All About 365 With Jay And Steve

This time on All About 365, Steve and Jay are talking about a long-awaited feature in Microsoft Teams - Private Channels. In the show today, we go beyond the basics and talk about - - What similar functionality is in Microsoft Teams and where does Private Channels fit in- Why do people want Private Channels at all?- How does it work under the hood?- What challenges might you need to consider?And much more...

On the show today, Steve and Jay are joined by legendary Microsoft MVP Tony Redmond to talk about Teams migrations, the state of tenant to tenant moves, compliance in Microsoft 365, predictions for Microsoft Ignite 2019 - and of course we have a few laughs along the way!

In episode 32, Steve and Jay are joined by Microsoft's Laurie Pottmeyer, to talk about how YOU can get involved in the Microsoft Community. We chat about:What is the Teams Airlift?What events Laurie has been involved with over the last few months and whyWhy it's worth sharing with others and what you can get out of itHow do you start to get involved with other Teams admins and users and how Microsoft can helpAnd much more!

On this episode we're on the lookout for facts on Microsoft Search! We'll discover what it is, how it fits into Office 365 and the rest of the suite and how to access it. is it just a posh version of Bing, or will it be the tool that helps us find and discover everything we need within the Office 365 suite, wherever that conversation, email or file lives? Tune in to find out!

On episode 30 of the All About 365 podcast, Anna Chu from Microsoft joins Steve and Jay to talk about Microsoft Ignite, and opportunities to be a part of Microsoft's premier IT conference. You'll find out what Microsoft Ignite is - how has it changed from last year - and get some tips on how to convince your boss to send you. And if you are interested in becoming a community reporter or submitting a session before the August 4th deadline, tune in for some tips and tricks from Anna, Steve and Jay

In this episode, Steve and Jason talk about Microsoft Flow - the business process automation and personal productivity tool inside Microsoft 365. Comprising a key part of the Microsoft Power Platform, we ask:What is Flow? Is it a posh version of IFTTT?How do we use it?How do we access it?What license SKU is it part of?What does it connect it to?How do you manage it?Can we add our own applications that tie into the Flow?Is it only Microsoft Applications or can we tie it into Line of Business apps?Examples of using Flow?

In episode 28 of the All About 365 podcast, Jason and Steve are joined by Robert Epstein, Product Marketing Lead for Microsoft 365 to talk about Windows 10 in the Enterprise and your roll as an IT pro in rollout and adoption.

In Episode 27 we discuss how IT professionals should tackle user adoption and change management, with Levente Nagy, PMM for Microsoft 365 Customer Success.What works? What doesn't work? What have IT done well and not so well in the past and what approach is best to take when rolling out a productivity suite like Office 365? Find out in the show and visit the AllAbout365.com website for links to everything discussed.

In episode 26, Steve and Jay are joined by Theresa Miller - Microsoft MVP, Citrix CTP and VMware vExpert to talk about Office 365 backups and gain valuable perspective from this industry veteran on why it is something you might want to consider

In episode 25 Steve and Jay talk to experienced Office 365 and Azure recruiter, Will Rowe. In the show, recorded live from Ignite London, Will talks about the skills companies are looking for today, how to keep your skills current and more.

This week, Steve and Jay talk about Microsoft Teams Rooms. It can be quite confusing trying to understand exactly what you need to buy if you want a great meeting experience in Teams and traditionally there's been a variety of solutions to choose from. Teams Rooms makes things simpler and we explain why.Support the show

On the show today, Steve and Jay talk about one of the deceptively interesting and most important aspects of an Office 365 deployment - governance! We discuss who you need to involve; how you do it - and what you need to pull it all together.  

On today's show, Steve and Jay talk about Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection. What is it and where does it fit within the Microsoft 365 suite? What does it include and what's the best way to configure configure it? Then we tackle the all important question - licensing. Finally we talk about alternatives on the market.

On this week's episode Steve and Jay talk about working from home - a topic that's often very controversial. As two "road warriors", working remotely from anywhere, we chat about how home workers often get stigmatised and why that might be - be warned, it gets a little controversial! Of course we've got a Microsoft 365 angle as it's how to remain part of the team even though you are not tied to a desk...

On this week's episode, Steve and Jay get together to discuss the FUTURE! Will robots make us all obsolete,or make us more productive? We take a gamble on the latter and explore what the future looks like when we harness new capabilities in Microsoft 365 - and explain how to get started as a user, IT pro or developer.

On the latest All About 365 podcast, Steve and Jay discuss backups for Office 365. Do you really need them? We attempt to have a fairly balanced discussion weighing up the reasons we see backup solutions being sought, and the real capabilities these solutions offer versus Office 365's native functionality.

We're getting the band back together. If you know MIcrosoft's Jamie Stark and Sean Wilson, formerly of Microsoft's SfB Broadcast Meeting video podcast, then you'll enjoy today's show. We're talking management of Teams - including select new features and ways to make it easy to get help starting your teams project. At least, that was the plan for what we were going to talk about...

In this episode we're joined by special guest Phoummala Schmit, Cloud Ops Advocate at Microsoft A.K.A Exchange Goddess. We talk about IT pros and developers and what the future holds for both, Microsoft's shift away from a niche developer focus to the rest of the industry, skills you need in the future to succeed and the fear of change. We only wish we could have went on longer - Exchange Goddess has a ton of war stories!

Live from Ignite 2018, Steve and Jay chat with Nikolay Muravlyannikov, Principal PM for Direct Routing in the Microsoft Teams product group. In this episode, we recap some Direct Routing basics, gotchas to avoid, pros and cons of different approaches, dealing with multiple sites & regions, integrating into the enterprise and more.

Microsoft have completed their roadmap for bringing Skype for Business Online features and functionality into Teams, and according to Microsoft, Teams is ready to meet your messaging, meeting and calling needs. In this episode we find out and discuss meeting, messaging, calling and device improvements and discuss what the reality is, and how you can begin to use Teams in your organization if you are running Skype for Business Online today.