The CollabTalk Podcast

Episode 85 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Developer Technologies MVP Kevin Bost (@kitokeboo), a Software Developer at IntelliTect based in Spokane, Washington. Kevin is a C# and XAML enthusiast (WPF, Xamarin.Forms, UWP), a Xamarin Certified Mobile Developer, and author of AutoDI, a library to make dependency injection simpler, as well as ShowMeTheXAML, a WPF component that makes it easy to show the corresponding XAML for WPF custom styles and controls. Recorded in April 2020. In this episode, Kevin and I talk about his history in the DevOps space working with C# and WPF, some of his contributions to the open source community, and a few of the topics he covers in his Twitch live streaming shows on C#, WPF, and Material Design in Xaml. You can also watch this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/OGCr3Gyk8jY

Episode 84 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Developer Technologies MVP Jim Wilcox (@GraniteStHacker), an Architect II with Insight Digital Innovation in the Boston area, and an organizer for both the Granite State Windows Platform App Devs Users Group, and the Granite State (NH) SharePoint Users Group. In this episode, Jim and I talk about his long history within the Microsoft community and more recent adjustments to his activities due to COVID-19 quarantine. We also discuss some of the updates happening in the .Net space, including bringing .Net and .Net Core back together again for the new .Net 5 (sans "Core" or "Framework" monikers), which just went into preview last month. You can also watch this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/cJIwRzm5-88

Discussion with Tracy Van der Schyff (@tracyvds), Office Apps & Services MVP and principal at The Guid Stuff in Johannesburg, South Africa, hosted by CollabTalk Founder & CEO Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), on our takeaways from the March 2020 #CollabTalk TweetJam on the topic of "Developing a Strategy for Digital Literacy," reviewing and sharing our thoughts on the 7 questions covered by members of the community during the 1-hour tweetjam.

Episode 83 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP Oliver Wirkus (@OWirkus), and a Senior Consultant at DevFactowho is based in British Columbia, Canada. In this episode, Oliver and I talk about his extensive experience in the SharePoint migration space, and the questions and overall themes he sees with clients. We also discuss the role of migration planning in the broader SharePoint and Office 365 governance space. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/LDM-ubaLLTA

Episode 82 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Office Development MVP Sébastien Levert (@sebastienlevert), another familiar face from the SharePoint community, developer, and product lead at Valo in Montreal. Recorded in February 2020. In this episode, Sébastien and I talk about the continued success of the intranet-in-a-box category within the SharePoint and Microsoft 365 community, but also jump into some of his favorite presentation topics, such as building out bots and other automation solutions. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/dcE5xJNrTLA

Episode 81 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP Adnan Amin (@adnan_amin), a long-time SharePoint and .Net developer, former MCT Regional Lead, and Senior Microsoft Consultant at PCM who is based in Lahore, Pakistan. Recorded in February 2020. In this episode, Adnan and I begin by talking about some of his community event efforts, helping to organize local bootcamps and technical events, followed by a great discussion on working with customers on out-of-the-boz versus custom solutions, and how this shift in focus is changing the consulting business around the world. You can also watch this video on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/rrMa6b1Xjpg

Discussion with Mike Fitzmaurice (@mikefitz), Chief Evangelist and VP of North America for WEBCON (https://webcon.com/), and one of the leading voices in the world on the topic of business process automation and workflow, hosted by CollabTalk Founder & CEO Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), on the evolution of workflow and business process solutions within Microsoft's various workloads and across the partner ecosystem, including a primer on what makes WEBCON different from the competition. We also discuss the topics of change management and the rise of "citizen developers," and his preference for the term "citizen-assisted development."

Episode 80 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP Dan Usher (@binarybrewery), Chief Technologist (Senior Associate) at Booz Allen Hamilton where he is a lead Cloud and Collaboration Technologies Architect and Solutions Manager. Dan is also one of the lead organizers of SharePoint Saturday DC, and co-founded the Reston SharePoint User Group. Recorded in January 2020. In this episode, Dan and I talk about some of SharePoint's history (both the product and the community), and specifically the continued need for on-premises and hybrid SharePoint solutions within many organizations. You can also watch the entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/aKfqqEmlrCE

Episode 79 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP Rob Windsor (@robwindsor), a long-time SharePoint and .Net developer, author, trainer, and presenter. Rob is a Lead Consultant at PAIT Group and Chief Imagineer at extaCloud, and is based outside of Toronto in Mississauga, Canada. Recorded in January 2020. In this episode, Rob and I start off by talking about the streaming technology he is using for his online training (Twitch), but evolves into a discussion on compliance and governance surrounding external collaboration. You can also watch the entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/wPOyEleRssM

Episode 78 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Business Applications MVP, Todd Baginski (@toddbaginski), Partner and CTO of Canviz, and based in Loveland, Ohio. Recorded in January 2020. In this episode, Todd and I talk about his move from SharePoint into the Business Applications space (he's been an MVP in both), and some of the exciting things coming out of the Power Platform community (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI). You can also watch this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/5tJTA1Dzo2c