The Intrazone by Microsoft 365

We uncover the power and capabilities of Microsoft Teams as a platform. Hear from two experts inside and outside of Microsoft. First we learn about the design and strategy of how to extend Teams at the scale of the worldwide Microsoft 365 customer base from Bill Bliss, lead architect for Microsoft Teams platform engineering. Then, we turn to the real-world approach of one of our strong Microsoft M...

Three superhero Microsoft MVPs swoop into the fantastical world of Funko , a worldwide purveyor of all things pop culture. The intrepid Funko IT department, led by Scott Christensen , was fighting to keep up with the company's rapid growth. They needed to refine collaboration, enhance communication and set things in motion to automate as their business grew – and still grows. The MVPs had just thr...

In this episode, we talk with three intranet experts to unveil insights and best practices for planning, designing and implementing a new, beautiful, functional, engaging, personalized SharePoint-based intranet. Guests include Sue Hanley, Melissa Torres and Matt Wolodarsky on subjects like information architecture and the new flat world of SharePoint sites structuring, design possibilities, how to...

This month on SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop, we talk with Nicole Woon , program manager on the SharePoint engineering team focused on the "Next Steps" experience for site users. You'll learn what you can expect to see as suggestions based on what they are doing inside SharePoint sites, including Groupify.  Plus, we talk about her involvement in Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and how it helped jump...

In this episode, Chris and Mark dig into three customer stories (Mott MacDonald, HAVI and Marks & Spencer) – highlighting three common solution areas many customers face. They chat about how each customer went about tackling their solutions and how this infers the art of the possible if you face the same desired outcome. Consider this a walk-through of best practices using common components of Mic...

This month on The Intrazone Microsoft 365 Roadmap Pitstop, we talk with Kaarin Shumate , senior content developer, who focuses on the strategy and management of SharePoint help documentation, UX writing to ensure accessibility for the global IT SharePoint admin community – on-premises and in Microsoft 365. Also in the show, roadmap updates plus a few predictions of what's to come in 2020. And a sp...

This month's Microsoft partner highlight is Agilisys, a public sector cloud specialist who helps forward thinking organizations transform services that make a difference to millions of people across the UK. We talk with Agilisys's Zoe Wilson (Modern Teamwork Practice Lead), Luke Evans (Office 365 and SharePoint architect) and Ruben Hugo (Office 365 Solution Architect). Chris and Mark talk with the...

This episode covers various levels of "extranet" to discover best practices when using and configuring Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive for external collaboration. We speak to SharePoint tech expert, Christian Buckley – Founder and CEO of CollabTalk, Microsoft Regional Director and MVP. Christian talks through many solutions that allow for collaboration inside and outside of your organizat...

This month on The Intrazone Microsoft 365 Roadmap Pitstop, we talk with DC "Divyachapan" Padur from the SharePoint engineering team about SharePoint home sites . Other news includes the new files experience in Microsoft Teams, Save for later, Sensitivity labels (preview), Power Apps for SharePoint libraries, File card - conversations, Request files - OneDrive, and more.  Running Time: 37min Social...

The content collaboration side of the Power Platform (Power Apps & Power Automate) combines seamlessly with Microsoft Teams delivering productivity apps in hours/days alongside ongoing discussion. The outcome is productivity apps where and when you need them. We talk with our experts behind the Power Platform + Microsoft Teams: Karan Nigam , group product marketing manager (Microsoft Teams), Steph...

Introducing The Intrazone's new series spotlighting our Microsoft partners, the people who deliver solutions and services to empower our customers to achieve more in their businesses. In this initial episode, we talk with Ron Cameron, CEO and Founder of KnowledgeLake, which helps customers win at processing their transactional content in the cloud. Running Time: 40:20 Show Intro + Topic – Partner...

Microsoft recently announced the acquisition of Mover who specialize in migrating content, including admin-led and self-service offerings. Mover helps make it easier than ever for customers to migrate files to Microsoft 365. In this episode, we talk with Hani Loza (Microsoft principal program manager) and Eric Warnke (Co-founder and CEO of Mover) about the many migration options and tools offered...

Live from Microsoft Ignite 2019 in Orlando, FL, we talk with Jeff Teper, CVP SharePoint, OneDrive and Office engineering on his thoughts about new innovations like Project Cortex, Mover acquisition, 100M monthly active users (MAU) & 100 GB file uploads, the Fluid Framework, Multi-lingual, SharePoint home sites, the updated SharePoint Look Book and more. Finally, we asked his thoughts about ensurin...

In this bonus episode, we're excited to publicly reveal Project Cortex, Microsoft's mission to be able to reinvent content services, enterprise content management, in a way that takes advantage of the cloud and our investments in AI, and allows you - the user - to create your knowledge network - the union between people, content and work processes. Mark and Chris talk with Adam Harmetz, Partner GP...

This month on the SharePoint 365 Roadmap Pitstop, we talk with Adriana Wood from the SharePoint team about the new site URL rename feature. Other news includes Microsoft's acquisition of Mover, updates with the SharePoint Migration Tool, Microsoft Stream, lists and libraries customization, Microsoft Learn, recent technology events and announcements, as well as Mark's documentary recommendation.  R...

We talk with Office 365 for Education customers Alexander Strauss-Köhn and Mats Öström, experts from the educational department from Stockholm City Schools. They discuss the implementation and benefits of using Office 365 for students, teachers and parents. Also, we talk with Dominic Williamson from Microsoft Teams for Education and Debjani Mitra from SharePoint. We learn about specific features a...

On this month's Intrazone Roadmap Pitstop we talk with Max Kulakov , a designer on the OneDrive SharePoint engineering team about the new web parts rolled out this month, with focus on the design approach and development. Also in the episode are September Office 365 release highlights, updates, and teasers for what's to come in October. Running Time: 34:15 Show Intro [00:00:00:00] What's New [01:0...

Microsoft announced today it is releasing OneDrive Personal Vault, an added layer of protection for your most important files, photos and videos — such as your passport, driver's license, or insurance information — should someone gain access to your account or device. We talk with Ryan Hoge, principal group program manager for OneDrive, and Paul Diamond, product manager for OneDrive personal marke...

This episode brings all the insights on the Government Community Cloud (GCC) offerings in Office 365. Mark and Chris talk with three Office 365 experts who specialize in working with government agencies; John Peluso (CTO – Public Sector; AvePoint), Adam Levithan (Digital Product Manager; Withum) and Richard Toland (Principal Architect; Perpetual Reality), across a number of topics including custom...

On this month's SharePoint Intrazone Roadmap Pitstop we talk with Wayne Ewington , program manager on the SharePoint engineering team, about the 'site swap' feature. August was a busy delivery month, and this is the all-inclusive recap. Other release highlights include comments on non-Office files, news about Samsung plus OneDrive, "Popular around me", Yammer mobile app updates and more, as well a...

Our Microsoft experts answer your most frequently asked questions (FAQs). This episode includes key highlights from the Ask Microsoft Anything (AMA) session from the recent SharePoint Conference 2019 (SPC19). Topics include SharePoint home sites, classic to modern updates, government services and GCC, Office 365 Groups, site URL rename and more.  Running Time: 23:40 Show Intro [00:00] Topic of the...

What does it take to move to the cloud? We talk with two Microsoft MVP's about moving to the cloud and what that enables for customers' collaboration, development and security. Martina Grom , CEO of atwork, and Marc Anderson , president of Sympraxis Consulting, share their expertise from both the technology and customer perspectives.  Running Time: 44:46 Show Intro [00:00:00:00] Topic of the Week...

July 2019 brought the heat to many cities across the world – so Microsoft brought a little heat, too, with updates that rolled out this month. This is the all-inclusive recap bonus monthly episode to help answer, "What's rolling out now for SharePoint and related technologies into Microsoft 365?" We also talk with Lauren Khoo, program manager on the OneDrive engineering team, who focuses on OneDri...

With summer comes travel. This week we revisit the Desktop Diet challenge and discuss both the benefits and limitations of using only browser and mobile. Special guests include the people who make a desktop diet experience achievable, Dan Costenaro and Mike Morton from the Office Online Engineering Team. Plus your one-stop information shop segments, FAQs and Upcoming Events.  Running Time: 39:47 S...

Welcome to June 2019. We've got a lot of change management info to share with you. This is the all-inclusive recap for all things SharePoint and related technology. We talk with Kaleem Rahman, product manager on the Yammer engineering team, who focuses on supporting customers to better aid knowledge creation and consumption throughout their organization. Our conversation focuses on the new Yammer...