On today’s episode, we sit down with Tristan Davis, Product Manager at Microsoft for the Office Platform. That’s right, the person in charge of the team in charge of extensibility and advancement of the Office Suite of programs shares some insight and exciting news about the current path and the future of the most commonly used platform.  You will hear about security, advancements, and maybe even a secret reveal or two from the upcoming BUILD announcements.  Exciting news is coming for increasing both productivity and security in the new virtual workplace of Office 365. (Here is a hint: Have you seen the new Automate Tab in the Excel web app?)

Most importantly, we learn about the future of VBA as Microsoft looks to revamp the process for added security, leaving the good but reducing the opportunity for evil, viral usage. Additionally, during the course of the conversation, Rob and Tristan revisit the Bedlam email as well as the current method of preventing future occurrences.  This episode is full of trivia and innovation. You won’t want to miss it!

Also on this episode:

James Olenik Dataverse episode

Wazzu Virus

Brian Jones Episode

The Bedlam Email Storm: Microsoft Reply All Storm Fix

BUILD

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