Does community matter? Hell yeah! This week, Femke Cornelissen joins us to chat about the importance of community to her journey to becoming a Technology Evangelist at Wortell in the Netherlands. We chat about her jump from marketing to SharePo

Show 71 - Viva Connections with Anoop Tatti

Jan 23rd, 2023 1h 4m

Garry and Kevin are joined this week to talk Viva Connections with Anoop Tatti (https://aka.ms/anoopt), covering what Viva Connections is, why you would use it and how you can build it out with the usual distractions along the way!Viva HomeAnno

Show 70 - a review of 2022

Jan 16th, 2023 1h 6m

This week, Kevin, Al and Garry (sadly Luise couldn't make it last minute) look back at 2022 to pick our favourite tech news of the year and our own personal highlights. Kevin even decided last minute about what everyone's focus was for 2023 so

Show 69: Careers in IT with Will Rowe

Nov 14th, 2022 1h

No news this week as we had a slightly shorter recording so we have included some links below. However, instead we have a cracker of a show with Will Rowe from MS-Talent, talking about the current job market in Microsoft IT related roles, the i

Show 68 - part 2: where Yammer excels over Teams

Nov 7th, 2022 46m 35s

A very brave Emily Mancini tackles the subject of Yammer and when it excels for organisations over Teams. The chat with Luise, Al and Kevin takes in the different use cases around Yammer and Teams, how you can help adoption, why you should cons

Show 68 - part 1: Power Platform updates and end of a Microsoft era

Oct 31st, 2022 47m 44s

This week, Kevin, Al and Luise were joined by Emily Mancini to talk about the latest news with Power Platform updates, great eBooks about Viva via Mark Rackley, new devices (with live demos!) and the end of an era in Microsoft related journalis

Show 67 - part 2: Talking Community with Ami Diamond

Oct 23rd, 2022 33m 13s

The SharePoint Wizard Ami Diamond is on the show to talk about community and why it matters to him, especially with his YouTube channel and host of WhatsApp groups he maintains.The SharePoint Wizard ChannelCommunity days - https://communitydays

Show 67 - part 1: Microsoft Ignite Debrief

Oct 17th, 2022 59m 47s

Garry and Kevin are joined by Ami Diamond (aka the SharePoint Wizard) to talk about the big news from Microsoft Ignite, including Microsoft Syntex, Teams Premium, Designer, Loop and big exciting news about Planner (no really).Microsoft Ignite 2

Episode 66 - The latest news and chat

Oct 3rd, 2022 1h 8m

Kevin, Al and Garry were guest-less so covered the large amount of news and had a chat about Viva, Teams and Power PlatformHybrid Work Is Just Work. Are We Doing It Wrong? (microsoft.com)Microsoft Viva EbookWhat’s New in Microsoft Teams | Augus

Show 65 - Part 2: Making life easier with SharePoint Syntex

Sep 12th, 2022 46m 25s

Newly minted MVP Leon Armston joins us to chat about all things SharePoint Syntex, covering what it is, what you need to use it and some real life scenarios that Leon has used.Leon's Blog SharePoint Syntex | Microsoft 365Automate document gener

Show 65 - part 1: Teams Room licensing, Adoption Score and B2B Power Apps

Sep 6th, 2022 43m 51s

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 ado

Show 64 - Part 2: What is productivity and how can it be increased?

Sep 5th, 2022 53m 41s

Part 2 of our recording with Gavin Jones as we dig into productivityModern Workplace Accelerator | MeeTime ServicesGavin 🤓 Jones | LinkedInMeeTime (@meetimeapps) / TwitterPhoto by Marvin Meyer on Unsplash

Show 64 - Part 1: OneDrive is 15, Power Platform CLI and some Viva Connections tools

Sep 5th, 2022 39m 35s

This week, Gavin Jones joins Al and Garry to cover the latest news and views from across the Microsoft 365 space.

Show 62: The Big Microsoft Inspire Round-up

Jul 25th, 2022 56m 45s

Last week was Microsoft Inspire, the main conference for Microsoft Partners, and so we are covering the announcements that were made. The exciting news is that there were new products, new APIs, new release dates and no new renames!Viva Engageh

Show 61 - Part 2: The future of collaboration

Jul 18th, 2022 37m 57s

How old are you? Do you remember when the future of collaboration was SharePoint? Maybe you remember when it was web 2.0? Maybe you even remember back to when the internet or email was the future! This week, Hans Brender joins us to talk about

Show 61 - Part 1: A new Viva pillar, beautiful Power Apps, some CLI news and Microsoft Search AMA

Jul 13th, 2022 53m 47s

Hans Brender joins us to talk about the latest news just ahead of Microsoft Inspire. We cover:Viva Sales and how it changes the outlook for Viva (pun slightly intended)How to make beautiful Power Apps, inspired by the awesome Kristine Kolodziej

Show 60 - Power Platform CoE and what more you should think of

Jun 27th, 2022 1h 3m

We are joined by Aaron Rendell, Head of Technology for CPS, to talk about Power Platform Centre of Excellence and how the CoE Starter Kit is what is says - a starter. We chat about the different processes and plans you that you should have in p

Show 59 - Your fantasy Microsoft dinner party - live from Scottish Summit

Jun 27th, 2022 48m 17s

Another episode, another something a little different. Following on from our show at the South Coast Summit last year, we decided to keep a similar format but with much better sound this time. We are joined by a host of great community members

Show 58 - Happy Hour Etiquette at Scottish Summit

Jun 24th, 2022 47m 50s

A slightly different show as we recorded our Happy Hour Etiquette session at the Scottish Summit. Al, Kevin and Luise were joined by Marijn Somers and Sara Fennah to share thoughts and tips on etiquette in Microsoft 365.The sound wasn't the bes

Show 57 - Processes in Microsoft Teams

May 30th, 2022 1h 1m

We are joined by Tomasz Poszytek to talk about all things processes in Teams. You may think that it is just about approvals but there is so much more that you can do to make your business processes more automated. We also talk about how you can

Show 56 - Part 2: Infrastructure as code in Microsoft 365

May 26th, 2022 45m 59s

Do you know what Infrastructure as Code is? If you do, have you thought about it with Microsoft 365? We are joined by Luke Evans to talk about what Infrastructure as Code is, why it's important and how you can do it in the world if Microsoft 36

Show 56 - Part 1: Scoring with Viva Goals, Group Ownership Policies with Luke Evans and more

May 17th, 2022 47m 14s

This week we are joined by independent Microsoft 365 consultant Luke Evans (Twitter, LinkedIn) to talk about the latest news including a nicely timed announcement of Viva Goals (Microsoft's release of Ally.IO), how to organise your Teams with n

Show 55 - a walk and talk with Pete Rising

Apr 30th, 2022 36m 18s

We went a little different with this show as Kevin and Peter Rising were on an offsite together and so recorded a chat during lunch on their thoughts on what was top of mind. Hybrid meetings, measuring well-being with Viva and exciting news on

Show 54 - Part 2: The Future of Work

Apr 11th, 2022 38m 32s

What will the future of work be? Rather than just guessing, Zoe Wilson talks to us about the the future of work, especially within the UK Public Sector. We chat about what it means to offices, how people do work and what the feelings of people

Show 54 - Part 1: Search in Teams, Power Platform APIs and the new world of time management

Apr 4th, 2022 50m 25s

This week we are joined by Zoe Wilson, Director of Innovation and Customer Success at Agilisys, to talk about the latest news including some new updates to Teams with better search, the power of a Power Platform API (with documentation!), secur