https://www.allabout365.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-54-Teaser.mp4 In episode 54, Jay and I discuss how to get the best audio and video quality in Teams meetings. And in this episode it’s not just about getting the network right, or advice to get a certified headset… We dive into the pros and cons of different options, and new features coming to Teams – such as how will the new Music Mode make it easier to get better audio quality. And – how can you check mid-meeting whether folks are seeing in full, glorious HD rather than potato-quality 240p? We discuss why a certified headset isn’t necess ..read more

In Episode 53, we return for the final episode in our trilogy about returning to the office and what will be a new world of “Hybrid work” where some folks may go in, and others work remotely. Technology has moved on significantly in the last 18 months though, so expecting even reasonably modern kit to be suitable isn’t an option, and we discuss what you need to do now to prepare. In the show, we discuss: People have moved to Teams while out of the office, but left their meeting rooms behind, what happens now? How do we deal with cross-organization meetings if people elsewhere are using diffe ..read more

In Episode 52, Jay and Steve get together remotely (ironic, given the topic!) to discuss how we’re going to get back to the office. It’s not all about the technology in this episode, but it’s all related to it – especially with the Microsoft Teams Rooms systems we discuss on the show that we’ve been using from Yealink. Join us for a fun-filled show this week with real solutions to problems you’ll no doubt encounter soon. https://www.allabout365.com/wp-content/uploads/Teaser-Small-2.mp4   Listen to this week’s show below and if you want to find out in detail what’s in store, check out the ..read more

It has been more than few weeks – but Jay and myself are back!  As the UK heads towards spring and things return to some semblance of normality we’ve been able to get together in person to record the next podcasts, but we’ll begin with our last remote show, joined by a special guest – Gary Steere, Microsoft Certified Master, former Microsoft MVP and CEO of Perfrax. Gary has travelled the world speaking at Microsoft conferences (though not lately!), and worked both on the Office 365 consultancy side and for various software vendors, and has a deep focus on what’s called user experien ..read more

Michael Van Horenbeeck joins Jason and I for our first show of the new year, and our fiftieth episode. Michael is one of the authors of the book Microsoft 365 Security for IT Pros, and former co-author of Office 365 for IT Pros. Many of you will know Michael from his extensive background in Office 365 – at one point he spoke at conferences like Microsoft Ignite so often about Exchange Hybrid so often he became known as Van Hybrid; and he used to be one of my fellow co-hosts on The UC Architects podcast from 2012-2017. These days Michael is CEO of Belgian Microsoft Partner The Collec ..read more

This week on the All About 365 podcast, Jason and I were joined by Mike Weaver, who specialises in Microsoft 365 tenant-to-tenant migrations at Quadrotech. Mike’s joined us on the show before earlier in the year and it was a pleasure to have him back on the show. First, we discuss how tenant to tenant migrations have been delivered over the last seven months – tenant migrations often rely heavily upon third-party tools to complete successfully, and because they can be extremely complex, it isn’t uncommon for them to rely upon floor-walking and having support teams “on the ground” to resolve pe ..read more

Jason and I met up again this week in-person for a socially-distanced recording outside Lichfield Cathedral in quite beautiful surroundings, but on quite a brisk day, as autumn/fall draws in. In this show we talked about upcoming changes you need to be aware of if you are running a Skype for Business Hybrid environment today, or if you run Cloud Connector Edition. I ask Jason to explain a little more about what these technologies are, why they are generally used, and to walk me through the process to migrate – putting Jason on the spot with a few different scenarios that organisations might fi ..read more

This week on the All About 365 podcast, Jay and myself finally got back together for the first time since before March to record in-person – socially distanced of course! On the show today we discussed a topic that comes up on a regular basis; should you backup your data in Microsoft 365 or not? There’s a lot of information about this topic, primarily from backup vendors who are obviously keen to provide solutions, and Microsoft also do claim that services like OneDrive form part of a backup solution. But what’s the truth? Do backup vendors provide a valuable solution, or is it something ..read more

In the show today we get together to talk about how you can secure data using Microsoft 365 tools. Not in person just yet – ironically we planned to finally meet together for the episode, now we’re allowed to meet up outside – but the British weather stopped our plans in their tracks. Hopefully we’ll be recording a socially-distanced episode next week! One of the big topics we often get asked about is what tools in the suite to use when, and what security controls you should use. It’s a massive topic in itself and one we can’t cover in it’s entirety in around thirty minutes. However we can cov ..read more

Jay and Steve pretend to use the POTS On the show this week Jason and I meet remotely again – though perhaps for the next show we’ll be able to meet in a park with an extra long set of cables to record in person – who knows? But anyway – today we wanted to talk about a topic Jason has been getting into on a regular basis – especially over the last month with large organisations and smaller ones, including companies that have a lot of home workers – and those that have a lot of people in key worker roles or in jobs that can’t be done from home. One of the key things we’re seeing is a greater ..read more