Office 365 Distilled

Lots of chat about conference seasons starting and some advice about not going to a conference and missing all the cool stuff because Mobile working never stops.

Speaking engagements are discussions from Copenhagen to Vegas, and the boys get hung up on GDPR and admit they know nothing about what needs to be protected and decide it’s a grey area they don’t know anything about.

Different types of Governance cover the vast array of applications and content within the M365 ecosystem Before looking at the default governance processes and audiences.

Then the boys go old and taste an 18-year-old Whisky from one of the Distilleries in the most northerly part of Scotland.  An 18 BalBlair.

Based on the successful ADKAR Podcast series from Office365Distilled, this workshop by Steve Dalby and Marijn Somers (MVP) looks at the practical sides of Adoption and Change. 

Focusing on communications and Key messages, Steve outlines the model developed by the boys that give you the tools to plan and build your communications around Awareness and Desire.  This model gets you 30% of the way forward in preparing the company for the change.

The boys reminisce about their last months of work and explain the issues, and effectively do what they do best… which is talk… after all, they are sitting at a bar enjoying a relaxing end-of-day drink…  Office365Distilled is about two guys standing at a bar talking crap… well this podcast is proving that definition right!

Wendy, the dog, is active tonight and wants to get involved…

We originally wanted to talk about loop… but Marijn decided he will play interviewer and keep the conversation technical, and we have the Life of a Consultant in action.

So Steve tells the world about a current project to introduce MS Teams calling and migrating from SfB and the things that needed attention, and where the project needs to go to support Voice calling.  Some strategy discussions about how and what is planned next on the project.

Marijn identifies that Steve was using a classic change strategy “Add Crappy Legacy tech to improve desire” 

The conversation continues, and Steve has worked out that over the last few months, his consultant's head has been in the game more than the boy’s thoughts initially.

So welcome to the Marijn Somers live Interview…. Until they swap roles and Steve takes over.

Subjects discussed in this Episode

MS Teams Calling | Moving from Baseline security through Evolution to the ‘Rethink’ |  Use of OneDrive in the wrong way |  Loop is discussed but in the context of delays

The future is discussed how long it now takes Microsoft to release new features… 

...and eventually, Loop is discussed, which was the original topic agreed upon by the boys and whilst they both love the concept that an active component is available across several applications.  Some discussions occur about whether a Fluid File (the file type for Loop) should be saved centrally…

And Finally, the podcast is turned over to the Càirdeas 2022 Warehouse 1 edition which turns out t be a very welcome guest