This week we are joined by independent Microsoft 365 consultant Luke Evans (Twitter, LinkedIn) to talk about the latest news including a nicely timed announcement of Viva Goals (Microsoft's release of Ally.IO), how to organise your Teams with no owners, some amazing new accessibility tools announced at the accessibility summit and the latest SharePoint updates.
Microsoft Viva Goals brings purpose and alignment to the employee experience - Microsoft 365 Blog

Microsoft Launches Group Ownership Governance Policy (practical365.com)

Microsoft Security Experts - Managed Services | Microsoft Security

Microsoft Ability Summit 2022

Microsoft Adaptive Mouse, Hub & Buttons - Accessories Designed for Accessibility - Microsoft Store

SharePoint pit stop
FormCustomizer extension in latest SPFx v1.15 preview version

Events

Microsoft Build - https://mybuild.microsoft.com/en-US/home

• Microsoft Build - 24th-26th May
  • Attend in person for UK
  • Garry speaking
    • Build Microsoft 365 apps that help keep employees in the flow of work
  • Luise speaking

    • Create interactive meeting apps for Microsoft Teams

    • Web-APIs mit Power Apps ansteuern

• 10/11 June
  
  • Microsoft Cloud Community Event - Scottish Summit 2022
• 29/30 June
  
  • Microsoft Teams Tech Conference (commsverse.com)
• 14/15th October
  
  • South Coast Summit – A Microsoft Cloud Technology Conference

This could be the most important podcast that you listen to all year! If you have flows in Power Automate running with Service Accounts then listen to this show as soon as you can. We are joined by Wictor Wilen to talk about a few of the big news stories in the last couple of weeks including the importance of understanding your licensing in Power Automate with service accounts. We also had calmer chats on the latest Teams functionality, how cool it is that you can customise the SharePoint menu now and that you can now try Microsoft Search in Windows.
Big thank you to Nate Chamberlain for recommending us! https://twitter.com/chambernate/status/1502285726125285378?s=20&t=aP1MYb8aVU3XzxjHGoCQRw

The Flow chat

• Change the owner of cloud flow - Power Automate | Microsoft Docs
• Is Power Automate dead when it comes to running any background processes? by Jukka Niiranen

Great Expectations: Making Hybrid Work Work (microsoft.com) - Work Trend Index 2022

5 years of Microsoft Teams - 3 ways to meet new hybrid expectations with Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 - Microsoft 365 Blog

Command bar customisation in SharePoint Command bar customization syntax reference | Microsoft Docs

Microsoft Search finally coming to Windows 10! Releasing Windows 10 Build 19044.1618 to Release Preview Channel | Windows Insider Blog

Events

• 23 March
  • Teams Nation – 100% free, 100% community driven conference dedicated to Microsoft Teams
• 5-7 April
  • Microsoft 365 Conference
• 6-8 April
  • European Power Platform Conference - European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Conference, 2022 (sharepointeurope.com)
• 4-6 May
  • Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon (m365virtualmarathon.com)
• 10/11 June
  • Microsoft Cloud Community Event - Scottish Summit 2022
• 29/30 June
  • Microsoft Teams Tech Conference (commsverse.com)

We have some exciting news as we have a new co-host! The amazing princess of Microsoft 365 - Luise Freese! Luise will join as a regular host on the shows, adding her experience and sparkle to the conversation. To kick off this week, we talked about four of the biggest news stories with the possible demise of HoloLens, celebrating a year of Microsoft Viva, easier Application Lifecycle Management for the Power Platform and a new poster for your wall full of Microsoft certifications.

• Has Hololens 3 been cancelled?
  • https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-reportedly-ends-work-on-hololens-3
  • https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/4/22918025/microsoft-hololens-3-canceled-reports-comment-rumors
• Celebrating a year of Viva
  • Microsoft Viva celebrates 1 year: Transforming the employee experience
  • https://www.microsoft.com/worklab
• Application Lifecycle Management with Power Platform
  • Introducing the ALM Accelerator for Power Platform
  • PnP | Sharing Is Caring
  • Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence Kit - Power Platform | Microsoft Docs
• Microsoft Certifications Poster
  • https://aka.ms/certposter

Other news and events

• https://www.leonarmston.com/2022/02/testing-out-sharepoint-syntex-content-assembly-aka-modern-mailmerge/
• CLI for Microsoft 365 v4.4
• GitHub Shots Bootcamp Live on Microsoft Dev Radio, February 2022
  • https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-devops/github-shots-bootcamp-live-on-microsoft-dev-radio-february-2022/m-p/3041259
• Collabdays UK Bletchley Park - Wednesday, 23 February 2022
  • https://www.collabdays.org/2022-bletchleypark/
• M365 Security & Compliance User Group - Wed, 23 Feb 2022
  • Feb 2022 - M365 Security & Compliance User Group | Meetup
• European Power Platform Conference 6-8 April Berlin
  • European Power Platform Conference - European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Conference, 2022
• Teams Nation - 23 March 2022
  • Teams Nation – 100% free, 100% community driven conference dedicated to Microsoft Teams
• Scottish summit - 10/11 June 2022
  • Microsoft Cloud Community Event - Scottish Summit 2022

After a few messages where Garry asked Al about a book he had used before, we decided that the subject of the book was a good start for a show to talk about. So, here we are with Garry, Kevin and Al talking about Design Thinking and why putting people first is key to getting great solutions, whether they are fully developed apps or building out a SharePoint site.
Some of the books and links we used are below:

• “Design thinking” explained - Raconteur
• Design thinking, explained | MIT Sloan
• The Design Thinking Playbook - the book that started the whole conversation!
• Sprint - how to solve big problems and test new ideas in just five days
• Gamestorming - a playbook for innovators, rulebreakers and changemakers
• LUMA Workplace - Solve problems faster and better with unique innovation tools & resources

And one that we forgot to mention but is a great event down in the South West of England
https://agileonthebeach.com/
Photo by UX Indonesia on Unsplash

Garry and Kevin are joined this week to talk Viva Connections with Anoop Tatti (https://aka.ms/anoopt), covering what Viva Connections is, why you would use it and how you can build it out with the usual distractions along the way!
Viva Home
Announcement - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-viva-blog/more-options-coming-soon-for-the-viva-connections-desktop/ba-p/3644419
How to set up Viva Home - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/viva/connections/edit-viva-home
Great video by Darrell As A Service on how to set up Viva Home or not - Your new Viva Connections landing page? - YouTube
PnP Samples:
https://github.com/pnp/AdaptiveCards-Templates
https://github.com/pnp/sp-dev-fx-aces