The CollabTalk Podcast

Episode 39 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Erica Toelle (@EricaToelle), a product evangelist for Seattle-based RecordPoint, and a Microsoft MVP (Office Apps & Services). Recorded in January 2019. In this interview, Erica and I talk about some of the community events that we helped organize over the past decade, and her thoughts on the state of records management and compliance within SharePoint and Office 365. You can watch this entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/NudEX0-is20

Episode 2 of this Microsoft employee-focused interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Tom Resing (@resing), a former SharePoint MVP-turned-blue badge who is a Sr. Content Publisher for the SharePoint and OneDrive team at Microsoft. Recorded in July 2019. In this episode, Tom and I discuss the state of content within the SharePoint and OneDrive community, how the content needs of the community have evolved, and how people and organizations can play a larger role in filling the content gaps around Microsoft products and services. You can also watch this entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/NG-AIJWbjgo

Episode 1 of this Microsoft employee-focused interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Steve Nguyen (@espnguyen), a Product Evangelist within the Yammer product team at Microsoft. Recorded in August 2018. In this interview, we discuss some of the recent product announcements, and what makes the Yammer community different. You can watch the entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/iH0uhQGfa6Y

Episode 38 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Jussi Mori (@JussiMori), a partner and principal consultant at Experts Inside in Zurich, Switzerland and a 4-time Microsoft MVP (Office Apps and Services). Recorded in December 2018. In this interview, Jussi and I talk about the ongoing difficulties surrounding end user adoption, and his work at Happit.com in this area -- and how they won a major award at the most recent European SharePoint, Office 365, and Azure Conference in Copenhagen (Nov 2018). You can watch the entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/sE1SfoqdhkY

Episode 37 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and April Dunnam (@April Dunnam), a newly-minted Business Applications MVP and a lead developer at ThriveFast in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Recorded in December 2018. In this interview, April and I talk about the innovation happening within the Microsoft ecosystem around the various business applications tools and capabilities, and specifically the rapid growth of PowerApps and Flow. You can watch this entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/ReDayMOE9Vo

Episode 36 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Alistair Pugin (@AlistairPugin), a dual MVP in Microsoft Azure and Office Apps & Services, and Head of Cloud Services at Tangent Solutions in Johannesburg, South Africa. Recorded in November 2018. In this interview, Alistair and I discuss the evolution of many administrative and information architecture aspects of SharePoint, and how the world has changed with the introduction of Teams and the growth of Azure. You can see the entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/_PIWhpOrRJY

Episode 35 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Laura Rogers (@wonderlaura), a dual MVP in Business Applications and Office Apps & Services, and founder of IWMentor (www.IWMentor.com), a SharePoint and PowerApps training company in Birmingham, Alabama. Recorded in September 2018. In this interview, Laura and I discuss the rapid rise of PowerApps as *the* InfoPath replacement, the rapid rate of change within the Office 365 ecosystem, and how that has increased the need for organizations to become really good at change management. You can watch the entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page athttps://youtu.be/I6kkLLdpgnQ

Episode 34 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Cameron Dwyer (@camerondwyer), CTO for OnePlace Solutions (www.oneplacesolutions.com) in Sydney, Australia, and an Office Development MVP. Recorded in August 2018. In this interview, Cameron and I discuss how he got started in Office and SharePoint development by building integrations and add-ins to connect Microsoft solutions with legacy platforms and systems. Cameron also shares his philosophy on user-focused development, and ways in which he can make the end user's life easier. You can watch the entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/SJvD-WFtj3Q

Episode 33 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Bruno Capuano (@elbruno), Regional Innovation Lead for Avanade Canada, based in Toronto, and an AI and Windows Development MVP. Recorded in August 2018. In this interview, Bruno and I discuss the practical application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine-learning within the enterprise, and how AI will accelerate movement to the cloud. You can watch the entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/YQS5Wq_rj5k And you can find out more about Bruno on the blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/08/mvpbuzzchat-with-bruno-capuano.html

Episode 32 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Benjamin Weissman (@bweissman), owner of Solisyon (www.solisyon.de) in Nuernberg, Germany, and a new Data Platform MVP. Recorded in August 2018. In this interview, Ben and I discuss what it means to be a Data Platform MVP, his passion for Biml and related technologies, and how he enjoys helping organizations better leverage their business data. You can watch the entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/U0ysF4XR78w And you can find out more about Ben on the blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/08/mvpbuzzchat-ben-weissman.html