by Toby Ward | May 21, 2018
Tags: Office 365, sharepoint, sharepoint 2019, sharepoint conference
“At the center of digital transformation, isn’t technology, it’s people,” says Seth Patton, GM, for Microsoft Office 365 Product Marketing, opening up this year’s SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas. “It’s about fostering a culture of work and embracing workplace trends.” Good to know that Microsoft gets it; the intranet is more about people and process […]
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by Toby Ward | Dec 8, 2017
Tags: intranet webinar, microsoft teams intranet, slack intranet, social intranet
The social intranet is nothing new, but advances in social computing, and a supporting cultural shift, has advanced the social intranet beyond the tired suspicion of being merely a fad. Social intranets, and collaboration tools (whatever the label), were never a fad, and are no more fading or disappearing than email or the ‘traditional’ intranet. Although a […]
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by Toby Ward | Sep 27, 2017
Tags: office 2019, sharepoint 2019, sharepoint hub sites, sharepoint intranet
For the first time ever, Microsoft announced a timeline, albeit an approximate one, for expecting the next version of SharePoint. SharePoint 2019 will be rolled-out, with Office 2019, in preview form by mid-2018, with the full version not expected until the end of next year. Expect that the new version will have an enhanced look-and-feel, […]
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by Toby Ward | Sep 25, 2017
Tags: bing for business, linkedin, microsoft intranet, Office 365, sharepoint intranet
SKYPE FOR TEAMS I lauded the launch of Microsoft Teams earlier this year when Redmond launched the service that could be a killer for Slack. Some thought that Teams couldn’t possibly survive or that it signalled the end of Yammer. Instead, Microsoft is doubling-down on Teams and elevating it to a key service of focus […]
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by Toby Ward | Jul 10, 2017
Tags: chat, INTRANET CONSULTANT, microsoft teams, skype, slack
I cannot think of a digital workplace tool, since SharePoint, that has received so much attention and ink as Slack. It’s very popular, widespread and extremely hip, particularly with the media and technology pundits. Even Vanity Fair has dedicated some of its oh-so-fashionable pages to the hipster app (Slack, The Group-Chat App Everyone Hates To Love…). […]
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by Toby Ward | Apr 26, 2017
Tags: Asana, collaboration tools, enterprise social network, Facebook Workplace, Microsoft, sharepoint, slack, social intranet, social intranet tools
The social intranet has been quietly evolving. And counter to the predictions of some who dismiss the phenom as merely a fad, social is becoming more and more pervasive. Most organizations are not yet fully social; at least not internally. Of course, most organizations still have a poor intranet that is woefully underfunded, and they […]
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