M365 Hot Takes

Microsoft MVPs. Escalating hot sauce.
Opinions that nobody wants to say out loud.
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Season one

We turned up the heat on M365.

Three episodes●Three sauces●A whole lot of hot takes

Each episode, two Microsoft MVPs joined your Orchestry hosts to answer tough questions and defend their hottest takes on the state of Microsoft 365.
No scripts. Just unfiltered opinions, fiery debate, and a little pain.

The whole season, on demand

Aired Episode 01 Sept 23 Recording included

“AI-Ready” is a lie in Microsoft 365

Everyone claims to be AI-ready. Almost nobody is. Behind the label sits a decade of messy permissions, broken information architecture, and content no one should be able to find. Register below and the recording is yours.

Julie Turner
Julie Turner Partner and CTO, Sympraxis Consulting | Microsoft MVP

Thirty years building on the Microsoft platform, and a Microsoft 365 Development MVP since 2017. Co-maintainer of PnPjs and hTWOo, which puts her closer to the code than most people on a governance panel.

Marc Anderson
Marc Anderson Co-founder and President, Sympraxis Consulting | Microsoft MVP

Four decades helping organizations fix information architecture, governance, and adoption, with a reputation for turning complicated technology into something people will use.

Aired Episode 02 Oct 7 Recording included

The permission debt is due

Ten years of “just share it” comes due now that AI can read everything. Oversharing, “restricted” content that isn't, and the cleanup nobody wants to own. Register below and the recording is yours.

Evi van der Velden
Evi van der Velden Manager Services, BSU | Microsoft MVP

Turns Microsoft 365 complexity into clarity with a no-nonsense mindset rooted in her Brabant upbringing. Works where people, process, and technology collide, because tech only creates value when people actually use it.

Kevin McDonnell
Kevin McDonnell Senior Director, Avanade | Microsoft MVP

Leads Copilot and agents for Avanade in the UK, and co-hosts the award-winning Copilot Connection podcast. Thirteen years in financial services before consulting, so he's seen what Microsoft promises and what tenants actually do.

Aired Episode 03 Oct 27 Recording included

The agents are already in your tenant

AI agents are already running in your tenant, and you didn't deploy most of them. Agent sprawl, shadow AI, and who gets blamed when it goes wrong. Register below and the recording is yours.

Ben Stegink
Ben Stegink Owner & Chief Cloud Consultant, Intelligink | Microsoft MVP

Runs Intelligink, getting organizations to use the Microsoft 365 they already bought. Co-host of the MS Cloud IT Pro Podcast, with 20+ years in the Microsoft ecosystem and strong opinions on why most tenants run at half throttle.

Stephanie Donahue
Stephanie Donahue Director of AI Business Solutions, World Wide Technology | Microsoft MVP

Microsoft Regional Director with 25+ years in technology. Helps organizations put Microsoft 365, Copilot and agents to work, and speaks and writes regularly on thriving in the agentic age.

Your hosts, every episode

Michal and Joy didn't just moderate: they were part of the panel.
One of the three takes each episode was theirs.

Michal Pisarek
Michal Pisarek Co-founder and CEO, Orchestry

7-time Microsoft SharePoint MVP. Has never once softened a take to keep a room comfortable.

Joy Apple
Joy Apple Director of Customer Success & Enablement, Orchestry

Microsoft MVP who talks to admins cleaning up real tenants every week, which makes her hard to sell a tidy theory to.

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Season one is a wrap.
One registration gets you the recordings of all three episodes.
Three hot sauces: mild, medium, scorching