Office 365 Distilled

by Steve & Marijn
This podcast is presented by Marijn and Steve; two experienced Microsoft 365 and SharePoint consultants. In each podcast you will get a smile or two with a chunk of interesting and practical help in Microsoft 365. Then you get introduced you to what we hope is a Whisky you have not tasted before.

EP121: Goalong Governance docs

Firstly if you want to Governance at the South Coast Summit (join their workshop at Practical Microsoft 365 Baseline Governance – South Coast Summit ) So Marijn lost for the first round of the battle between the quick and powerful JSON v PowerApps @Helsinki but was magnanimous in his defeat. This is a great session and if you get chance to hear it them don’t miss it.Steve had a conversation this week about a mystery workflow that did not seem …

EP120: M365 Myth Busting

Firstly if you want to Governance at the South Coast Summit (join their workshop at Practical Microsoft 365 Baseline Governance – South Coast Summit ) As always the show is improvised around a few great ideas and this time it’s about Myth busting and Marijn throws in a Sideways thinking at the beginning “Hello Mr Watson” to the end “Shift Left” Check it out.We think about a few things before starting on the main topic, like Cortana, that hot non-AI …

A Wee Dram #16 SCS - Governance in 11 steps – The Preview

October13th 2023 @SouthCoastSummit https://www.southcoastsummit.com/workshop/practical-microsoft-365-baseline-governance/ In this final Wee Dram for August, we look at the 11 steps that form part of the Governance Workshop from the South Coast Summit on Friday, 13th of October in Farnborough UK.This is a 10 minutes piece of fun but full of Golden Nuggets if you are looking to try and do governance in your organisation. 11 steps in 10 minutes and if they make sense but the workshop in the diary and join us …

EP119: Adopt Based on the size of your package

The boys get distracted as always as the Autumn Speaker circuit comes alive. The conclude with Governance at the South Coast Summit (join their workshop at Practical Microsoft 365 Baseline Governance – South Coast Summit ) Recorded live at Marijn’s place, where the boys are constantly distracted by the world walking passed... Steve’s memory is again letting him down as he tries to remember the name of the artist he saw a week ago because the boys have been singing …

EP118: Steve and Marijn Define Governance

Getting ahead of themselves, this episode was recorded at the end of July for the August release due to holidays etc. Before looking at Our governance model defined by DRAAP, which isdefine | review | adapt | approve | publish.We are looking for replacement names, all ideas are welcome. So the boys break down each of these stages in the model and cover the value that each section brings to the process of Governance.https://www.southcoastsummit.com/workshop/practical-microsoft-365-baseline-governance/ If you want to come and …

A Wee Dram #14 SCS - The catchy Governance Model D.R.A.A.P

Continuing their Wee Drams on thei new Governance workshop for South Coast Summit October13th 2023 @SouthCoastSummit https://www.southcoastsummit.com/workshop/practical-microsoft-365-baseline-governance/ The Boays introduce DRAAP which will get a few modules in their course as they talk about how practically you need to get to be succesful in introducing Governance as an active subject into your organisation

EP117: Steve and Marijn's Dream M365 job

The boys get distracted for the first 10 minutes covering Their speaking events, Governance at the South Coast Summit (join their workshop at www.southcoastsummit.com ) and the pricing release of the Co-Pilot and value. They decide to read the Whiteboard and realise they have some subjects to discuss...A list on the whiteboard of Roles is associated with managing and running M365. Which role would you like to do and are the best at? Steve and Marijn run through the list, …

A Wee Dram #14 SCS - Why do we Need Governance

October13th 2023 @SouthCoastSummit https://www.southcoastsummit.com/workshop/practical-microsoft-365-baseline-governance/ In this special Wee Dram which is primarily notification to join Steve and Marijn on a Governance workshop. Marijn is in the Mic Drop mood... check out his great maximum of 6 words responses on Governance.A quick boost of Marijn and Steve’s humour looking at Why we do Governance, How we do Governance and the problems associated with it.

EP116: Governance meets Change for New Stream

In this special podcast, we have changed a few things... The Intro does not blow your ears out at the start... You can win a place at our 5th Birthday celebration with a simple HashTag and learn about Governance and Change on New Stream... EP116 is full of great information and a Free Dinner. Finishing with a great idea generated by a 21 Year Old Whisky from our sponsor Secure-Mail-Merge by Alex Duggleby Steve has an idea that looks to …

EP115 by SecureMailMerge: Steve bought an App

This is a very late podcast because Steve #ScrewedUp and the great interview with Alex Duggleby needed more work than usual. But it is finished, Alex sounds great, nearly as good as his M365 Secure Mail Merge App. Steve and Marijn are drinking Austrian Whisky provided by Alex as a Sponsor for this episode, where we introduce what we think is a great tool to assist in communications and adoption.Alex Duggleby joins the boys to talk about his career in …