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In Episode 30 of the Guardians of M365 Governance, Joy, Ragnar, and Christian welcome Alan Cox, a fellow M365 MVP and independent AI and governance consultant, to discuss why organizations need separate AI governance and AI enablement functions to successfully scale adoption. Together, they explore the tension between risk management and innovation, and why treating these responsibilities as the s...

Episode 29 of Guardians of M365 Governance: Christian Buckley, Joy Apple, and Ragnar go off-script. No guest this month, just three MVPs working through a laundry list of the governance topics keeping them up at night, from Agent 365 and shadow AI to the real question underneath it all: what does it mean to be the human in the loop? In this episode we get into:00:59 The hottest news in the M365 go...

Inside the Souls of an Autonomous AI Crew | OpenClaw & Hermes with Michael Gannotti (Microsoft)What happens when AI stops being a tool and starts being a colleague? In this episode, I sit down with Michael Gannotti, Principal AI Solution Engineer at Microsoft, to explore SMFWorks – his autonomous multi-agent "company" of 14 AI colleagues built on OpenClaw and Hermes. We talk about ag...

Your Microsoft 365 tenant may have a data backup strategy — but that does not mean you have a recovery strategy. In this episode, I explain why configuration resilience is the missing layer in most Microsoft 365 environments, and why a tenant takeover can become a business continuity crisis long before data loss becomes visible. In Episode 26 of Guardians of M365 Governance, Christian Buckley and...

One IT department expected 50 agents in their tenant. They found over 500. Welcome to agent sprawl — the SharePoint site sprawl story, just faster, more autonomous, and with a billing model nobody fully understands yet. In this episode, Christian Buckley and Ragnar Heil sit down with Timothy Boettcher, SVP Go-to-Market & Global Product Marketing at AvePoint and fellow Microsoft MVP, to talk ab...

🛡️ Shadow AI to Managed AI: Implementing Governance for Autonomous Agents | Guardians of M365 Governance Ep. 28Your employees are already building autonomous AI agents — just not inside your tenant. In Episode 28, MVPs Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Joy Apple (@JoyOfSharePoint), and Ragnar Heil (@RagnarH) welcome fellow MVP and Microsoft Cloud IT Pro podcast host Ben Stegink to tackle one of...

Join MVPs Christian Buckley, Joy Apple, and Ragnar Heil as they welcome fellow MVP Richard Harbridge from ShareGate to dive deep into the latest Microsoft 365 benchmark insights that are reshaping how we think about migration and governance.🔥 Key Takeaways:• Migration isn't a one-time project - it's an ongoing governance practice• 80% of organizations have deployed/piloted Copilot, but ma...

Welcome back to Guardians of M365 Governance! 🛡️ Christian Buckley and Ragnar Heil are joined by Microsoft's Erica Toelle (Sr. Product Marketing Manager for M365 Copilot Security) for a deep dive into Data Security Posture Management for AI. 🔥 What You'll Learn: ✅ Why DSPM for AI is more than just a rebrand from AI Hub✅ How to monitor third-party AI tools like ChatGPT Enterprise✅ Real...

🚦 Are you the accidental Power Platform admin wondering what everyone is building in your tenant? You're not alone! In this comprehensive guide, we break down why Power Platform governance isn't about slowing people down – it's about giving your citizen developers the confidence to build amazing solutions safely. Join Guardians of M365 Governance with MVPs Christian Buckley ⁠ ⁠ , Joy...

Join MVPs Joy Apple, Christian Buckley, me and special guest Diego Silva (Microsoft 365 Architect) as they dive deep into the reality of Microsoft Copilot adoption. What happens when the initial AI excitement fades and organizations face the hard truths about governance? This month's episode tackles the cultural, technical, and practical challenges of moving from Copilot demos to sustainable e...

Episode 17 of "Guardians of Microsoft 365 Governance" featured hosts MVPs Christian Buckley, Joy Apple and Ragnar Heil discussing Copilot Studio governance with guest Matthias Einig, CEO of Rencore. Agent Sprawl Crisis : Organizations are experiencing explosive growth in Copilot Studio agents - one customer already has 20,000 agents in just six months. Unlike traditional M365 Copilot&#39...

Summary of Guardians of M365 Governance Ep.14 When data sprawl, out-of-date documents, and misaligned permissions persist unchecked, any AI output (such as that from co-pilot) can be compromised or inaccurate. The overarching message is that organizations need to establish clear policies and processes to keep information fresh, secure, and properly categorized, thereby laying the groundwork for su...

This episode explores how AI can improve oversight and streamline compliance processes in governance. Join this month's Guardians of M365 Governance as Ragnar Heil Joy Apple and Christian Buckley welcome dual Security and M365 MVP Alistair Pugin. Highlights- Introduction to the role of AI in enhancing government oversight.- Discussion on AI’s potential to simplify compliance tasks.- Real-world exa...

or Episode 12 of the  Guardians of M365 Governance  monthly webcast,  Joy Apple  ( @JoyofSharePoint ),  Ragnar Heil  ( @ragnarh ) and I welcomed our guest,  Sharon Weaver  ( @sharoneweaver ), a fellow MVP and RD and the CEO of  Smarter Consulting , to discuss  “Deep Dive Into the Microsoft 365 Maturity Model.”  If you’ve been following the show, you’ll probably remember that Sharon was scheduled t...

For Episode 13 of the  Guardians of M365 Governance  monthly webcast,  Joy Apple  ( @JoyofSharePoint ),  Ragnar Heil  ( @ragnarh ) and I welcomed our guest,  Michal Pisarek  ( @MichalPisarek ), the CEO (and Janitor) of  Orchestry Software , to discuss  “Governance as a Blueprint for AI Readiness”  and how effective governance is essential to harness the full potential of AI technologies. When data...

For Episode 11 of the #GoM365gov series, Ragnar, Christian, and Joy welcome guest Ben-David Piepenburg, Collaboration Consultant with HanseVision, to discuss "Taming the Chaos: Enhancing Audit & Compliance with EasyLife 365 at Munich Airport" This is our first case study in this series, with more planned for Season 2 in 2025. Please join us at 11am EST on Wednesday, November 20th, 2024 for our...

In the latest episode of  Guardians of M365 Governance , I co-hosted an insightful discussion with Joy Apple (@JoyofSharePoint) and our special guest Nikki Chapple (@ChappleNikki), a dual Microsoft MVP and Principal Cloud Architect at CloudWay UK. Our topic, “More Storage? Or Just Smarter Use?”, tackled a persistent challenge in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Despite falling storage costs, the expon...

In this enlightening episode of the Guardians of M365 Governance monthly webcast, co-host Ragnar Heil (@ragnarh) and I welcomed Melinda Morales, Head of Collaboration at Dyson UK, to explore the vital topic of scaling governance across global enterprises. While fellow co-host Joy was unable to attend the live broadcast, the discussion proved rich with insights and practical wisdom. Melinda shared...

For Episode 8 of the  Guardians of M365 Governance  monthly webcast,  Ragnar Heil  ( @ragnarh ),  Joy Apple  ( @JoyOfSharePoint ) and I were sorry that our planned guest,  Sharon Weaver,  was unable to join us this month for health reasons, but we’ll be sure to add her back into the schedule soon. While we did not get to hear Sharon’s perspective as a Core Team member for the M365 Maturity Model c...

In this latest episode, Christian Buckley ( @buckleyplanet ) and Ragnar Heil ( @ragnarh ) welcome fellow MVP and new co-host Joy Apple (@ joyofsharepoint ) to the #GoM365gov team!  Join us in this insightful episode, "Governance War Stories from the Field," as we dive into the real-world experiences of managing Microsoft 365 governance. We'll explore both triumphs and challenges in i...

In this episode, MVPs Christian Buckley ( ⁠@buckleyplanet⁠ ) and Ragnar Heil ( ⁠@ragnarh⁠ ) explore the complexities of managing content in Microsoft 365, from creation and collaboration to publication and retirement. We’ll be joined by Microsoft expert  ⁠Erica Toelle⁠ , who will share her knowledge on utilizing intelligence and out-of-the-box tools to automate lifecycle management, ensuring robus...

Don’t miss this month’s Guardians of M365 Governance show with our guest  Susan Hanley  as Christian Buckley and I talk about planning for Governance around Microsoft Copilot — with what’s new and what’s (mostly) the same about preparing your organizations for technological change with  Copilot .

TekkiGurus  webcast series once again presents Guardians of M365 Governance (#GoM365gov), a monthly webcast co-hosted by M365 Apps & Services MVP Ragnar Heil ( @ragnarh ) and M365 Apps & Services MVP and RD Christian Buckley ( @buckleyplanet ). As part of the growing TekkiGurus Learn platform, Guardians of M365 Governance is targeting the rapidly evolving and expanding Microsoft 365 govern...

Navigating the Future of AI in M365 Governance: Insights from Compliance Unplugged” Microsoft RD and MVPs  Christian Buckley  and  Ragnar Heil  are interviewing  Joanne  and  David , here are main questions and topics: What are the challenges of case management in records management, particularly with Microsoft Purview? What key strategies should businesses adopt to integrate case management withi...

Find out the details about this podcast, “Best Practices for Copilot and Purview Compliance,” and register for free, here:  Live: Guardians of M365 Governance, Episode 2 (tekkigurus.com) TekkiGurus webcast series once again presents Guardians of M365 Governance (#GoM365gov), a monthly webcast co-hosted by M365 Apps & Services MVP  Ragnar Heil  ( @ragnarh ) and M365 Apps & Services MVP and...