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Ground your SharePoint agent curiosities in real-world AI use and insights. We talk with customer success expert, Matt Wolodarsky, who recently worked with 80+ of our early adopter customers to best understand their use of SharePoint agents and how we can craft and shape their future. We also talk with Brent Sanders and Anna Henke-Gunvaldson from the Microsoft Legal team (CELA) who share how they put SharePoint agents to work on our internal legal portal called CELAWeb - to help others navigate the nuance and complexity of legal matters as they engage with customers and partners year-round. Get ready to go beyond what SharePoint agents are, and dive into how they can be used to save time, time and time again. Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Plus, click here for transcript of this episode. Listen to all of the episodes on our Intrazone YouTube channel here. 04:57 Interview with Matt Wolodarsky 36:49 Interview with Brent Sanders and Anna Henke-Gunvaldson 01:08:09 Upcoming Events Matt Wolodarsky | LinkedIn Brent Sanders | LinkedIn Anna Henke-Gunvaldson | LinkedIn SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] Related resources Microsoft Legal | SharePoint agent case study (coming soon from Microsoft) NEW SharePoint agent adoption guide (adoption.microsoft.com) SharePoint agents (adoption.microsoft.com) GA BLOG | “SharePoint agents now in general availability“ by Adam Harmetz (VP - SharePoint, Microsoft); published on day one of Microsoft Ignite 2024. CJ Tan’s “One-click AI agents in SharePoint and Teams - focused on files you select” video from the Microsoft Mechanics show “Create and share SharePoint agents in a few clicks” from the Meet the Makers series - Karuana Gatimu interviews CJ Tan. Microsoft Learn - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Microsoft 365 changes Upcoming events "SharePoint: From Concept to Creation to Impact + Live AMA" webinar with Jeff Teper | Jan. 29, 2025, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST M365 Miami 2025 | Feb.6-7.2025 MVP Summit 2025 | March 24-27.2025 (Redmond, WA & online) Microsoft 365 Community Conference | May 5-8, 2025 (Vegas) SharePoint Intranet Festival (SWOOP Analytics) | May 21, 2025 (Online) European Collaboration Summit | May 26-28, 2025 (Düsseldorf, Germany) + always review and share the CommunityDays.org website Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

Happiest of holidays, and welcome to 2025! December 2024 brought some great new offerings: Microsoft Syntex pay-as-you-go: Simple document processing model, Viva Connections: Power Apps card, Viva Pulse now included in Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Search for Bing retirement, Outlook.cloud.microsoft, Add external content links to Viva Learning, Microsoft 365 data residency: New Zealand, the big, upcoming SharePoint Event + AMA (Jan.29.2025 - 9 AM PST), and more. Plus, a little year in review: The top five features of 2024, a quick list of apps we said goodbye to, and a few 2025 predictions. Read this episode's corresponding blog post. 02:11 Employee engagement SPONSOR | Upcoming SharePoint event 09:36 Top 5 SharePoint features shipped in 2024 20:40 Related technology 26:29 January 2025 teasers 32:22 AI and agents insights from Jeff Teper SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Upcoming events ON DEMAND Microsoft Ignite 2024 | Incl. SharePoint "event guide" ESPC | Dec 2-5, 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden (incl. Jeff Teper's ESPC24 keynote on demand) UPCOMING "SharePoint: From Concept to Creation to Impact + Live AMA" webinar with Jeff Teper | Jan. 29, 2025, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST M365 Miami 2025 | Feb.6-7.2025MVP Summit 2025 | March 24-27.2025 (Redmond, WA & online)Microsoft 365 Community Conference | May 5-8, 2025 (Vegas) SharePoint Intranet Festival (SWOOP Analytics) | May 21, 2025 (Online)European Collabroation Summit | May 26-28, 2025 (Düsseldorf, Germany) + always review and share the CommunityDays.org website Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

On today's episode, Michelle Caldwell (CEO – Synozur) shares how best to envision and plan for employee effectiveness within the AI era. Michelle puts focus on seeing your company as a comprehensive and integrated framework – a Company Operating System – across people, content, processes, key product use, and more. You’ll discover how to take an empathetic approach to modern workplace experiences, to operate more effectively and achieve your strategic goals. Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Michelle Caldwell | LinkedIn | Twitter SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] Synozur (website) + Polaris Pathways (podcast) Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes ON DEMAND Events Microsoft Ignite 2024 | Incl. SharePoint "event guide" ESPC | Dec 2-5, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden (incl. Jeff Teper's ESPC24 keynote on demand) UPCOMING Events "SharePoint: From Concept to Creation to Impact + Live AMA" webinar with Jeff Teper | Jan. 29, 2025, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST M365 Miami 2025 | Feb.6-7.2025MVP Summit 2025 | March 24-27.2025 | Redmond, WA, and onlineMicrosoft 365 Community Conference | May 5-8, 2025 | Las Vegas SharePoint Intranet Festival (SWOOP Analytics) | May 21, 2025 (Online)European Collabroation Summit | May 26-28, 2025 | Düsseldorf, Germany + always review and share the CommunityDays.org website Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

This month's pitstop looks at everything that landed in November 2024: Viva Engage: Updates for the Copilot adoption community, Copilot Pages, Add Approvals to any SharePoint document library, Teams: New chat and channels experience, Teams: New calendar experience, and Windows Server 2025 (GA). Plus, we share highlights from Microsoft Ignite 2024 - Five announcements from across the Microsoft portfolio. You'll also hear a segment of audio from Maya Rodrig - from the Microsoft Loop team - summarizing Copilot Pages alongside BizChat. It's a busy pitstop to get up to speed AND look ahead. Read this episode's corresponding blog post. 01:24 Employee engagement 07:13 "Copilot Pages" by Maya Rodrig 11:17 Teamwork 13:23 Related technology 31:25 Teasers Maya Rodrig | LinkedIn SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Upcoming events: Microsoft Ignite 2024 | Now on demand (incl. SharePoint "event guide") ESPC | European SharePoint Conference | Dec 2-5, 2024 in Stockholm, Swede + always review and share the CommunityDays.org website Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

October 2024 brought a few spooky and exciting updates - no bones about it (ok, a skull or two, maybe): Copilot agents in SharePoint, Clipchamp for Microsoft 365 E3 and E5, Copilot in Viva Amplify, SharePoint eSignature: Adobe Acrobat Sign and Docusign integration, SharePoint: Design Ideas, Microsoft Lists: Add approvals to any list, Copilot agents in OneDrive (announced), Colorful folders in Windows File Explorer, SharePoint list and library rules will now send notifications from the no-reply@sharepointonline.com email address, New Planner for the Web and more. Plus, audio snippets from the OneDrive October 8th event, a new tech song for SharePoint Advanced Management, and a visit from Count Dracula 365. Read this episode's corresponding blog post. You can also find all episodes of The Intrazone on YouTube, click here. 01:43 Employee engagement 11:32 Teamwork 23:44 Related technology 28:35 Teasers 31:00 "SAM Copiloting Securely" by Dustin Willard SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Upcoming events: Microsoft AI Tour | Ongoing, free, one-day events around the world. Up next: Hilversum (Nov.4), Casablanca (Nov.27), Bern (Nov.28), Warsaw (Nov.28), Toronto (Dec.3) and more to close out 2024 and continuing into 2025. TechCon365 - Dallas | Nov. 11-15, 2024 | Dallas, TX Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov 18-22, 2024 | Chicago, IL ESPC | European SharePoint Conference | Dec 2-5, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden CollabCon 2024 + CollabCruise | Dec. 12, 2024 | Orlando, FL [CollabCruise Dec.13-16 on the brand new Royal Caribbean Utopia of the Seas] And always review and share the CommunityDays.org website to find your next event. Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone + explore Mondays at Microsoft with Karuana Gatimu and Heather Cook.

September 2024 brought a few nice updates and some key disclosures—SharePoint Brand center, Copilot in OneDrive (GA), Copilot in SharePoint: Text web part, Microsoft 365 Copilot: Wave 2 news, Bing Generative Search news, Microsoft Delve retirement, Microsoft AI Tour Live updates, completion of the Microsoft Loop Learning Series, and more. Read this episode's corresponding blog post. 00:59 Employee engagement 03:25 Teamwork 07:42 Related technology 25:18 Teasers SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Upcoming events: Oct. 8th at 10am PDT | Microsoft OneDrive: AI Innovations for a New Era of Work and Home Oct. 14-18 | ESPC - SharePoint week (Seven virtual webinars | Free) Oct. 16th at 8am PDT "Create and share Copilot agents in SharePoint in a few clicks" with CJ Tan and Karuana Gatimu; our next "Meet the Makers" episode. CollabDays New England | October 18-19, 2024 | Burlington, Massachusetts TechCon365 - Dallas | Nov. 11-15, 2024 | Dallas, TX Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov. 18-22, 2024 | Chicago, IL ESPC | European SharePoint Conference | Dec. 2-5, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden + always review and share the CommunityDays.org website Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone. You can also follow The Intrazone by Microsoft 365 on YouTube

Time to get Loop'y. This episode is your Microsoft Loop 101 audio course. It's a mix of foundational insights and a full 80-minutes of Q&A from an AMA four Loop product makers: Patrick Gan, Manon Knoertzer, Derek Liddell, and Dan Costenaro. They take and answer a ton of audience questions during a recent ask Microsoft anything, AMA. They covered topics across governance, permissions inheritance, AI, integrations with Planner and Teams, and how pages are stored. We also included information about the new Copilot Pages, powered by Microsoft Loop, plus a slew of upcoming events and webinars. Read this episode's corresponding blog post. 08:05 Full Microsoft Loop AMA audio (from 9/12/2024) 01:34:05 Upcoming events and webinars Microsoft Loop | LinkedIn | Twitter | Try Loop | Loop adoption hub SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] "Copilot pages for IT Admins - Sep 2024 update" by Dan Costenaro Full Microsoft Loop AMA + Q&A on demand (video): https://aka.ms/LoopAMA Try Microsoft Loop: https://loop.cloud.microsoft Loop on the Microsoft 365 public roadmap Loop adoption center Get started with Loop ('how to' content on support.microsoft.com) Loop governance capabilities (Microsoft Learn) All Loop blog posts on the Microsoft 365 tech community Ron Pessner’s blog "Microsoft Loop | Live, Five-Part Learning Series" (has the full, playable versions of each part in the series + info about presenters and what's covered in each) Loop on LinkedIn: "Microsoft Loop Community" public group Loop on X: @MicrosoftLoop Full 5-Part Loop Learning playlist on the "Microsoft Community Learning" YouTube channel: (now on demand) Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Upcoming events: September 26, 9am PT "Microsoft Loop IT governance and management controls" October 2nd at 9am PT "The development spectrum of Microsoft 365 and Power Platform" with SMEs April Dunnam, Vesa Juvonen, and Chris Kent. Oct 8th at 10am PT | Microsoft OneDrive: AI Innovations for a New Era of Work and Home Oct. 14-18 | ESPC - SharePoint week (online) Oct. 16th at 8am PT "Create and share Copilot agents in SharePoint in a few clicks" with CJ Tan and Karuana Gatimu; our next "Meet the Makers" episode. CollabDays New England | October 18-19, 2024 | Burlington, Massachusetts TechCon365 - Dallas | Nov. 11-15, 2024 | Dallas, TX Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov 18-22, 2024, "Save the date" |Chicago, IL ESPC | European SharePoint Conference | Dec 2-5, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden | and always review and share the CommunityDays.org website Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

August 2024 brought a slew of updates and information—Microsoft 365 Backup (GA), SharePoint: A new Start experience, SharePoint: New Banner web part, Stream Playlist card on Viva Connections dashboard, Viva Amplify: Video templates, OneDrive: Annotate PDFs (text boxes), Microsoft Lists: Row reorder, Clipchamp: Image background removal, Microsoft Loop components in OneNote, and more. Plus, you'll hear audio from a recent live AMA - specifically a question to David Johnson (Principal PM Architect from the Microsoft Digital team) asking him to share one good story and one bad story about managing Microsoft's Microsoft 365 tenant over the years. As you can imagine, he's got stories. And to round it out, we have insights about a few timely events for SharePoint, Planner, Loop, and more. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. 01:43 Employee engagement 10:35 AMA audio snippet with David Johnson (MS IT) 13:53 Teamwork 18:32 Related tech 35:00 Teasers Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Feedback "Learn governance from Microsoft Digital, Microsoft’s own IT department" (blog) "Reimagining content management at Microsoft with SharePoint Premium" (Inside Track) Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Upcoming events: "Meet Copilot in Microsoft Loop" (webinar) | September 4th at 10:00am PDT Next episode of Mondays at Microsoft | September 9th at 8:00am PDT (online) Microsoft Loop AMA (90 minutes) | September, 12th from 10:00am - 11:30am PDT (online) "The new Microsoft Planner: What’s New and What’s Coming Next" + Live AMA | September 17 at 9am PDT Metaverse One 2024 | September 18 (online) Microsoft Power Platform Conference | Sept. 18-20, 2024 | Las Vegas, NV CollabDays - Portugal Porto 2024 | Seopt.21, 2024 | Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto European Microsoft Fabric Community Conference | Sept.24-27, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden CollabDays - New England | Oct. 18, 2024 | Burlington, MA TechCon365 - Dallas | Nov. 11-15, 2024 | Dallas, TX Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov 18-22, 2024, "Save the date" | Chicago, IL European SharePoint Conference [ESPC]| Dec 2-5, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden + always review and share the CommunityDays.org website Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

Back up your data with confidence. Microsoft 365 Backup offers lightning-fast restorability, ensuring business continuity. On this episode, guest host, Brad Gussin from the SharePoint engineering team, provides an overview of the core offering. You'll then hear an interview with our valued partner, Karinne Bessette from Veeam, about the Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 solution. Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Plus, click here for transcript of this episode. Karinne Bessette | LinkedIn | @Veeam [guest] Brad Gussin | LinkedIn [co-host] Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Learn more about Microsoft 365 Backup (adoption.microsoft.com) Learn more about Veeam's Microsoft 365 Backup solution "Microsoft Announces General Availability of Microsoft 365 Backup and Microsoft 365 Backup Storage" by Zach Rosenfield [July 31, 2024] Watch "The Ins and Outs of Microsoft 365 Backup & Archive" Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Upcoming events: TechCon365 - DC | Aug. 12-16, 2024 |Washington, DC CollabDays Hamburg | Hamburg, Germany | August 31, 2024 Microsoft Power Platform Conference | September 18-20, 2024 | Las Vegas, NV CollabDays Portugal Porto 2024 (previously CollabDays Lisbon)| Sept. 21 Venue: Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto CollabDays New England | October 18-19, 2024 | Burlington, Massachusetts TechCon365 - Dallas | Nov. 11-15, 2024 | Dallas, TX Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov 18-22, 2024 | Chicago, IL ESPC | European SharePoint Conference | Dec 2-5, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden + always review and share the CommunityDays.org website Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

Microsoft 365 Backup is your in-place solution for lightning-fast restorability, ensuring business continuity. On this episode, guest host Brad Gussin from the SharePoint engineering team provides an overview of the core offering. You'll then hear an interview with our valued partner, Brad Kirby from Commvault, about their integration of Commvault Cloud with our Microsoft 365 Backup storage platform - extending data recoverability and searchability. Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Plus, click here for transcript of this episode. Brad Kirby (Commvault) | LinkedIn | @Commvault [guest] Brad Gussin | LinkedIn [co-host] Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Learn more about Microsoft 365 Backup (adoption.microsoft.com) Learn more about Commvault's Microsoft 365 Backup solution "Microsoft Announces General Availability of Microsoft 365 Backup and Microsoft 365 Backup Storage" by Zach Rosenfield [July 31, 2024] Watch "The Ins and Outs of Microsoft 365 Backup & Archive" Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Upcoming events: TechCon365 - DC | Aug. 12-16, 2024 |Washington, DC CollabDays Hamburg | Hamburg, Germany | August 31, 2024 Microsoft Power Platform Conference | September 18-20, 2024 | Las Vegas, NV CollabDays Portugal Porto 2024 (previously CollabDays Lisbon)| Sept. 21 Venue: Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto CollabDays New England | October 18-19, 2024 | Burlington, Massachusetts TechCon365 - Dallas | Nov. 11-15, 2024 | Dallas, TX Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov 18-22, 2024 | Chicago, IL ESPC | European SharePoint Conference | Dec 2-5, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden + always review and share the CommunityDays.org website Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

July 2024 brought some great new offerings—New SharePoint content pane, co-authoring in SharePoint, OneDrive: Additional file types to filter, OneDrive: Updated shared folder experience, new Copilot in Planner (preview), the 2024 release wave 2 plans for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, details about how to enter the Deadpool Xbox giveaway sweepstakes, and more. Plus, we also hear from Melissa Torres from the SharePoint team who focuses on pages and news. You'll hear Melissa talk about recent updates and then dive into learning more behind the scenes co-authoring in SharePoint pages. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. 7:50 Interview with Melissa Torres 24:45 Teamwork 28:35 Related Technology 35:00 Teasers Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Melissa Torres|LinkedIn | Twitter [guest] SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Feedback BLOG + DEMO VIDEO | "Introducing Coauthoring for SharePoint Pages and News" by Melissa Torres Get Loop'ed in on the upcoming Microsoft Loop 5-Part Learning Series. Register today Watch | "Content Management and Collaboration for the AI Era" Watch | "The intranet of tomorrow: beautiful, flexible, and AI ready" Watch all 55 product learning videos on demand. Enter the #XboxCheekyControllerSweepstakes [More details + complete rules] Join the Power Platform community Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Upcoming events: TechCon365 - DC | August 12-16, 2024 | Washington, D.C. CollabDays Hamburg | August 31, 2024 - Hamburg, Germany Microsoft Power Platform Conference | Sept. 18-20, 2024 | Las Vegas, NV CollabDays - New England | Oct. 18, 2024 | Burlington, MA TechCon365 - Dallas | Nov. 11-15, 2024 | Dallas, TX Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov 18-22, 2024, "Save the date" | Chicago, IL European SharePoint Conference [ESPC]| Dec 2-5, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden + always review and share the CommunityDays.org website Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

This episode is like a gift to your future work "comms pro" personality. All the heartache of manual copy/pasting into various internal distribution channels will fade away. And what shines through? The ability to communicate like a pro with the broadest reach and impact for your internal news and campaigns - big or small. We talk with Liz Sundet (Senior Customer Experience program manager at Microsoft), a wonderful technologist and trainer focused on getting Microsoft customers prepared to use Microsoft Viva Amplify. You'll hear insights about the tech, best practices for internal comms, and insights into how customers use Amplify to, you guessed it, amplify their internal comms, with solid reporting intact. Click here for this episode's corresponding blog post. Note: We now publish posts for our regular episodes to the Community News Desk blog. We will continue to publish 'SharePoint roadmap pitstop' episodes to the SharePoint community blog. Liz Sundet | LinkedIn | Twitter SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Feedback OneDrive | @OneDrive | OneDrive community blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Upcoming events: Community Days - Chicago | July 20, 2024 | Chicago, IL, United States M365 NYC (Community Days) | July 26, 2024 | New York, NY, USA TechCon365 - DC | August 12-16, 2024 | Washington, D.C. CollabDays Hamburg | August 31, 2024 - Hamburg, Germany Microsoft Power Platform Conference | Sept. 18-20, 2024 | Las Vegas, NV CollabDays Portugal Porto 2024 (previously known as CollabDays Lisbon)| Sept. 21, 2024, Venue: Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto CollabDays - New England | Oct. 18, 2024 | Burlington, MA TechCon365 - Dallas | Nov. 11-15, 2024 | Dallas, TX Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov 18-22, 2024, "Save the date" | Chicago, IL European SharePoint Conference [ESPC] | Dec 2-5, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden + always review and share the CommunityDays.org website Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone. Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts.

It's official - summer is here (in the Northern Hemisphere); happy Wintering Southern Hemi. No matter the latitude, the attitude and altitude of tech delivery continued with verve and zest. June 2024 brought some great new offerings—Viva Amplify supports SharePoint audience targeting, SharePoint Premium: Autofill columns, SharePoint: Apply shapes to images, updated CLI for Microsoft 365 v7.10, Teams: File previews in messages, SharePoint: Text web part updates, OneDrive: Shortened URLs, Microsoft Designer updates + new icon, planner.cloud.microsoft, and more. We also hear from Dave Cohen about how the SharePoint team plans, designs, and delivers ongoing value to your intranet of today and tomorrow. Read this episode's corresponding blog post. 04:40 Employee Engagement 10:55 "The intranet of tomorrow: beautiful, flexible, and AI ready" with Dave Cohen 15:09 Teamwork 20:22Related Technologies 29:35 Teasers Dave Cohen | LinkedIn Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Feedback Join the Community News Desk blog Learn from Dave Cohen and Denise Trabona about SharePoint: The intranet of tomorrow: beautiful, flexible, and AI ready Watch in-depth, Microsoft 365 product learning videos at aka.ms/M365ConSessions Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Upcoming events: Community Days - Chicago | July 20, 2024 | Chicago, IL, United States M365 NYC (Community Days) | July 26, 2024 | New York, NY, USA TechCon365 - DC | August 12-16, 2024 | Washington, D.C. CollabDays Hamburg | August 31, 2024 - Hamburg, Germany Microsoft Power Platform Conference | Sept. 18-20, 2024 | Las Vegas, NV CollabDays - New England | Oct. 18, 2024 | Burlington, MA TechCon365 - Dallas | Nov. 11-15, 2024 | Dallas, TX Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov 18-22, 2024, "Save the date" | Chicago, IL European SharePoint Conference [ESPC]| Dec 2-5, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden + always review and share the CommunityDays.org website Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

You might call this episode ShareDrive or OnePoint, if you dare. We hear from Stephen Rice (Principal product manager) from our OneDrive companion pod, Sync Up - and he chats/interviews your Intrazone host, Mark Kashman. It's a little bit of a M365 multi-verse as they interview each other - pod-to-pod, Intrazone-to-Sync Up. You'll hear their takes on their respective products - Stephen on OneDrive and Mark on SharePoint. In the end, it's a double bonus benefit for you - the best of both pods. Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Note: We now publish posts for our regular episodes to the Community News Desk blog. We will continue to publish 'SharePoint roadmap pitstop' episodes to the SharePoint community blog. 09:40 Conversation with Stephen Rice 25:03 Upcoming Events Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] Stephen Rice | LinkedIn SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Feedback OneDrive | @OneDrive | OneDrive community blog | Feedback Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Upcoming events: Intranets and AI on Microsoft 365 | June 19-20, 2024 - Virtual Community Days - Chicago | July 20, 2024 - Chicago, Illinois M365 NYC (Community Days) | July 26, 2024 - New York City, NY TechCon365 - DC | August 12-16, 2024 | Washington, D.C. CollabDays Hamburg | August 31, 2024 - Hamburg, Germany Power Platform Community Conference | Sept. 18-20, 2024 | Las Vegas, NV CollabDays - New England | Oct. 18, 2024 | Burlington, MA TechCon365 - Dallas | Nov. 11-15, 2024 | Dallas, TX Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov 18-22, 2024, "Save the date" | Chicago, IL European SharePoint Conference | Dec 2-5, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden + always review and share the CommunityDays.org website Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts.

Built & Build. May 2024 brought some great new offerings and insights on future ones: OneDrive file cards for Viva Connections dashboard, Updated file viewer for non-office file, Link files from SharePoint in Teams mobile, SharePoint: Advanced tenant rename, SharePoint + Stream: Video page templates, Teams + Loop workspaces in meetings, improved version history controls for SharePoint document libraries, Microsoft Graph API for SharePoint pages (GA), and more. Plus, we highlight some of the SharePoint and Teams (and Surface) news from Microsoft Build 2024. Read this episode's corresponding blog post. 02:22 Employee Engagement 07:14 Teamwork 12:43 Related Technologies 31:38 Teasers Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Feedback Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Upcoming events: TechCon365 - Seattle | June 3-7, 2024 | Seattle, WA EU Power Platform Conference | June 11-13, 2024 | Brussels, Belgium "Using Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Lists to improve your productivity" #Collab365 '2-hr workshop' TechCon365 - DC | August 12-16, 2024 | Washington, D.C. Power Platform Community Conference | Sept. 18-20, 2024 | Las Vegas, NV CollabDays - New England | Oct. 18, 2024 | Burlington, MA TechCon365 - Dallas | Nov. 11-15, 2024 | Dallas, TX Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov 18-22, 2024, "Save the date" | Chicago, IL European SharePoint Conference | Dec 2-5, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden + always review and share the CommunityDays.org website Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

We focus on everything that landed this past April 2024: SharePoint brand center (Preview) with custom fonts support, Search from Viva Connections in Teams mobile, SharePoint: New feedback button, New Planner (GA), SharePoint eSignature and Approvals, SharePoint pages: New heading support, Clipchamp: Silence Removal, Microsoft Loop: Guest Sharing, and more. Plus a few audio clips from the recent New Planner launch events. And now, to the roadmap! Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Plus, click here for transcript of this episode. 01:22 Employee Engagement 05:33 Planner + AI and Copilot 09:01 Teamwork 14:37 Related Technologies 23:00 Teasers New Planner | GA Blog | "Meet the Makers" | New Planner AM SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Upcoming events: Microsoft 365 Community Conference | April 30 - May 2, 2024, Orlando, FL European Cloud Summit | May 14-16,2024, Wiesbaden, Germany SharePoint Intranet Festival (Online from SWOOP Analytics | May 22) TechCon365 - Seattle | June 3-7, 2024, Seattle, WA Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov 18-22, 2024, "Save the date," Chicago, IL European SharePoint Conference | Dec 2-5, 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden And always review and share the CommunityDays.org website Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

It’s time to unveil the mysteries of productivity within the Apple Vision Pro. The question is, is your persona ready? This episode brings you John Moore, a tech tinkering persona as your guide. John takes us into the realm of spatial computing as it blends with the productivity stack of Microsoft 365. Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Plus, click here for transcript of this episode. 02:50 Conversation with John Moore, Enterprise Architect - EY 29:15 Upcoming Events John Moore | LinkedIn | Twitter | YouTube + 365 Deep Dive show [guest] Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Feedback “Announcing Microsoft 365 apps available on Apple Vision Pro” By Gabriel Valdez Malpartida (Microsoft) Apple Vision Pro (product page) Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Upcoming events: North American Cloud & Collaboration Summit (NACS) | April 9-11, 2024, Dallas, TX Comms vNext (Denver, CO | April 24-25) Intranet Insights 2024 (Online | April 24) Microsoft 365 Community Conference | April 30 - May 2, 2024, Orlando, FL European Cloud Summit | May 14-16,2024, Wiesbaden, Germany SharePoint Intranet Festival (Online from SWOOP Analytics | May 22) TechCon365 - Seattle | June 3-7, 2024, Seattle, WA Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov 18-22, 2024, "Save the date," Chicago, IL European SharePoint Conference | Dec 2-5, 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden + always review and share the CommunityDays.org website Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

Here's what landed in March 2024 | SharePoint: New section backgrounds, Answers in Viva content in Microsoft Search, SharePoint Premium: Enable/disable Unstructured, Structured, and Prebuilt Document Processing, Manage SharePoint Embedded containers, Microsoft Lists: New forms experience, New Planner app in Teams (Public Preview), OneDrive: Create with templates, Microsoft Viva Goals: New URL domain, and more. To the roadmap! Read this episode's corresponding blog post. 05:13 Employee engagement updates 11:32 Teamwork updates 20:05 Related items and April Teasers SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Copilot | Adoption center | @MSFTCopilot (X/Twitter) | LinkedIn Mark Kashman |@mkashman [host] Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Upcoming events: April 3, 2024, New Planner "Meet the Makers" (online) April 4, 2024, New Planner AMA (online) Microsoft 365 Community Conference | Orlando, FL, April 28 - May 4, 2024 Microsoft Ignite | Chicago, IL, Nov,18-22, 2024, a 360-degree tour of McCormick Place Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

We grabbed time with three Microsoft tech event experts: Sharon Weaver (Founder & CEO | Smarter Consulting), Sean Bugler (Principal Innovation Architect | Metropolitan Transportation Commission), and Derek Cash-Peterson (Principal Architect | Sympraxis Consulting LLC) - to get their insights about in-person events. The goal is to give you, future attendee, tips, tricks and best practices to optimize your in-person event experience. We also got a sense of what each person plans to present, and each shared a fun story from their past in-person event memory box. Lots of laughs. Lots to get you prepped before boarding your flight to Orlando, FL. Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Plus, click here for transcript of this episode. 02:26 Conversation with Sharon Weaver, Sean Bugler, and Derek Cash-Peterson 33:30 Upcoming Events Sharon Weaver | LinkedIn | Twitter Derek Cash-Peterson | LinkedIn | Twitter Sean Bugler | LinkedIn | Twitter SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] Watch the video of our conversation in YouTube here https://youtu.be/E3wpmDlxiN0 Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Upcoming events: Microsoft Fabric Community Conference | March 26-28, 2024, Las Vegas, NV SharePoint Embedded Developer Summit | March 26-27, 2024, Redmond, WA Special Planner event | April 3 at 10am PDT - sharing more about the New Planner Special Planner AMA | April 4 at 10am PDT AIIM | April 3-5, 2024, San Antonio, TX North American Cloud & Collaboration Summit (NACS) | April 9-11, 2024, Dallas, TX Microsoft 365 Community Conference | April 30 - May 2, 2024, Orlando, FL European Cloud Summit | May 14-16,2024, Wiesbaden, Germany TechCon365 - Seattle | June 3-7, 2024, Seattle, WA Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov 18-22, 2024, "Save the date," Chicago, IL European SharePoint Conference | Dec 2-5, 2024, Stockholm, Sweden Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

We chat with game developer Ubisoft about their use of custom Search in Microsoft 365. Franck Cornu, Mihaela Nite and Stephanie Daigle discuss their journey to update their old global search application - originally built on SharePoint Server 2013, now fully on SharePoint in Microsoft 365. Learn why they moved to the cloud, how they customized the Search experience in the cloud, plus tips and tricks for your consideration. Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Plus, click here for transcript of this episode. 09:15 Conversation with Franck Cornu, Mihaela Nite and Stephanie Daigle 51:34 Upcoming Events Franck Cornu | LinkedIn [guest] Mihaela Nita | LinkedIn [guest] Stephanie Daigle | LinkedIn [guest] SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host] "Ubisoft journey with Microsoft Search" [use case whitepaper] "Build Microsoft Graph connected web sites for a custom enterprise search experience" Jan 18, 2024 | Frank Cornu on Microsoft 365 & Power Platform Development community call. Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes Upcoming events: Enterprise Connect | March 25-28, 2024 | Gaylord Palms, Orlando, FL Microsoft Fabric Community Conference | March 26-28, 2024, in Las Vegas, NV SharePoint Embedded Developer Summit | March 26-27, Redmond, WA Special Planner event | April 3 at 10am PDT - sharing more about the New Planner AIIM | April 3-5, 2024, in San Antonio, TX North American Cloud & Collaboration Summit (NACS) | April 9-11, 2024, in Dallas, TX Microsoft 365 Community Conference | April 30 - May 2, 2024, in Orlando, FL European Cloud Summit | May 14-16,2024, in Wiesbaden, Germany) TechCon365 - Seattle | June 3-7, 2024, in Seattle, WA Microsoft Ignite (+ more info) | Nov 18-22, 2024, "Save the date," Chicago, IL European SharePoint Conference | Dec 2-5, 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow the Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.