In the last ModPod before the summer break, we talk about CLAM (Cloud License Asset Management) with Chris Wheeler, M365 Presales Consultant and the rights and wrongs of processes with Jacob Haigh, Incident Management Team Lead, before winding it down to talk about Social Media in business.

You’ll have to listen to find out where the half-full Mercedes fits in.

It is little known that Modality has a full Video Managed Services team based out in Malaysia. Rachel Anne Thong, Head of Operations in Malaysia, Shima Razak, Senior Service Delivery Manager and Thevaraj Dharmarajan, Client Service Manager tell me how it came to be, what they do, and how it all fits culturally.

In this episode, the two Toms join Pete to discuss PowerPlatform, Daily Active Usage and how to tell your boss they’re using the technology all wrong! Tom Morgan, Product Innovation Architect and Tom Arburthnot, Principle Solution Architect join the ModPod for a light hearted talk about all things PowerPlatform.

Jamie Wheeldon, Principle Solutions Architect and Brett Shannon, Client Success and Transition Team Lead join in for a chat to discuss how Project Management and Incident Management fit together, what you need to think about when deploying security in the cloud and whether it really matters who drives business transformation.

In episode 9, Tom Scott, Senior Product Manager asks what the technical implications are for the Hybrid Office. Paul Hume, Project Manager wants to know if the pace of projects really is slower when being delivered remotely, and Pete asks what hours Tom and Paul actually work?

This week’s episode includes a follow on from episode 7, ‘What should a partner be doing for you?’ Do clients actually understand what SharePoint is, and when will Exchange actually die? Karen Glynn is a Senior Consultant for Modern Work and Stuart Hardy is Head of Client Success and they join the panel to talk through client journeys, the growth of SharePoint and more.

With the Microsoft Partner of the Year award coming up, Georgina Rollins, Head of Partnerships and Alliances, and Rick Eveleigh, Managing Consultant, discuss what differentiates a good IT partner, what your IT partner should be doing, and how you know if you have got yourself a good one.

In Episode 6, our team look at whether Teams makes you productive, discusses if we have peaked in terms of communications, and if there is such a thing as ‘too much data’?

Peter is joined by Simon Gardener – Senior Consultant for Collaboration intelligence and Jon Ketley – Service Improvement Program Manager for Managed Services.

Jeremy Clark, Head of International Sales and Shaz Simone, Senior Project Coordinator, discuss how to address the issue of a lack of diversity within the industry and whether or not we use the changes in technology to help address some of the imbalances.

This week on the ModPod, the panel discuss whether Microsoft Security is fit for purpose, if offices are really needed post-pandemic, and whether any of us actually want to go back to the office in future if we're given the option (and not just for the chance to go to the pub afterwards…)?