Launching the Voices of the Neighborhood podcast

I’m happy to share this new initiative I started!

Voices of the Neighborhood is a podcast where I talk with the Microsoft MVPs that work in The Digital Neighborhood.

Projectum, the company I work for, joined TDN a few years ago. And with that, we got access to so many great people.

And since I am not shy when it comes to sharing knowledge (blog, YouTube, newsletter 😉). I wanted to try my hand on a format I personally use on a daily basis: only audio format podcasting!

In this podcast, in each episode, I’m going to talk with one of our many (18 and counting) Microsoft MVPs. The podcast will probably be all over the place, spanning AI, Dynamics security, Intune, AR, and more. But, if you are a bit like me, you don’t mind getting interested in new topics.

So, for something completely different, take a look at the website for the podcast recordings to date:

The Voices of the Neighborhood Podcast

Or, you can even listen to the first episode (and others) right here:

Future episodes and plans

My next guest is Magnus, from the sister company Delegate. I’ve always enjoyed my talks with him and look forward to the opportunity to dig into his work.

For some reason, I can’t get my profile picture in the right format to share it on the major podcasting platforms. So, the logo might change a couple of times in the near future while I figure out what to do.

But once I have that figured out, Voices of the Neighborhood will become available on the big streaming platforms as well!

Let me know if you listened in on the podcast and what you thought, I’m eager to learn.

Maximizing PMO Efficiency with Microsoft Loop

Let’s return to this great new tool: Microsoft Loop. It’s a really fun, easy and fast way to collaborate. But I think there’s even more potential to maximize the PMO’s efficiency. But first, is it a bird? Is it a plane? No… it’s Microsoft Lodds?! (Gen AI has a way with words, doesn’t it?).

Prompt: Provide a funny image for this article "Maximizing PMO Efficiency with Microsoft Loop"
Here’s a funny (AI generated) image depicting the scenario of maximizing PMO efficiency with Microsoft Loop. The cartoon features an office scene with a superhero introducing Microsoft Loop to an overwhelmed team.
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Microsoft Loop for the PMO

I recently recorded a video regarding Microsoft Loop. And I must say, apart from Generative AI this has me most hyped at the moment. There is so much potential in this application, it’s difficult to wrap my head around it. So let’s do some exploring together!

Here’s the vibrant and artistic representation of a computer screen showcasing Microsoft Loop, with elements and colors leaping out of the screen. This image embodies the essence of creativity and collaboration, inviting you into an exciting world of digital collaboration. Source: Bing.com/create

Don’t you just love it when GenAI goes off track and completely ignores the request to have the LOOP logo in the center of the image?

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The PMO and Artificial Intelligence, AI, weekly post #02

Another week has passed, did you enjoy my last post? Let’s take a look at the Artificial Intelligence developments, specifically focussed on Project Management and the Project enthusiast.

Asking Bing for an image for “The Project Management Office and Artificial Intelligence”.
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The New Feedback Portal

Microsoft used to work with Uservoice to capture the needs and wishes of the community. I covered several Uservoice items in the blog. But in 2021 Microsoft switched to an internal Feedback portal for Project for the web. With the announcement, we are treated to a new way of providing feedback to the Product group at Redmond.

Let’s find out if it is any good 😁

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Teams 2 Project, App introduction

Hi again reader, I hope you are doing wonderful! I’m excited. And let me tell you why. Projectum, the company I work for, created a new PowerApp that lets you link specific parts of a Project Online Project to a Teams Channel.

Now why is this great? Well just ask the 121 voters on this UserVoice item I recently covered. In the last post I did I shared the 15 items Microsoft needs more information for to implement. Projectum took a shot at it, and let me say it is spot on! And even better yet! It’s free and available for you to download right now.

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UserVoice #5: Tell us more articles

Hi all you lovely readers,

We are on the right track with the articles about the UserVoice website for Project Online, Microsoft Project and like minded software such as Planner.

And with the additional attention it’s getting, it would be great to get a number of items closed and implemented wouldn’t you say?

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