This is the slide deck that I used at Microsoft Ignite 2016. It includes my speaker notes. Join the conversation about this and other Ignite sessions in the Microsoft Tech Community. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Ignite-Content-2016/BRK2099-See-how-Mott-MacDonald-drove-adoption-of-Office-365-and/m-p/17637
This content was previously available from my Docs.com site
From Ideas to Innovation: Formalizing Idea Management in SharePointChristian Buckley
Joint webinar with Christian Buckley, MVP and CMO from Beezy, and Mike Oryszak, Senior Solution Architect with B&R Business Solutions discussing the value that idea management provides to the SharePoint knowledge management story. Live session included demo of Beezy Idea Campaigns. More info at www.Beezy.net and @followbeezy
Measuring the Impact of SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint OnlineChristian Buckley
Webinar presented on June 16, 2016 by Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), CMO from Beezy and 5-time Microsoft MVP, and Mark Kashman (@mkashman), Senior Product Manager from Microsoft. This session discusses some of the results from the #MeasureCollabSuccess initiative looking at how organizations define and measure their collaboration efforts, and provides a view into how the recent "Future of SharePoint announcements from Microsoft (May 4, 2016) will impact those success efforts. Recording available at www.Beezy.net
Presentation from the 3rd and final segment of the #MeasureCollabSuccess initiative, this time focusing on the implementation factors that can determine collaboration success.
How to Achieve Employee Success Through CollaborationChristian Buckley
In a fast-paced world where employees are constantly barraged with content and tasks and requirements, collaboration is not just nice-to-have - collaboration is a business imperative. But success doesn’t come through technology alone, but in helping employees understand how to leverage the technology and work more collaboratively.
How do you build a healthy, engaged and aligned culture? And what are the benefits of the entire organisation participating in social? Presentation from Christian buckley, 6-time Microsoft MVP and Beezy evangelist, as well as Founder of CollabTalk LLC.
The Nuts and Bolts of Measuring SharePoint ActivityChristian Buckley
To determine whether something has been successful, organizations must create a baseline of activity, monitor and measure over time, and then compare the results to the baseline. One of the leading conflicts between business users and IT happens when there is not accurate data around what is actually happening within the system. Thus, measuring the success of SharePoint should begin with SMART goals: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound.
Slides from a joint webinar with Christian Buckley, Microsoft MVP and CMO of Beezy, and Tal Ben-David from CardioLog Analytics. The intent of this session is to help organizations to learn more about what can be achieved out-of-the-box and through the partner ecosystem to get SharePoint measurements back on track, with a comparison between out-of-the-box SharePoint analytics usage to help attendees understand the direction Microsoft is headed in, as well as an in-depth demonstration of advanced analytics that you can use today to achieve SMART goals.
This is the slide deck that I used at Microsoft Ignite 2016. It includes my speaker notes. Join the conversation about this and other Ignite sessions in the Microsoft Tech Community. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Driving-Adoption/BRK2016-Drive-Yammer-usage-amp-adoption-across-your-organization/m-p/22749
This content was previously available from my Docs.com site
Takeaways from Microsoft's May 4th, 2016 "Future of SharePoint" event held in San Francisco that announced the general availability of SharePoint 2016 and roadmap for Office 365 and OneDrive for Business. Presentation given by Christian Buckley@buckleyplanet), CMO and MVP with Beezy, and Liam Cleary (@helloitsliam), AssociateDirector, Principle Consultant and MVP with Protiviti.
From Ideas to Innovation: Formalizing Idea Management in SharePointChristian Buckley
Joint webinar with Christian Buckley, MVP and CMO from Beezy, and Mike Oryszak, Senior Solution Architect with B&R Business Solutions discussing the value that idea management provides to the SharePoint knowledge management story. Live session included demo of Beezy Idea Campaigns. More info at www.Beezy.net and @followbeezy
Measuring the Impact of SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint OnlineChristian Buckley
Webinar presented on June 16, 2016 by Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), CMO from Beezy and 5-time Microsoft MVP, and Mark Kashman (@mkashman), Senior Product Manager from Microsoft. This session discusses some of the results from the #MeasureCollabSuccess initiative looking at how organizations define and measure their collaboration efforts, and provides a view into how the recent "Future of SharePoint announcements from Microsoft (May 4, 2016) will impact those success efforts. Recording available at www.Beezy.net
Presentation from the 3rd and final segment of the #MeasureCollabSuccess initiative, this time focusing on the implementation factors that can determine collaboration success.
How to Achieve Employee Success Through CollaborationChristian Buckley
In a fast-paced world where employees are constantly barraged with content and tasks and requirements, collaboration is not just nice-to-have - collaboration is a business imperative. But success doesn’t come through technology alone, but in helping employees understand how to leverage the technology and work more collaboratively.
How do you build a healthy, engaged and aligned culture? And what are the benefits of the entire organisation participating in social? Presentation from Christian buckley, 6-time Microsoft MVP and Beezy evangelist, as well as Founder of CollabTalk LLC.
The Nuts and Bolts of Measuring SharePoint ActivityChristian Buckley
To determine whether something has been successful, organizations must create a baseline of activity, monitor and measure over time, and then compare the results to the baseline. One of the leading conflicts between business users and IT happens when there is not accurate data around what is actually happening within the system. Thus, measuring the success of SharePoint should begin with SMART goals: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound.
Slides from a joint webinar with Christian Buckley, Microsoft MVP and CMO of Beezy, and Tal Ben-David from CardioLog Analytics. The intent of this session is to help organizations to learn more about what can be achieved out-of-the-box and through the partner ecosystem to get SharePoint measurements back on track, with a comparison between out-of-the-box SharePoint analytics usage to help attendees understand the direction Microsoft is headed in, as well as an in-depth demonstration of advanced analytics that you can use today to achieve SMART goals.
This is the slide deck that I used at Microsoft Ignite 2016. It includes my speaker notes. Join the conversation about this and other Ignite sessions in the Microsoft Tech Community. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Driving-Adoption/BRK2016-Drive-Yammer-usage-amp-adoption-across-your-organization/m-p/22749
This content was previously available from my Docs.com site
Takeaways from Microsoft's May 4th, 2016 "Future of SharePoint" event held in San Francisco that announced the general availability of SharePoint 2016 and roadmap for Office 365 and OneDrive for Business. Presentation given by Christian Buckley@buckleyplanet), CMO and MVP with Beezy, and Liam Cleary (@helloitsliam), AssociateDirector, Principle Consultant and MVP with Protiviti.
What does it take to get people to be more engaged within SharePoint? That's the focus of this session from #SPTechCon, which walks through a design and planning perspective on making SharePoint more productivity-focused.
Collaboration with a purpose: how to put social tools to work to create busin...MWD Advisors
If you're looking for a tool to help you manage tasks and projects, your buying decision just got a whole lot more complicated! Why? Two important areas of technology that until recently saw themselves as fundamentally divergent are coming together - and this convergence brings with it inevitable turbulence as vendors vie for your business. Find out what the convergence of social, task and project management tools means for you.
These are the slides from a live webinar presented by Angela Ashenden, Principal Analyst for collaboration at MWD Advisors. Coming soon: view a replay of the webinar with Q&A discussion at http://www.mwdadvisors.com/events/collaborationwithapurpose/
The Network Science Behind 'Working Like a Network'Christian Buckley
Slides from my February 10th, 2016 Unity Connect Online (#UCO16) session that looks at why 'working like a network' is not a marketing platitude, but accurately describes the evolution of the information worker and the importance of "information brokering" beyond our known personal and professional networks.
Four step adoption plan for Office 365Simon Denton
I been playing with different approaches to support the adoption of Office 365. This is a four step model that I'm considering.
This content was previously available from my Docs.com site
Here are 10 good reasons why you should attend Citrix Synergy May 6-8, 2014, in Los Angeles plus one bonus reason that you won't be able to resist!
Citrix Synergy is the premier enterprise mobility conference for organizations seeking solutions that empower people with new ways to work – anywhere, anytime, on any device. Register here: http://bit.ly/1meLPUG
While Office365 continues to grow at a rapid rate, adoption beyond Exchange can be slow without a strategy in place. This presentation discusses: a "go to market" strategy for a successful Office 365 deployment; productivity features that will enhance adoption; strategies for keeping end users engaged; how to track usage and activity so you can measure your success; and touches on many of the productivity features (Groups, Delve, Yammer, co-editing, etc). The primary focus, however, is on the management/ongoing educational aspects of a successful deployment.
You can find a video recording of this session via #Collab365 at https://youtu.be/uYpPx5R3lPY
Ordering the Chaos: Combatting Teams and SharePoint Content SprawlChristian Buckley
Egnyte webinar on the problem of sprawl in Microsoft 365, specifically within SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and OneDrive workloads. Held August 6th, 2020 with Christian Buckley, Microsoft MVP+RD and Founder of CollabTalk LLC, Stephen Hand, Director of IT and Cybersecurity at Tilson, and Kyle Wallstedt, Sr. Solutions Architect with Egnyte. You can watch the entire presentation on-demand at https://pages.egnyte.com/ContentSprawlWebinar-Video.html
The Nuts and Bolts of Teams, Groups and Conversation as-a-ServiceChristian Buckley
Within Office 365, we have multiple methods for social collaboration. Organizations around the world are struggling to understand which tool to use when -- but this is the wrong premise. In this session, we'll discuss the broader concept of 'conversation as a service' and how Microsoft Teams, Outlook Groups, Yammer, and SharePoint all fit together -- and show you how to get the most out of all of them.
Planning your Digital Workplace: A Systems-Based Planning ApproachChristian Buckley
When deploying a “Digital Workplace,” where do you begin? What is needed is an iterative, strategic, and systems-based approach of identifying core challenges at the team and company level, working with key stakeholders to identify appropriate strategies, building a solution using a scalable, repeatable, and sustainable change model. This approach drives stakeholder engagement, and ensures a more holistic solution that aligns with the needs of the business at every level. In this presentation, we walk through a systems-based planning approach for Enterprise Collaboration. Topics will include:
--Engaging leaders in a systems analysis, identifying high-priority needs and challenges
--Outlining a set of targeted and strategic actions based on common customer scenarios
--Developing an implementation plan to support successful operational and improvement strategies
The intent of this presentation is to help organizations incorporate systems-based planning into their Digital Workplace planning processes, using real-world customer examples, and to receive tips on how to fold these best practices into their own strategies.
The 10 Best Office 365 Features You’ve Never Used (But Should)Christian Buckley
Most people understand the core capabilities in Office 365: they can log in, access email, upload documents, join in discussions. But are there features that go largely unused, but which can help you unlock personal or team productivity? In this presentation, Office Server and Services MVP Christian Buckley walks through 10 features that fit this description – and will help end users unlock untapped productivity and get the most out of the Office 365 platform and related Microsoft Office functionality.
The ultimate Microsoft Teams experience: AI and mobile firstXylos
We don’t need to tell you that Microsoft Teams gives collaboration within your business a massive boost. But what intrinsic value does the tool offer? In a modern work environment dominated by mobile and cloud, Teams gives your colleagues the necessary productivity tools to streamline their daily tasks. During this session, we’ll discuss how Teams could boost your colleagues’ productivity, focusing on AI and the user interface.
Context is king: workplace challenges for modern businessesXylos
Many businesses strive to build the ultimate workplace - but unfortunately, there are several roadblocks to overcome on the way. Bombarding your staff with random new tools won’t help you achieve anything, for example. Are you wondering how to best approach a change project? During this session, we’ll share our insights on how to tackle the challenges you’ll face when modernising your workplace.
Presentation with fellow MVP Jussi Mori (@jussimori) from Peaches Industries at the European SharePoint Conference (#ESPC16) in Vienna, Austria on the topic of gamification.
Navigating the Inner and Outer Loops--Effective Office 365 CommunicationsChristian Buckley
Presentation from SharePoint Conference North America (#SPC18) presented in Las Vegas on 5-21-18, addressing the "which tool to use and when?" question, and the soft-skills issues at the root of the problem for most orgnizations.
ACCELERATING EMPLOYEE ONBOARDING & YOUR HYBRID WORKPLACE WITH MICROSOFT 365Richard Harbridge
As organizations begin to adjust for a post-pandemic world, many are looking to prepare for and manage the explosive growth expected in the months and years ahead. From skills development and digital excellence to process automation and connecting employees to the resources they need at the right time, the challenges ahead are considerable. Organizations are looking to better leverage Microsoft 365 and their digital workplace investments to support this talent growth by accelerating employee onboarding and digital excellence around hybrid workplace practices for flexible work and remote work.
Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Digital Workplace, as he explores how the world of digital work has changed, how the way we work together has changed, and how SharePoint, Teams, Yammer, and more can be used to improve the onboarding and hybrid work experience.
What does it take to get people to be more engaged within SharePoint? That's the focus of this session from #SPTechCon, which walks through a design and planning perspective on making SharePoint more productivity-focused.
Collaboration with a purpose: how to put social tools to work to create busin...MWD Advisors
If you're looking for a tool to help you manage tasks and projects, your buying decision just got a whole lot more complicated! Why? Two important areas of technology that until recently saw themselves as fundamentally divergent are coming together - and this convergence brings with it inevitable turbulence as vendors vie for your business. Find out what the convergence of social, task and project management tools means for you.
These are the slides from a live webinar presented by Angela Ashenden, Principal Analyst for collaboration at MWD Advisors. Coming soon: view a replay of the webinar with Q&A discussion at http://www.mwdadvisors.com/events/collaborationwithapurpose/
The Network Science Behind 'Working Like a Network'Christian Buckley
Slides from my February 10th, 2016 Unity Connect Online (#UCO16) session that looks at why 'working like a network' is not a marketing platitude, but accurately describes the evolution of the information worker and the importance of "information brokering" beyond our known personal and professional networks.
Four step adoption plan for Office 365Simon Denton
I been playing with different approaches to support the adoption of Office 365. This is a four step model that I'm considering.
This content was previously available from my Docs.com site
Here are 10 good reasons why you should attend Citrix Synergy May 6-8, 2014, in Los Angeles plus one bonus reason that you won't be able to resist!
Citrix Synergy is the premier enterprise mobility conference for organizations seeking solutions that empower people with new ways to work – anywhere, anytime, on any device. Register here: http://bit.ly/1meLPUG
While Office365 continues to grow at a rapid rate, adoption beyond Exchange can be slow without a strategy in place. This presentation discusses: a "go to market" strategy for a successful Office 365 deployment; productivity features that will enhance adoption; strategies for keeping end users engaged; how to track usage and activity so you can measure your success; and touches on many of the productivity features (Groups, Delve, Yammer, co-editing, etc). The primary focus, however, is on the management/ongoing educational aspects of a successful deployment.
You can find a video recording of this session via #Collab365 at https://youtu.be/uYpPx5R3lPY
Ordering the Chaos: Combatting Teams and SharePoint Content SprawlChristian Buckley
Egnyte webinar on the problem of sprawl in Microsoft 365, specifically within SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and OneDrive workloads. Held August 6th, 2020 with Christian Buckley, Microsoft MVP+RD and Founder of CollabTalk LLC, Stephen Hand, Director of IT and Cybersecurity at Tilson, and Kyle Wallstedt, Sr. Solutions Architect with Egnyte. You can watch the entire presentation on-demand at https://pages.egnyte.com/ContentSprawlWebinar-Video.html
The Nuts and Bolts of Teams, Groups and Conversation as-a-ServiceChristian Buckley
Within Office 365, we have multiple methods for social collaboration. Organizations around the world are struggling to understand which tool to use when -- but this is the wrong premise. In this session, we'll discuss the broader concept of 'conversation as a service' and how Microsoft Teams, Outlook Groups, Yammer, and SharePoint all fit together -- and show you how to get the most out of all of them.
Planning your Digital Workplace: A Systems-Based Planning ApproachChristian Buckley
When deploying a “Digital Workplace,” where do you begin? What is needed is an iterative, strategic, and systems-based approach of identifying core challenges at the team and company level, working with key stakeholders to identify appropriate strategies, building a solution using a scalable, repeatable, and sustainable change model. This approach drives stakeholder engagement, and ensures a more holistic solution that aligns with the needs of the business at every level. In this presentation, we walk through a systems-based planning approach for Enterprise Collaboration. Topics will include:
--Engaging leaders in a systems analysis, identifying high-priority needs and challenges
--Outlining a set of targeted and strategic actions based on common customer scenarios
--Developing an implementation plan to support successful operational and improvement strategies
The intent of this presentation is to help organizations incorporate systems-based planning into their Digital Workplace planning processes, using real-world customer examples, and to receive tips on how to fold these best practices into their own strategies.
The 10 Best Office 365 Features You’ve Never Used (But Should)Christian Buckley
Most people understand the core capabilities in Office 365: they can log in, access email, upload documents, join in discussions. But are there features that go largely unused, but which can help you unlock personal or team productivity? In this presentation, Office Server and Services MVP Christian Buckley walks through 10 features that fit this description – and will help end users unlock untapped productivity and get the most out of the Office 365 platform and related Microsoft Office functionality.
The ultimate Microsoft Teams experience: AI and mobile firstXylos
We don’t need to tell you that Microsoft Teams gives collaboration within your business a massive boost. But what intrinsic value does the tool offer? In a modern work environment dominated by mobile and cloud, Teams gives your colleagues the necessary productivity tools to streamline their daily tasks. During this session, we’ll discuss how Teams could boost your colleagues’ productivity, focusing on AI and the user interface.
Context is king: workplace challenges for modern businessesXylos
Many businesses strive to build the ultimate workplace - but unfortunately, there are several roadblocks to overcome on the way. Bombarding your staff with random new tools won’t help you achieve anything, for example. Are you wondering how to best approach a change project? During this session, we’ll share our insights on how to tackle the challenges you’ll face when modernising your workplace.
Presentation with fellow MVP Jussi Mori (@jussimori) from Peaches Industries at the European SharePoint Conference (#ESPC16) in Vienna, Austria on the topic of gamification.
Navigating the Inner and Outer Loops--Effective Office 365 CommunicationsChristian Buckley
Presentation from SharePoint Conference North America (#SPC18) presented in Las Vegas on 5-21-18, addressing the "which tool to use and when?" question, and the soft-skills issues at the root of the problem for most orgnizations.
ACCELERATING EMPLOYEE ONBOARDING & YOUR HYBRID WORKPLACE WITH MICROSOFT 365Richard Harbridge
As organizations begin to adjust for a post-pandemic world, many are looking to prepare for and manage the explosive growth expected in the months and years ahead. From skills development and digital excellence to process automation and connecting employees to the resources they need at the right time, the challenges ahead are considerable. Organizations are looking to better leverage Microsoft 365 and their digital workplace investments to support this talent growth by accelerating employee onboarding and digital excellence around hybrid workplace practices for flexible work and remote work.
Join Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Digital Workplace, as he explores how the world of digital work has changed, how the way we work together has changed, and how SharePoint, Teams, Yammer, and more can be used to improve the onboarding and hybrid work experience.
Practical Tips on Designing an effective Digital Workplace #m365vconfKanwal Khipple
Attend this session to better understand how you can build your digital hub powered by SharePoint Online. We’ll dive into how Hub Sites, Communication and broader team sites can support with your digital workplace strategy. Along-side, learning practical tips on how to build your own digital workplace, Kanwal will also share lessons learned on content strategy, migration strategy, brand strategy as well as governance strategy for your SharePoint sites.
The Microsoft 365 Collaboration Conference
This is the slide deck which was used for my webinar on Digital Transformation and Microsoft 365. In this session I've given a detailed overview of Digital Transformation and how it has been disrupting the organizations across the globe. I've also explained how Microsoft 365 can help in planning your organization's Digital Transformation.
Practical Tips on Designing an Effective Digital Workplace #mwcp19Kanwal Khipple
Better understand how you can build your digital hub powered by SharePoint Online. We’ll dive into how home sites, Hub Sites, Communication and broader team sites can support with your digital workplace strategy
Practical Tips on Designing an Effective Digital Workplace #nycentcollabKanwal Khipple
Better understand how you can build your digital hub powered by SharePoint Online. We’ll dive into how Hub Sites, Communication and broader team sites can support with your digital workplace strategy
https://www.meetup.com/New-York-Enterprise-Collaboration-Meetup/events/253764356/
Optimizing Organizational Knowledge With Project Cortex & The Microsoft Digit...Richard Harbridge
Today, organizations can go beyond the intranet and connect people to interactive expertise within the organization and personalized insight through an integrated suite of Microsoft 365 applications.
Based on significant improvements in artificial intelligence (AI), real behavior-based data based on the Microsoft Graph and Azure innovation such as improved language understanding, organizations today can provide contextual and dynamic topic cards, expertise mapping, pages, topic centers, and more. Powered by image tagging, form processing, document understanding, and machine teaching; organization content and documents are optimized for better compliance, processing, and discovery.
Join LiveTiles, along with Richard Harbridge, a Microsoft MVP and internationally recognized expert on Microsoft 365 and the Digital Workplace, who will share:
Best practices on modern knowledge management
How the continued innovation from Microsoft can be best reconciled with enterprise intranet and digital workplace needs
Accelerating Employee Onboarding & Your Hybrid Workplace With Microsoft 365Richard Harbridge
Join us and learn how you can deepen your existing technology investment to support employee onboarding and your hybrid workplace.
A whopping 73% of employees want flexible remote work options to stay, says Microsoft in their latest report, The Next Great Disruption is Hybrid Work. This makes tailoring your employee onboarding to support the hybrid working model essential to the success of your team!
As such, many organizations are making the adjustments for a post-pandemic world and looking to prepare for and manage the explosive growth expected in the months and years ahead. But, from skills development and digital excellence to process automation and connecting employees to the resources they need at the right time, the challenges ahead are considerable.
Join LiveTiles along with LiveTiles Partner, 2toLead, CTO and Microsoft MVP, Richard Harbridge on Tuesday, May 11, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST as he explores:
How the “workplace” has changed
Why digital excellence should be prioritized in onboarding, especially when supporting hybrid work and the remote workforce
Ways organizations are looking to better leverage Microsoft 365 and their digital workplace investments to support this talent growth
How SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Yammer, and more can be used with support from LiveTiles solutions (pictured below) to improve the employee onboarding and hybrid work experience
Office 365 Adoption Guide (63 pages) (2016 version) Daniel Chang
This guide has been created for organizations looking at the
most effective ways to leverage their investment in Office 365.
It is meant to be used as a step-by-step guide, whereby you
can ensure that your organization can first identify, and then
execute specific tasks that will have the greatest positive effect
on your organization.
And remember, you are not in this alone. There are thousands
of organizations just like yours who are currently launching
Office 365 and you can connect with them in this community.
Change the way you work, because the way you work impacts
the work you do.
Learn how to leverage Office 365, SharePoint, and other collaboration tools to create a digital workplace that drives productivity, and improves employee engagement. This presentation includes tips on getting your business ready for enterprise social tools and creating a great user experience.
Microsoft 365 offers various benefits to the organization that results in cost reduction and employee satisfaction. It is the digital hub where staff members can create files, assign tasks, store information and manage it, set up reminders, manage security access and communicate with colleagues via different channels. A Microsoft 365 intranet caters to the business needs of all the departments of an organization - it facilitates social collaboration, enhanced employee efficiency, quick search, automated forms and easy publishing of news and announcements.
Masterclass On Improving & Measuring Onboarding, Retention & Well-beingRichard Harbridge
85% of leaders say the shift to hybrid work has made it challenging to have confidence that employees are productive. 92% of employees have identified enhancing the employee experience as an essential priority.New challenges are always presented to HR from all sides, and we’re here to help you target critical areas of the employee experience at our free event.Whether you’re looking for strategic guidance or help to achieve technical excellence, our event is full of sessions from world-renowned thought leaders.On February 10th, from 10 AM to 4 PM, learn to avoid new and old challenges, build on existing success, and leverage the latest technology to facilitate your efforts. One lucky winner will walk away with a free $15,000 POC!2toLead CTO and 7X Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge and 2toLead CEO and 13X Microsoft MVP Kanwal Khipple will lead the event.Together, they helped over 200 digital workplaces globally, plan for and increase the employee experience, keynoted conferences, published books, and published blogs for some major publications like Forbes.Join specialized sessions (business or deep dive tech breakouts) designed for HR leaders or the technical team that supports the digital employee experience.The business and general sessions aim to provide insight into the apparent and hidden value of tackling onboarding, retention, and well-being.The optional tech deep dive breakout sessions aims to walk through how to use and implement Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Viva to improve onboarding, retention, and well-being.Walk away from the event with a greater understanding of the following:- How to identify the most critical areas of the employee experience- How to improve the onboarding experience before and during the process- Building experiences to enable better onboarding- Measure for success- Creating digital employee experiences that help retain top talent- How to track employee well-being- And much more
Extending Collaboration with SharePoint and Microsoft TeamsChristian Buckley
Webinar presented on July 11th, 2018 for the European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Community that walks through the latest updates on SharePoint and Microsoft's messaging around "intelligent communications," and the role of Microsoft Teams alongside existing and future SharePoint infrastructure. Great guidance for people wondering how SharePoint and Teams should coincide.
The value in developing a data-driven enterprise is clear. Now that you have the data to measure performance, maximize efficiency and make informed decisions, why not leverage those insights to empower leaders that lead innovation within your enterprise? Attend this session to understand the value Intrapreneurs bring to your enterprise, the top 5 innovation metrics to fuel their growth, and how to provide them insights into their viewing their impact.
New Dynamics 365 Implementation Guide - Available for downloadDynamics Square
Almost 700 pages of insights and guidance around strategy, initiation, implementation, preparation and operation, Contact us for Dynamics 365 Implementation: https://www.dynamicssquare.com.au/dynamics-365/
Top 10 Digital Workplace Patterns #SPSChiBurbsKanwal Khipple
Imagine a future where silo'd departments and legacy processes don’t stand in our way. Today’s collaboration needs go from complex collaboration portals to simple innovation hubs and most importantly need to work for our devices. Designing portals to enable a new kind of collaboration and communication is an absolute necessity today.
For the past couple years, I’ve had the opportunity to study how successful teams collaborate and have helped to transform the way teams work and collaborate together. In this session, I'll share what I’ve learned about making effective cross-discipline collaboration possible, and leave you with actionable approaches you can use to unite your team's communication and collaboration needs.
Beyond the Intranet - Digital Workplace apps, Solutions n Bots #spslaKanwal Khipple
How to respond to the ever-increasing demand for powerful and integrated solutions that support users' needs across their digital workplace and beyond. Leveraging Office 365 means that you have access to entirely new ways of building solutions faster than ever before. The best part? It's not just IT that can build these great solutions!
Similar to BRK2099 Creating opportunities through Office 365 (20)
Early in 2016 I adapted the Microsoft Fast Track material for our Office 365 Adoption Journey. This is deck 5 of a sequence of 9.
This content was previously available from my Docs.com site
Early in 2016 I adapted the Microsoft Fast Track material for our Office 365 Adoption Journey. This is deck 3 of a sequence of 9.
This content was previously available from my Docs.com site
Early in 2016 I adapted the Microsoft Fast Track material for our Office 365 Adoption Journey. This is deck sets the scene for a sequence of 9 presentations.
This content was previously available from my Docs.com site
Early in 2016 I adapted the Microsoft Fast Track material for our Office 365 Adoption Journey. This is deck 7 of a sequence of 9.
This content was previously available from my Docs.com site
09 Reacting to change and product evolutionSimon Denton
Early in 2016 I adapted the Microsoft Fast Track material for our Office 365 Adoption Journey. This is deck 9 of a sequence of 9.
This content was previously available from my Docs.com site
Example of the collateral I use to help explain the positioning of Groups and other services for team working. I've included notes for each slide which are accessible via the Notes tab on the right of the Statistics tab, below the slide player.
Documentation Framework for IT Service DeliverySimon Denton
I developed this for a project that I am currently involved in. The project aim is to develop a documentation framework for the provision of IT as a Service. I devised the framework using the Microsoft Operations Framework as ‘glue’ between other frameworks like ITIL. I thought I’d share it as it might be useful to others who are in a similar situation. The end result is a relatively compact set of documents for each service offered by IT.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
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6. In the beginning
“We don’t need to
innovate around Office
365. We’ll leave that to
Microsoft. Our job is to
adopt the technology as
quickly as we can and to
stay focused on using it
to deliver value to our
clients.”
“I think that’s one of the
main selling points of
Office 365. Yes, you’re
going to save money if
you do it right, but the
real key is that it’s going
to release your staff to
do what they do best, do
it better, and get more
done”
11. 01 Setting the vision
02 Identification of key stakeholders
03 Executive sponsorship
04 Identification of scenarios
05 Define and prioritise solutions
06 Build a champion program
07 Adoption plan guide
Communication plan
Office 365 training resources
Office 365 Learning Center BoM
Order our Office 365 SWAG
08 Guide to measuring and sharing success
09 Tracking change in Office 365
12.
13. Access self-service training content * * *
Keep up with what is happening in
across the organisation * * * *
Stay connected on the road * * * * * * * * *
Access analysis securely from any
device * * * *
Get information on what matters
now * *
Get role specific training on any
device * *
Enable staff to work from anywhere
and keep notes on hand * * * * * *
Conduct virtual meetings from any
location * *
18. “It really tested and extended our capability to share
knowledge both internally and with external partners in
a global enterprise. Our new collaboration technologies
are intended to encourage and support person-to-
person communications rather than replace them. They
allowed us to run a highly inclusive event which has
helped to build a community”
21. BRK2097 - Drive Office 365 adoption: methodology,
best practices, and resources from Microsoft
BRK3065 - Accelerate your Office 365 deployment
with FastTrack
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/
Wrap up
A private word for ‘Second screen’ users
Hello and thank you for your interest in this session
You can see everything that I wanted to say by viewing the notes accompanying each slide.
Welcome + Ignite observation
Find out who went to the earlier sessions:
BRK2097 - Drive Office 365 adoption: methodology, best practices, and resources from Microsoft
BRK3065 - Accelerate your Office 365 deployment with FastTrack
Find out if they can hear me!
Narrative
Welcome to ‘Opening opportunities with connected thinking. Driving adoption of Office 365 at Mott MacDonald’!
[Placeholder for Ignite related comment dependent upon session time, ease to find room, weather etc.]
Can I get a quick show of hands who went to the earlier sessions:
BRK2097 - Drive Office 365 adoption: methodology, best practices, and resources from Microsoft
BRK3065 - Accelerate your Office 365 deployment with FastTrack
14-years a Civil Engineer
Shifted into IT
Office 365
Responsible for solutions and most importantly their adoption
MVP
Narrative
So who am I? My name is Simon Denton and I’m not a techie and my background is not in IT. I work for a global engineering, management and development consultancy called Mott MacDonald. For 14 years I was a Civil Engineer. I was involved in a diverse range of projects from building shopping centres in the Middle East to stabilising aging parts of the London Underground. But thanks to the 2008-2012 global recession I had to change direction and I took a sideways move into IT.
About 18-months ago, the decision was made to rollout Office 365 throughout Mott MacDonald. My role was to use my business knowledge to shape the solutions to be provided.
In the last 12-months, I’ve become both architect and evangelist for Office 365 at Mott MacDonald. I am responsible for the solutions we that we develop and most importantly their adoption.
In the last 6-months I became a Microsoft MVP. Now as MVP’s go, I’m in a small but special group as my award category includes Yammer as well as the remainder of Office 365. So I stand before you as someone who Microsoft believes in, understands the products and most importantly knows what business looks like from the outside of the bubble that is IT.
Ok, so that’s enough about me. The real star is the company I work for: Mott MacDonald.
Quite a lot of potential content
Focus on three areas that helped us drive adoption:
fast track material
launch video
Examples how we weaved Office 365 into our fabric
Narrative
There is a lot that I could share but I am conscious of the length of the session. Therefore, I’m going to focus on three areas that helped us drive the adoption of Office 365.
fast track material
launch video
WITFM
Image credit
Mott MacDonald
Troja Bridge
https://www.mottmac.com/article/3386/troja-bridge-czech-republic
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$2bn
[Video]
People based
16,000
Sell knowledge, know how
Leverage our internal networks
Pretty good, Office 365 has helped us get better and better
Opening opportunities through connected thinking
Deliver Office 365 – not outsourced
Narrative
Mott MacDonald is a $2bn engineering, management and development consultancy. The video provides a glimpse into the work we’re involved in:
solving some of the world’s most urgent social, environmental and economic challenges
helping governments and businesses plan, deliver and sustain their strategic goals
responding to humanitarian and natural emergencies
improving people’s lives
We are a people based business, employing over 16,000 people across the globe, and what we sell is our knowledge and know how. What we like to think we do better than lots of other organisations ;-) is to create links between experts which allows us to harness the collective power of all of our employees. We have always been pretty good at fostering people networks and sharing information and knowledge but we have got much better at this in recent times and this has been supported and partly enabled by Office 365.
Our business thrives as we have a culture of openness, friendliness and personal commitment that you might associate with a much smaller business. We describe what we do as ‘opening opportunities through connected thinking’.
Our Office 365 service is delivered by our in-house IT department.
Image credits
Mott MacDonald
Video
https://www.mottmac.com/
Troja Bridge
https://www.mottmac.com/article/3386/troja-bridge-czech-republic
http://teams/sites/groupphotolibrary/Images/Transport/Bridges/Troja%20bridge%2C%20Czech%20Republic/Professional%20photos%202015/IMG_7951.jpg
In order to set the context
2014, business improvement
Started on premises stopped and went all in
Narrative
[Quotes on slide will switch automatically after about 10 seconds]
“I think that’s one of the main selling points of Office 365. Yes, you’re going to save money if you do it right, but the real key is that it’s going to release your staff to do what they do best, do it better, and get more done.”
“We don’t need to innovate around Office 365. We’ll leave that to Microsoft. Our job is to adopt the technology as quickly as we can and to stay focused on using it to deliver value to our clients. ”
Our Office 365 journey started early in 2014 as part of a wide reaching programme for business improvement and transformation. It fell to the IT service to deliver SharePoint 2013 as a replacement to our existing Document Management System and Intranet amongst a raft of other tools and services. It’s not to say that our Document Management System was not good. It was just that we saw this as an opportunity to change. In the case of the Intranet we had allowed the platform to stagnate. As we dabbled with SharePoint 2013 it became increasingly clear that the ‘cloud’ was where it was at. We stopped all SharePoint 2013 development and switched our focus to Office 365.
Quotes
Darren Russell, Digital Transformation Director
Image credit
Mott MacDonald
Digital Transformation Director, Darren Russell, introduces GoDigital to shareholders
http://teams/sites/groupphotolibrary/Images/MM%20Group/People/Events/AGM%20-%202016/Event%20High%20resolution/Mott-MacDonald-AGM-090416-403.jpg
Slide based on Microsoft research
Where are we
Roughly around the *
Could go one of two ways
Narrative
The figure is based upon Microsoft research. It serves to demonstrate that without an adoption programme, following the initial launch and flurry of communications, staff disengage and keep on doing things the way they always have. This is a phenomenon that we witnessed in our organisation. One of the primary reasons for this is that staff will naturally gravitate to the path of least resistance and by its very nature change will generate varying degrees of resistance.
Image credit
Microsoft / Mott MacDonald / Simon Denton
The original Microsoft research has been augmented with the phases that the adoption curve.
Had a communications plan (which served us well)
Needed more detail to respond to questions from the business
Had a gap in knowledge – ability to map requirements etc. to workloads
Needed a framework within which to product it
Fortunate timing
CSM and Fast Track
EXO migration
Supported by Yammer
Narrative
From the outset of the programme we had a detail communications plan which has served us well. But it lacked the depth to allow us to respond to questions from the business – especially the ‘what’s in it for me’. As a team we had a gap in our knowledge centred around the Office 365 tools – we were on the same journey as our staff when it came to learning about them.
At the time we had access to a Microsoft Customer Success Manager and a Technical Strategist. They suggested we look at material emerging from the Microsoft Fast Track service.
We had previously worked with Fast Track, not on the planning for Office 365, but on a piece of heavy lifting that we knew we had to do. We knew that moving 16,000+ mailboxes from Exchange on premises to Exchange Online would be a challenge and that Exchange Online played a crucial part in the Office 365 experience. It was a task that we had to tackle early in the migration. Over the course of 3 months, in the latter half of 2014, we went (virtually) from office to office performing
.
Image credit
Microsoft
http://fasttrack.microsoft.com/office/onboard/50
Pro-formas
Generic
Mixture of information and questions to explore
2-days rewriting the language and developing content
Changed language to make them more accessible
Serve two purposes – adoption and focus on relevancy
Narrative
The Fast Track service offered a number of pro forma PowerPoint decks that when combined formed a plan for driving the adoption of Office 365 and serving to answer some of the “what’s in it for me”. The trouble was that the decks where…, well…, unsurprisingly generic. On first impressions they did not look like they were going to help. Over the course of 2-days I went through the decks, changing the tone to be more personal and relevant to an employee of Mott MacDonald. I made the changes as I felt that it would be easier for people to engage if they were being addressed directly. With the invaluable help of our CSM I then developed relevant and credible use cases and ‘what’s in it for me’ scenarios for every Office 365 workload. The completed plan would go onto serve two purposes: to inform our adoption initiatives and to focus us upon relevancy.
This is what it looked like.
Image credit
Microsoft
http://fasttrack.microsoft.com/office/resources/envision
At this point I’d thought I briefly show you what it looks like.
Vision statement
Mapped to aims
Use cases
[Here some I made earlier…]
Through the Fasttrack programme Microsoft have made a number of resources available. As mentioned earlier, I’ve taken the resources and tailored them to our situation.
[Vision statements]
One of the first steps was to describe our vision for Office 365 and map it to our strategic aims
[Mapping use cases]
The Fast Track material included some generic use cases. I worked through them at a high-level and developed our own based on feedback we had received. I then mapped the cases to tools and a corresponding vision statement. I presented the mapping in series of reference tables.
This is an example of one of the reference tables that can be used to align a specific scenario with the tools in Office 365 and tied it back to one of the vision statements.
“For example, in this table the combination of OneNote (for note taking), Outlook for scheduling and Lync allow you to conduct virtual meetings from any location. As mentioned earlier the tools are also complimentary. Outlook allows you to create a page in OneNote that acts as the meeting minutes which can be coedited during the course of the meeting. Outlook can also include the Lync meeting details in the invite and Outlook FindTime can be used to reduce email tennis in finding an acceptable timeslot.”
This process really helped as we had a simple ready reckoner
Launch video
Drew strands together
Focused on specific relevant task – winning work
Wanted something reusable
Tested scenarios before their inclusion in the video
Our own staff and facilities – helped with connections
[Play video]
Well received
Distributed with Office 365 video
Narrative
The next area that I want to share with you that helped to drive adoption was our launch video. We drew several strands of the Fast Track plan together and made them into a video. We wanted something short that showcased Office 365 whilst making it relevant to our staff. The relevancy came from focussing the video around a specific task - winning work. We wanted the video to be reusable after the launch and so it was designed to be cut into bite-sized chunks.
It was a real challenge to fit everything into 3 minutes! The video was made a while ago and so we have moved on since then. If I remade it I would place more emphasis on Office 365 Video, Groups and Yammer. Weaving each Office 365 workload into the mix did take a little bit of thinking about but we went back to our adoption scenarios and tested them out for real until settling on the one that would work in a short snapshot. The video features our own staff and facilities which staff connect to it. So here it is:
{Roll VT, dim the lights, get some popcorn}
The video was incredibly well received and we distributed it using Office 365 Video. It was not a one off – we’ve been able to cut it and use elements in other videos. It was definitely a worthwhile investment and we did not spend a great deal on producing it. We have go on to produce other short videos. We distributed the video using Office 365 Video which helped to further reinforce the tools in Office 365.
18 months in
Small victories like Sway
Narrative
The last 18 months or so have been a whirlwind of activity. We’ve migrated 16,000+ mailboxes to Exchange Online, we’ve built and launched a new Intranet, we’ve enabled all of the services in Office 365, built solutions for project and knowledge management, the list goes on… The technological change has driven people towards Office 365 nurtured a growing desire to use it.
We’ve fuelled the desire through the showcasing of small victories, like the use of Sway to replace mail shots, at every opportunity. The showcasing is being driving by our communications plan. It’s the small victories that are the fuel to the adoption fire. Everyone knows that the best way to light a fire is with kindling and once it is ablaze you can drop on the big logs. Start with the big logs and you’ll end up frustrated and cold.
The small victories have served to reinforce our intended use cases and desired behaviours.
Image credits
Mott MacDonald
Oakland Bay Bridge
http://www.mottmacamericas.com/article/11562/projects/san-francisco-oakland-bay-bridge
Use case from STEP (our way of working)
https://mottmac.sharepoint.com/sites/DC-01/_layouts/15/DocIdRedir.aspx?ID=DC01-2003068407-843
Yammer
Use case catalog
http://yammerenterprise.pl/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Yammer-Use-Case-Catalog.pdf
Weaved into business process
Topics in Yammer linked to process
[Click to reveal example highlights]
Surfaced in Yammer and SharePoint
Narrative
It’s not just the small victories. It’s items like the video that show how we can weave Office 365 deeply into the fabric of the business and we’ve seized on opportunities to make Office 365 part of the fabric. For example, through a business improvement strand called LEARN we created communities of interest around a specific topic, line of service or initiative. The use of topics was then woven into business process.
New opportunities for learning are supposed to be shared using Yammer and tagged using the #learn topic. All staff are encouraged to apply the tag. Opportunities are then subjected to peer review and we encourage the peer review to happen openly in a Yammer group and be conducted by the community that has the most interest in it. Finally working with our Champions we share the learning to other Yammer groups and surface the associated content in SharePoint alongside a #learn topic feed (which is powered by Yammer Embed).
[Click to reveal example highlights]
This approach serves to drive adoption as it makes Yammer part of the business fabric. It drives adoption through an obligation and through one use case we can demonstrate a number of features and values.
Image credits
Mott MacDonald
Use case from STEP (our way of working)
https://mottmac.sharepoint.com/sites/DC-01/_layouts/15/DocIdRedir.aspx?ID=DC01-2003068407-843
The screenshot is from our home Yammer network
Walk through connecting bits of Office 365 togeterh
Narrative
Early in the SharePoint on boarding process we ran a campaign to cajole staff into picking the communities that interested them. For this we used custom fields in their SharePoint User Profile [Click to reveal] (which as an aside started to introduce them to the power of discoverability through a completed profile and Delve). [Click to reveal] Behind the scenes we established SharePoint sites and Yammer Groups for each of the communities. With a little bit of programmatic magic (and I stress only a little bit), we weaved the three areas together. Choices made in an individual’s profile would automatically subscribe them to the corresponding SharePoint site and Yammer group for the community. [Click to reveal] [Click to reveal] If they had not discovered Yammer before or were new to the company, when they visited Yammer they would have a couple of destinations to check out and a community of like-minded people that they could collaborate with. The benefits of this approach extend beyond the technology as we are not forcing people to join groups aligned with the line of service they work in. The result is that we are getting a cross-pollination effect. For example, staff whose day-job it is to develop training programmes to help nurses in Africa are now mixing with the engineers who design and specify the hospitals. It also serves to break down the silos as the choices extend beyond the boundaries of the department, office or business unit they work in. We’ve cemented the importance of profile completion by including it as a metric in staff performance monitoring. But it does not stop there. The simple act of collecting some basic profile information has enhanced the SharePoint search experience. In turn we’ve been able to use that to provide an experience of our Intranet that is tailored to the individual.
Image credits
Mott MacDonald
The screenshots are from our Office 365 tenant.
BIM example - 440 delegates from 85 global offices in 20 countries
Event cost £50,000
[Click to reveal quote]
£5million saved through virtual meetings, forums etc., and reduced our carbon footprint
Narrative
A final example is where switched our annual Building Information Modelling Forum from a UK venue, which cost approximately £50,000 a year, to a global online event using Lync and Yammer. Sessions including live discussions, presentations and videos ran from 5am to 7pm so colleagues from all time zones could be involved. Over 440 delegates from 85 global offices in 20 countries joined, a big increase in attendance compared to previous years. After the event we noted a marked increase in Yammer group postings by people who had never posted before and the BIM Community group now has more than 1300 global members – that’s a little under 10% of the company with BIM in their SharePoint profile. It’s worth sharing a quote from the Director responsible for our BIM activities
[Click to reveal quote]
“It really tested and extended our capability to share knowledge both internally and with external partners in a global enterprise. Our new collaboration technologies are intended to encourage and support person-to-person communications rather than replace them. They allowed us to run a highly inclusive event which has helped to build a community”
This was not to be a one-off. We have repeated this on a number of occasions though not to the extreme of banning in person contact altogether. Our forums now run as a combination of in-person attendance, streaming using Skype with Yammer providing the conversational fabric. In turn this has contributed towards reduced travel costs, we’ve saved in excess of £5million through virtual meetings, forums etc., and reduced our carbon footprint.
Quote
Richard Shennan, Global Sector Leader – Buildings
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Mott MacDonald
Troja Bridge
https://www.mottmac.com/article/3386/troja-bridge-czech-republic
There are pain points
Narrative
Now it might seem that everything is rosy but it would be wrong of me to paint that picture. You may have noticed that I’ve not mentioned the use of roadshows or in person demonstrations etc. This is an area we’ve struggled with in terms being able to do them. It would be our preference that we did them but we are struggling to get the right people and resources to do them.
There are definitely pain points: the doubters, the constant challenge of Microsoft induced change, continued lack of participation by some senior leaders, the fizzling out of enthusiasm. These are just some of the challenges we continue to face.
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https://www.porttechnology.org/news/shipping_liner_insight_4_evergreen_line
Metrics is one area that presents a current challenge in informing our adoption drive. We have them for Yammer and for that success in our eyes looks like this:
{analytics chart}
The spikes correspond to events like:
Thirty days
A forum
A new brand launch
The chart shows a steady upward slope of engagement. It shows where we’ve had an impact. It also shows that we believe you cannot drive adoption without data. Sadly, you’ll need to spend some money to get actionable insights for the wider Office 365 (and then it’s not available for all of it). Yes, you can get some data out of Microsoft and hopefully here at Ignite they’ll be revealing more but its more feeds and speeds rather than actual actionable insight. Also do not get me started about how hard they’ve made access to the data… I digress.
[Click to reveal PowerBI]
We have invested some time in our own analytics using PowerBI and data that’s available from Office 365.
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Mott MacDonald
Do not be afraid to reach out. We are all on this journey together.
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Now it might seem that everything is rosy but it would be wrong of me to paint that picture. There are definitely pain points: the doubters, the constant challenge of Microsoft induced change, continued lack of participation by some senior leaders, the fizzling out of enthusiasm. These are just some of the challenges we continue to face and I’d thought I’d share some of them with you.
The first challenge that I’d like to illustrate is the one from Microsoft induced change. By now you probably realise that I like my analogies:
The super-freighter in the image moves deceptively quickly – it runs on a schedule, it’s movements within controlled shipping areas are published, it will cross the Atlantic in around 10 days though it is slow to start, it takes a long time to change direction and often needs help doing so, normal waves have no impact upon it, icebergs are foreseen and avoided.
The containers it carries change regularly and occasionally a “reefer” falls off and is lost at sea.
Now consider Office 365 to be the super-freighter, the containers a mix of product features.
The service is evergreen – that is Microsoft updates it on a regular cycle. Some of their Roadmap is published (schedule), some of the changes are communicated (published shipping movements), some of the changes are just imposed (with the outcome that some of the containers simply fall overboard), new features are added whilst others are taken away (containers are loaded and others unloaded.)
As customers, the bulk of this is out of our control. In addition, A/B testing or selective First Release can temporarily add / remove functionality for specific users (or in freight terms, a container gets temporarily misplaced when it is unloaded – finding itself in the wrong bonded warehouse).
We have had to change our mind-set from “big change projects every x years” to “smaller updates every month”. Our services cannot be super-freighters that take significant time to turn or stop. To stay agile and reactive, we have established our Ships Bridge in yammer and have created an O365 Change and Strategy Group and are trying to #workoutloud. The group contains key stakeholders from across the IT service and we can invite others in as the need arises. We gather our knowledge from a diverse range of sources – from the Roadmap to the Office 365 Network. We have a process that allows us to monitor, react and communicate change
The point is that it’s about preparedness (that would make Maddie proud), monitoring the channels you have access to, reacting as quickly as you can when something new is unloaded and not fighting the super tanker.
We have technical challenges like trying to estimate the bandwidth to be consumed by the OneDrive Sync Client, unpicking our ‘Hub and Spoke’ network and replacing it with direct internet connections as well as Microsoft’s persistence in releasing new features and apps without administrative controls and the muddled messaging around Office 365 Groups.
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