Office 365 Distilled

Keeping Change and Adoption Real: The Workshop ... Come and see us live this year... South Coast Summit:  October 14th 2022 Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/keeping-change-and-adoption-real-1-day-workshop-tickets-359518869617 M365 Conference – Las Vagas: December 9th Register: https://www.m365conf.com/#!/workshop/Keeping%20Change%20and%20Adoption%20Real:%20The%20Workshop/5553 And on the pod...

With the possibilities of empowering the business to create their own Intranet site that is based on the same template with Governance built in. Building a SharePoint site for the end user is like buying yourself a new 40th Birthday cigar lighter that is complex and needs a few You Tube videos to ensure you operate it correctly.  Your Corporate SharePoint look book might just be the tool to do tha...

This is the link to the Brainstorm Infographic used in the podcast, and at the end of the page is the link to buy a bottle of the great whisky we taste in this podcast, sponsored by Braeburn Whisky . BrainStorm - 33 Ways To Unlock More Software Value. Steve and Marijn took this sheet and pulled numbers from a bag to select random values to apply to the Values sheet provided by Brainstorm Inc.  Use...

After Steve looked at Barriers to getting the information in #2 of the Wee Dram series and then was to create Impact in #3 in this episode, we look at Adapting your M365 adoption to maximise value. Business is in constant flow, and we take reference from 3 companies that innovated into different value streams. These examples, whilst mainstream, show that companies change and evolve. Ensuring that...

After talking about recently attended events we learn that Marijn likes only soft things against his skin, but the boys resist the opportunity for a fun discussion on this fact.  They talk about the new news around AD and AAD groups where AAD groups can now be nested. There is disagreement about the copying of profiles and if the AAD groups also get copied across to new users based on another user...

Division of the implementation of M365 into 3 spaces... Understanding the Need:  Our primary communication is speech, it’s the fastest way 2 human beings can exchange ideas, and frustrations and collaborate over solutions. I dentify the current risks: Breaking down the processes that are prone to fail or that everyone understands are vulnerable for some reason. Ignore the normal: There are a few t...

We identify quickly that Marijn is likely to suffer a little simply because of a high-sarcasm level within the evil mind of Steve during the recording.  Steve sends his apologies!! Names of Internets got a little time which represents the point about style that the team use for the project.  The Style, tone of voice, graphics, and word choice helps set the style of the project, training, look and...

In the first week of any new Job or contract you get introduces to people and teams telling you what is required, and what you need to deliver. Inevitable there is a reason when it has not been delivered before you arrive which means that your specific skills are needed to make it happen.  Very often after over 30 years in the consultancy game, Steve finds that what the organisation thinks needs t...

Glasgow summit and Commsverse get a mention  Marijn is convinced that MS Teams as a hub is the way to go to the point that he even misses the ‘It Depends’ joke that he keeps mentioning.   Steves. Sarcasm is evident throughout the podcast, but Marijn defends it well. The devil is in the detail and Steve is not sure that the app is ready and counters many arguments that Marijn puts in and event Stev...

Ever thought about your Maker strategy, do you even know what a maker is?  Marijn Somers goes solo in this first of many Wee Drams of knowledge built from 15+ years of experience in Microsoft 365 consulting.  Compared to Steve he is not the old man of the Office365Distilled podcast team... but he shows in this the first Wee Dram of Office365Distilled that he is mature beyond his years. Join Marijn...

In an age where the employee is such a corporate asset and often the centre of the innovation process from tweaking a policy to defining the R&D of the company... the employee is feeling the power.  Many companies are starting to feel the pain of not having folks on-site when they need them.  Employees find working from home suits them, but there are times when the team need to be on-site and...

Ok after 2 rehearsals for Episode 90 Steve and Marijn get started talking about Japanese TV shows, the location for the 100th episode the whole conversation turns towards the processes of creating a Workforce... sorry workflow! The boys work through the different stages in creating a workflow that starts with The Talk.  The point where the business describes what they expect to happen and how it w...

Mickey Mouse takes the front of the stage on EP89 with a business diagram that looks at Collaboration (face) Content (right ear) and Communications (left ear).  The model identifies the core functionality of Content, Collaboration & Communication with the key tools being Exchange, SharePoint Online and MS Teams. Steve uses the word Personae and Marijn wonders if he is ill.   Steve has not alwa...

Chats are shorter because they already have context but for emails, you often must provide the context so that people can understand the message. Policies do need to be thought through about external access for Chats.  MS Teams and channel chats are OK as invitees are created as external users but not for Chats. Marijn outlines the email problems with emails and the problems of losing control and...

These are the links to the things we found cool in Barcelona. Braeburn Podcask  https://open.spotify.com/episode/3CTjSOEP9QZpfkAa8358d1      Kate took us to a few new Bars and was a fabulous host visiting 4 great places https://www.airbnb.com/experiences/1757637 Kates first choice was Dr. Stravinsky:  https://www.worlds50bestbars.com/the-list/dr-stravinsky.html   But we found our spiritual home he...

On Monday your team delivers on the change and confirms their ability to deliver change based on the knowledge they have learned. The boys talk about ways to help confirm people are on the right track and suggest creating a community of success. Marijn quotes ‘something he read’ that it takes 21 days to drive change and 90 days to change the old habits. It potentially gives you a timeline for this...

Having the ability to change or do something is about proving yourself. Knowing something and delivering something is different. In a setting such as Adoption and Change management, the proof is in the delivery. Where the Individual provides that have the Awareness, Desire and knowledge but now prove their ability through delivery. The boys point out that we cannot finish and move to the R – reinf...

Knowledge as training is discussed in a way that ensures people are ready for the change, what they need to do and prepare for. It is easy to describe knowledge as training, but you need to bring in the desire to want to learn. After making users enthusiastic for change then a holistic learning program shows the organisation’s commitment to supporting the change.

Steve and Marijn continue their journey of shorter discussions on ADKAR focusing on this session on Desire. Within the spirit of Barcelona high on the boy’s mind, this episode is based on the ideas from the Barcelona tapes but finished in Marijn’s front room. Make sure you catch the Postscript at the last minute when Marijn encapsulates ADKAR it is very cool

In this first “Matured” episode, Steve and Marijn go deep on the ADKAR process, taking the first A – Awareness (we didn’t have to look that up, we promise!!) and discuss the why, what and how to make this first step a success when rolling out Microsoft 365. Filled with examples and experience, this is adoption content matured for you to enjoy (responsibly).

In this short form podcast we are talking about the 5 components that make up the ADKAR methodology: What they are, what you need to do, what we think is necessary here and how to measure if you are on the right path. This will serve as a base for our next "Matured" episodes, in which we will look at each of those components in depth.

In this short form 18.50 minute podcast, Steve and Marijn talk from experience about 4 principles to enhance collaboration: Digital affinity, a good adoption process (that also includes the technophobes), tools that have baselined governance and a feedback mechanism for improvement.

Coming to you live from the beach in Barcelona, Steve and Marijn are trying to wrap their heads around first principle thinking. They talk about Primero Principios (PP) and the cause and effect reasoning to get to the core beliefs about a product. Of course Marijn is trying to overcomplicate things.

The first step is to define the migration strategy that ensures you have the User Story associated with the content, locations, and final resting places so that everyone understands the plan that will take several months. Marijn points out that not migration is a migrating strategy and one to consider, although not migration leads to come complexity on the roadmap. Stave points out that the tools...

Starting with a conversation about music and movies Marijn and Steve suddenly realise that it is supposed to be a technical podcast with a dose of whisky… not film music. As they realise this and move across to the podcast subject of looking at the Back-to-Basics of data in SharePoint online. Steve pushes listeners to think about how they process data and make it available as data. From a Change a...