Office 365 Distilled

Jan 24 2025 198 ep. 48 mins 176
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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.

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EP158: Marijn in fantAIsy

Jan 24 2025 75 mins  
OK, the boys ramble on a bit about the money and about AI. The way we pay for SharePoint and M365 services and new ways to pay for Azure services then budgeting for your SharePoint services changes and increases as you are more successful with Copilot.But are we actually paying more or are things just changes... but then we got distracted... something that happens very rarely for S

EP157: Steve's Mum, Cheap Whisky and AI

Jan 16 2025 65 mins  
So, this turned out to be fun after the boys could not get excited about a big single subject... except whisky... but being broke after the holidays cheap whisky became a talking point... then Steves's mum joined the call and AI became a talking about along with a M365 Comparison with many things Whisky... But then the boys got serious and talked about some very nice drams all pric

EP156: A whisky Toast to Viva Goals

Dec 30 2024 75 mins  
Steve and Marijn record this just before Xmas and decide on 4 whiskies as they have a send-off for Viva Goals recently announced to be deprecated by Microsoft.Check out this episode to find out why we think it has disappeared and if a hole has been left that needs filling more importantly laugh as we work through the last episode we recorded before Snow fell and Santa delivered pre

EP 155: Masticating fools

Dec 28 2024 53 mins  
Six years ago the boys recorded Office365Distilled 001. 6 years and 155 Episodes ago and talked about Ignited 2018.So the opportunity arose to check out what was announced at Ignite 2018 and compare it to Ignite 2024 which has just happened.So enjoy a little reminiscing of the past whilst looking at the future.

EP154: Getting Laid with SharePoint

Nov 30 2024 62 mins  
The boys are starting to realise that it is time to get practical and talk about how governance has changed and how they approach SharePoint Governance specifically in todays work of SharePoint, MS Teams and OneDrive and how they approach the subject with Clients.Marijn talked about the underlying ABC pyramid approach with A being for ALL = Intranet, B being about Business = ShareP

EP153: Sectsy Chat

Nov 10 2024 61 mins  
OK, so MS Teams gets new way to look at Channels and Chats under a Sectional title. Steve and marijn take a look at the value of such change and go to discussing the value today and potential value tomorrow.A very old Teeling gets a tasting after Tikit for MS teams brings their 3 series to a close with a great whisky

EP152: Tikit: Helping the Helpdesk

Oct 31 2024 63 mins  
The boys talk to Geoff and Adam, from Tikit by Cireson. Tikit is a helpdesk solution build on Microsoft Teams. We talk about planes, journeys, AI (ofcourse) and much more. They are our whisky sponsors for the episode!

EP151: AI fun and abuse with Live Prompts

Oct 25 2024 61 mins  
OK, the boys finally did it. AI, Copilot, Gemini, etc., get a beating in this very funny episode of O365Distilled. Yes, there was even a little live prompting to see what the phone wanted to say and if it agreed...It started with a very valid article from Computer World Company or a magazine about the slow update of Copilot and ended with the boys checking out if the article was tr

EP150: AI - Bull Shit or Hot Shit

Sep 23 2024 32 mins  
149 episodes of M365 Distilled took place before we arrived at Collabdays Hamburg! All Marijn had to do was get us a room to record in with a few friends. Well, he surpassed himself and got the main hall and a keynote session to record with the truly awesome people of Hamburg CollabDays on 31st August 2024.It was fun with about 100 people, just after the ice cream, the boys talked

EP149: The Team Goes South

Sep 08 2024 54 mins  
Steve and Marijn check out a HBR article (https://hbr.org/2024/08/is-your-organizational-transformation-veering-off-course) that identifies some traits of team that have lost focus and need a little but of a push to move forward.In this podcast they discuss their experiences and drop a few practical ideas of how a team can move forward when energy is low and some ideas on how to mo