
The CollabTalk Podcast
A technology-focused podcast exploring the business value and practical application of the latest advances in collaboration, productivity, artificial intelligence, and social network science.
Latest episodes

Jul 13, 2019 • 21min
MVPbuzzChat Episode 28 with Tim Warner
Episode 28 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Timothy Warner (@TechTrainerTim), an Author Evangelist for Pluralsight, independent consultant, and Cloud & Datacenter Management MVP. Recorded in August 2018.
In this interview, Tim and I discuss the rapid pace of innovation around Azure, and the increasing need for operational guidance and knowledge transfer for customers to help them better optimize their Azure services.
You can watch the entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page athttps://youtu.be/Mb-bgOnU4vA
To find out more about Tim, check out the blog post at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/08/mvpbuzzchat-with-timothy-warner.html

Jul 12, 2019 • 33min
MVPbuzzChat Episode 27 with David Pine
Episode 27 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and David Pine (@davidpine7), a Technical Evangelist at Centare, and a Visual Studio and Development Technologies MVP. Recorded in June 2018.
In this interview, David and I discuss some of the latest developer news out of Microsoft (and the 2018 Build conference) including updates on .Net, the language progression of C#, and the Web Assembly project called Blazor.
You can watch this entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/UEajhQHBa3Y
Or you can find out more about David on the blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/06/mvpbuzzchat-david-pine.html

Jul 11, 2019 • 21min
MVPbuzzChat Episode 26 with Eric Riz
Episode 26 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Eric Riz (@RIZinsights), Founder of EmptyCubicle.com, and a fellow Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in May 2018.
In this interview, Eric and I waste a lot of valuable time on inside jokes, but then settle down into a discussion on his company, the advances being made around AI and machine-learning, and how his company is leveraging these new capabilities to improve how organizations find and hire people.
You can watch the entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/pGGA2Inqkto
Additionally, you can find out more about Eric on the blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/06/mvpbuzzchat-eric-riz.html

Jul 10, 2019 • 21min
MVPbuzzChat Episode 25 with Thomas Stensitzki
Episode 25 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Thomas Stensitzki (@stensitzki), Owner of Granikos in Hückelhoven, Germany, and an Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in May 2018.
In this interview, Thomas and I discuss adjusting to the rapid pace of innovation in the cloud, and the continued evolution of the IT Pro role, especially within the Microsoft ecosystem.
You can watch the entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/qvuk5QnBz7M
Additionally, you can find out more about Thomas on the blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/06/mvpbuzzchat-thomas-stensitzki.html

Jul 9, 2019 • 20min
MVPbuzzChat Episode 24 with Kevin Crossman
Episode 24 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Kevin Crossman (@kevincrossman), Manager of IT Collaboration at Juniper Networks in Sunnyvale, California, and an Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in May 2018.
In this interview, we discuss coexistence between SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and Yammer, and some of the (continuing) community discourse on the topic.
You can watch the entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/U4gjtUEgWUA
Find out more about Kevin on the blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/05/mvpbuzzchat-kevin-crossman.html

Jul 9, 2019 • 25min
MVPbuzzChat Episode 23 with David Patrick
Episode 23 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and David E. Patrick (@davidepatrick), a Subject-Matter Expert with DSA, Inc. in Baltimore, MD, and an Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in May 2018.
In this interview, we discuss thesome of the ways that SharePoint continues to help organizations and end users to be more productive, as well as some DevOps topics of extending SharePoint with Azure, Teams, and more.
You can watch the entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/SNlTINc84qE
And you can find out more about David on the blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/05/mvpbuzzchat-david-patrick.html

Jul 9, 2019 • 30min
MVPbuzzChat Episode 22 with Haniel Croitoru
Episode 22 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Haniel Croitoru (@HCroitoru), an Office Servers and Services MVP who is working a lot in the Business Solutions focus area, as well, and who is a Lead Consultant with 2toLead in Toronto, Canada. Recorded in April 2018.
In this interview, Haniel and I dig into workplace automation using Teams, Flow, PowerApps, Forms, SharePoint, and PowerBI.
You can watch this interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/TS2uip0uspY
And if you'd like to learn more about Haniel, check out the blog post at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/05/mvpbuzzchat-haniel-croitoru.html

Jul 8, 2019 • 26min
MVPbuzzChat Episode 21 with Becky Benishek
Episode 21 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Becky Benishek (@beckybenishek), an Office Apps & Services MVP, Yammer expert, and Online Communities Manager at Crisis Prevention Institute in Milwaukee, MI. Recorded in April 2018.
In this interview, Becky and I discuss Yammer and its continued growth within the Office 365 ecosystem, and the role of the community manager inside and outside of the enterprise.
You can watch this entire episode on our YouTube page at https://youtu.be/5cZZOkh-WEw
You can also find out more about Becky on our blog at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/05/mvpbuzzchat-becky-benishek.html

Jul 8, 2019 • 18min
MVPbuzzChat Episode 20 with Onur Okutucu
Episode 20 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Onur Okutucu (@bakionurs), a Windows and Devices for IT MVP, and DevOps engineer and consultant based out of London, UK. Recorded April 2018.
In this interview, Onur and I talk about changes within the DevOps space, and then we dig into a discussion around automation -- and the opportunities that exist for IT Pros.
You can watch this entire episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/jqwq3Xgy1ro
If you would like to know more about Onur, check out the blog post at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/05/mvpbuzzchat-onur-okutucu.html

Jul 8, 2019 • 22min
MVPbuzzChat Episode 19 with Paul Keijzers
Episode 19 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Paul Keijzers (@KbWorks), an Office Servers & Services MVP and Office 365 Specialist with Wortell, based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Recorded April 2018.
In this interview, we discuss customer and community feedback, and its importance in product and service development.
You can watch the entire interview at https://youtu.be/bT_YYzndQ-s
For more information about Paul, check out the blog post at https://www.buckleyplanet.com/2018/04/mvpbuzzchat-paul-keijzers.html