Office 365 Distilled

Advent Dec 10th : Breakout rooms are simple !!

10 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Steve and Marijn look at Breakrooms and Steve keeps talking team rooms, because hey they are about teams… but he means breakout room of course but l...

Advent Dec 9th : Basil joins us for a Christmas Drink

09 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The boys are joined by Basil Hayden for this Advent episode, a suggestion for a Christmas present for anyone that enjoys a wee dram… but of course t...

Advent Dec 8th : Check-out versioning and the way forward

09 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Versioning is now taken as a default feature, and nobody talks about it anymore. In this advent podcast Steve and Marijn dig down into versioning and...

Advent Dec 7th : Looping your Christmas Tinsel

09 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Looping your Christmas tinsel around the Christmas Podcasts we think about loop and where things are moving… Scrooge promises to be more positive th...

Advent Dec 6th: The Saint speaks of text

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Marijn talks about Shoes, Coa and Sint Klaus's assistants and his childhood memories. He goes on to prove that he is the real scrooge... The boys che...

Advent Dec 5th: Tags are not just for presents

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Out of tune, Tags opens up this advent episode which gets into details about the different tags you can use in MS teams... a Nugget for everyone in th...

Advent Dec 4th: Tags are tomorrow, today Meet options

04 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Steve gets it wrong again and gives away the secret for tomorrow before the boys talk about the Meeting options, which are now integrated into the app...

Advent Dec 3rd: Humbug and Repeatable Tasks

03 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Marijn becomes scrooge and talks about Planner... Steve tells marijn about Humbugs, and then they talk about repeatable tasks... This is a really coo...

Advent Dec 2nd: Are Santas Elves planning Assistants?

02 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The boys are on a Plane to Microsoft 365 Conference... but as they are on different flights they much be shouting! The Planning assistant si discussed...

Advent Dec 1st: The wild idea of 24 podcasts in a row

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Steve gets confused, and Marijn takes the lead as the Boys introduce you to the idea that for December, we will bring you a new Golden Nugget podcast ...

EP103: Governance the Art of Steering to a Destination

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lots of chat about conference seasons starting and some advice about not going to a conference and missing all the cool stuff because Mobile working n...

A Wee Dram #10: Catalyst IDEA framework D=DESIGN

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Marijn takes the Catalyst IDEA model from Microsoft to the next level looking at D for Design. This is a great way to look at Digital Transformation ...

A Wee Dram #9: M365Conf22 Practical ADKAR Communications

19 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Based on the successful ADKAR Podcast series from Office365Distilled, this workshop by Steve Dalby and Marijn Somers (MVP) looks at the practical side...

EP102: A busy day at the Office

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The boys reminisce about their last months of work and explain the issues, and effectively do what they do best… which is talk… after all, they ar...

EP101: F in ADKAR

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What can go wrong with introducing new features and functionality from the Microsoft365 set of applications?In this episode of Office365Distilled, Ste...

EP100: The Lowest one Yet

28 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Recorded live from The Ageas Bowl or, more specifically, the Hilton hotel at the Rose Bowl,  Southampton, Hampshire.It sounds like the record sleeve ...

A Wee Dram #8: Innovate Everywhere

25 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Steve brings together his series of Wee Drams about preparing for Improvement with the final episode called Innovate everywhereInnovation is not alway...

A Wee Dram #7: Catalyst IDEA framework I=Inspire

24 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft IDEA structure for Digital transformation is supported by a web site and full program documentation.  Marijn starts with ‘I ‘ from I.D....

EP99: The episode that failed to Excel

18 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

These notes will be short because this EP99 podcast is simple and focused on a single subject which for the boys is very rare...Talking about Excel an...

EP98 by Braeburn: The End User workshops Pt2

08 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The podcast where Steve has a great idea on site names and waffles on without a conclusion.Where Marijn says, ”Sorry, keep going I will interrupt yo...

A Wee Dram #6: Redefine the Possible

27 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We are all looking to achieve value in our work, and M365 provides a great opportunity for the IT team and the end user to redefine the value that te...

EP97: Workshops that Define M365 Pt1

25 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Marijn is excited about his Envisioning sessions to set up the company on a journey. Still, during the discussion, we wonder if it might not get peopl...

EP96: Exploring Value in Viva Goals

06 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Keeping Change and Adoption Real: The Workshop ... Come and see us live this year...South Coast Summit:  October 14th 2022 Tickets:https://www.eventb...

A Wee Dram #5: Driving SharePoint with your own LookBook

24 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With the possibilities of empowering the business to create their own Intranet site that is based on the same template with Governance built in.Buildi...

EP95 by Braeburn: Summertime games with MS Teams

22 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is the link to the Brainstorm Infographic used in the podcast, and at the end of the page is the link to buy a bottle of the great whisky we tast...

A Wee Dram #4: Adapting M365 For Value

11 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After Steve looked at Barriers to getting the information in #2 of the Wee Dram series and then was to create Impact in #3 in this episode, we look at...

EP94: Transforming Hire to Retire with M365

25 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After talking about recently attended events we learn that Marijn likes only soft things against his skin, but the boys resist the opportunity for a f...

A Wee Dram #3 Creating M365 Impact

22 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Division of the implementation of M365 into 3 spaces...Understanding the Need:  Our primary communication is speech, it’s the fastest way 2 human b...

EP93: Discussing the Vibe of your M365 Project

12 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We identify quickly that Marijn is likely to suffer a little simply because of a high-sarcasm level within the evil mind of Steve during the recording...

A Wee Dram #2: Breaking Down the Barriers

04 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the first week of any new Job or contract you get introduces to people and teams telling you what is required, and what you need to deliver.Inevita...

EP92: MS Teams the One-Stop-Hub for Applications

29 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Glasgow summit and Commsverse get a mention Marijn is convinced that MS Teams as a hub is the way to go to the point that he even misses the ‘It De...

A Wee Dram #1: Driving your Low Code culture

23 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ever thought about your Maker strategy, do you even know what a maker is?  Marijn Somers goes solo in this first of many Wee Drams of knowledge built...

EP91: Supporting the Back-to-Office policy

14 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In an age where the employee is such a corporate asset and often the centre of the innovation process from tweaking a policy to defining the R&D o...

EP90: Workflow starts with the TALK

05 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ok after 2 rehearsals for Episode 90 Steve and Marijn get started talking about Japanese TV shows, the location for the 100th episode the whole conver...

EP89: Adoption driven by Focused Usability

16 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mickey Mouse takes the front of the stage on EP89 with a business diagram that looks at Collaboration (face) Content (right ear) and Communications (l...

EP88: Where Chat meets Email

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Chats are shorter because they already have context but for emails, you often must provide the context so that people can understand the message.Polic...

EP87: The Last of Barcelona: The Whiskies Imbibed

02 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

These are the links to the things we found cool in Barcelona.Braeburn Podcask  https://open.spotify.com/episode/3CTjSOEP9QZpfkAa8358d1    Kate too...

EP86: Spirit of Barcelona – Maturing Reinforcement

23 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On Monday your team delivers on the change and confirms their ability to deliver change based on the knowledge they have learned. The boys talk about...

EP85: Spirit of Barcelona – Maturing Ability

19 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Having the ability to change or do something is about proving yourself. Knowing something and delivering something is different. In a setting such a...

EP84: Spirit of Barcelona – Maturing Knowledge

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Knowledge as training is discussed in a way that ensures people are ready for the change, what they need to do and prepare for. It is easy to describ...

EP83: Spirit of Barcelona - Maturing Desire

06 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Steve and Marijn continue their journey of shorter discussions on ADKAR focusing on this session on Desire. Within the spirit of Barcelona high on the...

EP82:Live from Barcelona: Matured Awareness

26 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this first “Matured” episode, Steve and Marijn go deep on the ADKAR process, taking the first A – Awareness (we didn’t have to look that up...

EP81:Live from Barcelona: ADKAR Distilled

25 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this short form podcast we are talking about the 5 components that make up the ADKAR methodology: What they are, what you need to do, what we think...

EP80: Live from Barcelona: Distilling collaboration with Microsoft 365

25 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this short form 18.50 minute podcast, Steve and Marijn talk from experience about 4 principles to enhance collaboration: Digital affinity, a good a...

EP79: Live from Barcelona - PP in the sun

24 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Coming to you live from the beach in Barcelona, Steve and Marijn are trying to wrap their heads around first principle thinking. They talk about P...

EP78: The four questions that Drive a Migration strategy

19 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The first step is to define the migration strategy that ensures you have the User Story associated with the content, locations, and final resting plac...

EP77: Back to Basics - Change your thinking to Lists and Data

13 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Starting with a conversation about music and movies Marijn and Steve suddenly realise that it is supposed to be a technical podcast with a dose of whi...

EP76: Back to Basics: Intranet is relevance delivered

23 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Steve is not confused by his dyslexia of saying this is episode 67 at all, it might be down to the Uncle Nearest the boys shared as a winter warmer af...

EP75: Back to Basics: Information Architecture with content types

08 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Marijn and Steve fail miserably to define content types with a complex 'deep' example first time around but eventually Steve talks about his favourite...

EP74: Looping the ribbon around Microsoft’s 2021 presents

24 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Marijn and Steve open their Christmas presents from Microsoft and peek of what’s cool and what’s cooler.  They touch on the complexity of collabo...

EP73: Plan-to-Evolve M365 Adoption with constant improvement

12 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Marijn goes Retro in this podcast (quoting Steamy Windows & Mrs Robinson) around how to Iteratively Evolve your M365 installation for the business...

EP72: MOCA 2.0, Adoption tools with hidden depths

28 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There is a new MOCA 2.0 framework from Microsoft and Marijn thinks we should do a re-visit.  Steve thinks he is right because there are hidden depths...

EP71: SAFe Agile M365 planning with T-Shirts

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Marijn has 2 subjects for discussion in Episode 71.  Intranet, using Communications sites to create an ‘intranet’ and the SAFe AGILE process ( SA...

EP70: Steve and Marijn build a Transformation Team

23 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Marijn and Steve look at the bigger picture of adoption and transformation and specifically the roles required to deliver Adoption successfully.  Ass...

EP Soixante-Neuf: Adoption Planning with Touchy Feely Productivity Score

10 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

IDO,  Microsoft:  Intelligence-Driven Organisation Framework    Deloitte:  Insight Driven Organisation     “Basically almost the same and id...

EP68: What we learned about MS teams @Commsverse

25 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After The first in-person conference for 18 months Steve and Marijn talk about the things they learned from the great list of speakers and people they...

The Office365Distilled 1-inch Party details

05 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

So after talking about it for over half a year the details of the first Office365Distilled party have been reviewed. September 12th 2021 at 7.30 CET ...

EP67: Gearing up for Commsverse 2021

03 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Steve and Marijn talk about their first Face to Face conference in over a year, this is Commsverse…Times may be uncertain, but one thing remains tru...

EP65: Adoption Succeeds with Management Buy-in

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wondered what a Whisky might taste like that has been matured for 7 years at -4 degrees on Europe’s biggest glacier? Episode 66 of Office365Dis...

EP64: SharePoint Adoption is improved by great pages

17 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As always there is a hint of rudeness with discussions on how Marijn picks the perfectly sized cigar, but as it is a podcast the joke from Steve about...

EP63: M365 Content Architecture and reasons Digital transformation fails.

04 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A split decision on subjects for Episode 63 sees Steve and Marijn bring both their ideas together.  Looking at the key structures that build content ...

EP62: A blend of M365 Secure Score, Commsverse and Japan

22 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Have you set up Secure Score??  Office365Distilled takes a high level look at improving your secure score and the big items that you can implement to...

EP61: Experimenting with MS teams and Casks

05 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

EP61 is a unique episode because amazingly Steve and Marijn finish on time! Whilst looking at the MS Team announcements.  We discuss Jeff Teper’s k...

EP60: Measuring Work and ROI with the Collaboration Roadmap

24 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Steve and Marijn dig down into collaboration for this special episode of the Offcie265 Distilled podcast.  The 60th Episode meaning 60 subjects discu...

EP59: The epic pissing contest between SPO and MS Teams

09 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There are a lot of things to discuss with regard to your Collaboration journey and which tools should be used for what is a key Decision.  Steve and ...

EP58: Conquering the adoption funnel

28 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of #Office365Distilled Steve pulls up an old Ignite slide, from the Ignite Hangout.  It described the process often used in sales, to...

EP57: Getting distracted about Collaboration Training

11 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Subscribe for more Steve and Marijn by clicking YouTube link here: In Episode 57 of Office365Distilled:#OFFICE365DISTILLED Steve Dalby and Marijn Some...

EP56: Fantastic Features for MS Teams

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

So do you want the Famous Office365Distilled.com opening “HHHhhhheeeeyyyyyy Marijn’ as a ring tone?And as mentioned in the podcast…  'e' vIHarq...

EP55: Dave knows because of MS Viva Topics

14 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, the boys start with cars and Marijn still learning about his new motor car and how long it takes to learn all about the different con...

EP54: Achieving Real Value for MS teams

28 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Guys throw in the first advert for the Whiskay@ease channel, which is on YouTube. Just search Whisky@ease to see Steve and MarijnShout out for the...

EP53: SharePoint My Valentine. The first Kiss

14 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this edition, the boys talk about the relationship they have both had with SharePoint and its 20-year journey.The day they both met for the first t...

EP52: The Big Three Adoption Propositions

31 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Steve and Marijn start with Formula 1 and the changes this season, which are about restricting resources so that to win you must make everything count...

EP51: Scoops of MOCA for the workplace

17 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

They talk about virtual events and how repetitive they have become because they are all the same.  Then they remind us that Ignite the Spring event h...

EP50: The Value of M365 Maturity with a practical productivity score

20 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Guys continue their conversation when the Microphones turn on about their failed Wish.com purchases…  leads nicely into a talk about Quality an...

EP49: Transformation Acronyms and the forgotten Whisky

06 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Start with a technical discussion on recording the podcast before Marijn gets into some strange and good news.Jon, Shaun, and Matt get a mention for t...

EP48: A suspicious weasel and our Christmas wish list

22 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

First subject is about ‘The Week that was’ and Steve talks about an approach to migrating intranet content and at a high-level what approach to ta...

EP47: Michelangelo and the 5 steps to collaboration

11 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Marijn describes his 7-minute wake up with Google and his shower fantasy around Google Routines before realizing that this podcast had started.Being i...

EP46: ‘AD-OP-SHUN’ and “OCK-UN-TOSH-UN” Both challenging!

01 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Where Marijn tells everyone to ‘grab themselves’ (when he means 'hold on a second') whilst he works out the name he wants to give a shout out to!!...

EP45: The Book of News - Swedish Style

18 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Amongst the items talked about before the guys do a little Swedish are:Whisky@Ease is a new podcast channel from the boys reversed from Office365 with...

EP44: Microsoft IGNITE 2020: That was quick!

27 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

EP44 where we say…Marijn is proud that his customer was in the keynotes and Steve thought it great that his Ignite Bacon was displayed to everyone o...

EP43: The name of the game

16 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Steve can’t leave it alone that Marijn didn’t like the Octomore 9.1 from EP42 so he brings in Sven, one of the Office365Distilled listeners, to sh...

EP42: We Know 42 is the MS List answer

02 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Steve and Marijn talk to a regular listener to the podcast @Dylan_Hayes who talks about setting up his home office so that he can give professional qu...

EP41: Hot and Sweaty Success Indicators

16 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Steve and Marijn suffer by recording during the heatwave and Steve get his Billions and Trillions mixed up. Then they make assumptions about customer...

EP40: That big four OH here we go again!

25 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Over 40 hours of recorded Podcast time together there is an awesome lot to bring to a special 40th edition podcast. But as usual the boys do it with ...

EP39: Security vs Usability | The balance

12 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 39 of the office 365 Distilled podcast where they look at securing our content and how it gets in the way of collaboration and user adoption…...

EP38: Cask strength user content with tears

22 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How many ways can you access your content in Microsoft 365, listen, and enjoy the exploration of your content in the Microsoft cloud service. Steve a...

EP37: Working with the business is the new adoption

07 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

From a holiday Bar-B Q to a podcast, Marijn and Steve join the same lockdown bubble so they can get back to the Old Normal of doing the podcast in the...

EP36: Cortana on the islands of Cuba and Orkney

23 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Another episode from lockdown where Steve and Marijn are talking from afar. Main topics today are the new found governance needs after Teams is rolled...

EP35: B2IT and the lost discussion on Search

09 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Marijn and Steve prepare for the Microsoft Virtual Marathon Speakers event by discussing their upcoming sessions on Working with the Business for Sear...

EP34: Surfing on the application governance wave

26 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 34 is a roller coaster of a podcast that flew by as we recorded it a sign of good fun. This completely unedited version talks about applica...

EP33: Excited... New toys for the boys (& Girls) in the KM space

13 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Steve gets excited about the release of the 3 things that impressed him most from Ignite 2019… Search upgrades, Content Type and managed Metadata Ad...

EP32: Stream baseline governance and a lockdown whisky

29 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Baseline governance on Stream because it’s available anyway in E3! Steve and Marijn talk about Stream using baseline Governance to define the Offic...

EP31: Large Files, SharePoint Hybrid fail and New Orleans

14 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

OK, we accept that this episode the word Corona Virus is mentioned a few too many times, with reverence always, because this is a global serious momen...

EP30: Spaces is the final frontier

06 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We never believed that we would get to 30 but this is the episode in which we drink English whisky provided by @CatchMatt one of the jogging listeners...

EP29: 43 Admins and a Cooper walk into a bar

16 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Marijn and Steve discuss the new SharePoint libraries now appearing in teams as well as trying to think what a barrel repair man is ca...

EP28: The Chicken and the Egg story - Outlook v ToDo

02 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tobermory is the distillery of choice with Office365 questions before and after the whisky. Episode 28 where one Millennial consultant and one Age-E...

EP 27: MS Teams, onions and Climbing Everest

19 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Steve and Marijn take time to look at examples of MS Teams in business, bars and golf courses. They talk about great team building events like create...

EP 26: With friends in a bar at Christmas

05 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

All the challenges of an International podcast when an Architect, Consultant, Technical Evangelist and Marketing Manager walk into a bar… and introd...

EP 25: The quarter cask and the cynical MS Teams discussion

17 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

EP 25: The quarter cask and the cynical MS Teams discussion by Steve & Marijn

EP 24: Using a ponzi pyramid scheme for adoption

07 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Where Marijn and Steve talk about how the role of Governance in Office365 will rise in 2020 and the list of decisions that need to be made will grow s...