In Short... the boys look at what is on the roadmap and mix them in with some of their own ideas that might not be true... can you work them out 😊 We look at some of the great new innovations due and a few ideas that maybe should be put in place. Before tasting a whisky we come clean about which are from Microsoft and which are from the awesome imaginations of Steve and Marijn Finally, Brian sent over a great whisky to taste, The Glendronach Parliament, 21 years old, which is a very Sherry Whis...
Jan 13, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 138
Merry Christmas to every listener of M365, although we suspect that you will not listen to this before the 24th Dec, Monday's celebration day... but if you are listening to that, please accept the Best wishes for Xmas that Steve and Marijn sing as Episode 137 of M365Distilled kicks off. The boys give themselves 10 categories to find their best of the best for 2023... Check out what Steve and Marijn decide on the best Conference or speaking location, their best community contributor and, of cours...
Dec 22, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 137
The Boys are back after a hectic time at Lisbon and ESPC where they created 9 podcasts from the CoreView stand @ESPC so this is a kind of recap of the people we met and included on the podcast created from the CoreView stand We talk about AI and how it might be adopted, we talk about working lifestyles and finding time to think and workout strategies and solutions. We talk about 2 great whiskies, yes we break the rules and do 2 whiskies as we have a truly relaxed conversation...
Dec 17, 2023•53 min•Ep. 136
The last episode at #ESPC and we are here once more with Kas! This time we bring Jasper Oosterveld on board as a guest! He talks about business cases for Copilot and the issues of rolling it out just for testing.
Nov 30, 2023•33 min•Ep. 135
Final day at ESPC, which means it is time for a little round up of all the goodness that was spread on day 2. We have Chirag Patel on, the man with many 3letter acronyms on his title and good friend of the pod to talk about all the cool stuff he has seen. We talk community, community and some community!
Nov 30, 2023•36 min•Ep. 134
Last podcast of day 2 at ESPC, and we have Kenneth van Surksum with us. Kenneth is a Security MVP, who has been involved with Simeon Cloud for years, using them for his customers and contributing to the platform as well. The boys also have David Nevins back, and they have a nice chat about Simeon Cloud, and the benefits the platform brings to rolling out baseline tenants.
Nov 29, 2023•31 min•Ep. 133
The best thing about live events is running into very cool people. Karuana Gatimu from Microsoft, famous for all the work she did on Microsoft Teams adoption, is now the driving force behind Copilot user adoption. She joins the pod for an honest conversation about Copilot, the effect it had on her job and how to get the best out of it when you are rolling out for your organization.
Nov 29, 2023•26 min•Ep. 132
Day 2 at ESPC, which means it is time for a little round up of all the goodness that was spread on day 1. We have Kevin McDonnell, Manager at Avanade, MVP and good friend of the pod to talk about all the cool stuff he has seen. We talk SharePoint Embedded, the new headless solution for documents, Copilot adoption and rollout and much more.
Nov 29, 2023•32 min•Ep. 131
In this episode, we have Imre Tholen as a guest, together with princess Kas. Imre is the collaboration expert at Mateco IT and talks about his experience with CoreView and why they made the decision to go to 1 tenant, with tenant separation.
Nov 29, 2023•39 min•Ep. 130
Welcome to the second episode, live from #ESPC! We’ve got a couple of new guests joining us today: Kas Nowicka from CoreView and Ragnar Heil from Rencore. In this episode, we’re going to be dipping our toes into the five pillars of cloud governance: Cost management, Security baseline, Resource consistency, Identity baseline, and Deployment acceleration. Sounds like a lot of fun, right? Our host Steve talks about identity, which is great because he’s been struggling with his own identity for year...
Nov 28, 2023•31 min•Ep. 129
The boys are in Amsterdam at ESPC23 and bring the spectacle of M365Distilled, live from the CoreView booth! Picture this: a room buzzing with energy, the smell of fresh Stroopwafels in the air, and a trio of guests so stellar, you'd think the constellations had realigned just for this event. First up, we had the enigmatic Kas Nowicka from CoreView, who could make even the driest technical details sound as riveting as a Dutch detective novel. Then, there was the charming David Nevins from Simeon ...
Nov 28, 2023•31 min•Ep. 128
With a Special theme tune for EPSC @ CoreView the boys are joined by Kasia Nowicka, Kas to friends, to launch a series of podcasts directly from ESPC recorded live from the CoreView Stand in the Exhibition Hall
Nov 27, 2023•9 min•Ep. 127
Value is not always easy to find when thinking about all aspects of M365. Applications focus on functionality, and new solutions are set up without considering what is required to maintain the operational production needs. In this podcast by the boys, we look at all the places value is hidden or lost. Check out the meeting of Opportunity Cost, Technical Debt, or Culture Debt. Finally, we get to a Durvelish Spirit that is rare and lucky to have landed in the hands of this podcast duo......
Nov 22, 2023•56 min•Ep. 126
The Podcast will now be formally known as M365Distilled... the name the boys finally landed on after a few amusing alternatives as we introduce Misky365 and Miss Stilled. This is a strange podcast that takes a few statements from Darrell as a Service, which Steve refined into: No Adoption without User Governance Because user Governance Drives Adoption Adoption plus Governance is managed change So, Steve started a conversation, and the boys just talked about it... coming together with a little ba...
Nov 12, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 125
The boys review the events visited and the future speaking opportunities for this year. And then recall a conversation over lunch bounced from the CollabDay Belgium presentation. Pieter was looking at MS Team growth with the few years with COVID driving many applications to be thrown over the wall at the users. Value is discussed by comparing the various Project management methods working out, which adds so much value to the business for a limited spend. We then throw in Risk, adoption training ...
Nov 04, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 124
Steve is in a mood and Marijn is suffering big time... We are trying to identify all the end-user apps that need governance and adoption and how much work is required. Marijn says all Outlook versions are the same and don’t need re-training, but Steve is being an arse and saying the difference is important. Marijn is slowly getting convinced to listen in and check how Steve bullies him into believing that he is right... yes, feel sorry for him. Steve says “ I do apologise, brother, I gave you a ...
Oct 26, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 123
Firstly if you want to Governance at the South Coast Summit (join their workshop at Practical Microsoft 365 Baseline Governance – South Coast Summit ), it is Last chance folks... The Boys from Office365Distilled want to talk about focus, the ability for people to move the company forward through an understanding of goals, or the Viva Goals of the company. At the recent Collabdays in the UK, at the National Computing Museum, an excellent place that everyone should visit if they visit the UK and a...
Oct 08, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 122
Firstly if you want to Collab Days Poland (join their workshop at Practical Microsoft 365 Baseline Governance – ) So Marijn lost for the first round of the battle between the quick and powerful JSON v PowerApps @Helsinki but was magnanimous in his defeat. This is a great session and if you get chance to hear it them don’t miss it. Steve had a conversation this week about a mystery workflow that did not seem to have any documentation, that we could find… it prompted a need to think about how to d...
Sep 17, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 121
Firstly if you want to Governance at the South Coast Summit (join their workshop at Practical Microsoft 365 Baseline Governance – South Coast Summit ) As always the show is improvised around a few great ideas and this time it’s about Myth busting and Marijn throws in a Sideways thinking at the beginning “Hello Mr Watson” to the end “Shift Left” Check it out. We think about a few things before starting on the main topic, like Cortana, that hot non-AI chick, and if CoPilot is about questions, will...
Sep 03, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 120
October13th 2023 @SouthCoastSummit https://www.southcoastsummit.com/workshop/practical-microsoft-365-baseline-governance/ In this final Wee Dram for August, we look at the 11 steps that form part of the Governance Workshop from the South Coast Summit on Friday, 13th of October in Farnborough UK. This is a 10 minutes piece of fun but full of Golden Nuggets if you are looking to try and do governance in your organisation. 11 steps in 10 minutes and if they make sense but the workshop in the diary ...
Aug 23, 2023•9 min•Ep. 516
The boys get distracted as always as the Autumn Speaker circuit comes alive. The conclude with Governance at the South Coast Summit (join their workshop at Practical Microsoft 365 Baseline Governance – South Coast Summit ) Recorded live at Marijn’s place, where the boys are constantly distracted by the world walking passed... Steve’s memory is again letting him down as he tries to remember the name of the artist he saw a week ago because the boys have been singing “Changes’ from Mr David Bowie s...
Aug 19, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 119
Getting ahead of themselves, this episode was recorded at the end of July for the August release due to holidays etc. Before looking at Our governance model defined by DRAAP, which is define | review | adapt | approve | publish. We are looking for replacement names, all ideas are welcome. So the boys break down each of these stages in the model and cover the value that each section brings to the process of Governance. https://www.southcoastsummit.com/workshop/practical-microsoft-365-baseline-gov...
Aug 12, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 118
Continuing their Wee Drams on thei new Governance workshop for South Coast Summit October13th 2023 @SouthCoastSummit https://www.southcoastsummit.com/workshop/practical-microsoft-365-baseline-governance/ The Boays introduce DRAAP which will get a few modules in their course as they talk about how practically you need to get to be succesful in introducing Governance as an active subject into your organisation...
Jul 29, 2023•9 min•Ep. 515
The boys get distracted for the first 10 minutes covering Their speaking events, Governance at the South Coast Summit (join their workshop at www.southcoastsummit.com ) and the pricing release of the Co-Pilot and value. They decide to read the Whiteboard and realise they have some subjects to discuss... A list on the whiteboard of Roles is associated with managing and running M365. Which role would you like to do and are the best at? Steve and Marijn run through the list, select their dream role...
Jul 26, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 117
October13th 2023 @SouthCoastSummit https://www.southcoastsummit.com/workshop/practical-microsoft-365-baseline-governance/ In this special Wee Dram which is primarily notification to join Steve and Marijn on a Governance workshop. Marijn is in the Mic Drop mood... check out his great maximum of 6 words responses on Governance. A quick boost of Marijn and Steve’s humour looking at Why we do Governance, How we do Governance and the problems associated with it....
Jul 23, 2023•8 min•Ep. 514
In this special podcast, we have changed a few things... The Intro does not blow your ears out at the start... You can win a place at our 5th Birthday celebration with a simple HashTag and learn about Governance and Change on New Stream... EP116 is full of great information and a Free Dinner. Finishing with a great idea generated by a 21 Year Old Whisky from our sponsor Secure-Mail-Merge by Alex Duggleby Steve has an idea that looks to combine your Governance plans with ADKAR and Marijn likes th...
Jul 16, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 116
This is a very late podcast because Steve #ScrewedUp and the great interview with Alex Duggleby needed more work than usual. But it is finished, Alex sounds great, nearly as good as his M365 Secure Mail Merge App. Steve and Marijn are drinking Austrian Whisky provided by Alex as a Sponsor for this episode, where we introduce what we think is a great tool to assist in communications and adoption. Alex Duggleby joins the boys to talk about his career in development, the background in his new Mail ...
Jul 08, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 115
Wow, what a week, you can tell when Steve and Marijn have had a busy week because you get this very laid-back podcast where they discuss their Trips... and start with a Whisky Chat before moving on to talk about 70% of the project failing and deciding if it is Fake News. In this Podcast, we look at the truth behind the common assumption that 70% of projects fail and analyse if it is accurate and how you can take MS Viva and ensure that it is successful. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/do-70-chang...
Jun 03, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 114
The second of 3 podcasts sponsored by CloudAlly and provided 3 great whiskies to taste across the following 3 Episodes. Today we are speaking to Murrey Moceri, the Partner Account Director from CloudAlly, a man of the world who hails from Seattle and had flown into London from Sri Lanka and then chose to speak with Marijn and Steve on Office365Distilled. Information from www.cloudally.com Follow up use sales@cloudally.com We have anecdotes, horror stories and some background on how CloudAlly hav...
May 26, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 113
Marijn Confirms that he can read!! OK, I could not resist that, the power of being the Office365Distilled producer and being able to publish the content that we both produce. Never having enough information is bad... but unlike Whisky sometimes too much information can be just as stressful and causes problems of a different kind.... thinking about it, too much Whisky might also cause problems of a different kind. Anyhow... Check out Marijn’s view on Information Overload from the recent Harvard R...
May 24, 2023•13 min•Ep. 513
