The Intrazone by Microsoft 365

On this episode, we hear from Drew Madelung (Microsoft MVP | Solution Architect - Protoviti) who expertly focuses on all things OneDrive, specifically all the deep diving details admins need to know about. Drew is all about how to think about managing OneDrive to the fullness of your organization; how to make it better, how to optimize using what you have AND investing in the right places to keep with the times -- aka, your trusted advisor for all things OneDrive in overdrive - at your disposal and within your control.   Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Plus,  click here for transcript of this episode.   08:31 Conversation with Drew Madelung 41:17 Upcoming Events   Drew Madelung | LinkedIn | X | Blog SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.  Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes   Upcoming events: CollabDays - Bremen 2024 | Feb 9-10, 2024 near Hamburg in Germany Teams Nation 2024 | Feb 21, 2024 9:00 - 19:30 CET CollabDays - Calgary 2024 | Feb. 24, 2024 Microsoft Fabric Community Conference | March 26-28, 2024 in Las Vegas, NV AIIM | April 3-5, 2024 in San Antonio, TX North American Cloud & Collaboration Summit (NACS) | April 9-11, 2024 in Dallas, TX Microosft 365 Conference | April 28 - May 4, 2024 in Orlando, FL   Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

What a great start to 2024 - tantalizing tech for everyone. We focus on everything that landed this past month: Microsoft 365 Backup (Public Preview), SharePoint Premium: Document translation, new image and video experiences in Viva Engage, Community Campaigns in Viva Engage, SharePoint “News for email” custom tab, Microsoft Search: ServiceNow Tickets connector GA, Teams: Discover Feed in Channels, and more. This month, we cover numerous Viva Engage updates. So many that we decided to include a short primer on what Engage is and how it supports community engagement with your organization. To the roadmap!   Read this episode's corresponding blog post.   01:26 Employee Engagement 11:23 Teamwork 16:04 Related items 22:50 Teasers   SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]   Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.  Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes   Upcoming events: Community Days - Miami | Feb 2, 2024 (Miami, FL) CollabDays - Bremen 2024 | Feb 9-10, 2024 near Hamburg in Germany M365 Saturday DC | Feb 10, 2024 (Reston, VA) Teams Nation 2024 | Feb 21, 2024 9:00 - 19:30 CET CollabDays - Calgary 2024 | Feb. 24, 2024 Microsoft Fabric Community Conference | March 26-28, 2024 in Las Vegas, NV AIIM | April 3-5, 2024 in San Antonio, TX North American Cloud & Collaboration Summit (NACS) | April 9-11, 2024 in Dallas, TX Microosft 365 Conference | April 28 - May 4, 2024 in Orlando, FL SharePoint Intranet Festival (Online) European Collaboration Summit | May 14-16, 2024 in Weisbaden, Germany TechCon365 - Seattle (formerly 365 EduCon) | June 3-7, 2024 in Seattle, WA     Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

On this episode, we hear from Sue Hanley who expertly focuses on change -- evolving and improving your intranet. Sue is an information architect, a knowledge management expert, and she doesn't shy away from the word: Portal. Sue is steeped in all sorts of governance and collaboration consultation in the grandiose enterprise content services and app: SharePoint. We grabbed time with Sue to discover how to make intranets better, how to make them work for you AND be worthy for people to go to and come back. Employees need to find things quickly and get things done – or your intranet doesn’t get a second visit.   Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Plus, click here for transcript of this episode.   08:23 Conversation with Sue Hanley 34:35 Upcoming Events   Sue Hanley | LinkedIn | Twitter SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]   Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.  Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes   Upcoming events: CollabDays - Bremen 2024 | Feb 9-10, 2024 near Hamburg in Germany Teams Nation 2024 | Feb 21, 2024 9:00 - 19:30 CET CollabDays - Calgary 2024 | Feb. 24, 2024 Microsoft Fabric Community Conference | March 26-28, 2024 in Las Vegas, NV AIIM | April 3-5, 2024 in San Antonio, TX North American Cloud & Collaboration Summit (NACS) | April 9-11, 2024 in Dallas, TX Microosft 365 Conference | April 28 - May 4, 2024 in Orlando, FL SharePoint Intranet Festival (Online) European Collaboration Summit | May 14-16, 2024 in Weisbaden, Germany TechCon365 - Seattle (formerly 365 EduCon) | June 3-7, 2024 in Seattle, WA   Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts.   Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

The podcast discusses recent updates in SharePoint, including the top releases of 2023 and upcoming features for 2024. Topics covered include interactive videos, Viva Engage Community Creation API, retirement of Delve, and collaboration capabilities in SharePoint. A festive song titled 'It's beginning to look a lot like SharePoint' is also shared.

On today's episode, we chat with Joanne Klein - an expert on compliance in Microsoft 365. Joanne brings energy and technical expertise to real-world implementations of collaboration balanced with compliance. We spoke onsite during 365 EduCon - Chicago about records management and specific tooling (like Microsoft Purview), content lifecycle management best practices, and how to get it right from the get-go.   Read this episode's corresponding blog post.   15:52 Conversation with Joanne Klein 43:43 Upcoming Events   Joanne Klein | LinkedIn | X | Website [guest] SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]   Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.  Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes   Upcoming events: Microsoft Ignite now on-demand | from Nov. 14-17, 2023 Teams Nation 2024 | Feb. 21, 2024 | #TeamsNation + early tweet Microsoft Fabric Community Conference | March 26-28, 2024 in Las Vegas, NV AIIM | April 3-5, 2024 in San Antonio, TX North American Cloud & Collaboration Summit (NACS) | April 9-11, 2024 in Dallas, TX Microosft 365 Conference | April 28 - May 4, 2024 in Orlando, FL SharePoint Intranet Festival (Online) European Collaboration Summit | May 14-16, 2024 in Weisbaden, Germany 365 EduCon - Seattle | June 3-7, 2024 in Seattle, W   Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

A podcast covers the latest updates for SharePoint and Microsoft 365, including watching stream videos in Outlook, collaborating on meeting notes in Teams recordings, and the introduction of the Microsoft 365 Archive. It also highlights the announcement of SharePoint Premium and AI integration, along with updates in SharePoint and OneDrive such as document library templates, offline mode, file shortcuts, and loop components. The podcast also discusses the top announcements from Ignite, including SharePoint Premium, Microsoft Loop, and Microsoft Co-pilot 4, as well as upcoming features like a more connected file opening experience in OneDrive and surveys in Microsoft Stream.

Never take the shortcut to learning, take the Huneycutt! On today's episode, we talk with Andy Huneycutt from Upskill Tech about his use and best practices across two areas: AI and Automation; namely his use and experiences with Power Automate and Copilot We delve into his expertise across both, plus benefit from his tinkerings with generative AI – based on practical use working on a children's book full of AI generated story and characters.   Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Plus, click here for transcript of this episode.   04:45 Conversation with Andy Huneycutt 37:30 Upcoming Events   Andy Huneycutt | LinkedIn | YouTube | Upskill Tech | Charlotte Area SPUG  SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]   Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.  Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes   Upcoming events: Now on-demand | Microsoft Ignite | Nov. 14-17, 2023 CollabDays - Lisbon @CollabDaysLIS | Nov. 25 (Lisbon, Portugal - University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL)) European SharePoint Conference | Nov.27-30 in (Amsterdam, Netherlands) DEVintersection | Dec.5-7.2023 Viva Engage Festival  (SWOOP Analytics) | Dec. 6, 2023 (and keep your eye out for a similar offering in May 2024 - a 'festival for SharePoint')… Teams Nation 2024 | Feb. 21, 2024 | Early info from MVPs Chris Hoard, Chirag Patel, and team: #TeamsNation + early tweet Inaugural Microsoft Fabric Community Conference | March 26-28, 2024 (Vegas)   Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

October 2023 brought some spooky new offerings: Power Apps leader in 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Low-Code Applications Platform, Video search improvements, new Intelligence & Search admin homepage, OneDrive colorful folders, New Microsoft Teams, Viva Goals + Planner, SharePoint: BCS retirement in Microsoft 365, and much much mwahahaaaa more. We talk with Miceile Barrett and Arvind Mishra, Principal product managers on the OneDrive team about recently released features like colorful folders and new shared views for People and Meetings. And we dive into the Oct. 3rd moment focused on all the news and announcements about what's next for OneDrive - including Copilot in OneDrive, full OneDrive experiences in Teams and Outlook, the new "Open in app" feature, and more. Boo!   Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Plus, click here for transcript of this episode.   02:28 Employee engagement 07:52 Conversation with Miceile Barrett and Arvind Mishra (from the OneDrive team) 28:33 Teamwork 33:03 Related Technology 38:01 Events 40:54 Teasers   Miceile Barrett | LinkedIn | X Arvind Mishra | LinkedIn SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]   Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.  Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes   Upcoming events: 365 EduCon - Chicago | Oct.30 - Nov.4, 2023 (Chicago, IL) Community Days - Mexico City | Nov.2.2023 (HOTEL GALERÍA PLAZA REFORMA) Microsoft Ignite | Nov. 14-17, 2023 (Hybrid: Seattle, WA and online) CollabDays - Lisbon @CollabDaysLIS | Nov. 25 (Lisbon, Portugal (ISCTE-IUL)) European SharePoint Conference | Nov.27-30 in (Amsterdam, Netherlands)   Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts.   Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

Web parts make the intranet go 'round. On this episode, we talk with Pat McGown (CEO, Cloudwell). In a world of SharePoint web parts, Pat and team build and deliver useful ones. We focus on developing web parts - past and present, some of their productivity-focused web part solutions, and tips and tricks for both developers and intranet managers. You can never get too much information about a good web part - be it one you use out of the box, one you procure from a partner, or one you build and design, and customize for your business.   Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Plus, click here for transcript of this episode.   08:24 Conversation with Pat McGown 40:36 Upcoming Events   Pat McGown | LinkedIn | X/@PMcGown X/@Cloudwell_io SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]   Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.  Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes   Upcoming events: 365 EduCon - Chicago | Oct.30 - Nov.4, 2023 (Chicago, IL) Community Days - Mexico City | Nov.2.2023 (Juarez, Ciudad de Mexico) Microsoft Ignite | Nov. 14-17, 2023 (Hybrid: Seattle, WA and online with pre-day labs) European SharePoint Conference | Nov.27-30 in (Amsterdam, Netherlands) European Cloud Summit | NEW DATE: May.14-16.2024 (Wiesbaden, Germany)   Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts.   Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

September 2023 brought some great news and new offerings: Answer Analytics in Microsoft Search, introduction of Microsoft 365 Chat, a GA date for Microsoft 365 Copilot (Nov. 1, 2023), introduction of Copilot in Microsoft Stream, Favorite and Unfavorite additional file types and folders in OneDrive and SharePoint document libraries, Microsoft Lists - MSA Preview support on iOS and Android, Planner Loop Component, and more. This month you'll hear more about the recent Copilot news, including a snippet of audio from Colette Stallbaumer about Microsoft 365 Copilot and the newly announced Microsoft 365 Chat.   Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Plus, click here for transcript of this episode.   01:30 Employee Engagement 11:23 Teamwork 16:30 Related Technology 21:48 Teasers   SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback  Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]   Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.  Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes   Upcoming events: Microsoft Power Platform Conference | Oct.3-5.2023 (Las Vegas) CollabDays New England | Oct.5.2023 (Burlington, MA) ARMA InfoCon | Oct 9-11, 2023 (Detroit, MI) ShiftHAPPENS | Oct 10-11, 2023 (Washington DC) 365 EduCon - Chicago | Oct.30 - Nov.4, 2023 (Chicago, IL) Community Days - Mexico City | Nov.2.2023 (Hotel GALERÍA PLAZA REFORMA) Microsoft Ignite | Nov. 14-17, 2023 (Hybrid: Seattle, WA and online) European SharePoint Conference | Nov.27-30 in (Amsterdam, Netherlands) European Cloud Summit | Dec.4-6.2023 (Wiesbaden, Germany)   Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.