The CollabTalk Podcast

Episode 42 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Heather Severino (@HeatherSeverino), a fellow Office Apps & Services MVP focusing on OneDrive, OneNote, and Microsoft Teams. Recorded in February 2019. In this interview, Heather and I talk about one of my favorite topics: productivity, and the i...

Discussion with Rob Bogue (@robbogue), Microsoft MVP, consultant with Thor Projects LLC, and author of The SharePoint Shepherd's Guide for End Users, hosted by CollabTalk Founder & CEO Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), on the topic of end user adoption and governance within SharePoint and enterprise collaboration.

Episode 41 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Joel Oleson, also a Microsoft RD and new MVP (Office Apps & Services) -- and the very first SharePoint admin while working for Microsoft IT (back when it was called Tahoe). Recorded in february 2019. In this interview, Joel and I chat about some...

Episode 40 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Heather Newman (@HeddaNewman), fouinder and Head Maven at CreativeMaven, CMO at ContentPanda, and Microsoft MVP (Office Apps & Services). Recorded in January 2019. In this interview, Heather and I discuss some of the complexities surrounding end...

Discussion with Peter Carson (@carsonpeter), Microsoft MVP and President of EnvisionIT, makers of Extranet User Manager, hosted by CollabTalk Founder & CEO Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), on the topic of external sharing in SharePoint and Office 365, the gaps surrounding the out-of-the-box features and Microsoft's Azure AD B2B offering, and how Peter's company has closed those gaps.

Episode 39 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft RD and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Erica Toelle (@EricaToelle), a product evangelist for Seattle-based RecordPoint, and a Microsoft MVP (Office Apps & Services). Recorded in January 2019. In this interview, Erica and I talk about some of the community events that we helped organiz...

Episode 2 of this Microsoft employee-focused interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Tom Resing (@resing), a former SharePoint MVP-turned-blue badge who is a Sr. Content Publisher for the SharePoint and OneDrive team at Microsoft. Recorded in July 2019. In this episode, Tom and I discuss the...

Episode 1 of this Microsoft employee-focused interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Steve Nguyen (@espnguyen), a Product Evangelist within the Yammer product team at Microsoft. Recorded in August 2018. In this interview, we discuss some of the recent product announcements, and what makes th...

Episode 38 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Jussi Mori (@JussiMori), a partner and principal consultant at Experts Inside in Zurich, Switzerland and a 4-time Microsoft MVP (Office Apps and Services). Recorded in December 2018. In this interview, Jussi and I talk about the on...

Episode 37 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and April Dunnam (@April Dunnam), a newly-minted Business Applications MVP and a lead developer at ThriveFast in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Recorded in December 2018. In this interview, April and I talk about the innovation happening with...

Episode 36 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Alistair Pugin (@AlistairPugin), a dual MVP in Microsoft Azure and Office Apps & Services, and Head of Cloud Services at Tangent Solutions in Johannesburg, South Africa. Recorded in November 2018. In this interview, Alistair and I...

Episode 35 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Laura Rogers (@wonderlaura), a dual MVP in Business Applications and Office Apps & Services, and founder of IWMentor (www. IWMentor.com), a SharePoint and PowerApps training company in Birmingham, Alabama. Recorded in September 201...

Episode 34 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Cameron Dwyer (@camerondwyer), CTO for OnePlace Solutions (www.oneplacesolutions.com) in Sydney, Australia, and an Office Development MVP. Recorded in August 2018. In this interview, Cameron and I discuss how he got started in Offi...

Episode 33 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Bruno Capuano (@elbruno), Regional Innovation Lead for Avanade Canada, based in Toronto, and an AI and Windows Development MVP. Recorded in August 2018. In this interview, Bruno and I discuss the practical application of Artificial...

Episode 32 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Benjamin Weissman (@bweissman), owner of Solisyon (www.solisyon.de) in Nuernberg, Germany, and a new Data Platform MVP. Recorded in August 2018. In this interview, Ben and I discuss what it means to be a Data Platform MVP, his pass...

Episode 31 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Nicki Borell (@nickiborell), a principal of Xperts At Work in Germany, and a fellow Microsoft RD and Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in August 2018. In this interview, Nicki and I briefly talk about changes to the MVP program,...

Episode 30 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Chris Miller (@anotherlab), an R&D Architect with Tyler Technologies in Albany, NY, and a Visual Studio and Development Technologies MVP. Recorded in August 2018. In this interview, Chris and I discuss his many years of running his...

Episode 29 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Hans Brender (@HansBrender), a Cloud Productivity Evangelist with Bright Skies GmbH based out of Aalen Germany, and an Office Apps & Services MVP. Recorded in August 2018. In this interview, Hans and I discuss the status of the One...

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 aroun...

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 (an...

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...

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, an...

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, Micro...

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 hel...

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 inte...