The first of 3 podcasts sponsored by CloudAlly and provided 3 great whiskies to taste on the next 3 Episodes. On Episode 113 we will be speaking to Murrey Moceri, the Partner Account Director from CloudAlly, who will be talking about content protection through their platform. Information from www.cloudally.com Follow up use sales@cloudally.com The subject of today is ‘Human in IT’ and we start by considering the workload growth and the average number of change programs that people are involved i...
May 14, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 112
Taking the first module and outlining how Process, Governance and Policies, when brought together, ensure we present a practical approach to providing a well-governed M365 environment. This podcast looks at some of the first module content from their latest training workshop, 'Practical Microsoft 365 Baseline Governance' First presentation is at... Techorama Belgium on May 15th https://techorama.be/workshops/practical-microsoft-365-baseline-governance/ The podcast explains all this and more,and ...
Apr 23, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 111
Marijn moves from Inspiration and Design to Empowering your organisation for Digital transformation. Following the Microsoft IDEA framework for digital transformation. E is for Empower and Marijn looks at how you can empower your audience through the development of a model either digital or Paper-based plan for awareness of your new digitally transformed organisation. This very much supports the idea of ensuring your organization sees the value in your business transformation story by viewing vi...
Apr 16, 2023•11 min•Ep. 512
Steve and Marijn are joined today by a Guest who brings many questions about UK financial compliance. In this episode, we wanted Laura Madden to tell us what her customers need from their content management. We investigate solutions for typical problems the UK small business financial industry needs from a cloud service. Marijn dives in immediately, talking about some cool solutions, but soon understands that small business needs their cloud solution to deliver good value... maybe best describe ...
Apr 08, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 110
Marijn and Steve lose about 20 minutes of this podcast covering search and how AI might help. We accept that we can’t help ourselves... We eventually started on document library Governance... but it took some time to pull away from the AI conversation. Steve is not sure how AI can add value to documents and other content, but we will wait patiently to find out. The original subject is around document governance and, specifically, content architecture and the value it brings. To get started, we l...
Mar 19, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 109
This is an extraordinary look at Innovation based on criteria around: Creativity, Vision, Risk-taking and Collaboration. But maybe Governance has a place... or half a place in the definition. The Boys are back after the great episode 107, and this time they are talking about innovation with a quote that Innovation is in the Delta between your known limit and the place you push to. As we take some time to break down the pillars of Creativity, Vision, Risk and Collaboration, we identify that gover...
Mar 12, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 108
Are SLAs just Secrets, Lies and Assumptions? Do we fudge the KPIs to show we have excellent delivery? It’s possible, but XLA’s are more difficult to fool. The boys are talking about experience and happiness on this podcast that defines and describes XLA’s, eXperience Levels Agreements and how they fit into the picture of SLA and OLA. Valentine’s day caused some delays as it fell on a regular recording night, so Steve and Marijn had to delay swapping Vantine gifts, but we did that on this podcast...
Feb 26, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 625
2023 is the year of governance with Marijn and Steve. To get started, we asked ChatGPT for 3 paragraphs describing Governance for M365, which we used to dig deep into the practical aspects of setting up Governance in M365. We conclude that there are practical links between getting governance right that drives the success of a Good Adoption and Change program. Here is what GPT told us about M365 Governance Microsoft 365 Governance refers to the management of policies, procedures, and standards fo...
Feb 04, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 106
So 2023 in the country of Office365Distilled is the year of Governance. And we start with out invention and golden nugget, Baseline Governance which is about doing just enough to go live quickly and safely. In this podcast, we talk about Marijn’s adventure with VR at his Daughter’s birthday party, how many Elephants fit into a Mini and five golden rules for baseline Governance to get your new application, Team site or SharePoint service up and running with minimum risk. Then a 25-year-old Whisky...
Jan 21, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 105
So we know that M365 is a constant... it constantly changes. We look at M365 considering where the value is in this changing environment and how best to manage the strategy of changes using AGILE techniques that we all know and maybe even 'love' using.
Jan 15, 2023•17 min•Ep. 511
So Happy New Year from Marijn and Steve is the first thing that comes up with a review of the Advents podcasts and a big thanks for getting us close to Marijn downloads target of 15,000 downloads this year. A quick 10-minute review of the people we met, the subjects we covered in December before hitting the subject of the Podcast Lists.... and some examples for use Mark Kashman, on his blog did a release just before Christmas showing a personal list he created that he uses to track the people he...
Jan 08, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 104
The boys celebrate 24 podcasts this month and a year of work relaxing with the ultimate Christmas gift for the whisky lover. A quick review of the work and travel, but mainly just saying tanks to everyone listening and generally, the boys lay their EGO on the line... what would you expect...
Dec 24, 2022•11 min•Ep. 624
So WhatsApp is prevalent and easy to use, but it does not conform to the business management of corporate content. What’s in it for me is minimal value for the users except that you can have a continuous conversation from your mobile device to your laptop. ADKFAR comes into the mix a little, but this is a change process.
Dec 24, 2022•11 min•Ep. 623
Meetings are working; this is a pretext for Agile methodology and is very true today. Meetings take work, and they also take you away from work. Meeting culture needs to change, and we are back to change and adoption. In this podcast, we identify the reasons why you should NOT be in a meeting. As the organiser, you are responsible for creating a meeting with a real invitation to make everyone welcome and show why they will add value.
Dec 22, 2022•10 min•Ep. 622
Marijn explains Yammer’s Storylines and Stories because he loves them both. He makes a good point; this creates an opportunity for every individual to join the company community, which is essential in today’s working life as we have less chance to connect and communicate across the business.
Dec 22, 2022•12 min•Ep. 621
So, this podcast just goes to show that the tasting notes of a Whisky can be very accurate... In this case, one stating notes says intense whisky with a hint of plastic!! But this was a Whisky to avoid at Christmas unless you are out with the boys doing shots... Hey Vascu, thanks for the tasting but Steve leaves his opinion on his purchase verse yours 😊
Dec 20, 2022•8 min•Ep. 620
Marijn has been using Steve’s ideas again and wants to tell everyone how he is tracking the questions on his SharePoint site about the change ad adoption project he is working on. Steve Does not mind because it is one of his brilliant ideas...
Dec 20, 2022•6 min•Ep. 619
It was an email, but it’s also going to be on MS Teams messages... seriously a great idea from Microsoft about delaying the delivery. You can now delay a message and an email to arrive at the optimum time for the receiver. But... Marijn is unsure because he thinks he is not responsible for the receiver’s timeline. Then the boys come up with some significant variations for the options around defining the timing of the delay based on a trigger of location or some time after they open their emails....
Dec 20, 2022•10 min•Ep. 618
Meeting Etiquette from a few Microsoft Screenshots identified some great points for improving your meeting habits and accessibility. But Marijn goes into that talking mode where we get unfocused, and storytelling voice kicks in... so Steve takes over. All Microsoft’s Meeting room etiquette in 3 minutes!!!
Dec 20, 2022•9 min•Ep. 617
There’s a sync that Steve washes his dishes in that is not what Marijn wants to discuss. He has terrible news: they want to favour the Add to OneDrive functionality. This podcast says NNnnnoooo... we like the Sync and the fact that you get a list of the libraries under your Tenant name and not included in your OneDrive folders. So guys, if you are listening and reading this... leave well alone... Sync Rocks Baby!!
Dec 20, 2022•10 min•Ep. 616
Tasting of Gold Bar Bourbon, Steve travelled through New York Airport last week and crashed the last bottle of Gold Bar reserved... shaped in black with a copper minted coin in the face of the bottle. So it’s time for a Whisky advent episode with something very different to the normal whisky we get hold of...
Dec 20, 2022•8 min•Ep. 615
We are doing all this work to enable knowledge management and enhance collaboration. But this does create a point where change is required. Our Special guest Caroline Hackney introduces her baby... The Collaboration Clinics at Port Houston have been running to implement this change. This is a podcast with real value if you want to do what Steve and Marijn started with, and Caroline is currently running where the business gets to talk in a clinic about Hybrid working, training, and updates. Espec...
Dec 18, 2022•11 min•Ep. 614
Another episode with Caroline Hackney, who is rapidly learning to take over this podcast and puts Steve and Marijn in their place. The extraordinary lady comes with a question about the need for ambassadors so that we can bring you a bunch of Nuggets and the Value of Ambassadors within your company. So the 23rd-floor trio considers the value of integrating Ambassadors and Personae across the business.
Dec 18, 2022•7 min•Ep. 613
We had a few guests on this episode of Office365Distilled, the awesome Caroline Hackney from Port Houston was an attendee at the workshop presented by Steve and Marijn at the M365 Conference. The focus is on Lego and the personae they represent as M365 is rolled out to the organisation. So Caroline expands on Personae introducing Fiona and Stefan to the podcast... enjoy a view from the 23rd floor.
Dec 18, 2022•7 min•Ep. 612
The problem with short unfocused podcasts is that you can be more confused after the podcast than before. But as the boys touch on Sensitivity labels whilst at M365 in Las Vegas They roll through several points. You will pick up a few golden nuggets but be warned... this episode had no planning whatsoever... however, it is fun.
Dec 18, 2022•8 min•Ep. 611
Steve and Marijn look at Breakrooms and Steve keeps talking team rooms, because hey they are about teams… but he means breakout room of course but let’s blame it on the cold that is screwing up his head. It does get cool when the boys start talking about MS Team meeting roles and advise everyone to plan for the breakout room strategy in the meeting. If you want to find a few extra nuggets check out this Advent episode…
Dec 10, 2022•9 min•Ep. 610
The boys are joined by Basil Hayden for this Advent episode, a suggestion for a Christmas present for anyone that enjoys a wee dram… but of course this is more local to where Steve and Marijn are recording this set of Xmas Advent Podcasts
Dec 09, 2022•6 min•Ep. 609
Versioning is now taken as a default feature, and nobody talks about it anymore. In this advent podcast Steve and Marijn dig down into versioning and ensures we all understand checking out, approval etc.
Dec 09, 2022•11 min•Ep. 608
Looping your Christmas tinsel around the Christmas Podcasts we think about loop and where things are moving… Scrooge promises to be more positive than last time the boys talked about Loop and we take a quick look at how you can start using Loop today with some ideas for the future.
Dec 09, 2022•8 min•Ep. 607
Marijn talks about Shoes, Coa and Sint Klaus's assistants and his childhood memories. He goes on to prove that he is the real scrooge... The boys check out the Speech to text services in the M365 applications with some suggestions for improvements
Dec 06, 2022•5 min•Ep. 606
