The Intrazone by Microsoft 365

Amy Dolzine, Microsoft alliance relationship director for the Americas at EY, talks about the importance of communities within the enterprise and the evolution from Yammer to Viva Engage. They discuss the value of connecting with like-minded individuals, the role of community managers, and utilizing communication tools. They also share funny stories from work meetings and mention upcoming events and conferences.

August 2023 brought some great new offerings: SharePoint news to email inbox, two new SharePoint site theme options, accessibility improvements to SharePoint page authoring, announcements in Viva Connections, Restricted Access Control for SharePoint and OneDrive, OneDrive: Colors for folders, OneDrive: Meetings and People views, SharePoint pages sharing update, Teams Meet app, new Search experience within chat and channels, and more. In this episode, we hear from my colleagues, Denise Trabona (Partner design director) and Sara Cummings (Product manager on the SharePoint pages team) - both helping design and deliver the value of SharePoint news directly into your inbox. Read this episode's corresponding blog post.   01:30 Employee engagement 11:23 Teamwork 16:30 Related tech 21:48 Teasers   SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Denise Trabona | Twitter | LinkedIn [guest] Sara Cummings | LinkedIn [guest] 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: SEF 2023 | Sept.11-12.2023 (Tekniska Museet – Stockholm, Sweden) 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.3, 2023 (Chicago, IL) Community Days - Mexico City | Nov.2.2023 (HOTEL GALERÍA PLAZA REFORMA) Microsoft Ignite | Nov. 15-16, 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.

On this episode, we chat with Liz Sundet and Luis Enrique Torres who work directly with customers to help them best land a variety of technology in the category of 'Corporate Communications excellence,' especially when it comes to leveraging Microsoft Viva tailored to internal communications. We discuss common patterns, best practices, and key resources to both assess, plan and successfully deploy Viva Connections - the gateway to the overall employee experience from Microsoft for business leaders and developers. We also dig into the coming Viva Amplify offering that compliments and extends the overall management and reporting on communications effectiveness.   Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Plus, click here for transcript of this episode.   Liz Sundet | LinkedIn  Luis Enrique Torres | LinkedIn SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback  Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]   Viva Connections adoption recommendations Viva Connections on adoption.microsoft.com Corporate Communications Community within the Microsoft Tech Community   Upcoming events: 365 EduCon - Seattle (plus PWR EduCon) | Aug.21-25.2023  Microsoft 365 Summer Soiree | Sept. 7.2023 (Vancouver, Canada)  SEF 2023 | Sept.11-12.2023 (Tekniska Museet – Stockholm, Sweden) 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.

In this episode, we talk with Sesha Mani, Partner Group Product Manager at Microsoft focused on security and compliance. We spoke with Sesha about SAM - that's SharePoint Advanced Management. We cover its core benefits – helping SharePoint and IT Admins address sprawl and oversharing – mapped to what it gives you beyond the core management aspects within the SharePoint admin center. SAM expands on the principles of securing and managing content and data with advanced access policies for secure content collaboration AND advanced sites content lifecycle management.   Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Plus, click here for transcript of this episode.   08:32 Conversation with Sesha Mani 39:05 Upcoming Events   Sesha Mani | LinkedIn SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@MKashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@CMcNulty2000 [co-host]   "Microsoft Syntex – SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM) Add-on – Announcing General Availability" by Sesha Mani Learn more about SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM) on Microsoft Learn 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 - Seattle (plus PWR EduCon) | Aug.21-25.2023 SEF 2023 | Sept.11-12.2023 (Tekniska Museet – Stockholm, Sweden) Microsoft Power Platform Conference | Oct.3-5.2023 (Las Vegas) CollabDays New England | Oct.5.2023 (Burlington, MA) 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 | Dec.4-6.2023 (Wiesbaden, Germany)   Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts.   Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

You can always rely on July to bring goodness to SharePoint and Microsoft 365: New SharePoint site creation experience, Viva Pulse GA, Viva Connections platform updates, new Search layouts for results, OneDrive: Simplified sharing, Lists UX update, Stream playback in Teams chat and channels, AAD > MSeID, Inspire announcements highlights, and more. We also hear from our friend Chris McNulty about the Microsoft 365 Backup and Archive announcements - from Microsoft Inspire. Plus, a bonus love song all about OneDrive, "King of the Cloud."   Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Plus, click here for transcript of this episode.   03:25 Employee engagement 10:04 OneDrive song, "King of the Cloud" 12:23 Teamwork 15:19 Related tech 25:31 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: Scottish Summit | Aug.5.2023 (Manchester, UK) 365 EduCon - Seattle (plus PWR EduCon) | Aug.21-25.2023 SEF 2023 | Sept.11-12.2023 (Tekniska Museet – Stockholm, Sweden) Microsoft Power Platform Conference | Oct.3-5.2023 (Las Vegas) CollabDays New England | Oct.5.2023 (Burlington, MA) 365 EduCon - Chicago | Oct.30 - Nov.4, 2023 (Chicago, IL) Community Days - Mexico City | Nov.2.2023 (Juarez, Ciudad de Mexico) Microsoft Ignite | Nov. 15-16, 2023 (Hybrid: Seattle, WA and online) European SharePoint Conference | Nov.27-30 in (Amsterdam, Netherlands) European Cloud Summit | Dec.4-6.2023 (Wiesbaden, Germany)   Visit CommunityDays.org to discover more events throughout the year.   Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts.   Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

In this episode, we dig into two real-time, data-driven public service scenarios -- both about systems and people that support policing at-scale. You'll hear solution-oriented clips pulled from two episodes of the 'Public Sector Future' podcast, with show host Olivia Neal - Director of Public Sector Center of Expertise at Microsoft. First, Olivia speaks to Ian Bell, CEO of the UK’s Police Digital Service, to give an inside look into harnessing the power of digital, data, and technology to better protect the communities they serve. Then a conversation with Joseph Courtesis, former Inspector of the NYPD who helped rationalize millions of data points from multiple data sources to save police time, in real time.   Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Plus, click here for transcript of this episode.   Olivia Neal | LinkedIn | Twitter | Public Sector Future podcast (Promoted by @MSFTNews) Ian Bell | Profile on PDS site | Twitter | LinkedIn | Police Digital (Twitter) | PDS on LinkedIn Joseph Courtesis | Twitter | LinkedIn | NYPDNews (Twitter) | NYPD (LinkedIn) | NYPD (Website) SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]   Public Sector Center of Expertise Microsoft for Public Safety and Justice Episode 51: The UK’s Police Digital Service Episode 14: Real Time Crime Center Lessons from the pandemic are shaping the future of public safety (article) UK Police Digital Service (website) 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 - Seattle (plus PWR EduCon) | Aug.21-25.2023 SEF 2023 | Sept.11-12.2023 (Tekniska Museet – Stockholm, Sweden) Microsoft Power Platform Conference | Oct.3-5.2023 (Las Vegas) 365 EduCon - Chicago | Oct.30 - Nov.4, 2023 (Chicago, IL) 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.

June had wonderful new offerings for SharePoint and Microsoft 365: New Stream (on SharePoint) web part, Playlist view in the SharePoint List  web part, Viva Connections supports different audiences, OneDrive Home update, Loop Components sync with Planner and To Do, get ready for Microsoft 365 Copilot, and more. We also added a sneak peek of Sync Up - The OneDrive podcast (it's back!). And pulled audio of Jason Moore (VP of Lists and OneDrive) to frame the essence of OneDrive and the new Home experience. Stay to the end for a bonus snippet of the conversation between Jeff Teper and his manager Rajesh Jha - where they talk about the early days and decisions evolving BPOS > Office 365 > Microsoft 365.   Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Plus, click here for transcript of this episode.   03:18 Sync Up podcast snippet with Stephen Rice and Arvind Mishra 04:33 Employee Engagement 09:30 Jason Moore on OneDrive innovation 13:17 Teamwork 16:15 Related Technology 21:42 Teasers 23:08 Jeff Teper and Rajesh Jha (Fireside chat on Office 365 customer journey)   SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback OneDrive | Website | Help and learning | @OneDrive | OneDrive community blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]   Sync Up - The OneDrive podcast with Stephen Rice and Arvind Mishra 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 Inspire (Partner event) | July.18-19.2023 (virtual only) 365 EduCon - Seattle (plus PWR EduCon) | Aug.21-25.2023 Microsoft Power Platform Conference | Oct.3-5.2023 (Las Vegas) 365 EduCon - Chicago | Oct.30 - Nov.4, 2023 (Chicago, IL) 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.

A swell of innovation is coming, aiming to boost the creator in us all – to create faster, more intuitively, and with the help of AI – your intranet web design partner. In this episode, we talk with Adam Harmetz, Vice President of SharePoint Experiences at Microsoft. We get his perspective on the recent SharePoint announcements disclosed at the Microsoft 365 Conference on May 2, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada. These include insights on Copilot in SharePoint, all the coming site design goodness – including custom fonts and 'brand center', the updated capabilities when working with images and videos, plus one of the core aspects - design goals, if you will - to evolve the SharePoint start experience for when you're in creator mode.   Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post.   02:04 Conversation with Adam Harmetz 16:10 Upcoming Events 20:03 Related Blogs   Adam Harmetz | LinkedIn | Twitter SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]   "SharePoint in the AI Era: Introducing 'Copilot in SharePoint' and 10 more innovations for creators" by Adam Harmetz. "Welcome to the new era of SharePoint and OneDrive in Microsoft 365" by Jeff Teper. 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 - DC | June.12-16 Washington D.C. - USA CollabDays Central Europe | June 17th - in Technopark Zürich | 4 Tracks, with up to 20 Sessions in one day Microsoft Inspire | July 18-19 (virtual only event) European Power Platform Conference | June 20-22, 2023 in Dublin, Ireland Commsverse 2023 - June 21-22, 2023 - Surrey, United Kingdom CollabDays Zagreb - July 1, 2023 - Zagreb, Croatia 365 EduCon Seattle – August 21-25, 2023 - Seattle, WA, USA 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.

May 2023 brought great new offerings to SharePoint and Microsoft 365: Customizable Viva Connections mobile dashboard, Syntex image tagger, Syntex prebuilt model for contracts, OneDrive: Simplified sharing, Loop components in Outlook Mobile, and more.  We also highlight public disclosures from two recent events, Microsoft 365 Conference and Microsoft Build. We also share an audio clip of Rajesh Jha, EVP for experiences and devices at Microsoft, when he spoke recently at the Microsoft 365 Conference about his first time seeing ChatGPT 4 with Bill Gates, Sam Brockman from OpenAI and others - that initial wow impact that laid the foundation for Copilot innovation at Microsoft.   Read this episode's corresponding blog post and transcript.   01:15 Two upcoming June events: 1) Viva Round the World, and 2) AMA - SharePoint, OneDrive, Lists, and Stream 04:30 Employee engagement 08:53 Audio snippet of Rajesh Jha about ChatGPT and AI (from the Microsoft 365 Conference keynote) 11:35 Teamwork 13:51 Related items 18:58 Announcements from Microsoft 365 Conference and Microsoft Build) 26:35 Teasers   SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]   “Welcome to the new era of SharePoint and OneDrive in Microsoft 365” by Jeff Teper. “SharePoint in the AI Era: Introducing 'Copilot in SharePoint' and 10 more innovations for creators” by Adam Harmetz. “Experience the New OneDrive: Fast, Organized, and Personalized” by Jason Moore. “Microsoft Lists: Easier, Better, Faster, Stronger” by Lincoln DeMaris. “Enhanced Video in Microsoft 365” by Owen Paulus. “New era in content management and security in SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams” by Sesha Mani. Microsoft Build "Book of News" (May 23, 2023) 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: Viva Round the World | June.2.2023 CollabDays Netherlands | June.10.2023 Vianen, Utrecht 365 EduCon - DC | June.12-16 Washington D.C. - USA AMA | SharePoint, OneDrive, Lists, and Stream | June.14.2023 at 10am PT (90 minutes) CollabDays - Central Europe | June.17.2023 Technopark Zuerich European Power Platform Conference | Jun.20-22 Dublin, Ireland Microsoft Inspire (Partner event) | July.18-19.2023 (virtual only) 365 EduCon - Seattle (plus 365 PWRCon) | Aug.21-25.2023   Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts.   Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

How do Adobe and Microsoft work together? And what are the outcomes? In this episode, you'll hear from Ben Vanderberg - SaaS Tech Evangelist, Strategist, and Speaker from Adobe. We dig into the core of the partnership from a content collaboration perspective. We touch on Adobe integration with Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Teams, Edge, SharePoint and more. We, too, take a trip down PDF memory lane and some of the recent Adobe AI announcements like coming out of the recent Adobe Summit 2023 AND NAB 2023. Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Plus, click here for transcript of this episode. Ben Vanderberg | LinkedIn | Twitter [guest] Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback  Learn more about the Adobe + Microsoft partnership: On MS.com and on Adobe business site Adobe document cloud Adobe Summit 2023  Adobe Podcast: Recording and editing, all on the web - aka "Project Shasta" 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: Power Automate & Power Apps Developer Bootcamp Automation Summit 2023 | May.19-20.2023 London, Paddington CollabDays Italy | May.20.2023 in Milan European Collaboration Summit | May.22-24.2023 Düsseldorf Fair, Germany Document Strategy Forum 2023 | May 22-24 Le Méridien Charlotte, NC Microsoft Build 2023 | May 23-25, 2023 build.microsoft.com CollabDays Netherlands | June.10.2023 Vianen, Utrecht 365 EduCon - DC | June.12-16 Washington D.C. - USA European Power Platform Conference | Jun.20-22 Dublin, Ireland European SharePoint Conference | Nov.27-30 Amsterdam, Netherlands   Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.