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 improving collaboration within organizations. Our special guest, MVP Richard Harbridge from 2toLead, will share his wealth of expertise in building intranets and collaboration environments. He'll provide a candid look at the successes and hurdles he's encountered with clients while implementing effective governance practices.

We'll also delve into the evolving trends in governance, including the critical focus on Copilot Readiness. Richard will share invaluable lessons from his field experience, offering best practices for organizations aiming to regain control of their collaboration sprawl. 

Whether you're a seasoned IT professional or new to managing Microsoft 365 tenants, this episode promises to equip you with actionable insights to enhance your governance strategies.

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 robust governance, security, compliance, and knowledge management. 

We’ll explore the latest updates in Microsoft Purview to help manage the data lifecycle, including retention, archiving, and deletion strategies for Teams, documents, emails, and sites, and how we can leverage Microsoft Purview to gain visibility, safeguard information, and meet regulatory requirements seamlessly. 

Don’t miss this episode, which is packed with practical insights and actionable steps to enhance your organization’s data governance framework.

⚡ Alex & Ragnar Show #65 ⚡Bye Bye 2021 - Hello 2022!
➡️ Die Jahresendshow mit vielen #Microsoft365 Community Leads ➡️ Rückblick auf Community Event in 2021
➡️ Was wollen wir behalten? Was in 2022 verändern? ️ Wie kannst Du Dich konkret einbringen?
➡️ Gewinnspiel: Poly Studio P15 All-in-One Video Konferenz Kamera
➡️ YouTube Video der Show
➡️ mit Alexander Eggers [MVP] Corinna Lins Frank Carius Gernot Kühn Hans Brender Martin Alter Henning Eiben 🤘🏼 Andreas Schlüter 🎤 Michael Greth Siegfried Jagott Thomas Stensitzki

Windows 365 Cloud PC was announced few days ago at Microsoft Inspire #MSInspire Conference as Main Highlight.
Jörg Wunderlich (Sr PreSales Consultant, glückkanja-GAB AG) is part of Microsoft's early adaptor and launch partner program.
We start our conversation with Setup and Configuration, talk about user experience and Use Cases and also Pricing. We also compare Azure Virtual Desktops with Windows 365 Cloud PC
YouTube Video (longer)

Interview with Cai Kjaer, CEO of SwoopAnalytics, about Microsoft Teams Benchmarking, Research and Collaboration Analytics with SWOOP

MS Ignite Session Summary: Easy, intuitive webinars with Microsoft Teams: Virtual engagement in the age of remote work. My Blogpost at TechCommunity

my second interview with Oliver Wirkus (NTT DATA, Canada) where he talks about a current customer project. My main take away:  Don't skip Governance when rolling out Microsoft Teams and PowerApps quickly 

Conversations around SharePoint Integration inside of Salesforce - powered by Microsoft Graph (developed by QKom GmbH ). I am talking with Owner and Founder Andreas Rosen and Software Developer  Dominic Ley

with Rob Mulsow, Chief Evangelist at Contexxt.AI we discuss value of Workplace Analytics & empathic AI Bots: how they detect micro management, increase cultural change and analyse disfunctional  working patterns. 

Sometimes important objects in Microsoft Teams are deleted. Mostly  it can be restored with the recycle bin. In this episode I am going to show what can't be restored - especially after retention time of recycle bin - and how to solve this conflict.

Andreas Schlüter stellt die Schichtpläne („Shifts“) für Microsoft Teams vor, er war bei Alex Eggers und mir im Video LiveStream Show

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.

Alexander Eggers and myself are video live streaming every Thursday evening about Microsoft Teams News. No brainer to use Teams? Not for us! Find out why we are not using Teams for this use case. Find more about Streamyard here and Riverside.fm 

Tomislav Karafilov (MVP und O365 Solution Consultant bei Deroso AG) war zu Gast im "Alex & Ragnar" VIdeo Live Stream und berichtet über die Microsoft Stream News der #MSIgnite Konferenz. Mein Blogpost

In my interview with Luise Freese (M365 Princess) we are talking about new Project Moca / Outlook Spaces. Luise has just published official Microsoft Documentation about it. Check out my Blogpost as well. 

In an interview with Melanie Hohertz (US Midwest Region Modern Workplace Transformation at Avanade) a new Yammer Roadmap  item called "Posting on behalf of another user"

let me share with you 15 Things I have learned about Microsoft Lists this month including Microsoft Teams integration

Announced at Microsoft Inspire, August 1st Microsoft has launched Advanced Communications. This is a new Microsoft Teams add-on SKU.  Get Advanced Communications for enhanced calling and meetings capabilities. Reach larger audience, tailor and customize meetings, connect meetings and calling to workflows and manage organization communications policies

Find more about Next Generation for Low/Node Code Backbone for Microsoft Teams, Common Data Services, here in the official blogpost

Alexander Eggers (CEO EPC GmbH) and myself are going to comment Microsoft Inspire Conference Keynote in a Video Live Stream. Discuss with us!  In this session you’ll hear from Satya Nadella, Brad Smith, Nick  Parker and Gavriella Schuster where they’ll cover a variety of topics  including Microsoft’s role in the world, innovation and scale with  partners, highlighting partner achievements, and the opportunities  ahead.

Microsoft has announced new Microsoft Teams Display devices yesterday with new feature like Cortana Assistant. Let me share my first hands-on impressions with Lenovo ThinkSmart View as well as new Surface Hub integration with Microsoft Teams Rooms Systems

Yesterday Microsoft has revealed that Microsoft Teams is rolling out for now for Family and Friends. Let`s take a look into the capabilities and features. 

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 governance story, sharing insights, best practices, and the latest information about new features and products. This monthly live stream is dedicated to everything governance within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.

For this third episode, Ragnar and Christian welcome M365 MVP Christoph Twiehaus (@ChTwiehaus), a productivity experience evangelist focusing on Microsoft Loop and Copilot for Microsoft 365, to discuss the ins and outs of managing Loop. If you are piloting Loop within your organization or wondering how Loop will impact your governance strategy, this episode is for you!

Read full show notes and watch video

Interview mit Alexander Osterbrink (Head of Customer Engagement & LifeSciences bei Sycor) zur neuen "Back2Work" App, die bei Kapazitätsplanung in Corona Zeiten im Office hilft - mit SharePoint und PowerApps > kostenlos! mehr bei www.ragnarheil.de

together with Alexanders Eggers we did a Video Live Stream in German about Microsoft Teams Highlights from Microsoft Build Conference. Listen here to my summary in English. Video can be found: http://ragnarheil.de

Interviiew with Isabel de Clercq (Founder of Connect| Share|Lead) about Covid_19, New Leadership and need for Social Technologies in Business like Yammer https://ragnar.blog/

interview with Martina Grom (CEO atwork) and Principal Product Manager Christophe Fiessinger (Microsoft) about Yammer and Communication Compliance. Check out my blogpost

lots of new learnings, failures and experiments in one week - gathered in one episode,

My blogpost about Elgato Stream Deck and Microsoft Teams Shortcuts https://ragnarheil.de/elgato-stream-deck-and-microsoft-teams-keyboard-shortcuts/ 

In meinem Interview sprechen ich mit Tomislav Karafilov von Deroso über sein neues kosenloses Stream WhitePaper, neue Grenzen und aktuelle Ankündigungen zu Stream. 

Microsoft MVP Edyta Gorzon needed to transform her SharePoint Saturday in Warsaw, Poland, into a virtual online Event due to Covid_19. Find out how it went and what she learned

Interview with Microsoft Regional Director and MPV Raphael Koellner about new Communication Compliance within Exchange, Teams, OneDrive.  https://www.rakoellner.de/

Microsoft Teams Governance Tipps und Tricks von Thomas Lorenz, PreSales Manager bei Powell Software. Wir sprechen auch über die neue App "Powell Teams"

Kristof Maes (Product & Solution Lead at Belgium System Integrator XYLOS) has also published a blogpost when to use Zoom and Microsoft Teams https://www.xylos.com/en/corporate/blog/homeworking-zoom-teams

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 within their records management systems effectively?
• What are the most significant gaps in Microsoft Purview Compliance and what are recommendations for organizations to bridge these gaps?
• The importance of backend automation for event triggers in Microsoft 365 is increasing. What are practical examples of HR systems?
• What advice do we give to smaller organizations with limited IT resources?
• How is “Compliance Unplugged Podcast” evolving in 2024? Which specific areas of M365 governance that you’re particularly excited to explore?
• What is the role of employee training and awareness in strengthening M365 governance, especially in the context of new technologies like AI and machine learning?
• How can AI and Copilot help us in this journey and challenges?

Join us live in an interactive interview discussion on January 17th (4pm CET, 7am PT, 10am ET)

Check out also Show Notes and Summary at TekkiGurus

my interview about new Global Microsoft Teams Benchmarking Report & Home Office recommendations with Cai Kjaer (CEO SWOOP Analytics) https://www.swoopanalytics.com/

Interview mit Nils Langemann (CEO Phat Consulting) und Sven Rebbert  (People&Culture, Axel Springer) über ihr gemeinsames Unternehmen gertrud.digital. das mit Microsoft Teams  Vorstand-und Board Meetings einfacher planen lässt

Wann nutze ich ToDo, Planner oder Project in Integration mit Microsoft Teams? Wie sieht die Zukunft vom kollaborativen Projekt Management aus? Erfahrt mehr im Interview mit MVP Torben Blankertz https://blankertz-pm.de/

Today at SharePoint Saturday Bremen, Germany, "Mr OneDrive" Hans Brender, Stephan Bisser (Solvion) and Thomas Goelles (Solvion) launched new Bot for Microsoft Teams. Check out my Blog to register: www.ragnarheil.de

Listen how MVP Tony Redmond uses Office 365 to write his book "Office 365 for IT Pros" since years https://office365itpros.com/ 

Interview how VUCA Rockers benefit from Microsoft Teams with Sebastian Kolberg, VP HR Solutions - Global Project Lead AI4Talent at BAYER AG (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastiankolberg).

Erfahrungen mit dem ersten Microsoft Teams Barcamp (https://teamsbarcamp.de)

Interview with MVP Oliver Wirkus about SharePoint Modernization

Microsoft ToDo Insider Productivity Hacks and Boosters shared by MVP and Digital Workplace Consultant Luise Freese http://m365princess.com/

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 RD Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet). Ragnar and Christian welcome M365 and Azure MVP and Microsoft Regional Director Raphael Koellner (@Ra_Koellner).

The show will be broadcast live, so look for it on X, LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook and other platforms. Direct links will be posted on the webinar home page where you register, but it may be best to follow Ragnar on YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn and X as he running the show.

Office 365 Security and Migration Best Practises shared by www.Censornet.com in a new and free guide 

check out all Microsoft Teams Community Events happening in Germany here: www.ragnarheil.de

5 years ago Germany´s Working Out Loud was founded and now many large Enterprises transform their way of working and achieving goals with WOL. As a funding member of this Community I am going to share Best Practises how to use Office 365 Collaboration Tools.