MidDay Cafe

In this episode of MidDay Café, we cover the Microsoft Webinar around Microsoft Viva, new features in Microsoft Teams, and also Power Platform Governance and Security. In this episode are Microsoft’s Sue Vencill , Eden Porsangi , and Michael Gannotti . To see the entire episode, including resources, visit https://aka.ms/HLSBlog  

In this episode of MidDay Café, we have a few announcements including one around Microsoft Viva Connections as well as resources for Power BI training. For this episode the crew included Microsoft’s Kendra Burgess , Scott Moore , and Michael Gannotti . To see the entire episode, including resources, visit https://aka.ms/HLSBlog 

In this episode of MidDay Café, we had a great series of topics we discussed and demonstrated including: Teams Breakout Rooms V2, Word Clouds for Forms, Audio Podcasting with Viva Connections, Power BI Roadmap, and Surface Hub and Collaboration Rooms. This week’s panel included Sue Vencill , Jim Warner , Alfred Ojukwu , Kendra Burgess , and Michael Gannotti . To see the entire post, including vide...

In this episode of MidDay Café Microsoft’s Scott Moore discusses Microsoft Teams Contact Center. To see the entire post including video and resources visit https://aka.ms/HLSBlog  

For this week’s MidDay Café we were joined by Microsoft’s Scott Moore , Tracy DeWald , Kendra Burgess , Jim Warner , and myself (Michael Gannotti) . Topic presenters for this episode: · Jim Warner - The cutover of Microsoft Teams recordings from Microsoft Stream Classic to OneDrive and SharePoint Online. · Tracy DeWald – Microsoft Teams Call Center. · Michael Gannotti - The general availability of...

Kicking off the new fiscal year here at Microsoft we were joined by some new faces who sat in to get a feel for participating in a MidDay Café podcast recording. We also kicked of the FY22 with coverage of two exciting topics, the Microsoft Teams Broadcast Development Kit and Microsoft Teams Multi-Geo capabilities. Looking forward to the new year with new folks jumping on board to participate. In...

Capturing data and collaborating with others are daily occurrences across all workstreams withing Healthcare and Life Sciences, as well as other industries. To assist users in these activities Microsoft 365 provides for rich data capture and reporting within Microsoft Lists and uber rich collaboration across all devices with Whiteboard. In this MidDay Café Microsoft’s Sue Vencill and Michael Ganno...

As customers look to standardize on Microsoft Teams the move to voice and calling often is high priority. In this MidDay Café we cover connecting to existing phone carriers with Microsoft Operator Connect. Covered in this session: Show Operator Connect in my Lab Tenant Show Operators and Provisioning process with Operators Show Numbers After they are provisioned by Operators Show Assignment proces...

As organizations look to increase their inclusiveness accessibility becomes a key pillar to be addressed. Ensuring that content and systems are accessible by all employees is not only a matter of compliance but also the right thing to do. In this episode of MidDay Cafe, the MidDay crew addresses the topic of accessibility in this demonstration rich coverage of Microsoft Immersive Reader (within On...

In episode 12 of MidDay Café the MidDay Café crew breaks down some of the very cool things you can do with Microsoft PowerPoint in Teams presentations, for video “show me how” production, translation/closed captions, and more. This week’s MidDay Café crew included Microsoft’s: Sue Vencil , Scott Moore , Phil Urban , and Michael Gannotti . Next week for episode 13 the MidDay Café crew will be tackl...

In episode 11 of MidDay Café the MidDay crew is joined by Microsoft’s Johnathan Wynn . In this episode MidDay takes an in-depth look at the newly rolled out Teams Webinar capabilities with a special emphasis on the setup, and customization, of the Webinar Registration Page. The crew also touches on setup requirements and other features like the View Only Meeting Experience. Tune in and see how org...

Microsoft Teams steals the spotlight in this week’s MidDay Café podcast. First up the panel discusses the release of Microsoft Teams Large Events (Webinars) and what it brings to large organizations. The panel closes out with a discussion of the newly announced Microsoft Teams for Home and its features for bring together friends and family. To see the entire post including video, transcript, and r...

In this episode of MidDay Cafe host Michael Gannotti is joined by Microsoft's Kendra Burgess and Sue Vencill as they discuss the Microsoft Business Application Summit (MBAS)), Why I Came to Microsoft/Single Platform, and Next Generation Intranets with Microsoft VIVA Connections. To see the entire post including video, transcript, and resources visit https://aka.ms/HLSBlog  

Microsoft Teams Shared Channels have been a top request by customers as it facilitates secured, focused collaboration and sharing with external individuals and entities at the more granular channel level vs Team level. On Monday 3/22, MidDay Café was joined by Microsoft’s  Pouneh Kaufman  and  Eileen Zhou .  Pouneh  and  Eileen  presented all the latest around Mi...

Microsoft Teams is increasingly becoming THE place where employees get their work done. Whether it be through integrated applications, communications, or collaboration, the importance of Teams in this hybrid world of work continues to grow. This Monday, 3/15, we hosted  Principal Manager, Customer Advocacy, Teams Engineering, Karuana Gatimu  who covered adoption, and governance, for Micr...

On Monday, 3/8, the MidDay Café Crew was joined by Microsoft’s Mark Kashman . Mark presented on the power of Microsoft Lists as well as in their versatility for use within Microsoft Teams as well as SharePoint Online. Attendees were treated to some powerful demonstrations showing the ease of setup, even directly within teams, as well as real world use cases such as the Patients List Template avail...

On Monday, 03-01-2021, the MidDay Café crew was joined by special guest Microsoft’s Dan Holme, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft. Dan talked all things communities and Yammer and showed how organizations could digitally transform and create a more employee centric, engaging environment, that foster increased company loyalty while increasing productivity and job satisfaction. To watch the webcas...

On 02/22, at 12 noon eastern, we hosted Microsoft’s Bill Baer , Senior Technical Product Manager for Microsoft Search. Search at Microsoft has been a rapidly evolving service building upon the power of the Microsoft Graph. Properly leveraged within an organization the power of search, search driven, applications can be transformational. As Senior Technical Product Manager for Microsoft Search, Bil...

oin us for MidDay Café this upcoming 02/22, at 12 noon eastern, as we host Microsoft’s Bill Baer , Senior Technical Product Manager for Microsoft Search. Search at Microsoft has been a rapidly evolving service building upon the power of the Microsoft Graph. Properly leveraged within an organization the power of search, search driven, applications can be transformational. As Senior Technical Produc...

Epic integration with the Microsoft 365 stack, including Microsoft Teams, is a hot topic these days with healthcare/life sciences organizations looking to deliver increasingly integrated experiences for their clinicians. On February 8th at 12 noon eastern we were joined by Microsoft’s Andres Santamaria , Senior Program Manager, Microsoft, who covered the Epic FHIR API Integration.  To see the...

On Monday, February 1st at 12 noon EST,  Microsoft’s Gregory Lisiak and Nikita Pitliya covered the Microsoft COVID Vaccine Health Bot to assist organizations in implementing, and leveraging, the bot. Additionally, Microsoft’s Samantha Brown, Mark Litwin, Pete Anello, and Patrick Miller, joined to bring you the latest in Microsoft News, Events, and more.  Mid-Day Café is a new, weekly, fa...

On January 11th at 12 noon eastern we kicked of the first HLS Mid-Day Café and featured Microsoft’s Raj Gopalakrishnan, Sr. Director and Principal Program Manager, Enterprise Engineering, Microsoft Teams. Raj presented on Microsoft Teams Voice and took attendees questions. Additionally, Microsoft’s Samantha Brown, Mark Litwin, Pete Anello, and myself joined to bring the latest in Microsoft News, E...