Office 365 Distilled EP52: The Big Three Adoption Propositions

You might think this episode is all about Formula 1, but it is actually all about adoption; more specific about the biggest 3 adoption propositions that we can think of in Microsoft 365. This means, going through the core applications (Outlook, SharePoint and Teams) and talking about what feature gives us the best value! Adoption …


Office 365 Distilled EP 45: The Book of News – Swedish Style

The boys are still super excited at Ignite 2020! After listening to the keynotes, they are now ready to dissect the Book of News and to share their top 5 most awesome features! 1 Cortana is coming back For both of us, number 1 in the Book of News, the voice assistant that we already …


Office 365 Distilled EP 44: Microsoft Ignite 2020: That was quick!

This episode we are coming to you LIVE from Ignite 2020 (straight from Steve’s living room..). We just watched the keynotes (with a whisky in our hand) and wanted to immediatly share our thoughts on the podcast platform. Just like last year, when we were in Orlando for Ignite 2019, we go through the different …


Office 365 Distilled EP 43: The name of the game

In this episode we are trying to pose as the marketing team behind Office 365 that is naming the apps that come out. How would we name the different apps? We are loving our new radio mics, a little conversation with whisky lover Sven. We are also dreaming about Ignite and the Red Party, being …


How to turn off employee level data for Productivity Score reports

EDIT: Microsoft is turning off the employee level data.See the Press Release here. Microsoft released Productivity Score a few weeks ago: a report that gives you insights in how your organisation performs in communicating, meetings, content collaboration, teamwork, … Jussi Mori and me did a Blame the end user session around Productivity Score just a …


Office 365 Distilled EP 42: We Know 42 is the MS Lists answer

After the ubiquitous joke about 42 being the answer to everything, the boys get to talk with Dylan Hayes, who is an allround ubercool guy. After that, we talk all about Lists and their new role in the Office 365 platform. Talking with Dylan Hayes This guy has worked on an oil platform, he is …


Power Automate: Fixing the error on empty instance of a multiple values Managed Metadata field

Managed Metadata fields in SharePoint are a powerful way to distribute common metadata across your environment. When you work with Power Automate, you need to be aware of some limitations (at the moment). I have a love/hate relationship with Power Automate. On one hand I love the capabilities it gives people when working with Office …


Office 365 Distilled EP 41: Hot and Sweaty Success Indicators

In the midst of a heatwave, Marijn and Steve talk about success indicators. Measuring success in collaboration, happiness and experiences might be more tricky than we imagine. What is your Office 365 vision ? Before you set off on your Office 365 journey, you need to define a vision on where you want your destination …


Office 365 Distilled EP 40: That big four OH here we go again!

Between Jurassic Park quotes and the usual banter, the boys revisit the big topics they talked about during the last 39 episodes for our big 40! And we have an amazing whisky with a story to go along with that! Asking why Simon Sinek‘s most known book gets you asking the most important question first: …


Turning on the Project Moca (aka Outlook Spaces) preview

I was super excited when I saw the under the wraps beta for Outlook Spaces earlier in february 2020, when on twitter WalkingCat described the existence of the new app. I had a chance to play with it and we featured it on our #Office365Distilled podcast, so did Luise Freese here and Ragnar Heil here. …