UnplugIT

UnplugIT

Unplug IT! is an IT Professional focused webcast hosted by IT influencer and 15-year Microsoft veteran, Stephen Rose. Stephen focused on leading the efforts to help IT pros, technical decision makers, developers, understand the ins and outs of piloting, deploying, managing, securing, and driving adoption technologies like Windows, Office 365, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, and other products.

His previous webcast, “Inside Microsoft Teams” where he sat down with IT leaders from Lego, Polaris, Special Olympics, AEG, Kent State University and more, garnered over 2m views in just over 18 months.

In these new webcasts, Stephen goes beyond just Teams and sits down with industry experts to explore the latest trends, best practices to help our audience understand first-hand, the do’s, don’ts and gotchas to get the most out of your tech investments.

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Latest Episode: Microsoft Copilot: 41% of Organizations Struggling to Prep Content and Environment

UnplugIT Episodes

Neurodiversity awareness and mental health in IT - UnplugIT
Episode 14 Feb 14, 2024

UnplugIT – Neurodiversity and Mental Health in IT with Stephen Rose and Paul Thurrott

In this week’s episode, Stephen Rose and Paul Thurrott talk about mental health in IT and their own personal journeys discovering and managing mental health issues. Whether you think you might be neurodivergent or just want to understand the challenges and benefits for those whose brains are wired differently, check out their interesting chat. Transcript...

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Episode 10 Oct 24, 2023

UnplugIT – How Microsoft Copilot Will Transform Work: With Karuana Gatimu (Principal PM for Teams and AI)

Microsoft Copilot is a game-changer for productivity and creativity. It allows you to have a natural language conversation with your computer and get insights, answers, and suggestions for your work. But how do you prepare for this new way of interacting with technology? How do you ensure the safety and ethics of AI? And how...

Maximizing Productivity: Harnessing the NEW OneDrive and AI for Collaboration
Episode 11 Nov 6, 2023

Maximizing Productivity: Harnessing the NEW OneDrive and AI for Collaboration

Dive into the evolving landscape of workplace technology with our in-depth discussion on leveraging the new Microsoft OneDrive and the latest AI tools for superior collaboration and efficiency. In this video, Stephen speaks to Shari L Oswald and they explore the cutting-edge capabilities that these technologies offer, including seamless online integration, advanced security features, and...

UnplugIT Episode 9
Episode 9 Oct 9, 2023

UnplugIT – Unlocking Microsoft 365: Insights from Senior Product Manager Mark Kashman on Lists, Planner, and To Do (Part 2)

Stephen talks to Mark Kashman, Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, about Microsoft Lists, Planner, and To Do: what they do and when to use which. Thanks to this episode’s sponsor: PowerApps911 Transcript [Enter Post Title Here] As promised, here’s part two of our to do lists planner episode and a special work from our sponsor....

UnplugIT Microsoft Lists, Planner and To-Do Oh My! - Part 1
Episode 8 Sep 25, 2023

UnplugIT – Microsoft Lists, Planner and To-Do Oh My! – Part 1

Stephen talks to Mark Kashman, Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, about Microsoft Lists, Planner, and To Do: what they do and when to use which. Plus the announcement of the Logi sweepstake! Thanks to this episode’s sponsor: PowerApps911 Transcript Stephen Rose Hey everyone, before this week’s episode, I want to let you know our conversation...

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Episode 7 Sep 12, 2023

5 GPO MDM Mistakes

In this week’s episode, Stephen talks to Jeremy Moskowitz about the top 5 mistakes IT Pros make when transferring Group Policy to MDM. Thanks to this episode’s sponsor: PowerApps911 Transcript Hey everyone, welcome to Unplug IT. I’m your host, Stephen Rose. Thanks for joining. You know, when I think of different experts, there are different...

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Episode 6 Aug 25, 2023

PowerApps for Beginners

In this episode, Stephen speaks to Power Platform expert Shane Young about the top 3 mistakes that IT Pros make with Power Platform. Thank you to our episode sponsor Specops. For a Specops free security audit, click here: https://password.specopssoft.com/unplugit Transcript [MUSIC] Hey everybody, welcome to another episode of UnplugIT. I’m your host, Stephen Rose. Thanks for...

UnplugIT Episode 5
Episode 5 Aug 8, 2023

New Generative AI – With Ben Vanderberg (Adobe)

Adobe new AI features in Photoshop, Firefly, Illustrator and Adobe Express. How this will help the design challenged but will it replace jobs? Thank you to our episode sponsor Specops. For a Specops free security audit, click here: https://password.specopssoft.com/unplugit Transcript Stephen Rose Hey everyone, welcome to another episode of Unplug IT. I’m your host, Stephen Rose....

UnplugIT Episode 4 - Logitech - Re-envisioning The Meeting Experience
Episode 4 Jul 20, 2023

Logitech – Re-envisioning The Meeting Experience

In this episode we will sit down with Alex Mooney- Alliance Manager at Logitech to discuss how they are reimagining the WFH, Hybrid and In-Office experiences to make meetings more inclusive, engaging and easier to manage. In this episode we will look the latest home, hot desking, and room solutions for Teams, Zoom and more....

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Episode 1 May 30, 2023

Unplugging What’s Next for Teams 2.0

In this first episode, Stephen talks to Microsoft’s Anupam Pattnaik, Product Lead for Teams. In this inaugural show, Stephen and Anupam discuss how IT can control access to the new Teams experience for end users, when Teams 2.0 will become the default experience for everyone, when the new client will reach feature parity with classic...

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Episode 2 Jun 13, 2023

In The Loop

In this episode, I sit down with Microsoft MVP, Darrell (As A Service) Webster where we deep dive into Microsoft Loop. Microsoft Loop is free, a real time collaboration app that makes simple tasks like agendas, polling and more across Teams, Outlook, Whiteboard and easier and considerably more engaging. From understanding the difference between a...

What The ?S#& is Microsoft Syntex?
Episode 3 Jul 6, 2023

What The ?S#& is Microsoft Syntex?

Understanding the new Microsoft Syntex announcements at BUILD   Thank you to our episode sponsor Specops. For a Specops free security audit, click here: https://password.specopssoft.com/unplugit   Transcript Stephen Rose  This episode of UnplugIT is brought to you by Specops Software. Specops is an easy to use password management and authentication solution for your active Active Directory....

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