Collabtalk Podcast

For Episode 86 of the #MVPbuzzChat series, I connected with Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP Mike Nelson (@mikenelsonIO), a Solution Architect at Pure Storage based in Northern Wisconsin. Mike has been involved in IT for more than three decades in various management, architecture, engineering, and consulting roles. In addition to his Microsoft MVP, Mike is a Microsoft Azure Advisor, Citrix Technology Advocate (CTA), and VMware vExpert. He currently leads several user groups, including a Cloud user group and a VMware User Group (VMUG). Recorded in April 2020. In this episode, Mike and I talk about his focus as an MVP originally in Hyper-V, on-premises and hybrid datacenter solutions, and more recently Azure Edge -- which is a huge piece of Microsoft's cloud strategy. Mike has a great perspective on the growth of Azure and how organizations are transitioning to the cloud, and shares some insights into questions he hears from customers and how he advises them to move forward. You can watch this entire episo

Episode 85 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Developer Technologies MVP Kevin Bost (@kitokeboo), a Software Developer at IntelliTect based in Spokane, Washington. Kevin is a C# and XAML enthusiast (WPF, Xamarin.Forms, UWP), a Xamarin Certified Mobile Developer, and author of AutoDI, a library to make dependency injection simpler, as well as ShowMeTheXAML, a WPF component that makes it easy to show the corresponding XAML for WPF custom styles and controls. Recorded in April 2020. In this episode, Kevin and I talk about his history in the DevOps space working with C# and WPF, some of his contributions to the open source community, and a few of the topics he covers in his Twitch live streaming shows on C#, WPF, and Material Design in Xaml. You can also watch this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/OGCr3Gyk8jY

Episode 84 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Developer Technologies MVP Jim Wilcox (@GraniteStHacker), an Architect II with Insight Digital Innovation in the Boston area, and an organizer for both the Granite State Windows Platform App Devs Users Group, and the Granite State (NH) SharePoint Users Group. In this episode, Jim and I talk about his long history within the Microsoft community and more recent adjustments to his activities due to COVID-19 quarantine. We also discuss some of the updates happening in the .Net space, including bringing .Net and .Net Core back together again for the new .Net 5 (sans "Core" or "Framework" monikers), which just went into preview last month. You can also watch this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/cJIwRzm5-88

Discussion with Tracy Van der Schyff (@tracyvds), Office Apps & Services MVP and principal at The Guid Stuff in Johannesburg, South Africa, hosted by CollabTalk Founder & CEO Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), on our takeaways from the March 2020 #CollabTalk TweetJam on the topic of "Developing a Strategy for Digital Literacy," reviewing and sharing our thoughts on the 7 questions covered by members of the community during the 1-hour tweetjam.

Episode 83 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP Oliver Wirkus (@OWirkus), and a Senior Consultant at DevFactowho is based in British Columbia, Canada. In this episode, Oliver and I talk about his extensive experience in the SharePoint migration space, and the questions and overall themes he sees with clients. We also discuss the role of migration planning in the broader SharePoint and Office 365 governance space. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/LDM-ubaLLTA

Episode 82 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Office Development MVP Sébastien Levert (@sebastienlevert), another familiar face from the SharePoint community, developer, and product lead at Valo in Montreal. Recorded in February 2020. In this episode, Sébastien and I talk about the continued success of the intranet-in-a-box category within the SharePoint and Microsoft 365 community, but also jump into some of his favorite presentation topics, such as building out bots and other automation solutions. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/dcE5xJNrTLA

Episode 81 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP Adnan Amin (@adnan_amin), a long-time SharePoint and .Net developer, former MCT Regional Lead, and Senior Microsoft Consultant at PCM who is based in Lahore, Pakistan. Recorded in February 2020. In this episode, Adnan and I begin by talking about some of his community event efforts, helping to organize local bootcamps and technical events, followed by a great discussion on working with customers on out-of-the-boz versus custom solutions, and how this shift in focus is changing the consulting business around the world. You can also watch this video on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/rrMa6b1Xjpg

Discussion with Mike Fitzmaurice (@mikefitz), Chief Evangelist and VP of North America for WEBCON (https://webcon.com/), and one of the leading voices in the world on the topic of business process automation and workflow, hosted by CollabTalk Founder & CEO Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), on the evolution of workflow and business process solutions within Microsoft's various workloads and across the partner ecosystem, including a primer on what makes WEBCON different from the competition. We also discuss the topics of change management and the rise of "citizen developers," and his preference for the term "citizen-assisted development."

Episode 80 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP Dan Usher (@binarybrewery), Chief Technologist (Senior Associate) at Booz Allen Hamilton where he is a lead Cloud and Collaboration Technologies Architect and Solutions Manager. Dan is also one of the lead organizers of SharePoint Saturday DC, and co-founded the Reston SharePoint User Group. Recorded in January 2020. In this episode, Dan and I talk about some of SharePoint's history (both the product and the community), and specifically the continued need for on-premises and hybrid SharePoint solutions within many organizations. You can also watch the entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/aKfqqEmlrCE

Episode 79 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP Rob Windsor (@robwindsor), a long-time SharePoint and .Net developer, author, trainer, and presenter. Rob is a Lead Consultant at PAIT Group and Chief Imagineer at extaCloud, and is based outside of Toronto in Mississauga, Canada. Recorded in January 2020. In this episode, Rob and I start off by talking about the streaming technology he is using for his online training (Twitch), but evolves into a discussion on compliance and governance surrounding external collaboration. You can also watch the entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/wPOyEleRssM

Episode 78 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Business Applications MVP, Todd Baginski (@toddbaginski), Partner and CTO of Canviz, and based in Loveland, Ohio. Recorded in January 2020. In this episode, Todd and I talk about his move from SharePoint into the Business Applications space (he's been an MVP in both), and some of the exciting things coming out of the Power Platform community (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI). You can also watch this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/5tJTA1Dzo2c

Episode 6 of this Microsoft employee-focused interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Jon Levesque (@JonJLevesque), a Sr. Platform Evangelist on the Power Automate (formerly known as Flow) team at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington. Recorded in January 2020. In this episode, Jon and I discuss the frenzied growth of the Power Platform, and specifically of Power Automate. You can also watch this interview on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/E-hI1xWeJgA

Episode 77 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP, Tom Daly (@_tomdaly_), an Office 365 and SharePoint developer and consultant for SoHo Dragon in New York City. Recorded in January 2020. In this episode, Tom and I discuss his role in supporting community events in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and the evolution of SharePoint Saturday and other Microsoft-ecosystem conferences and events. You can also watch this entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/9daI6NFegRM

Episode 76 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP, Julie Turner (@jfj1997), a partner at Sympraxis Consulting LLC. Recorded in January 2020. In this episode, Julie shares some of what she has been working on for Microsoft 365 Learning Pathways, providing partners and customers with an open source solution for consuming on-demand content and training materials. You can also watch this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/4GTD_wGE_OA

Discussion with Sam Marshall (@sammarshall), owner and lead consultant at ClearBox Consulting (https://www.clearbox.co.uk/), and creator of the SharePoint intranets-in-a-box report, hosted by CollabTalk Founder & CEO Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), on the state of the intranets category, the continued growth in the number of vendors with intranet solutions, and the sustained growth of SharePoint.

Episode 5 of this Microsoft employee-focused interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Chris Bortlik (@cbortlik), a Principal Technical Architect at the Microsoft Technology Center in Boston, and a long-time external community leader in the SharePoint, Office 365, and Power Platform spaces. Recorded in January 2020. In this episode, Chris and I discuss his role, and the just what goes on behind closed doors at the 15 Microsoft Technology Centers in the US, and many more around the world, including hosting a number of community events, such as SharePoint Saturday and the forthcoming Teams Thursday Boston, which Chris is helping to organize. You can also watch this interview in its entirety on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/efZUbOwKZLM

Episode 75 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP, Sue Hanley (@susanhanley), business analyst and information architecture consultant, governance and IA expert, and principal of Susan Hanley LLC, based in Bethesda, Maryland. In this episode, Sue and I talk about the state of governance and information architecture within the modern organization -- specifically looking at organizations that are rapidly adopting Microsoft Teams. We also talk about the transition from focusing largely on SharePoint to the expanded M365 platform, and whether organizations have learned from the governance and change management mistakes of the past. You can also watch this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/BTo3QwEqrQY

Episode 74 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP, Paul Stork (@pstork), principal of Don't Pa..Panic Consulting based in Cleveland, Ohio. Recorded in December 2019. In this episode, Paul and I discuss the evolution of his subject-matter expertise in the community from SharePoint to PowerApps and Automate, and the changes he sees in customer requirements around SharePoint and Office 365. You can also watch this entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/I5f0WpZyEMk

Episode 73 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and fellow Office Apps & Services MVP, Loryan Strant (@loryanstrant), an independent consultant and long-time SharePoint, Office 365, and Microsoft Teams author and speaker. Recorded in December 2019. In this episode, Loryan and I dig into the meaty topic of Governance, and talk about some of the learnings from our SharePoint backgrounds and how they apply in a Microsoft Teams world, and he shares some stories about where he sees organizations still failing to learn from the past. You can also watch this episode in its entirety on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/OWAKiBEWIvI

Episode 72 of the #MVPbuzzChat series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, and Business Applications MVP, Sandy Ussia (@sandyu), long-time SharePoint and Office 365 speaker, and the Technical Evangelist for Lightning Tools. Recorded in December 2019. In this episode, Sandy and I discuss her participation in the SharePoint and Power Automate (Flow) communities, her global wanderings, and her advice for people who want to get started in the Power Automate community but don't know where to begin. You can also watch this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/LLZuGfrtV0I