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In this episode of This Week in Teams, Jay and I continue with our Microsoft Viva series by talking with Asif Rehmani, the CEO and founder of VisualSP, about Employee Learning and Training | Microsoft Viva. The post #OTSTWIT Viva Learning with Asif Rehmani – Episode 44 first appeared on On The Spot Network.

In this episode of This Week in Teams, Jay and Craig talk about the new releases feature updates from Microsoft for January 2022. They talked about how, due to the holiday season, it seemed like there were few exciting announcements, they then proceeded to talk for 25+mintues. The post #OTSTWIT What’s New in Teams? January 2022 Edition – Episode 41 first appeared on On The Spot Network.

While Jay and I were speaking at 365 EduCon D.C., we were able to sit down with Jeremy Wood and talk about Teams in Government and how the US Government uses Teams. Jeremy Wood is a Federal IT implementer, strategist, and enthusiast specializing in complex business systems. His expertise and career spans infrastructure, service desk,... Continue Reading → The post #OTSTWIT Teams for Government Live at #365EduConDC with Jeremy Wood – Episode 40 first appeared on On The Spot Network.

This Week in Teams, Craig and Jay jump into the November 2021 Microsoft Teams Team product blog where ALL the goodies that were announced for commercial and US Government tenants. Following the lead from last month, we jumped into the Government announcements before discussing the full commercial tenants releases. The post #OTSTWIT What’s New in Teams? November 2021 Edition – Episode 39 first appeared on On The Spot Network.

In this episode, Hunter and I review a bit about how we got here, from careers to kindness. We thank you for sticking with us through this past 19 episodes and hope you have enjoyed these conversations as much as we have. The post Buzzkill E19 – IT with Empty (Gratitude Fest 2021) first appeared on On The Spot Network.

This week Jay & Craig are joined by Stephanie Donahue, founder of The PAIT Group and Microsoft Regional Director and MVP, to discuss Viva Insights. Often confused as a “big brother” tool, enabling organizations to see what their employees are doing with their time; Viva Insights is designed to make those very statistics more generalized,... Continue Reading → The post #OTSTWIT Viva Insights with Stephanie Donahue – Episode 38 first appeared on On The Spot Network.

This Week in Teams, Craig and Jay jump into the October 2021 Microsoft Teams Team product blog where ALL the goodies that were announced for commercial and US Government tenants. We jumped into the Government announcements first, because Jay wanted to and because for the first time in forever, there seem to be a lot of them. We discussed how often times the Government tenants feel left behind in all the great teams news, but now it seems Microsoft is trying hard for speedier delivery times. Then we jumped through all of the end-user focused features, and a few management features, throughout the commercial tenants. The post #OTSTWIT What’s New in Teams? October 2021 Edition – Episode 37 first appeared on On The Spot Network.

Yehudah Sunshine is the Chief Evangelist at ohttps://www.odi-x.com/dix, a Content Disarm and Reconstruction specialist in the world of cybersecurity. Continuing the IT security series, Yehudah brings a base-line understanding of ransomware, a greater-than 30 year old technological trade, which required the physical acceptance and use of floppy disks, and now it hardly requires the installation of an app or opening of the wrong email. Join Yehudah on this episode as we learn about Ransomware's history and why you need to pay attention to it. The post Buzzkill E18 – What is Ransomware with Yehudah Sunshine – IT Security Series first appeared on On The Spot Network.

This episode is the first in a 6-part series where Craig and Jay look into Microsoft Viva, the new Employee Experience platform that brings together communications, knowledge, learning, resources, and insights in the flow of work. They are joined by Eddie Lee, the EduTech North America lead for AvePoint, in discussing Connections, Topics, Insights, Learning, and Ally.io, Viva's four core modules and its soon-to-be fifth, announced as a recent acquisition by Microsoft. The post #OTSTWIT Viva Intro with Eddie Lee – Episode 36 first appeared on On The Spot Network.

This Week in Teams, Craig and Jay jump into the September 2021 Microsoft Teams Team product blog where ALL the goodies that were announced for commercial and US Government tenants The post #OTSTWIT What’s New in Teams? September 2021 Edition – Episode 35 first appeared on On The Spot Network.

July 26-30, 2021, marked the first wholly-in-person conference for the SharePoint community in a l-o-n-g time. While only a couple hundred people attended, the attendees and speakers alike all seemed to agree that in-person was very much missed. To kick off the live podcast recording, Craig and Jay discussed the conference and some of their presentations, with a focus on SharePoint to SharePoint Online Migration and the importance of Information Architecture as you change versions. They were...

Microsoft Teams is Captain Marvel, SharePoint is Captain America. Do you agree? Who is your M365 Iron Man? The Hulk? On this episode of This Week in Teams, Jay and I talked with Oluwatosin Anishere (Tosi), a technical consultant for Wragby Business Solutions. Technologies in Nigeria. She specialize in Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft 365, also a Microsoft certified trainer. In this episode Tosi tells us who are her M365 Marvel superheroes.

This Week in Teams, Craig and Jay jump into the April 2021 Microsoft Teams Team product blog where ALL the goodies that were announced for commercial and US Government tentants

This week on Buzzkill we talk about Identity Management and its relationship to the modern IT infrastructure with we Stephanie Donahue - a Microsoft MVP and Regional Director and the President at PAIT Group. This conversation is an excellent summary of Identity security and how things have changed, especially with a transition to the cloud.

This week on buzzkill, we continue the IT Security Series with Liam Cleary, talking about Personal Security and how it relates to not only the security of yourself and your family but your organization's data. We hope you enjoy this conversation as we traverse everything from wifi to social media and relate it all to the many important tools and techniques your organization should take advantage.

On the heels of the global breach using SolarWinds, we decided this would be a good time to bring Security to Buzzkill. In this episode Hunter and Jay provide an introduction to our IT Security Series. As we explore the topic, we will talk to ACTUAL security experts about why it is so important to plan for security, not only as an IT professional or programmer, but as an individual.

In this episode, we spoke with Amie Seisay about considerations organizations should have when building their IT teams. We had a great time exploring some of the reasons why, when it comes to strategy, communication, change management and other aspects of project implementation, having a diverse team is essential. We all agreed organizations really need more than developers and administrators to get things done. Training, communication and project management skills are fundamentally...

This week on Buzzkill, Jay and Hunter discuss what it means to successfully roll out technology in today's climate. We discuss traditional IT success criteria, budget and time, but then dig into adoption and value. We posit that a modern IT rollout must consider adoption and value across the entire project, from planning through implementation to training and metrics.

This episode explores important aspects of communication, including how communication between IT and the organization is vital both to implementations and ongoing operations. Though the stereotype of the cynical, introverted and sheltered IT admin may have some legitimacy, there are increasingly many kinds of people IT. Though this means there may be more sociality and better communication skills among IT members than in years past, it’s still very important to hone in on and improve IT...

Jay and Craig talked about of the newest features rolling out, or soon to be rolling out for the Microsoft Teams platform from Lists to Breakout Rooms to Meeting Publishing and Ignite. There's a lot to unpack, This Week in Teams.