Author: Steve Goodman

Exchange Online Connectors, Pay as you Go with Syntex, Viva Sales and new Teams experiences rolling out: Practical 365 Podcast S3 E22

• Post author:By Steve Goodman

On the show this week, find out what's happening with recent changes to Exchange Online that might cause a delay if you're setting up a fresh Hybrid environment; plus security recommendations for your on-premises Exchange environment. If you're getting into Viva Sales, we discuss what the new OpenAI GPT add-in does. Creepy or useful - you decide! Plus Microsoft Syntex's PAYG model goes live and Teams gets user experience changes that your users will certainly notice.

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March 3, 2023

OpenAI in Microsoft 365 & Bing, Yammer is dead; Exchange Security issues – plus great Intune and Teams new features: Practical 365 Podcast S3 E21

• Post author:By Steve Goodman

Join us for this week's Practical 365 Podcast, where we talk AI, the Death of Yammer, Exchange Security issues, and long-awaited features that are coming soon to teams!

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February 15, 2023

Exchange Online gets a useful new feature, Teams Rooms get a lick of paint, Meeting Recording controls improve plus more: Practical 365 Podcast S3 E20

• Post author:By Steve Goodman

Join Steve and Paul for season 3, episode 20 of the Practical 365 podcast - this week we're talking licensing - and it i good news; plus the MTR Windows devices are getting a paint job. But why and how does this affect you? Teams meeting recordings are going to get some useful controls, plus Planner gets some really useful new features that we've both been testing out.

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February 2, 2023

A trio of Security Bugs in Exchange and New Azure AD sync features: Practical 365 Podcast S3 E19

• Post author:By Steve Goodman

In this week's Practical 365 Podcast, Steve and Paul Discuss new security updates for Exchange Server, what you should do if you are still on Exchange Server 2013, Azure AD Cross Tenant Sync arrives in the roadmap for imminent release, and much more!

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January 18, 2023

Skills you need this year and top Microsoft 365 security, AI & productivity features from 2022: Practical 365 Podcast S3 E18

• Post author:By Steve Goodman

Join us for the first Practical 365 podcast episode of 2023 - with Paul and Steve discussing what skills you need for the upcoming year - and does it matter if you learn skills you never use?

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January 5, 2023

Teams Premium and a new Communities App, Exchange Online Powershell plus much more: Practical 365 Podcast S3 E17

• Post author:By Steve Goodman

In this week's show - the final of 2022, we take a peek at the new Teams Premium licence add-on and discuss what value it brings. Exchange Online PowerShell v1 is on the way out - be warned - and a new Communities app - not Yammer - comes to Teams; plus much more

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December 20, 2022

Should Viva Engage be your New Year’s resolution? Plus – the latest news: Practical 365 Podcast S3 E16

• Post author:By Steve Goodman

On the show this week, Microsoft has just finished their big Microsoft Partner and MVP airlift for Microsoft 365 technologies, so as the year ends, there are fewer announcements. So, it's a shorter episode this week for news - which means we have time to ask the big questions and go into a deep dive on the podcast.

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December 13, 2022

Games in Teams and Fun Times Patching Security Bugs in Exchange: Practical 365 Podcast S3 E15

• Post author:By Steve Goodman

On this week's show, Steve and Paul get together while Paul's on the road and discuss the biggest news worth discussing in the world of Microsoft 365. We chat about the new Games feature in Teams - and come up with some use-cases for where it might be appropriate to use - and debate the latest Exchange Server updates and Microsoft's change to Exchange servicing.

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November 23, 2022

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How to use Microsoft Teams Event Streaming: 2023 Guide

• Post author:By Steve Goodman

In this article, Steve Goodman shows how to use Microsoft Teams to stream live events and recording videos for post-production.

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November 9, 2022

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Native Cross-Tenant Migrations, Exchange 2019 upgrades, New Teams client & Azure AD: Practical 365 Podcast S3 E14

• Post author:By Steve Goodman

This week on the show, Steve and Paul are joined by Sigi Jagott, long-time MVP and Exchange Server expert, to discuss best practice when upgrading on-premises servers to Exchange 2019, Native Cross-Tenant Migrations, Azure AD resiliency, and more!

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November 8, 2022

Exchange Security, Syntex, Adoption Score & Metaverse Deconstructed: Practical 365 Podcast S3 E13

• Post author:By Steve Goodman

In this week's Podcast, Paul and Steve discuss Microsoft Syntex, how everyone wants Exchange Server to die, the Metaverse, and much more!

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October 25, 2022

Ignite 2022’s biggest Microsoft 365 announcements deconstructed: Practical 365 Podcast S3 E12

• Post author:By Steve Goodman

In this week's show, Paul Robichaux and myself take a short break from Ignite 2022 to discuss the biggest announcements, and take a deep-dive into what these actually will provide to your organization, and which new features to watch; with a few fun moments along the way.

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October 13, 2022