easy to find. One document within twenty million – well, that leads to time-waste greater than a needle in a haystack. In this episode, we focus on Northumbrian Water's migration of 20M documents, the benefits of a Knowledge Discovery Workshop, applying both SharePoint Syntex and Viva Topics for improved intake recognition and better people and content discovery. Plus a fun story of a very important, nearly irreplaceable van. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Resources: Gabriel Karawani | LinkedIn | Twitter || ClearPeople (Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Vimeo) [guest] Craig Stanley | LinkedIn | Twitter || Northumbrian Water (Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube) [guest] Mark Kashman | Twitter [co-host] Chris McNulty | Twitter [co-host] Microsoft 365 Content Services Partner Program Microsoft Partner Network SharePoint | Syntex | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog Viva Topics | Resource center | #MSFTViva | Viva community blog Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.  Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Events: Microsoft Ignite (Nov.2-4.2021; digital event)  European Collaboration Summit (Nov.29 - Oct. 1.2021) Microsoft 365 Collaboration Conference - Vegas (Dec.7-9.2021) Microsoft Lists workshop [available now on-demand] Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

For this show, we decided to heavily borrow from Office365Distilled's show about Commsverse and share the sessions that we are excited to watch at the South Coast Summit. Al and Kevin picked a few of the talks that caught our interest or that we know how amazing the people can be.Check out the sessions list on the South Coast Summit website.Burnout Begone as a Service - Dona Sarkar (13:00) - Accessibility and inclusion trackHello from the other side - how makers and developers make a FusionDev team - Yannick Reekmans and Luise Freese (11:00) - Power Platform track) Approaches to Managing Insider Risk in a work from anywhere world - Graham Hosking and Dan Cousineau (11:30) - Security and compliance trackFeed on knowledge harvested with Viva Topics (even if you are a minnow) - Sara Fennah and Kevin McDonnell (14:00) - Collaboration TrackPlanning a career in Power Platform - Alison Mulligan (14:30) - Power Platform trackWorking with Templates in Microsoft 365 - Chirag Patel (14:30) - Collaboration trackModern Work Management in Office 365 - what is the right tool for you and your organisation? - Sam Graber (14:30) - Collaboration trackAI Builder in Action! - Marco Rocca (16:00) - Data and AI trackHow I found luck - Keith Whatling (17:00) - Where Keith is going, he don't need no track

Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Viva Connections, Microsoft Search, Viva Topics, Yammer and Viva Insights. All of this is covered today in just 4 minutes and 27 seconds. From view switcher to hub-sites to profile pages and upcoming top hits to quiet time. As always by afrait.com

Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Viva Connections, Microsoft Search, Viva Topics, Yammer und Viva Insights. All das gibt es heute in nur 4 Minuten und 16 Sekunden. Von Ansichtwechsler über Hubseiten zu Profilseiten und Ruhezeiten bis hin zu kommenden Top Hits. Wie immer von afrait.com

In Episode 245, Ben and Scott discuss Viva Topics and some frustrations around managing topics as an end-user. Then they dive into some of the latest items that have appeared on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap. Sponsors ShareGate - ShareGate's industry-leading products help IT professionals worldwide migrate their business to the Office 365 or SharePoint, automate their Office 365 governance, and understand their Azure usage & costs Spot by NetApp – The cloud automation platform that makes it easy to deliver continuously optimized infrastructure at the lowest possible cost Office365AdminPortal.com - Providing admins the knowledge and tools to run Office 365 successfully Intelligink - We focus on the Microsoft Cloud so you can focus on your business Show Notes Microsoft Viva Topics overview SharePoint highlights Manage topic visibility in Microsoft Viva Topics Microsoft Teams: Auto-Expiration of Meeting Recordings stored on OneDrive and SharePoint Pairing naming convention between Teams channels and corresponding SharePoint folders Microsoft Teams: Pairing the channel and the corresponding SharePoint folder name About the sponsors Every business will eventually have to move to the cloud and adapt to it. That's a fact. ShareGate helps with that. Our industry-leading products help IT professionals worldwide migrate their business to the Office 365 or SharePoint, automate their Office 365 governance, and understand their Azure usage & costs. Visit https://sharegate.com/ to learn more. Spot by NetApp helps their customers get the most out of their cloud investments by automating cloud infrastructure to ensure performance, reduce complexity, and optimize costs. Discover how leading companies, from cloud-native startups to global enterprises, are automating, simplifying, and optimizing their cloud infrastructure with Spot by NetApp.Check them out at Spot.io/msit where you can find more information, request a demo, or evenstart a free trial. Intelligink utilizes their skill and passion for the Microsoft cloud to empower their customers with the freedom to focus on their core business. They partner with them to implement and administer their cloud technology deployments and solutions. Visit Intelligink.com for more info.

It's time to go beyond what Microsoft Viva is, and move into implementation, deployment, and adoption. We've got a terrific "knowledge roundtable" discussion with four Microsoft MVPs: Dux Raymond Sy about Viva Connections, Susan Hanley about Viva Topics, Asif Rehmani about Viva Learning, and Robert Mulsow on Viva Insights. This episode is filled with great tips, tricks, and challenges when configuring and rolling it out Viva for your company and colleagues. Click here for this episode's companion blog post and links. 00:00 Intro 09:00 Roundtable 01:13:00 Events People: Dux Raymond Sy | LinkedIn | Twitter | AvePoint [guest] Susan Hanley | LinkedIn | Twitter | SusanHanley.com [guest] Asif Rehmani | LinkedIn | Twitter | VisualSP [guest] Robert Mulsow | LinkedIn | Twitter | SkillBridge [guest] Mark Kashman | Twitter [co-host] Chris McNulty | Twitter [co-host] Resources: SharePoint | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog  Microsoft Viva | #MSFTViva | LinkedIn | Site | Blog The Intrazone episode with Microsoft CVP, Jared Spataro: "Viva Las Microsoft" aka, the Viva 101 podcast. Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.  Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Events: Commsverse (Sept.15-16.2021); a Microsoft Teams Community Event) [hybrid: UK - in-person and online] SharePoint Fest DC + dedicated 'Teams Fest' track (Sept.20-24.2021) [in-person] HR Tech Conference 2021 (Sept.28-Oct.1.2021) [in-person] CollabDays New England (Oct.9.2021) [in-person] Jeff Teper kicking it off + Chris McNulty live. Check out Jeff Teper's related t-shirt tweet SharePoint Fest Dallas (Oct.11-15.2021) [in-person] - co-keynote (Chris & Mark) Microsoft Ignite (Nov.2-4.2021; digital event)  Microsoft Lists workshop [available now on-demand] Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone, and discover other Microsoft podcasts: aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts

With a year in the life of Microsoft Product Executive Adam Harmetz looking abit like this - 2,000 meetings attended.  4,000 instant message chats.  7,000 emails sent. Adam knows a thing or two about managing his time and communication mediums. Adam's team delivers experiences across a variety of products like Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Microsoft Search. In this epside, I have a chat with Adam andget an insight into how Adam manages his time and some practical techniques he uses. A concept called "The Calendar Audit", what it is, how you conduct one and the benefits it brings. We also touch on the high-calorie information diet, then dive into how Adam has reconfigured his Monday morning routines during the pandemic, which he say is the best change to his work style that he has made in the past decade. Connect with Adam: Blog: Adam Harmetz - Mind the Beet Twitter: Adam Harmetz (@AdamHarmetz) / Twitter LinkedIn: Adam Harmetz | LinkedIn  

This week we are joined by the M365 Princess, independent Microsoft consultant, queen of stickers and open sourceress - Luise Freese! We talk about the latest news including our thoughts on Windows 11 and the associated Teams updates, get impressed by Vesku Nopanen rocking the HoloLens2 and discuss why printers are bad.Windows 11Summary - Upgrade to the New Windows 11 OS | Microsoft and Microsoft: Windows 11 is a better fit than Windows 10 for this hybrid world | ZDNetUI Changes - Here are the UI changes Microsoft showed off in Windows 11 - The VergeTPM issues - https://www.zdnet.com/article/will-your-pc-run-windows-11-even-microsoft-cant-say-for-sure/ and Why Windows 11 is forcing everyone to use TPM chips - The VergeNo IE!!! Windows 11 is deleting Internet Explorer - The VergeTeams enhancements - https://twitter.com/rishmsft/status/1408084132786151427?s=20Support for multiple accounts!!!!Vesa Nopnanen using Teams with HoloLens Microsoft HoloLens 2 – experiencing the future today – Vesa Nopanen – My Teams & Microsoft 365 Day (myteamsday.com)Developer newsGithub Project Planning GitHub Issues · Project planning for developersConnected account tooltip for PnP PowerShell Connected Account tooltip in PowerShell | PnP SamplesViva and SearchViva Connections dev model being open in SPFX v1.13 https://twitter.com/vesajuvonen/status/1408013967289688070?s=20 Viva Topics auto highlighted in SharePoint today https://twitter.com/resing/status/1407899914969878529?s=20Announcing developer preview of the Microsoft Federated Search Platform - Microsoft Tech Community Security and complianceWhat's New in Information Protection? - Microsoft Tech CommunityGA: Mandatory LabellingPP: Co-authoring and autosave for protected documentsGA: Dynamic marking Ministry of Defence 'sorry' after secret papers left at bus stop - BBC NewsGA: Track and RevokeEventsKevin on MVPBuzz with Christian Buckley  - #MVPbuzzChat with Kevin McDonnell – buckleyPLANETM365 Security & Compliance User Group – Wed 30 JuneJune 2021 | Meetup

Take a deep dive on Microsoft Viva Topics, which uses AI to organize information into accessible knowledge within the apps and services you use every day. Walk through the admin experience for setup, as well as the controls available to publish and curate topic pages and ensure content accuracy. CJ Tan, Lead Program Manager, joins host Jeremy Chapman to cover the overall experience for users, knowledge managers, and admins. If you're new to Microsoft Viva, it comprises four modules that deliver new employee experiences across knowledge, communications, resources, learning and insights. These leverage the foundational technologies of Microsoft 365, Microsoft Graph, and AI to deliver a modern employee experience platform. Viva Topics builds a system that transforms information into knowledge and actively delivers it to you in the context of your work. As many of us are working remotely or in more hybrid office environments, it can be harder to stay informed. With Topics, we connect you to the knowledge and the people closest to it. ► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 01:45 - See how Topics works 03:46 - AI behind the scenes 04:57 - Knowledge manager experience 07:47 - User experience 09:25 - Admin experience- how to set it up 10:58 - Protect sensitive information 12:01 - Scope who can contribute 13:37 - Manually create topics immediately ► Link References: Watch our Essentials episode at https://aka.ms/VivaEssentials Find additional tutorials and guidance at https://aka.ms/vivatopics ► Unfamiliar with Microsoft Mechanics? We are Microsoft’s official video series for IT. You can watch and share valuable content and demos of current and upcoming tech from the people who build it at #Microsoft. Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MicrosoftMechanicsSeries?sub_confirmation=1 Join us on the Microsoft Tech Community: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-mechanics-blog/bg-p/MicrosoftMechanicsBlog Watch or listen via podcast here: https://microsoftmechanics.libsyn.com/website ► Keep getting this insider knowledge, join us on social: Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MSFTMechanics Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft-mechanics/ Follow us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/microsoftmechanics/

It’s time to turn content into knowledge with the help of AI. Chris and Mark talk with CJ Tan (principal PM manager | Microsoft) about her role on the Project Cortex team focused on Viva Topics. We dig into knowledge roles, deployment practices, common scenarios, and top of mind for 'What's next?’ We don't think that AI is the only substitute for IA (Information Architecture). People, metadata and AI interact better together. CJ walks us through how it all works from pilot to broad-scale use and adoption. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Click here for transcript of this episode.  Resources: CJ Tan| LinkedIn [guest] Mark Kashman | Twitter [co-host] Chris McNulty | Twitter [co-host] Get started with Microsoft Viva Topics New Learning Paths in doc.ms.com: Main resource center: https://akak.ms/Viva/Topics SharePoint | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog  Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.  Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Events: Teams Nation (May 12, 2021) M365 Virtual Philly (May 14-15, 2021) Microsoft Build (May 25-27, 2021) ESPC21 (June 1-2, 2021) Microsoft 365 Collaboration Summit (June 8-10, 2021) SharePoint Saturdays (ongoing)   Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

Tour Microsoft Viva, the new employee experience platform that connects learning, insights, resources, and communication. Viva is a unique set of curated and AI enriched experiences built on top of and integrated with the foundational services of Microsoft 365. Join Jeremy Chapman as he shares Viva’s capabilities, the underlying tech, and your core options for enabling and configuring Microsoft Viva as a team leader or admin. Microsoft Viva’s 4 core modules: Viva Topics - builds a knowledge system for your organization Viva Connections - boosts employee engagement Viva Learning - creates a central hub to discover learning content and build new skills Viva Insights - recommends actions to help improve productivity and wellbeing As an employee: Get more time to focus and recharge – no matter where you’re working from. Connect with others, stay informed and engaged. Accelerate learning new skills, and balance your time at work. At an organizational level: Boost morale and retention and the overall success of your organization. Foster a new culture of support for employees, so even when not physically together with colleagues, they feel connected to collective goals. Employees can easily leverage the knowledge and connections of their work community to get things done and feel invested in their career growth. ► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 01:13 - Viva Topics 01:54 - Viva Connections 02:21 - Viva Learning 02:56 - Viva Insights 03:38 - Implementing Viva 04:18 - Upcoming highlights 05:49 - Privacy and security 06:50 - Platform extensibility 08:21 - Wrap Up ► Link References: For deep dives on all the Viva modules, go to https://aka.ms/VivaMechanics Learn more at https://aka.ms/Viva ► Unfamiliar with Microsoft Mechanics? We are Microsoft’s official video series for IT. You can watch and share valuable content and demos of current and upcoming tech from the people who build it at #Microsoft. Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MicrosoftMechanicsSeries?sub_confirmation=1 Join us on the Microsoft Tech Community: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-mechanics-blog/bg-p/MicrosoftMechanicsBlog Watch or listen via podcast here: https://microsoftmechanics.libsyn.com/website ► Keep getting this insider knowledge, join us on social: Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MSFTMechanics Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft-mechanics/ Follow us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/microsoftmechanics/ 

This week we chat about intros as Al works out how to intro his new role and then we cover news on SharePoint functionality, a change in model for SPFX releases, new stuff for Viva and record numbers for Teams. And we laughed at Kevin's sunburnt head.SharePoint/OneDriveImmersive Reader in SharePoint - SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop April 2021WhiteBoard moved into OneDrive  - Enable Microsoft Whiteboard for your organization - Office SupportWhiteBoard being upgraded in Teams - https://myteamsday.com/2021/04/28/teams-whiteboard/ SPFXSharePoint Framework Public Previews - Release CandidatesCLI for Microsoft 365 3.9 Release with SPFx Public Preview Upgrade SupportSharePoint Framework 1.12.1 ReleasedVivaAnnouncing Viva Learning public preview - Microsoft Tech CommunityMicrosoft Viva Insights: Home-tab – Vesa Nopanen – My Teams & Microsoft 365 Day Alexandria in Microsoft Viva Topics: from big data to big knowledge - Microsoft ResearchYammer and Viva Topics - https://twitter.com/kevmcdonk/status/1389256066781880323?s=20Teams145 million active users (that's 130 million "you're on mute" a day according to Jeremy Thake)OtherM365 Dev Podcast - CLI in Containers with Garry Trinder (schaeflein.net)LearnPixelArt Events12 May - Teams NationViva insights - AlMicrosoft Search - Kevhttps://teamsnation.rocks/register 14/15 May - SPS PhillyViva insights - AlM365 Philly Virtual 2021 (spsevents.org) 19 May - M365 S&C UGSyntex for compliance labelling - KevOffice Message Encryption - Patrick van BemmelenMay 2021 | Meetup 29 May - SPS CologneViva insights - AlViva Topics - KevSharePoint Saturday Cologne 2021 (spsevents.org)Commsverse sep 15th and 16th - Commsverse - The Microsoft Teams ConferenceSouth Coast Summit = 16th October South Coast Summit – A Microsoft Cloud Technology Conference

Microsoft Viva kam, sah und war zumindest auf der Ignite schon ein großes Gesprächsthema. Ob es schlussendlich siegreich, oder besser erfolgreich im Microsoft 365 Umfeld sich verbreiten wird, das werden die nächsten Monate zeigen. Heute mal der erste Blick hinter den Vorhang und was wir so alles dort aktuell finden.Wie wir Microsoft Viva aktuell einschätzen ist Thema unserer Folge 22, aufgenommen Anfang April 2021. Das als kleiner Hinweis falls jemand später sich das anhört, da wir davon ausgehen, dass sich hier noch einiges verändern wird.Links zur Folge:https://news.microsoft.com/2021/02/04/microsoft-unveils-new-employee-experience-platform-microsoft-viva-to-help-people-thrive-at-work/https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/introducing-microsoft-viva-the-employee-experience-platform-in/ba-p/2111481https://sharepoint360.de/microsoft-viva-wo-ist-der-platz-zwischen-neuer-hr-suite-und-workplace-hub/Schmankerl der Woche:Antje: Achtsamkeit in digitalen Zeiten: Ein persönlicher Wegweiser für mehr Ruhe in der BeschleunigungThomy: hat einen neuen Gas Griller von burnhard.de

In this episode, the boys start with cars and Marijn still learning about his new motor car and how long it takes to learn all about the different controls.  They remind everyone that their new Whisky@Ease YouTube channel has launched https://youtu.be/8m8clnpRtsk?sub_confirmation=1  They report back on the speaking session that has not happened at the point of recording but went well at the time of the mix down!!!The subject is Viva which of course is built on the release notes of cortex and its been really cool watching this initial release and launch turn into a set of great products.Steve points out that historic applications like Delve and Graph have driven the capabilities that today has been refined into Viva Topics and Connections.So they look at the extra features and the four products…    Topics, Connections, Learning and Insights.Marijn looks at Topics and how it could retain the corporate knowledge.  Steve suggests that adoption is all about teaching people to share and collaboration and disagrees with Marijn who suggests that people keep it in their head.The knowledge is less tacit and more hidden on OneDrive etc.Viva will not necessarily fix problems, but it will provide the evidence to move towards a solution. Security is important but it might need to go a step earlier and start to show content that you are not allowed to see.  Of course, with permission.Connections and topics will need managed metadata and transparency in place and across the organization.One great working example might be Viva ensuring everyone is reminded about the Agile Epics, Features User stories that are relevant to a specific topic.  Maybe it can start to enhance communicate strategic items if seeding is correctly enabled across the organization.

Microsoft announced the launch of Microsoft Viva, an employee experience platform designed to help people connect, focus, learn, and thrive at work. In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I was joined by my partner and fellow analyst Daniel Newman to talk all things Microsoft Viva. For starters, a solution like Microsoft Viva is important on a number of fronts — we've collectively adapted to hybrid work, business leaders are cognizant of and trying to avoid burnout, and are focused on helping people feel more connected and supported by the organization, and they are also recognizing the importance of learning management and creating a culture of continuous learning within organizations (and making learning easy). The Microsoft Viva Experience platform is comprised of a number of components that are conveniently centered around connection, insights, learning, and topics. Our conversation included a brief snapshot of each, including: Viva Connections The Viva Connections part of the Microsoft Viva Employee Experience Platform is the “gateway to modern employee experience” that is personalized and appears in the apps and devices employees use every day (like Teams). Viva Connections gives people a curated, company-branded experience that pulls together news, conversations, and other resources. It designed to be quick and easy to use, and users can publish content from SharePoint, Yammer, or Microsoft steam, to a single feed and post the external news and content organizations want employees to see (and use). Of special interest to me, was the ability to use the Viva Connections platform to reach specific departments, regions, or roles within the company, by audience targeting or bring attention to important items in the feed by way of “boosting” so that items appear on top of the news feed until read or they have accomplished a certain number of impressions. Microsoft Viva Topics Microsoft Viva Topics uses AI to help empower people within the organization with knowledge and expertise in various apps to connect, manage, protect, and share that knowledge across systems and teams. Note that Viva Topics is available today for Microsoft commercial customers. Viva Topics is intended to help manage the sea of information that employees encounter and must deal with on a daily basis. Microsoft data indicates that employees on average spend more than an hour a day looking for or recreating info that already exists within the organization, more than triple what they spent five years ago. To be fair, there's more information now, but still, that's a lot of wasted time and incredibly frustrating. Onboarding, skill development, and knowledge drain are key issues business leaders face and Viva Topics is intended to address that. It appears as though this has grown out of the Project Cortex Preview program, launched about two years ago, a program in which Microsoft customers participated to help shape the product. Companies like Arla Foods, Unilever, Siemens Healthcare, and Mott MacDonald have been using Viva Topics in their organizations and have participated along the way in fine-tuning this product. Microsoft Viva Learning Microsoft Viva Learning is yet another component of Microsoft Viva platform, and is an app for Microsoft Teams that is in private preview at this time. In June of 2020, Microsoft announced a goal of helping 25 million people around the world gain the digital skills they need to be successful. Now the goal is to extend beyond supporting jobseekers to helping support people's success once they are hired. Daniel and I know from firsthand experience as well as our own research that successful digital transformation journeys (and successful organizations) rely on an organizations' commitment to create a culture of continuous learning. That's exactly what Microsoft Viva Learning is designed to do.   Viva Learning features a central hub where people can discover, share, assign, and learn from best-in-class content libraries, including LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Learn, third party content providers, and an organization's own custom content, all geared to make learning on a daily basis a standard thing. Teams and groups can set up their own learning tabs, and learning is not only personalized, but learning content is also centralized and easily accessed. In developing Viva Learning, Microsoft, partnered with Skillsoft, Coursera, Pluralsight, and edX to integrate world-class content into Viva Learning. It's also exciting to see that some of the biggest learning management system providers SAP SuccessFactors, Cornerstone, OnDemand, Saba have announced their intent to integrate with Viva Learning. Microsoft Viva Insights Last but never least, we touched on Microsoft Viva Insights, the final part of Microsoft's Viva employee experience platform. This offering is focused on employee wellbeing, which enables productivity, innovation, and engagement at work. Why is this relevant? Burnout and stress are increasingly more commonplace today — and that's a problem, and learning and development can play an important role in reducing stress and burnout. LinkedIn Learning's 2019 Workplace Learning Report showed that 94% of employees surveyed said they would stay at a company longer if it invested in their learning and development. Boom. Equally relevant to this conversation, a December 2020 study found that 75% of US employees reported experiencing burnout, 70% reported higher stress, and more than half reported elevated levels of anxiety. All of these things inevitably lead to a lack of engagement, and non-engaged, unhappy employees generally don't stay. As part of the Microsoft Viva Insights platform, the Glint Microsoft Power BI dashboard plays a role. Glint is a “People Success Platform” that was acquired by LinkedIn in 2018 and which uses real-time data, “people data,” to help employees increase employee engagement and develop their people. Microsoft Viva Insights for Teams is designed around fostering a culture where people can thrive. Featuring a dashboard designed to gauge how employees are feeling, the hope is that leaders can use de-identified and aggregated collaboration data to see “how people are working” and get a sense of how engaged and connected they are overall. Personal wellbeing experiences, medication, mindfulness experiences, collaboration within the organization, engagement with others, all of these things are able to be monitored in a personal yet private manner, and hopefully help everyone — individuals, managers, and leaders — thrive. What we share here in these show notes and in our conversation in the webcast just scratches the surface on all things related to Microsoft Viva's employee experience platform. Not surprising seeing this coming from Microsoft, and it's a perfect addition to the M365 platform, easily accessible by all — from enterprises to small to midsize businesses. It will be interesting for our team to watch how this plays out.