Microsoft Community Office Hours, Episode 27

For the 27th episode of “Microsoft Community Office Hours” series, I was once again joined by Sean McDonough, MVP (@spmcdonough), Hal Hostetler, MVP (@TVWizard), Eric Riz, MVP (@rizinsights), Mike Nelson, MVP (@MikeNelsonIO), Joel Oleson, RD+MVP (@joeloleson), and long-time-listener-first-time-caller Liam Cleary, MVP (@helloitsliam) in a panel discussion shared via live stream in the Office 365 Community on Facebook, and simulcast on Twitter (Periscope), LinkedIn, and YouTube.

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In this episode, we covered the following topics:

• Kicking off Episode 27 with some self-promotion of the blog and prior recordings [3:20]
• A quick push for people to register for Microsoft Ignite this week (Sept 22-24) [5:23]
• This week’s t-shirt parade is going plaid [7:03]
• Automating setup of Office 365 email and Azure AD, and System Center Orchestrator [12:41]
• Is the limit for a Teams Meeting participants 300? If so, why am I seeing 340 participants? [16:53]
• If I mistakenly deleted a OneNote, is there a way to get it back? [25:01]
• Details on Sean’s complex speaker rider [26:51]
• We’re moving from hybrid to full cloud. How do I reconfigure 100 machines on Azure AD? [27:50]
• Liam Cleary joins the discussion (first-time caller, long-time listener) [33:08]
• Is there a way to send notifications to an admin every time a guest user is added to Teams? [34:20]
• Liam admits to getting project work purely on the basis of his accent [38:01]
• Has anyone noticed recent changes to Teams tags where people are no longer getting notified via activity?  [41:18]
• What is the maximum number of saved items in Teams? [45:42]
• Why is FindTime using Skype for Business (Islands mode) when we have already set our tenant to Teams-Only mode? [50:40]
• Why aren’t my 3rd party apps working? When admins increase restrictions without communicating the change [55:37]
• After some gentle ribbing from the guys, Christian again promotes his blog [57:51]
• If I change the UPN for easier authentication, what happens with the SID of the User? [59:04]
• Having trouble migrating from Exchange 2010 to Exchange Online….but the panel needs more info to be able to help resolve this item [1:00:56]
• Mike and Sean call out Christian for not inviting Julie to the live stream this week [1:04:18]
• The moment Liam turns into Orange Man Bad (extreme fake tan) [1:05:20]
• Liam soapboxes about how much change is happening right now — with product features, but also in the messaging/wording [1:06:20]
• Why is the Exchange (365) app repeatedly requiring me to launch in safe mode? [1:11:40]
• If I create simultaneous online events using Teams Meetings, how can I set them up so that other people can start them and manage the lobby for each? Admin Center settings  [1:15:24]
• A plug for the new Virtual Event Guide within the Teams adoption materials [1:17:29]
• We are running a 4-hour strategy session using Teams. Any recommendations/best practices for a successful event? [1:19:56]
• Christian describes using the new Word Online transcription capabilities [1:23:46]

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