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The Viva Realist

Did you attend the Microsoft 365 User Group on 8th December 2021? Lesley Crook (Twitter Linked In) & I presented “Microsoft Viva: The Pitch, The Use, The Config”. Whilst Lesley is the Viva Visionary, I’m the Viva Realist, presenting the current state of the Viva tools as well as how to configure the Viva modules.Continue reading “The Viva Realist”

The Disappearing Presence Mystery

A little while ago people kept saying to me “I still can’t see your presence”. For some reason my Teams online presence was not showing for people outside my organisation, no matter how many time I reset it, whilst it was still visible to my colleagues. I then did a bit of testing and discoveredContinue reading “The Disappearing Presence Mystery”

Setting Up Viva Insights With Per User Plan

Getting started with Viva Insights Per User Plan

Retention Policies for Microsoft Teams Private Channels

One of the challenges with Private Channels in Microsoft Teams since they first launched has been retention. Now with the general availability of retention policies in for private channels, this is now in the past.

Microsoft Viva: A Plain Speaking Overview

Accompanying blog for Collabdays Lisbon 2021 Session Microsoft Viva: A Plain Speaking Overview

Getting Started with Viva Topics

Did you catch the launch of Microsoft Viva? If not you might want to have a look at the Viva homepage and the Viva blog on Tech Community. Viva Topics is the second product (after SharePoint Syntex) which has come out of Project Cortex and is available as a 30 day trial now from https://aka.ms/BuyVivaTopics.Continue reading “Getting Started with Viva Topics”

Using eDiscovery to find Teams Data

eDiscovery is used to conduct content investigations in Microsoft 365. There are 3 eDiscovery solutions with slightly features. All 3 can be used to discover Teams data, though not ALL Teams data is discoverable.

First Steps Using Viva Learning

Getting started using Viva Learning

Here comes Viva Learning

Setting up Viva Learning for your organisation.

A Busylight with Microsoft Teams

Recently I was asked if I knew of any busy lights for Mcirosoft Teams. Remember those days when you would walk down the office to see a colleague rather then check their Teams presence? With hybrid working the presence indicator in Teams is still important but its needs extending into our physical spaces too. PersonallyContinue reading “A Busylight with Microsoft Teams”