The CollabTalk Podcast

Episode 122 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and Developer Technologies MVP Melissa Houghton (@meliss_houghton), a Lead Software Engineer at Azenix in Melbourne, Australia. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/MEI6-kDePgk

Episode 122 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and Azure MVP Jonah Andersson (@cjkodare), a Software Engineer and Certified Azure Developer at Forefront Consulting in Sundsvall, Sweden. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/ga6rLUArQ8c

Episode 121 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and Office Apps & Services MVP Eric Marsi (@ericmarsi), a Unified Communications Engineer at T2M Works based in Barberton, Ohio. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/yAKtLHIDC98

Episode 120 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and Enterprise Mobility MVP, Mattias Melkersen (@mmelkersen), a Modern Workplace Consultant at Mindcore in Birkerød, Denmark. He is also an official contributor at SCCM, and Intune Modern Workplace (Official Group Page). You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/Q6XwjqrJ3Q4

Episode 119 of the #MVPbuzzChat​​​​ series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and Office Apps & Services MVP Kevin McDonnell (@kevmcdonk), a Solution Architect focused on Microsoft 365 at CPS, based in Sevenoaks, England. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page at https://youtu.be/y14kufBuopo

Conversation between Microsoft MVP+RD Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet) and Jay Leask (@jayleask), US Federal Director, Strategic Accounts & Solutions at AvePoint. For this episode, Jay and I discuss the ins and outs of Microsoft 365 in the Federal cloud, including differences between the government-focused clouds, the commercial cloud, and international M365 instances. You can watch this entire interview on the CollabTalk YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/axNreKks2bA

Episode 118 of the #MVPbuzzChat​​​​ series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and Business Applications MVP Jese Navaranjan (@JeseNav2), a Senior Microsoft Power Platform Consultant at Avanade based in Watford, England. You can also find this episode on the CollabTalk YouTube page athttps://youtu.be/kbARqf1re3U

Episode 117 of the #MVPbuzzChat​​​​ series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and Developer Technologies MVP Poornima Nayar (@PoornimaNayar), an independent .Net Developer, 2x Umbraco MVP (open source CMS), and active speaker and community member based in Slough, England. In this episode, Poornima and I discuss her involvement in the community and how it helped her achieve her Microsoft MVP, the impact of the pandemic on her local community, and how she learned (continues to learn) how to balance work, community, and family while fighting off FOMO (fear of missing out). We even talked about our kids and helping them find their own paths forward (even if they decide to not follow our footsteps into technology). You can also watch this entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/PsMTs8xOqhQ

Episode 116 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and Office Development MVP Don Kirkham (@DonKirkham), a Lead Systems Consultant for GM Financial,and the CEO and Chief Architect for Probitas Data Solutions, based in Arlington, Texas. With over 15 years working with SharePoint, Office 365 and Azure and more than 30 years of programming experience, Don's passion is coding for the complete Microsoft ecosystem of cloud technologies, from database design to the user interface, including Business Intelligence solutions. He also spent 20 years as a pilot in the Air Force, accumulating over 4500 hours in various aircraft, including the T-1A, E-3B/C, and T-38. In this episode, Don and I retrace some of the history of his development work in SharePoint and Microsoft 365, going back to MOSS 2007, and talk about some of the changes to tool development in the space. He discusses the importance of mentoring others within the community, and credits a fellow MVP (Eric Shupps) with getting him on the path toward earning his MVP award. We also explore his involvement in the Patterns and Practices (PnP) community, with Don recommending that people take a look at https://pnp.github.io/sharing-is-caring/ as a starting point, and conclude our chat by discussing the annual North American Collaboration Summit and our shared plans to attend in-person again this year. You can also watch this entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/guqi9CqErmM

Episode 115 of the #MVPbuzzChat interview series. Conversation between Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Christian Buckley (@buckleyplanet), and Enterprise Mobility MVP Joymalya "Joy" Basu Roy (@jbasuroy369), a Senior Consultant and Architect focusing on Microsoft Intune and M365 Digital Workplace Services at Atos, and is based in Bangalore, India. Additionally, he is an official contributor to the Modern Endpoint Management group, which focuses on the SCCM + Intune Modern Workplace. In this episode, Joy and I talk about his experience working on Microsoft Intune and Microsoft Endpoint Manager, and the shift that has happened with these technologies and many IT Pro roles as organizations have moved toward the cloud.  He points out that there continues to be opportunities for these traditional IT roles as long as people are willing to continue learning -- and providing guidance to their organizations on how to best use, and optimize for, this rapidly evolving technology. Joy worked for several years for Microsoft and Wipro as a Premier Support Engineer, and shares some great advice on how to navigate the support process. You can also watch this entire episode on the CollabTalk YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/UAR5hXup1pc