We’d like to give a heartfelt shoutout to Mark Kashman and the entire team behind The Intrazone podcast. From behind-the-scenes stories to expert interviews out in the field, Mark and his team have consistently delivered valuable content that empowers organizations to better manage content, knowledge, and applications.
After over 7 years and 220 episodes, The Intrazone has been a go-to source for insights into SharePoint usage, adoption, and integration into everyday work life.
As Mark takes a well-deserved break from the podcast, we want to express our deep appreciation for the knowledge, passion, and community spirit he’s brought to every episode. Thank you, Mark, for helping us all work smarter and stay connected!
🎧 Here’s to the impact you’ve made, and to what’s next! 🙌
We’re helping more teams package and redeploy Copilot Studio agents, complete with solutions, export/import steps, and validation. It’s the missing link between a strong pilot and a scalable rollout. Build in a sandbox, then hand off to ops or HR, no rework needed. Cleaner governance, faster iteration, repeatable scale.
Think faster iteration loops, cleaner governance, and a repeatable path to scale AI co-pilots across business units; precisely the efficiency playbook we advocate to our customers at 2toLead. If you need support or have questions on how to do this, don’t hesitate to reach out to us for guidance and assistance.
Intranets that are personalized and data-driven not only improve employee experience but also enhance productivity and collaboration. This webinar will equip you with the knowledge and tools to create SharePoint sites that are not just functional but also engaging and user-friendly.
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Microsoft’s June community call is more than a “what’s new” webinar; it’s a frontline briefing on where the employee-experience platform is heading this fiscal year. Highlights include People Skills (skills inference + growth nudges), Copilot Analytics GA, and the brand-new Employee Self-Service Agent that surfaces HR workflows directly in Teams.
If you’re mapping your FY26 Viva roadmap, bookmark the replay: it packages Microsoft’s product signals into a crisp narrative you can cascade to executives and adoption champions alike.
Microsoft has quietly shipped new Graph-based Role Management APIs for Viva Engage, giving IT and EX leaders direct programmatic control over admin and community-specific permissions. For organizations federating governance across multiple business units, this is big: you can now automate the hand-off of community ownership during restructures, script least-privilege reviews, and even light up granular roles (e.g., “Frontline Champion”) in sync with Entra ID groups. Expect faster compliance audits, fewer shadow admins, and a smoother on-ramp for Copilot scenarios that need secure, role-aware context.
Viva People Science has published fresh data showing frontline staff adopt AI differently from information workers, and why that matters for engagement scores. The study recommends bite-size AI tasks, role-aligned upskilling, and sentiment loops via Viva Pulse to close the “purpose gap” that often plagues dispersed teams.
For EX owners looking to translate AI hype into real productivity on the shop floor, the article is a goldmine of evidence-backed tactics you can weave into your Copilot and Viva Insights playbooks.
Microsoft is rolling out a brand-new Dashboard web part that brings bite-sized, card-based widgets. Think quick links, KPIs, and task summaries—straight onto any modern page. Targeted Release tenants have it now, with global rollout wrapping up by the end of May 2025.
For EX owners, this is the fast-track to a more actionable intranet home experience: surface what matters, cut the click-hunting, and keep people focused on value-add work instead of navigation.
SharePoint Embedded is now officially positioned as the content backbone for custom Copilot scenarios, letting you spin up secure, schema-less data spaces that your own AI agents can query at speed.
The post walks through wiring Embedded to Microsoft 365 Copilot and teases upcoming maker sessions, signalling that low-code and pro-code teams alike can stitch these agents into the flow of work—no heavy infra lift required. It’s exactly the kind of AI-ready foundation our clients ask for when envisioning next-gen employee experiences
This seasonal roundup underscores Microsoft’s EX-first roadmap: streamlined SharePoint agent management, public roadmap links for quick adoption planning, and even departmental billing controls so IT can charge back AI consumption to the right business units.
The post also spotlights real-world customer stories and quick-start guides, making it easier for Comms and IT teams to co-pilot new experiences without waiting for a full-scale program. Expect tighter governance, clearer ROI narratives, and happier stakeholders.
Microsoft kicks off a new learning series aimed squarely at the often-overlooked frontline workforce. Session 1 distills deployment patterns, use-case blueprints, and adoption resources for Teams-powered task management, walkie-talkie, and shift scheduling.
For HR, Ops, and IT teams designing equitable employee experiences, the takeaway is powerful: structured enablement plus purpose-built tools translate into empowered frontline talent, tighter compliance, and tangible ROI. Bookmark the series to weave these insights into your next EX roadmap or Viva-Connections dashboard.
Microsoft reiterates that a modern employee experience starts with friction-free basics: performance, reliability, and security. This post walks IT and EX leaders through the “why” behind keeping the Teams VDI client evergreen—SlimCore’s new media engine, Modern Lifecycle Policy enforcement, and automatic MSIX updates that avoid disruptive re-installs.
For organizations running hybrid or shift-based desktop pools, the message is clear: proactive patching equals happier frontline and knowledge workers, fewer support tickets, and a safer collaboration estate.
Teams’ new chat-plus-channels canvas finally lands in general availability, collapsing scattered conversations into a single, lightning-fast view with smart filters, custom sections, and instant pop-outs.
The redesign trims cognitive load, letting employees' triage, focus, and act without endless context-switching—exactly the kind of “flow of work” simplification we champion at 2toLead when modernizing intranets and Copilot pilots. Expect faster onboarding, cleaner governance, and measurable gains in engagement analytics.
Imagine eliminating the noise of long message threads, scattered tasks, and enabling real-time access to insights – all without needing to wade through emails or recordings. The ROI is incredible! With features like automatic meeting summarization, real-time insights, and task follow-up automation, it cuts down on manual work. Copilot’s AI-driven efficiencies translate directly into measurable ROI, with PwC highlighting that sectors adopting AI see up to fivefold growth in efficiency. Download our E-Book today.
Introducing Hero Links. One link to rule them all.
Hero Links is a new feature in Microsoft 365 that replaces multiple sharing URLs for the same file with a single, standardized link. Announced at the 2025 Microsoft 365 Conference, this optimized sharing dialogue looks to be a game-changer.
By consolidating sharing into a single “hero” URL, Microsoft reduces confusion and administrative overhead, making file distribution and revocation seamless.
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