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February 2025 Content Wrap-Up

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Another relatively quiet month, as far as work and community travels. My wife and I spent 4 days in Gilbert, Arizona visiting with our oldest son and his family, having some adventures with our grandson while his parents worked and took a break. It was nice to leave the cold and snow behind for a few days, but I’ll tell you – it got up to 90 degrees on the last day, which reminded me of how much I love the colder weather. And yes, I realize that 90 is nothing compared to the summer months in the Phoenix area….which is still not as bad as Houston or Orlando in the summer months. I’ll take dry heat over humidity any day. I don’t know how people do it.

By the way, I haven’t mentioned it in a while, but with February at a close, I am now at 3 years and 6 months of my goal of 5 years of daily blog posts. Booyah.

Here is my content from the month of February:

CollabTalk Podcast Episode 164 with Kevin EikenberryThe CollabTalk Podcast

Four new episodes from this weekly podcast and video series, with two focused on the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, and two on other business topics. Tune in for new episodes every Thursday!

Project Failure Files

Project Failure Files: Expanding the BureaucracyAnd four new episodes of the weekly Project Failure Files webcast with my co-host and fellow MVP+RD, Sharon Weaver (@shroneweaver). You can watch us live every Monday morning at 9am Pacific as we tackle various topics in project, program, operations, and product management.

  • Project Failure Files: Automate Nothing (Ep.34) [blog | YouTube]
  • Project Failure Files: No Clear Roles and Responsibilities (Ep.35) [blog | YouTube]
  • Project Failure Files: Expanding the Bureaucracy (Ep.36) [blog | YouTube]
  • Project Failure Files: Promoting Bad Managers (Ep.37) [blog | YouTube]

MVP Interviews

You guessed it – four new episodes of my #MVPbuzzChat weekly interview series with new and seasoned MVPs from around the world. If you want to learn more about what it takes to become an MVP, or just want to get to know names and faces of technology experts across the Microsoft community, check out this series with new interviews every Monday.

February 2025 Guardians of M365 GovernanceGuardians of M365 Governance

In this month’s Guardians episode, my co-hosts and fellow MVPs Ragnar Heil (@ragnarh) and Joy Apple (@joyofsharepoint) were joined by good friend and fellow MVP Stacy Deere (@sldeere) to discuss recent announcements from the SharePoint community and their impact on governance.

  • Summary of Guardians of M365 Governance Ep.14 [blog | YouTube]

CollabTalk TweetJam

February 2025 CollabTalk TweetJamFor the February edition of this monthly tweetjam and panel discussion, we focused on the topic of M365 migrations, with the community discussion sharing their best practices about preparing for a migration, running a smooth migration, and post-migration cleanup, testing, and governance. Thanks again to this month’s sponsor,  Smarter Consulting!

Articles

More standalone articles this past month. I enjoy writing about some of the current tech events and product announcements, and plan on expanding this list with more productivity tips in the coming months.

  • From Cloud to AI: Why Organizations Must Lead, Not Lag, in the AI Revolution [blog]
  • Why Microsoft Teams Governance Matters More Than You Think [blog]
  • Content Strategy: The Art of the Outline [blog]
  • Content Strategy: Managing the Content Lifecycle [blog]
  • Content Strategy: Maximizing Search and Social Performance [blog]
  • Content Strategy: Knowing Your Audience [blog]
  • How Feedback Loops Drive Growth and Innovation [blog]
  • What is the Future of Content Creation? [LinkedIn]
  • AI Agents as Content Collaborators [blog]
  • The War on Free Speech [blog]

Music

There is almost always music playing in my office, around the house, or in my car (where I’m still old school with CDs). I know a handful of people enjoy this weekly series where I share selections from the catalogs of some of my favorite artists. Last month’s entries were all from my early 80’s roots.

  • Blue Plate Special: Thomas Dolby [blog]
  • Blue Plate Special: The The [blog]
  • Blue Plate Special: The Jam [blog]

Blatant Self-Promotion

And as always, capping off this month’s summary with some blatant self-promotion.

  • January 2025 Content Wrap-Up [blog]
  • Celebrating 21 Years of Blogging [blog]

Thanks for scanning through these archives. Looking forward to visiting the Microsoft headquarters in redmond, Washington in March and hanging out with a couple thousand of my close MVP friends. If you’re an MVP (or RD) and are planning to attend, if you see me in a session or in the halls, please say hello!

Christian Buckley

Christian is a Microsoft Regional Director and M365 Apps & Services MVP, and an award-winning product marketer and technology evangelist, based in Silicon Slopes (Lehi), Utah. He is a startup advisor and investor, and an independent consultant providing fractional marketing and channel development services for Microsoft partners. He hosts the weekly #CollabTalk Podcast, weekly #ProjectFailureFiles series, monthly Guardians of M365 Governance (#GoM365gov) series, and the Microsoft 365 Ask-Me-Anything (#M365AMA) series.