Published in REgarding 365·Apr 24Automatically raise your desk when joining a Microsoft Teams call or meetingLike many people, I participate in many calls and meetings on a daily basis in Microsoft Teams. Like many people, I also work at home a lot of the time. Like some people, I have a powered standing desk. And like some people, I have an unhealthy desire to tinker…Automation5 min read
Published in REgarding 365·Mar 30What to use when: Teams shared channels, private channels, Teams and guests1 min readWhat to use when: Teams shared channels, private channels, Teams and guests----
Published in REgarding 365·Mar 3Microsoft Teams + Home Assistant + Graph = take your presence to the next levelIf you’re unfamiliar with Home Assistant, it is an open-source home automation platform with A LOT of integrations and extensibility. I’ve previously written about being able to integrate Microsoft Teams with Alexa for changing your status, using Power Apps to display my current presence and calendar, Power Automate to change…Android6 min read
Published in REgarding 365·Mar 2Keeping up to date with the Microsoft Graph changelogWhile I’m not a developer, I do use the Microsoft Graph API quite a bit in various workflows and apps I build or contribute to. Because of this, I want to stay current on what is being added/changed/removed in the Microsoft Graph — and for this Microsoft offers a publicly…Feed3 min read
Published in REgarding 365·Feb 3Migrating a Planner board to a ListNow that we’ve all agreed that Lists is far superior and there is absolutely no reason for you to continue using Planner at all, ever again, under any circumstance… it’s time to start migrating our tasks to their new home. (Let’s be real here — there’s still valid scenarios where…Planner5 min read
Published in REgarding 365·Feb 2It’s time for Microsoft Planner to be turned offI’ve been working with Microsoft Planner for many years, since it was originally revealed to the MVP community as “Project Highlander” around 2016. We needed a new task management system back then. Microsoft Project was too expensive and difficult to use properly without training, Project Online was providing a cloud…Board6 min read
Published in REgarding 365·Oct 12, 2021Automate your Windows 11 upgrade with Forms, Power Automate, and IntuneWindows 11 is here, and as always there are different attitudes as to when it should be deployed. Some will want it instantly, some won’t care, and some will be resistant. For my organisation we didn’t want to force people to upgrade until they felt comfortable, so I created an…Automation4 min read
Published in REgarding 365·Oct 6, 2021Back up, restore and migrate Microsoft Edge browser profiles between PCsPreviously I was one of those users who did their best to live with the old/original/legacy Edge that dated back to Windows 8 (originally codenamed “Project Spartan”). However, I would often find myself using Chrome, especially because of the multiple profile capabilities. From time to time I would need to…Azure Active Directory4 min read
Published in REgarding 365·Sep 22, 2021How lazy can you get by combining Alexa and Microsoft Teams?The answer: very. While an active Twitter conversation continued over what practical purposes you could have for setting your presence and status message in Microsoft Teams as mentioned in my previous blog post, I wondered — could I set my presence status using Alexa? The Challenge Given I have the speakers everywhere…Alexa3 min read
Published in REgarding 365·Sep 15, 2021How to display the currently playing Spotify track as your Teams status messageYes, you read that right. Let’s acknowledge the sheer importance of what you’re about to read. Think of the cultural, teamwork, and employee benefits. This is possibly the most important thing you can implement as a user, in your Microsoft 365.Music5 min read