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Curious about how user research shapes OneDrive? In this episode of Sync Up, Stephen Rice, Arvind Mishra, and Rachel Hungerford dive into the world of UX research! Discover how the team gathers insights to improve your OneDrive experience, from Home to Sharing to much more! Research is key to how we learn and evolve the product to meet our users' needs, so don't miss out on these fascinating behind-the-scenes stories!   Click here for transcript of this episode.    Stephen Rice | LinkedIn | co-host Arvind Mishra | LinkedIn | co-host Rachel Hungerford | LinkedIn | guest OneDrive | Twitter | Blog | Newsletter
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We're back! Stephen was on the ground at the Microsoft 365 Community Conference in Orlando, and this week he's catching Arvind up on all the amazing announcements from the conference! From Copilot to Colored Folders to Sync Health Report Exports, the conference was overfull with great features that will help you get the most out of OneDrive!   Stephen Rice | LinkedIn | co-host Arvind Mishra | LinkedIn | co-host OneDrive | Twitter | Blog | Newsletter
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OneDrive is getting a new home! Join Stephen Rice and Arvind Mishra as they go behind the scenes of the latest OneDrive features in the Sync Up podcast. They talk with the experts and designers for three great features that are coming in the next two months! First, Lesha Bhansali lifts the veil on the new OneDrive Home, People View and Meeting Views that are designed to get you to your files as fast as possible. Second, Ihcene Cheriet will talk about the new, simplified Share Dialog that makes sharing easier than ever, and the new Manage Access experience which helps you stay in control of your content!   Click here for transcript of this episode. 
Stephen Rice | LinkedIn | co-host Arvind Mishra | LinkedIn | co-host Lesha Bhansali | LinkedIn | guest Ihcene Cheriet | LinkedIn | guest OneDrive | Twitter | Blog
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The Sync Up Podcast is back! Stephen Rice and Arvind Mishra have brought the Sync Up podcast back from the brink to give you the best insights into the OneDrive product! This month, we talk about all the amazing features we announced at the Microsoft 365 Collaboration Conference with Product Managers Irfan Shahdad and Miceile Barret! We talk about OneDrive Home, simplified sharing, colored folders (YES!), people and meeting views, new filters, and whether popcorn is better than M&M's for movie snacks.

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Stephen Rice | LinkedIn | co-host Arvind Mishra | LinkedIn | co-host Irfan Shahdad | Twitter| guest Miceile Barrett | Twitter | guest OneDrive | Twitter | Blog
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We are bringing you a special episode from Sync Up's sister podcast show, The Intrazone. This episode's guests include Gaia Carini and Katy Erlandson from the OneDrive engineering team. We dig into OneDrive to distinguish the value between the "Add to OneDrive" feature and general sync of team site document libraries - sometimes referred to as "Shared libraries". You’ll hear more about what each capability does, the path forward by design to make it easy for you, plus guidance for today and going forward. The whole of this episode spawned from a Twitter thread request, and we think you'll like this audible response.

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Gaia Carini (Principal GPM) | Twitter | LinkedIn 

Katy Erlandson (Senior product manager) | LinkedIn

Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host]

Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]

OneDrive | Website | Help and learning | @OneDrive | OneDrive community blog | Feedback

SharePoint Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Feedback

Resources:

The @RippedOrange tweet thread that started it all: "Sync vs Add Shortcut to OneDrive"

"Add shortcuts to shared folders in OneDrive for work or school" (support article)

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It's OneDrive's 15th birthday, and all the presents are for you. On this episode, Ankita Kirti and Mark Kashman chat with Arwa Tyebkhan (Principal GPM | OneDrive) and Steven Bailey (CVP OneDrive and SharePoint engineering) to celebrate both OneDrive’s 15th lap around the sun AND to hear more about the new OneDrive Home experience. We first go into the way-back machine to learn about the evolution from Windows Live Mesh, Grove.exe and SharePoint Workspaces, into SkyDrive and SkyDrive Pro, and land on OneDrive as we know it today. We also discover that it’s not only OneDrive’s birthday… the team has been hard at work redesigning the OneDrive Home experience to help you easily resume your work and catch up on what you missed while you were away – everything at-a-glance and easy to prioritize where to start working.

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Steven Bailey (CVP OneDrive and SharePoint engineering lead) | LinkedIn

Arwa Tyebkhan  (Principal GPM - OneDrive) | LinkedIn 

Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host]

Ankita Kirti | @Ankita_Kirti21 [co-host]

OneDrive | @OneDrive | OneDrive community blog | Provide feedback

SharePoint | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Provide feedback

Resources:

"OneDrive turns 15!" - A brief history and introducing a new OneDrive Home experience | by Ankita Kirti (blog, customer video, podcast)

Short "OneDrive turns 15!" video + screenshots of new OneDrive home experience

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Ankita and Jason talk with Ihcene Cheriet, Product Manager on the OneDrive Sharing and Collab team. They discuss her team's goal and approach to provide the best customer experience around sharing and to make collaboration easier to all customers. The special segment this week is about VUCA, an acronym developed to describe the challenges of navigating an unpredictable environment. And as a bonus, the group shares their favorite summer song. 

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Resources:

OneDrive | Twitter | OneDrive Community Blog | UserVoice

Ankita Kirti | Twitter [co-host]

Jason Moore | Twitter [co-host]

Ihcene Cheriet | LinkedIn | Twitter [guest]

"We Haven't Been Here Before: An Audacious Journey to Innovation in a VUCA World" Entrepreneur

OneDrive Tech Community Blog

OneDrive Webinars

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Our guest today is Chenying Yang, a senior Program Manager on OneDrive focusing on making OneDrive Sync great across consumer and enterprise. OneDrive Sync Admin Reports empowers IT admins with actionable insights about the adoption and health of the sync client. These reports give visibility into who in your company is running the OneDrive Sync app, how is Known Folder Move rollout going, as well as surfacing any errors that end users might be experiencing so you can proactively address them. We built this feature because we want to help our customers be successful when managing OneDrive deployment and adoption, and Sync Reports has been a top customer request over the years. You'll also learn the team's favorite go-to beverages to wind up or wind down.

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Resources:

Mental Health Month 2021

Elevating Mental Health and Well-being for a Resilient Workplace

OneDrive | Twitter | OneDrive Community Blog | UserVoice

Ankita Kirti | Twitter [co-host]

Jason Moore | Twitter [co-host]

Chenying Yang| LinkedIn | Twitter [guest]

OneDrive Tech Community Blog

OneDrive Webinars

Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. 

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In this new world of hybrid work, Yammer offers employees a way to come together socially to share what’s going on in their lives, both inside and outside work. In this episode, we learn more about Yammer and discuss how OneDrive supports tech engagement among your employees. Out guest is Michael Holste, Product Manager on the Microsoft 365 Product Marketing team responsible for employee engagement, including products like Yammer and Viva connections.

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Resources:

OneDrive | Twitter | OneDrive Community Blog | UserVoice

Ankita Kirti | Twitter [co-host]

Jason Moore | Twitter [co-host]

Michael Holste | Twitter [guest]

Microsoft Yammer Blog

Microsoft Viva

OneDrive Tech Community Blog

OneDrive Webinars

Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. 

Microsoft Tech Community Home

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Ankita and Jason talk with Joshua Badach, Project Manager within the ODSP Customer Engineering Migration Team, and is responsible for creating a bridge between the field, Engineering, and Migration tools and teams such as Mover, FastTrack and Microsoft Consulting Services. We discuss common questions like, "Why should I migrate?" and "How does Microsoft FastTrack help?" and "What are the best practices of running a migration?" You'll also learn about how to collaborate with and support your colleagues during remote and hybrid work, as well as the best wellness recommendation of 2021, so far, morning bubble baths.

Click here for the corresponding blog post to this episode. 

Resources:

Best practices for migrating to SharePoint and OneDrive (Tech Community)

Webinars: Migration tools and best practices (Tech Community)

Migrate your content to Microsoft 365 easily and securely

OneDrive | Twitter | OneDrive Community Blog | UserVoice

Ankita Kirti | Twitter [co-host]

Jason Moore | Twitter [co-host]

Joshua Badach | LinkedIn | Twitter [guest]

OneDrive Tech Community Blog

OneDrive Webinars

Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. 

Microsoft Tech Community Home

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