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August 2022 brought a lot of new tech to Microsoft 365 - lots of SharePoint and related tech goodness: Viva Goals GA, Viva Engage GA, Viva Insights updates, Microsoft Lists - MSA Preview for iOS (beta), new SharePoint team site templates, new web parts and site theme, co-authoring encrypted documents on mobile, new OneDrive home experience, To Do in Outlook for Windows, and more. We also hear from Ankur Madan and Sahil Baid discuss progress in the mobile Lists space, namely bringing access to the Lists - MSA Preview to the Lists iOS app, and more about overall progress to date and innovation for Lists on the Android platform. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Ankur Madan (Senior product manager) | LinkedIn [guest] Sahil Baid (Product manager) | LinkedIn [guest] Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] SharePoint Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | UserVoice Resources: Download and install the Microsoft Lists - MSA Preview iOS beta: https://aka.ms/ListsiOSMSA  "15 reasons to love OneDrive" 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 Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Upcoming Events: HR Tech (Sept.13-16.2022; Vegas - Mandalay Bay) Microsoft Power Platform Conference (Sept.20-22.2022; Orlando, FL) European Cloud Summit (Sept.26-28; Mainz, GE) 365 EduCon - Chicago (Sept.26-30; Chicago, IL) Teams 10x (Virtual Summit; Sept.28-29, 2022) Microsoft Ignite (Oct.12-14, 2022; virtual + SCC + six regional "spotlights") North American Cloud Summit (Oct.12-14; Branson, MO) South Coast Summit (Oct.14-15, 2022; Ageas Bowl, Southampton, UK) Microsoft Lists workshop [now available on-demand]    Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

On this episode, Chris and Mark chat with Sean Emam (Principal GPM for all datacenters) and Jon Farmer (our lead datacenter PMM). We highlight news about the recent opening of a new datacenter in Qatar, and the value of operating Microsoft datacenters at scale across various product groups, partners, and ultimately out to customer. You’ll hear more about the history and design behind our go local efforts, choosing locations, and the focus on sustainability across all datacenters to enable great business impact, with clean energy and sustainable practices intact at every turn. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Social and Info Links: Jon Farmer (Director of product marketing – datacenters | Microsoft) | LinkedIn Sean Emam (Principal GPM for all datacenters | Microsoft) | LinkedIn  Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] SharePoint Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | UserVoice Resources: “Microsoft opens first global datacenter region in Qatar, bringing new opportunities for a cloud-first economy” – press release “New Microsoft datacenter in Qatar” – announcement blog “We live in the cloud” – a virtual tour of Microsoft datacenters “Where your Microsoft 365 data is stored at-rest” - Learn more about Microsoft datacenters worldwide 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 Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Upcoming Events: HR Tech (Sept.13-16.2022; Vegas - Mandalay Bay) Microsoft Power Platform Conference (Sept.20-22.2022; Orlando, FL) European Cloud Summit (Sept.26-28; Mainz, GE) 365 EduCon - Chicago (Sept.26-30; Chicago, IL) Teams 10x (Virtual Summit; Sept.28-29, 2022) Microsoft Ignite (Oct.12-14, 2022; virtual + SCC + six regional "spotlights") North American Cloud Summit (Oct.12-14; Branson, MO) South Coast Summit (Oct.14-15, 2022; Ageas Bowl, Southampton, UK)   Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

It's OneDrive's 15th birthday, and all the presents are for you. On this episode, Ankita Kirti and Mark Kashman chat with Arwa Tyebkhan (Principal GPM | OneDrive) and Steven Bailey (CVP OneDrive and SharePoint engineering) to celebrate both OneDrive’s 15th lap around the sun AND to hear more about the new OneDrive Home experience. We first go into the way-back machine to learn about the evolution from Windows Live Mesh, Grove.exe and SharePoint Workspaces, into SkyDrive and SkyDrive Pro, and land on OneDrive as we know it today. We also discover that it’s not only OneDrive’s birthday… the team has been hard at work redesigning the OneDrive Home experience to help you easily resume your work and catch up on what you missed while you were away – everything at-a-glance and easy to prioritize where to start working. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Steven Bailey (CVP OneDrive and SharePoint engineering lead) | LinkedIn Arwa Tyebkhan  (Principal GPM - OneDrive) | LinkedIn  Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Ankita Kirti | @Ankita_Kirti21 [co-host] OneDrive | @OneDrive | OneDrive community blog | Provide feedback SharePoint | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Provide feedback Resources: "OneDrive turns 15!" - A brief history and introducing a new OneDrive Home experience | by Ankita Kirti (blog, customer video, podcast) Short "OneDrive turns 15!" video + screenshots of new OneDrive home experience 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 Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Upcoming Events: 365 EduCon - Dallas (Aug. 8-12, 2022; Dallas, TX) HR Tech (Sept.13-16.2022; Mandalay Bay - Las Vegas, NV) Microsoft Power Platform Conference (Sept.20-22.2022; Orlando, FL) European Cloud Summit (Sept.26-28; Mainz, GE) 365 EduCon - Chicago (Sept.26-30; Chicago, IL) Microsoft Ignite (Oct.12-14; Hybrid) + FAQs + follow @MS_Ignite  Microsoft Lists workshop [On-demand]   Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone  

July 2022 brought a lot of new tech to Microsoft 365 - lots of SharePoint and related tech goodness: Record a new video from Stream start page, Video collections page, One-time passcodes from no-reply@notify.microsoft.com, AAD memberOf “Nested” Groups, Power Automate flows in Lists templates, Microsoft Lists: Calendar view conditional formatting, Review mode for Word documents, news from Microsoft Inspire 2022, and more. We also hear from Kristina Hotz from the Microsoft Identity and network access team share insights about new permission management capabilities - 'nested groups' - within Microsoft Entra (the new brand where Azure Active Directory (AAD) lives). So, tell your dynamic groups and friends -- it's time for this episode of The Intrazone. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Katrina Hotz | LinkedIn | [guest] Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] SharePoint Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Feedback Resources: Admins – get started with Microsoft Entra: https://entra.microsoft.com "Create "nested" groups with Azure AD Dynamic Groups" by Kristina Hotz Modern Work announcements from Microsoft Inspire: “From enabling hybrid work to creating collaborative experiences—here’s what’s new in Microsoft 365” by Colette Stallbaumer General Manager, Microsoft 365, and Future of Work. 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 Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Upcoming Events: 365 EduCon - Dallas (Aug. 8-12, 2022) Microsoft Power Platform Conference (Sept.20-22.2022; Orlando, FL) European Cloud Summit (Sept.26-28.2022; Mainz, DE) 365 EduCon - Chicago (Sept.26-30.2022) Teams 10X (Sept. 28-29.2022; virtual) Microsoft Ignite (Oct.12-14.2022; hybrid) North American Collaboration Summit (Oct.12-14.2022; Branson, MO) Microsoft Lists workshop [now available on-demand]   Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

Go behind the scenes with the solution that aligns teams to your organization’s strategic priorities, driving results and a thriving business. On this episode, Chris and Mark chat with Lucy Hitz (product marketing for Viva Goals) and Kevin Shively (Vice President of marketing for Viva Goals) to celebrate the general availability (GA) for Viva Goals (8/1/2022). We chat about important aspects of product design and development from the acquisition of Ally.io into its evolution as "Viva Goals" within the Microsoft Viva family offered through Microsoft 365, experienced as an app in Microsoft Teams. And we cover how Goals supports visibility and organizational alignment via the use of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) - for individuals, managers, and at the cross-company level.   Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post.   Lucy Hitz (product marketing for Viva Goals) | LinkedIn Kevin Shively (Vice President of marketing for Viva Goals) | LinkedIn | Twitter Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] Microsoft Viva | @Microsoft365 | Viva Goals website | Viva community (forum/blogs) SharePoint | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Provide feedback   Resources: NEW tech community blog post, "Viva Goals is now generally available" by Lucy Hitz (8/1/2022) NEW Microsoft Mechanics show, "Manage objectives and key results with transparency" with Vetri Vellore and Jeremy Chapman (8/1/2022) Viva Goals website + recent on-demand session from Microsoft Inspire: “Microsoft Viva Goals: Now generally available” Viva Goals documentation: "Introduction to Microsoft Viva Goals" (docs.microsoft.com) Microsoft 365 Worklab podcast with Vetri Velore (CVP Goals engineering): "Microsoft’s Vetri Vellore on Helping Employees See Their Impact" "OKRs for All: Making Objectives and Key Results Work for your Entire Organization" book by Vetri Velore 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   Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts   Upcoming Events: 365 EduCon - Dallas (Aug. 8-12, 2022; Dallas, TX) HR Tech (Sept.13-16.2022; Mandalay Bay - Las Vegas, NV) Microsoft Power Platform Conference (Sept.20-22.2022; Orlando, FL) European Cloud Summit (Sept.26-28; Mainz, GE) 365 EduCon - Chicago (Sept.26-30; Chicago, IL) Microsoft Ignite (Oct.12-14; Hybrid) Microsoft Lists workshop [On-demand]   Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

On this episode, Chris and Mark chat with Todd Klindt (Consultant and Microsoft MVP, Sympraxis Consulting) about the early days of PowerShell, IT Pro benefits over the years, and what it all means for SharePoint, Exchange, Teams and Azure in the cloud. You’ll hear more about how and why PowerShell evolved (“Monad”) – why it's CLI & GUI - not CLI vs GUI, recent extensions for admins to automate server and service management – like the concise and aptly named SharePoint Online Management Shell, and powerful PnP PowerShell examples to learn from and use in production. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Todd Klindt - Consultant & Microsoft MVP – Sympraxis Consulting | Twitter: @SympraxisC & @ToddKlindt | LinkedIn | Todd's Website & Blog; both run today on hosted, classic SharePoint Server 2010 :) [guest] Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] SharePoint | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Provide feedback Resources: "Monad" Manifesto v1.2, by Jeffrey P. Snover | “The next generation platform for administrative automation." (Aug.8.2002) "Free Microsoft 365 E5 instant sandbox" (information about ‘dev tenant’ subscription) 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 Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Upcoming Events: Microsoft Inspire 2022 (Virtual) (July.19-20.2022); all sessions now on-demand 365 EduCon - Dallas (Aug. 8-12, 2022) HR Tech (Sept.13-16.2022; Mandalay Bay - Las Vegas, NV) Microsoft Power Platform Conference (Sept.20-22.2022; Orlando, FL) European Cloud Summit (Sept.26-28; Mainz, GE) 365 EduCon - Chicago (Sept.26-30) Microsoft Lists workshop [On-demand]   Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

June 2022 brought a lot of new tech to Microsoft 365 - lots of SharePoint and related tech goodness: Pride Month | LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group site template, Viva Topics in Teams chat, inline playback of videos in Hero web part, updated site logo management, multilingual UI when editing team sites, rename Add to OneDrive Shortcuts, OneDrive: Pin and unpin shared libraries, Planner cards in team site activity feed, SPS'2013 Workflows migration assessment tool, Teams chat with self, and more. We also hear from Adam Ford from the OneDrive and SharePoint design team share insights about the focus on UX - especially in SharePoint pages and how they appear in Microsoft Teams. So, design some listening time for this episode of The Intrazone. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post.   Adam Ford | LinkedIn | [guest] Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] SharePoint Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Feedback Resources: "Create and use modern pages on a SharePoint site" (Microsoft support 'how to' article) 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 Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Upcoming Events: Microsoft Inspire 2022 (Virtual) (July.19-20.2022) 365 EduCon - Dallas (Aug. 8-12, 2022) Microsoft Power Platform Conference (Sept.20-22.2022; Orlando, FL) European Cloud Summit (Sept.26-28.2022; Mainz, DE) 365 EduCon - Chicago (Sept.26-30.2022) Microsoft Lists workshop [now available on-demand] Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

Let the knowledge transfer begin! And never stop - with confidence to go, go, go. On this episode, Chris and Mark chat with Sue Hanley (Microsoft MVP, information architect) and her customer, Carol Zollinger (IT Support Technician | Christian Children's Home of Ohio), about identifying problems, drilling in with questions, concerns, etc. to ultimately decide what tech will work, and most importantly: How the tech will be implemented by people, for people. Have a seat on the couch and listen to the wise words of Sue and how she collaborated to point Carol and her team in the right direction. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Social and Info Links: Sue Hanley - Information architect & Microsoft MVP| Twitter | LinkedIn | Website | Blog Carol Zollinger - IT Support Technician | Twitter | LinkedIn | CCHO.org | @CCHOhio Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] SharePoint | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Provide feedback Resources: Sue Hanley's governance questions: http://tiny.cc/M365GovQuestions 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 Listen and subscribe to other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Upcoming Events: Gartner Digital Workplace Summit (Jun.21-22; previously planned for in person in San Diego, CA, now being run virtually) Commsverse - Hybrid Work Conference (June.29-30.2022; Mercedes-Benz World, UK) Microsoft Inspire 2022 (Virtual) (July.19-20.2022) 365 EduCon - Dallas (Aug. 8-12, 2022) Microsoft Power Platform Conference (Sept.20-22.2022; Orlando, FL) European Cloud Summit (Sept.26-28; Mainz, GE) 365 EduCon - Chicago (Sept.26-30) Microsoft Lists workshop [On-demand] Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

May 2022 brought a lot of new tech to Microsoft 365 - lots of SharePoint and related tech goodness: Site template history panel, Microsoft Stream, Section templates, Loop components in Outlook mail (Preview), Admin PowerShell control for Loop components, Inspiration Library in Microsoft Viva Insights, Microsoft Lists, Build 2022 news, and more. We also talk with Marc Mroz from the Microsoft Stream team about the progress and value of "Stream on SharePoint" and dig into the recent player enhancements that landed this month. So get Stream'ing this episode of The Intrazone right away! Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Social and Info Links: Marc Mroz | LinkedIn | Twitter [guest] Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] SharePoint Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Feedback Resources: Microsoft Stream roadmap article (docs.ms.com): https://aka.ms/streamroadmap "Build collaborative apps with Microsoft Teams" | Build 2022 blog by Jeff Teper Microsoft Lists on Feedback Portal: https://aka.ms/Feedback/Lists 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 Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Upcoming Events: Scottish Summit (June.10-11.2022; Glasgow) Commsverse - Hybrid Work Conference (June.29-30.2022; Mercedes-Benz World, UK) Microsoft Inspire 2022 (Virtual) (July.19-20.2022) 365 EduCon - Dallas (Aug. 8-12, 2022) Microsoft Power Platform Conference (Sept.20-22.2022; Orlando, FL) Microsoft Lists workshop [now available on-demand] Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

Get ready to be a learn-it-all! On this episode, Chris and Mark chat with their peers from the Microsoft Viva Learning team, Andrea Lum and John Mighell. Viva Learning removes traditional obstacles paving pathways to learning culture success. They cover the demands of "enterprise learning," upskilling within Microsoft Teams, connecting 3rd-party content sources (Coursera, Harvard Business Publishing, Pluralsight, Skillsoft, to name a few), and a peek at what comes next. Time to get schooled on The Intrazone. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Andrea Lum | LinkedIn | Twitter [guest] John Mighell | LinkedIn | Twitter [guest] Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] SharePoint | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Provide feedback Microsoft Viva Learning | @Microsoft365 | Website | Viva community blog | Provide feedback "Viva Learning news and feature update" March 8th, 2022 by John Mighell Learn more about Viva Learning: https://aka.ms/VivaLearning 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 Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Upcoming Events: Build 2022 (May.24-26.2022 | Virtual) Thrive Conference (May.24-25.2022 | Slovenia) Microsoft Inspire 2022 (Virtual) (July 19-20, 2022) 365 EduCon - Dallas (Aug. 8-12, 2022) Microsoft Lists workshop [on-demand] Subscribe to and follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

April 2022 brought a lot of new tech to Microsoft 365 - lots of SharePoint and related tech goodness: Viva Topics in Outlook for the Web (4:40), Viva Topics insights, Microsoft Stream: Comment on a video or audio file, Create directly from the SharePoint app bar, Microsoft Lists for Android (9:30), Create and manage Power Apps from Microsoft Lists within Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Lists Calendar view: 'Unscheduled' Pane, OneDrive: Access your Teams standard and private channel files, OneDrive: Pin shared libraries to Quick Access, Viva Insights (20:20): Shared focus plans, Microsoft Purview, Bookmarks in New Yammer, Whiteboard files stored in SharePoint, and more. We also hear from two Microsoft Viva product leads - Naomi Moneypenny discuss progress we're seeing with Viva Topics and its latest feature in Outlook, plus insights about Viva Insights from Erik Anderson. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Social and Info Links: Naomi Moneypenny | Twitter | LinkedIn [guest] Erik Anderson | LinkedIn [guest] Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] SharePoint Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Feedback Resources: Viva Topics in Outlook for the Web click-through demo  Microsoft Purview: Your home for Microsoft 365 compliance solutions .whiteboard files Tweet from Ian Mikutel (Head of Product at Microsoft Whiteboard for Teams and Surface) 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 Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Upcoming Events: SEF 2022 (planned for in-person with a few sessions delivered virtually, May.4-5.2022 | Sweden) Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon (May.4-6.2022 | Virtual) Microsoft Tech Days (May5.2022) 365 EduCon (May.9-12.2022 | Seattle, WA) Microsoft Ability Summit (May10.2022 | Virtual) @MSFTEnable Build 2022 (May.24-26.2022 | Virtual) Thrive Conference (May.24-25.2022 | Slovenia) Microsoft Lists workshop [now available on-demand] Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

On this episode, we break the sound barrier with Shyam Narayan (Principal Group Product Manager | Microsoft (SharePoint)) about optimizing SharePoint performance. It's all about scale, speed, and reliability of the SharePoint service in Microsoft 365, from page load times to file open/upload/download, and "not waiting for sync." We focused our discussion on all the recent service tweaks and innovations he and team have done to optimize the SharePoint content services platform. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Social and Info Links: Shyam Narayan | LinkedIn | Twitter [guest] Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] SharePoint | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Provide feedback Resources: "Optimizing SharePoint performance in Microsoft 365" [blog] Network planning and performance tuning for Microsoft 365 [documentation] 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 Discover and subscribe to other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Upcoming Events: AIIM 2022 (Apr.27-29, Denver, CO)  SEF 2022 (planned for in-person with a few sessions delivered virtually, May.4-5.2022, Sweden)  Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon (May.4-6.2022 | Virtual)  Microsoft Tech Days (For developers | May 5th, 13:30-15:30 BST) 365 EduCon - Seattle (May.9-12.2022, Seattle, WA) (use code: KASHMAN to save $100) Microsoft Build 2022 (May.24-26.2022 | Virtual)    Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

On this episode, we get loop'y with Microsoft Loop. We chat with Greg Howard -- Principal product manager for Microsoft Loop and Fluid Framework (Office Experience Organization at Microsoft). Greg takes us through what Loop is - including common use scenarios, how it adds value throughout Microsoft 365, what's out now (Loop components), behind-the-scenes integration work (OneDrive component storage), and insights into what comes next. It's gonna be a Loop-the-loop thrill ride! Hop on. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Social and Info Links: Greg Howard | LinkedIn | Twitter [guest] Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]  SharePoint | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog  Resources: Main Microsoft Loop product page: https://aka.ms/Loop Announcement blog: "Microsoft Office—Transforming for the hybrid world" [scroll to the 'Introducing Microsoft Loop. Think, plan, create--together' segment] "Overview of Loop components in Teams" (doc.microsoft.com) Greg Howard on the February 2022 #MSLUG chat 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 Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Upcoming Events: AIIM 2022 (Apr.27-29, Denver, CO)  SEF 2022 (planned for in-person with a few sessions delivered virtually, May.4-5.2022, Sweden)  Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon (May.4-6.2022 | Virtual)  365 EduCon - Seattle (May.9-12.2022, Seattle, WA)  (use code: KASHMAN to save $100) Microsoft Build 2022 (May.24-26.2022 | Virtual)  Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

March 2022 brought a lot of new tech to Microsoft 365 - lots of SharePoint and related tech goodness: Top news in Viva Connections dashboard, Focus plans in Viva Insights, SharePoint Syntex: Content assembly, Microsoft Teams Connect "Shared channels", co-authoring MIP content on mobile, Managed metadata column in SharePoint document libraries, new Lists templates, Yammer dark mode, and more. We also hear from Arun Das, principal product manager helping to bring Microsoft Teams Connect "Shared Channels" to market (currently in public preview). Arun highlights several scenarios Teams Connect was designed to address - across internal and external users, with multiple content types, and the value of governance to manage and control it all from an IT perspective. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. SharePoint Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | UserVoice Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] Arun Das | LinkedIn [guest] Resources: "Seamless external collaboration with Microsoft Teams Connect using Shared Channels" 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 Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Upcoming Events: Document Strategy Forum (DSF) 2022 (April 4-6.2022, Chicago, IL) Microsoft 365 Conference (in-person, Apr.5-7.2022, Las Vegas, NV) AIIM 2022 (Apr.27-29, Denver, CO) SEF 2022 (planned for in-person with a few sessions delivered virtually, May.4-5.2022, Sweden) 365 EduCon (May.9-12.2022, Seattle, WA) Microsoft Lists workshop [available now on-demand]   Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

On this episode, Chris and Mark cover all things FastTrack - Microsoft's program to help customers move comfortable to the Microsoft 365 cloud. speak with Lora Moynihan from the FastTrack team and Mike Hollingshead from the SharePoint team - representing scale use and adoption motions on the product engineering side. And then we chat with Alejandro Lopez who sits on the frontline with our customers once they are engaged with the FastTrack program. We discuss the best ways to engage FastTrack, some tips and tricks specific to OneDrive, SharePoint, and Viva - knowing that FastTrack holistically covers all of Microsoft 365. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Social and Info Links: SharePoint | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog  Lora Moynihan | LinkedIn [guest] Mike Hollinshead | LinkedIn | Twitter [guest] Alejandro Lopez | LinkedIn [guest] Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]  FastTrack | Site | Twitter | LinkedIn | Resource hub Resources: FastTrack: https://www.microsoft.com/FastTrack 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 Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Upcoming Events: Enterprise Connect (Mar.21-24.2022, Orlando, FL) Teams Nation 2022 (Mar.23.2022) CollabDays - Cologne (Mar.2022 - no specific day announced yet) Document Strategy Forum (DSF) 2022 (April 4-6.2022, Chicago, IL) Microsoft 365 Conference (in-person, Apr.5-7.2022, Las Vegas, NV) AIIM 2022 (Apr.27-29, Denver, CO) SEF 2022 (planned for in-person with a few sessions delivered virtually, May.4-5.2022, Sweden) 365 EduCon (May.9-12.2022, Seattle, WA) Microsoft Lists workshop [available now on-demand] Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

February 2022 continued strong in Microsoft 365 with numerous SharePoint and related tech goodness: Updated My feed web part, Viva Topics integration with SharePoint Syntex taxonomy, new Microsoft Graph connectors, channel and folder rename between Teams and SharePoint, Microsoft 365 connected templates, OneDrive sync for macOS, and more. We talk with Raju Nagalinga - principal program manager at Microsoft focused on Microsoft Graph connectors in connection to Microsoft Search. Raju talks more about two new connectors for Jira and Confluence, plus the broader ways to connect your various content sources for a holistic end user search results experience. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Click here for a transcript of this episode.    Social and Info Links: SharePoint Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | UserVoice Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] Raju Nagalinga | Twitter | LinkedIn [guest]   Resources: 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 Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts   Upcoming Events: Enterprise Connect (Mar.21-24.2022, Orlando, FL) Teams Nation 2022 (Mar.23.2022) CollabDays - Cologne (Mar.2022 - no specific day announced yet) Document Strategy Forum (DSF) 2022 (April 4-6.2022, Chicago, IL) Microsoft 365 Conference (in-person, Apr.5-7.2022, Las Vegas, NV) AIIM 2022 (Apr.27-29, Denver, CO) SEF 2022 (planned for in-person with a few sessions delivered virtually, May.4-5.2022, Sweden) 365 EduCon (May.9-12.2022, Seattle, WA)   Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

Have you heard? You can now sign into Microsoft Lists with your Microsoft account (MSA) - now in preview: lists.live.com. This is a lightweight version of the Microsoft Lists app designed for small business and individual use in conjunction with your MSA. In this episode, we talk with Miceile Barrett and Ben Truelove from the Lists engineering and design teams respectively. We discuss the innerworkings of the what, how, and why of the service and primary design elements that make it easy and powerful to track and manage information no matter what size the team - in work or life. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Social and Info Links: SharePoint Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | UserVoice Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] Miceile Barrett - Senior product manager | LinkedIn | Twitter [guest] Ben Truelove - Principal designer | LinkedIn | Twitter [guest] #MicrosoftLists (Twitter) Resources: Sign up and try the Microsoft Lists - MSA Preview: https://lists.live.com "Try Microsoft Lists with your Microsoft account (MSA)" (Preview launch blog) Get to know the Microsoft Lists - MSA Preview (demo video) 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 Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Upcoming Events: CollabDays - Bletchley Park, England (Feb.23.2022) + @CollabDays_Park Enterprise Connect (Mar.21-24.2022, Orlando, FL) Teams Nation 2022 (Mar.23.2022) CollabDays - Cologne (Mar.2022 - no specific day announced yet) Document Strategy Forum (DSF) 2022 (April 4-6.2022, Chicago, IL) Microsoft 365 Conference (in-person, Apr.5-7.2022, Las Vegas, NV) AIIM 2022 (Apr.27-29, Denver, CO) SEF 2022 (planned for in-person with a few sessions delivered virtually, May.4-5.2022, Sweden) 365 EduCon (May.9-12.2022, Seattle, WA) Microsoft Lists workshop on-demand Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

January 2022 kicked us off right in Microsoft 365 with a slew of SharePoint and related tech goodness: Microsoft Editor in SharePoint pages, Viva Topics topic card improvements, SharePoint navigation switcher, conversation search in Office.com and SharePoint, migration updates, Microsoft Lists: Board view, Power BI for libraries, new library drop-down menu, Lists in the SharePoint app bar, and more. Mark also chats with Yogesh Ratnaparkhi - Microsoft principal program manager focused on migration of files and folder into Microsoft 365. We chat about progress on Migration Manager in the SharePoint admin center, recent updates with the SharePoint Migration Tool (SPMT), and highlight some of the key organizing and scheduling capabilities now available to admins. It's a packed half hour, and you'll find yourself more informed at the end. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Social and Info Links: SharePoint Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | UserVoice Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] Yogesh Ratnaparkhi | LinkedIn [guest] Resources: Sign up and try the Microsoft Lists - MSA Preview Read and review the free ClearBox 'Intranet and Employee Experience Platforms 2022' Visit the Microsoft Viva adoption center within adoption.microsoft.com 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 Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Upcoming Events: CollabDays - Bletchley Park, England (Feb.23.2022) + @CollabDays_Park Enterprise Connect (Mar.21-24.2022, Orlando, FL) Teams Nation 2022 (Mar.23.2022) CollabDays - Cologne (Mar.2022 - no specific day announced yet) Document Strategy Forum (DSF) 2022 (April 4-6.2022, Chicago, IL) Microsoft 365 Conference (in-person, Apr.5-7.2022, Las Vegas, NV) AIIM 2022 (Apr.27-29, Denver, CO) SEF 2022 (planned for in-person with a few sessions delivered virtually, May.4-5.2022, Sweden) 365 EduCon (May.9-12.2022, Seattle, WA)   Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

Ready to tap into the wisdom of the Southern Hemisphere? It’s time to audibly travel to Australia for architect-level SharePoint guidance. On this episode, we hear from three IT Pro experts from the Aussie community – specifically the Adelaide Microsoft IT Pro Community: Brett Moffet (Cireson), Matt Cline (Data#3), and Andrew O'Young (Subnet). You’ll hear their approach to solutions – from managing a hybrid deployment, to migrating to the cloud at scale, and recommendations for IT Pros “to learn more and get certified.” You’ll walk away with a nice set of new best practices, opinions, and three new mates. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post.   SharePoint Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman | @mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty | @cmcnulty2000 [co-host] Brett Moffett | LinkedIn | Twitter [guest] Matt Cline | LinkedIn | Twitter [guest] Andrew O’Young | LinkedIn | Twitter [guest] Resources: 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 Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Planned events in 2022: Enterprise Connect (Mar.21-24.2022, Orlando, FL) Teams Nation 2022 (Mar.23.2022) CollabDays - Cologne (Mar.2022 - no specific day announced yet) DSF22 (April 4-6.2022, Chicago, IL) Microsoft 365 Conference (in-person, Apr.5-7.2022, Las Vegas, NV) AIIM 2022 (Apr.27-29, Denver, CO) SEF 2022 (planned for in-person with a few sessions delivered virtually, May.4-5.2022, Sweden) 365 EduCon (May.9-12.2022, Seattle, WA)   Listen to and follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone

December 2021 rounded our year of SharePoint and related tech goodness: Azure Active Directory Dynamic Groups for SharePoint audience targeting, create and manage verticals in Microsoft Search, Microsoft Lists lookup columns, the ability to manage Teams and channel connected team sites in the SharePoint admin center, markup ink for photos stored in OneDrive and SharePoint, Microsoft Loop components in Teams chats, and more. Mark also notes five SharePoint resolutions for 2022, plus an audible "Ode to SharePoint". 2021 is in our rearview mirror, with 2022 poised and ready to bring much improvement and innovation to the Microsoft 365 intelligent intranet. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. SharePoint Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman | @mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty | @cmcnulty2000 [co-host] Resources: "Goodnight Subsites" - an admin's tale co-authored by Susan Hanley and Mark Kashman, illustrated by Rebecca Jackson. 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 Listen to and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts Upcoming Events: SEF 2022 (Jan.11-12.2022) Teams Nation 2022 (Marc.23.2022) Microsoft 365 Conference (again in Vegas Apr.5-7.2022) AIIM 2022 (Apr.27-29 in Denver, CO) 365 EduCon - Seattle (May.9-12.2022) 365 EduCon - Dallas (formerly SP Fest) (Aug.8-12.2022) Listen to and follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone