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The Practical 365 Update: S2, Ep 24 – Skype Retires (or does it?), Windows 365 pricing & Teams 2.0 surprises us – plus MVP Ingo Gegenwarth talks managing Exchange Online at scale

In the show this week, Ingo Gegenwarth joins Steve and Paul to talk about how to manage Exchange Online at scale in advance of his TEC talk; and we look at the pricing for Windows 365, test drive Teams 2.0 and check in on Skype in retirement - has it really retired?

August 6, 2021

The Practical 365 Update: S2, Ep 22 – Exchange Updates, Teams 2.0 Deep-Dive plus Justin Morris from Microsoft with real-world advice on Teams Hybrid Meetings

On the show this week, Steve and Paul discuss Teams version 2.0 - and take a deep dive into why the new version will perform better. Justin Morris from Microsoft joins us with expert, real-world advice on Teams Rooms, we discuss Exchange updates (with new features!), Windows 11 planning guidance, plus find out the key features rolling out to your tenant now.

July 9, 2021

The Practical 365 Update: S2, Ep 21 – Windows 11 with Teams built-in, Front Row in Teams Rooms & compliance with Microsoft’s Erica Toelle

Microsoft 365 Compliance with Erica Toelle Erica Toelle, Senior Product Manager for Information Governance + Records Management at Microsoft, joins us to talk Compliance. We discuss – What’s the most useful feature in Microsoft 365 compliance that people often miss? How has compliance in Microsoft 365 changed over the years, from the earlier days of […]

June 25, 2021

The Practical 365 Update: S2, Ep 19 – What’s new from Build 2021, and Accenture IT on Running the Largest Teams Deployment in the World

On the show this week, we're talking through the news from Build and going into detail on the most important announcements for IT pros. We're also joined by Jason Warnke and Tony Leraris from Accenture, who give us a glimpse into the fun and games around running the world's largest Microsoft Teams deployment.

May 28, 2021

The Practical 365 Update: S2, Ep 17 – Microsoft 365 news plus Microsoft chat about Office Apps Admin & Mike Weaver joins to talk tenant migrations

In a bumper episode with the most important Microsoft 365 news we're joined by not one, but two guests - Amesh Mansukhani, Office Deployment Insiders lead at Microsoft - who is talking about the way Microsoft are integrating and improving capabilities for managing Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise (or Office), and Practical 365's Mike Weaver to chat about the latest and greatest in tenant migrations - and gives some advice on what to and what not to do.

April 30, 2021

The Practical 365 Update: S2, Ep 16 – Critical Exchange patches, new Teams and OneDrive features and we deep-dive on Information Barriers

On the show this week, Steve is joined by Patrick van Bemmelen to talk about how you can stop internal sharing with Information Barriers., And in important news we discuss the latest Exchange Server updates you need to apply TODAY, how the FBI have been accessing Exchange Servers - and we cover the latest updates available for Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, Outlook and more.

April 16, 2021

The Practical 365 Update: S2, Ep 14 – Azure AD, Viva Connections, Teams News and special guest Brian Desmond

On the show this week, we're talking about the Azure AD outage, new Exchange patches (yes, again!) and tools, how to get ready for Viva Connections, talking UserVoice and the biggest Roadmap and Message center news. And - Brian Desmond joins us to talk in a more positive way about the Azure AD Premium (and free) features you absolutely need to switch on.

March 19, 2021

The Practical 365 Weekly Update: S2, Ep 12 – Microsoft Lists with Mark Kashman

On the Practical 365 weekly update, we're joined by Microsoft's Mark Kashman to talk about Lists. We explore when and how to use it, how to launch it to the business and how you can extend and build applications using it. We begin with a quick primer, discuss who should use it, and explore when Microsoft Lists is the right tool to use instead of other Microsoft applications. We explore use-cases and opportunities and Mark gives us great examples when Lists is the perfect tool, and talks about how he uses Lists day-to-day.

February 26, 2021