On October's M365 Government Community Call, we are joined by Amie Seisay and Swetha Sankaran, to discuss none other than SharePoint, after all these years. Before that, some news and government-focused community events. Skip past the video to read all about the episode, or join us live (or watch the recording) October 11th at 11:30am eastern time here:
In the News
- Teams Update for Government
- GCC, H, DOD - Apple CarPlay
- GCC-H Improved content sharing experience
- GCC Breakout room experience
- GCC - Teams notifications now default to native (assist mode, action center, accessibility etc)
- GCC - mute conversations
- @Jesse_Tedoff September 2021 US Public Sector Roadmap - A TON of release notes, but per Jesse's highlights:
- Azure Security relating to the EO
- ProxyShell vulnerabilties and your Exchange Server
- Live Transcription in GCC
- @Brian Tirch Unified Access Logs (one part of a six part series on discovering M365 logs (part 1 of a 6 part series)
Government Community Events
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October 12 - Microsoft Event (mktoevents.com) - Defender for IoT and the Cybersecurity of America
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October 14 - Webinar: Microsoft and Exostar - Empowering Secure, Compliant Collaboration for Highly-Regulated Industries
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October 14 - SharePoint User Group of Washington DC (session TBD)
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October 19 - Power BI User Group DC (session TBD)
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October 20 - Washington DC Power Platform User Group - Staying Up to Date presentation, networking, and open discussion
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October 26 - M365 Meetup for Government (session TBD)
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October 27 - Azure Government Meetup (session TBD)
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October 26-27: Cloud Security & Compliance series CS2 (live in San Diego, CA)
- October 27-28: AFCEA TechNet Cyber (live in Baltimore, MD)
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November 4th: NARA Microsoft 365 User Group (session TBD)
Today's Discussion
In this episode we dig into the following topics (with some links to what we discussed):
- Why should people care about SharePoint Online?
- Can we end the debate, once and for all: Is OneDrive SharePoint?
- How do you improve discoverability in your org? What are some recommended practices?
M365 Roadmap | Microsoft Search for GCC - Are we better off now that meeting recordings are stored in OneDrive now instead of Stream?
- What are some of the common pain points with SharePoint today that your users still experience?
- How do you convince customers the value of Modern vs Classic mode?
- How do you educate users on the right way to leverage a SharePoint site?
- What are some recommendations for organizations when setting up their SharePoint intranet?
- How do you educate customers on the value of a modern/flat architecture?
Today's Panelists
Today's panelists can be found on Twitter if you want to connect with them further!
- Amie Seisay: https://twitter.com/AmieSeisay
- Swetha Sankaran: https://twitter.com/SwethaSan
- Sarah Gilbert: https://twitter.com/SingingTech
- Jay Leask: https://twitter.com/jayleask
- Rima Reyes: https://twitter.com/rimazima
- Jeremy Wood: https://twitter.com/geekwithin
