Sync Up by Microsoft 365

Sync Up is your one-stop shop for all things OneDrive. Join hosts, Stephen Rice and Arvind Mishra, as they shed light on how OneDrive connects you to all of your files in Microsoft and enables you to share and work together from anywhere, and any device! Hear from experts behind the design and development of OneDrive, as well as customers and Microsoft MVPs! Each episode will give you news and announcements, tips and best practices for your OneDrive experience, and some fun and humor!

OneDrive's Year in Review & Unlicensed User Changes 12/10/2024

OneDrive's Year in Review & Unlicensed User Changes With 2024 coming to a close, the Sync Up crew is reflecting on our favorite OneDrive features of the year, and looking forward to the Unlicensed User changes coming in 2025! Stephen Rice and Arvind Mishra are joined by keeper of the OneDrive roadmap, Irfan Shahdad, and Archive and unlicensed user expert Trent Green! Irfan will take you through the OneDrive 2024 experience to make sure you don't miss any of the great improvements in the product! Trent will guide you through the upcoming changes to unlicensed users in OneDrive, what it means, and how you can prepare! . Stephen Rice | | co-host Arvind Mishra | | co-host Irfan Shahdad | | guest Trent Green| | guest OneDrive | | | . Microsoft News Podcasts page: Microsoft /episode/index/show/syncup/id/34355405

AI Innovations for Work and Home 10/10/2024

AI Innovations for Work and Home In this special episode of the Sync Up podcast, join Stephen Rice as he takes you behind the scenes of the OneDrive Fall Event "AI Innovations for Work and Home." Get exclusive insights from interviews with key speakers like Jason Moore, Arwa Tyebkhan and more as they reveal their favorite features, and share some of the exciting upcoming developments like how personalized pivots, Copilot Agents, and the new OneDrive Photos experience are set to transform your digital life. Make sure to check out the full event at aka.ms/OneDriveEvent2024! Click . Stephen Rice | | co-host Arvind Mishra | | co-host | guest | guest | guest Carlos Perez | guest | guest OneDrive | | | /episode/index/show/syncup/id/33400202

In Focus—Designing for Copilot 09/24/2024

In Focus—Designing for Copilot In this episode of the Sync Up Podcast, hosts Stephen Rice and Arvind Mishra dive into the design of Copilot in OneDrive with special guest Ben Truelove, a veteran designer at Microsoft. Ben shares insights from his 27-year journey at Microsoft, including how the team designed and iterated to deliver the best Copilot experience to our customers. Tune in to learn about the innovative features and user-centric design that make Copilot a game-changer for OneDrive users. Click to watch the video version of this episode on YouTube: "" Stephen Rice | | co-host Arvind Mishra | | co-host Ben Truelove | | | guest OneDrive | | | Microsoft Adoption Microsoft 365 /episode/index/show/syncup/id/33144347

(Re) Searching for OneDrive 07/25/2024

(Re) Searching for OneDrive Curious about how user research shapes OneDrive? In this episode of Sync Up, Stephen Rice, Arvind Mishra, and Rachel Hungerford dive into the world of UX research! Discover how the team gathers insights to improve your OneDrive experience, from Home to Sharing to much more! Research is key to how we learn and evolve the product to meet our users' needs, so don't miss out on these fascinating behind-the-scenes stories! Click . Stephen Rice | | co-host Arvind Mishra | | co-host Rachel Hungerford | | guest OneDrive | | | /episode/index/show/syncup/id/32278342

Live from M365 Conference! 06/18/2024

Live from M365 Conference! We're back! Stephen was on the ground at the Microsoft 365 Community Conference in Orlando, and this week he's catching Arvind up on all the amazing announcements from the conference! From Copilot to Colored Folders to Sync Health Report Exports, the conference was overfull with great features that will help you get the most out of OneDrive! Stephen Rice | | co-host Arvind Mishra | | co-host OneDrive | | | /episode/index/show/syncup/id/31777687

Data on the Move—Migrating to OneDrive 04/24/2024

Data on the Move—Migrating to OneDrive Hold onto your hats, it's time for another episode of the Sync Up podcast! This week, hosts Stephen and Arvind are talking to migration and customer experts Vishal Lodha and Yogesh Ratnaparkhi about how to effectively migrate your content to OneDrive, whether you're starting on-prem or with another cloud provider. The team busts common migration myths and gives you the tools you need to get your own migration started! Click . Stephen Rice | | co-host Arvind Mishra | | co-host Vishal Lodha | | guest Yogesh Ratnaparkhi | | guest OneDrive | | | OneDrive Office Hours Sign Up: /episode/index/show/syncup/id/30955858

Creating a new future in OneDrive 03/07/2024

Creating a new future in OneDrive This week on Sync Up, hosts Stephen Rice and Arvind Mishra sit down with Liz Scoble and Libby McCormick to talk about how we're creating new creation experiences in OneDrive, and across Microsoft 365! After discussing our favorite underrated snacks, the team talks about Create.Microsoft.Com and the power of intent, then the new Create New experience that's rolling out in OneDrive soon! Don't forget to sign up for the OneDrive newsletter at aka.ms/OneDrive/Join. of the episode. Stephen Rice | | co-host Arvind Mishra | | co-host Liz Scoble | | guest Libby McCormick | | guest OneDrive | | | OneDrive Office Hours Sign Up: /episode/index/show/syncup/id/30247113

From Waterfalls to Weekly Releases—Engineering Excellence with Steven Bailey and John Selbie 02/06/2024

From Waterfalls to Weekly Releases—Engineering Excellence with Steven Bailey and John Selbie On this episode of Sync Up, hosts Stephen Rice and Arvind Mishra sit down with two never-before-heard guests! First up, hear directly from the Corporate Vice President of OneDrive Engineering, Steven Bailey, as he talks through the joys and challenges of managing one of Microsoft's largest services. Then, go deep with John Selbie, one of OneDrive's esteemed engineering managers as he walks through the history of engineering at Microsoft and shares how the product gets made! Don't forget to sign up for the OneDrive newsletter at aka.ms/OneDrive/Join. of the episode. Stephen Rice | | co-host Arvind Mishra | | co-host Steven Bailey | | guest John Selbie | | guest OneDrive | | OneDrive Office Hours Sign Up: /episode/index/show/syncup/id/29778503

A Copilot for your OneDrive 11/20/2023

A Copilot for your OneDrive This month's episode of Sync Up is all about Copilot and AI! With Ignite wrapped up, it's time to talk about how we're bringing the power of AI to OneDrive, from your documents to your photos! Join Stephen Rice and Arvind Mishra as they talk with AI experts Arjun Tomar and Lisa Miao about document summarization, organization, semantic search, face identification and more. If you're interested in learning more about the future of OneDrive, you won't want to miss this episode! Got questions? E-mail us at ! Click of this episode. Stephen Rice | | co-host Arvind Mishra | | co-host Arjun Tomar| | guest Lisa Miao| | guest OneDrive | | OneDrive Office Hours Sign Up: /episode/index/show/syncup/id/28691808

Behind the Scenes—The Future of File Management 10/04/2023

Behind the Scenes—The Future of File Management OneDrive: The Future of File Management is here! On October 3rd, the team shared all the great news about the next generation of the OneDrive experience! This week, we're taking you behind the scenes with presenters Jason Moore, Arwa Tyebkhan and Gaia Carini as they walked off the stage of this momentous occasion! Then, we dive deep with Sesha Mani on how OneDrive keeps your content secure, and your users productive! You won't want to miss this jam-packed episode of Sync Up! Click of this episode. Stephen Rice | | co-host Arvind Mishra | | co-host Sesha Mani| | guest OneDrive | | Future of File Management Recap: OneDrive Office Hours Sign Up: /episode/index/show/syncup/id/28216934

I'm Syncing About OneDrive! 09/14/2023

I'm Syncing About OneDrive! Sync your teeth into the latest episode of the Sync Up podcast! This week, Stephen and Arvind talk with OneDrive Sync experts Gaia Carini and Andrey Espiov about all the latest improvements to the OneDrive desktop experience! From new features that will knock your socks off to improvements on tried and true fundamentals, there's a lot to learn in this jam-packed episode! Click of this episode. Stephen Rice | | @MSFTStephen (Threads) | co-host Arvind Mishra | | @ArvindMishra007 (Threads) | co-host Gaia Carini | Andrey Espiov | OneDrive | | Learn more about the OneDrive Event: Get the invite at OneDrive Office Hours Sign Up: /episode/index/show/syncup/id/28026849

Behind the Blue - OneDrive's New Design 08/02/2023

Behind the Blue - OneDrive's New Design The new OneDrive Design is on its way! On this episode of Sync Up, Stephen Rice and Arvind Mishra discuss the colors, rounded corners and nuances of OneDrive's new look with expert designers Christopher Wymer and Lyndsey Gill! They walk through the inspirations, challenges and magic that went into bringing this new, refreshed OneDrive to your screens! Tune in to learn more about OneDrive's new look and how design can make a difference! Click of this episode. Stephen Rice | | @MSFTStephen (Threads) | co-host Arvind Mishra | | @ArvindMishra007 (Threads) | co-host Christopher Wymer | guest Lyndsey Gill | | guest OneDrive | | Microsoft OneDrive Blog home page: OneDrive Office Hours Sign Up: /episode/index/show/syncup/id/27617913

Jason Moore Strikes Again 07/13/2023

Jason Moore Strikes Again Jason Moore, former host of the Sync Up podcast, is back for a special bonus episode on the past, present and future of OneDrive! Join Stephen Rice and Arvind Mishra as they talk with Jason Moore about OneDrive's history, as it grew from just an idea to a beta of 5000 users to the massive service that it is today! They talk about the early days of SkyDrive, how the product evolved over time and how it will continue evolve into the future! Stick around to the end for a sneak peak at Jason Moore's hit song about OneDrive! Click of this episode. Stephen Rice | | co-host Arvind Mishra | | co-host Jason Moore| | guest OneDrive | | OneDrive Office Hours Sign Up: Follow Sync Up at /episode/index/show/syncup/id/27403764

A New Home for OneDrive! 06/29/2023

A New Home for OneDrive! OneDrive is getting a new home! Join Stephen Rice and Arvind Mishra as they go behind the scenes of the latest OneDrive features in the Sync Up podcast. They talk with the experts and designers for three great features that are coming in the next two months! First, Lesha Bhansali lifts the veil on the new OneDrive Home, People View and Meeting Views that are designed to get you to your files as fast as possible. Second, Ihcene Cheriet will talk about the new, simplified Share Dialog that makes sharing easier than ever, and the new Manage Access experience which helps you stay in control of your content! Click of this episode. Stephen Rice | | co-host Arvind Mishra | | co-host Lesha Bhansali | | guest Ihcene Cheriet | | guest OneDrive | | Follow Sync Up at aka.ms/SyncUp OneDrive Home Deep-Dive: OneDrive Office Hours Sign Up: /episode/index/show/syncup/id/27299832

Sync Up Revived! 06/13/2023

Sync Up Revived! The Sync Up Podcast is back! Stephen Rice and Arvind Mishra have brought the Sync Up podcast back from the brink to give you the best insights into the OneDrive product! This month, we talk about all the amazing features we announced at the Microsoft 365 Collaboration Conference with Product Managers Irfan Shahdad and Miceile Barret! We talk about OneDrive Home, simplified sharing, colored folders (YES!), people and meeting views, new filters, and whether popcorn is better than M&M's for movie snacks. of this episode. Stephen Rice | | co-host Arvind Mishra | | co-host Irfan Shahdad | | guest Miceile Barrett | | guest OneDrive | | Follow Sync Up at Microsoft OneDrive Blog home page: OneDrive Office Hours Sign Up: Microsoft News Podcasts page: Microsoft Adoption Podcast + Video page: /episode/index/show/syncup/id/27073593

Add to OneDrive 03/20/2023

Add to OneDrive We are bringing you a special episode from Sync Up's sister podcast show, The Intrazone. This episode's guests include Gaia Carini and Katy Erlandson from the OneDrive engineering team. We dig into OneDrive to distinguish the value between the "Add to OneDrive" feature and general sync of team site document libraries - sometimes referred to as "Shared libraries". You’ll hear more about what each capability does, the path forward by design to make it easy for you, plus guidance for today and going forward. The whole of this episode spawned from a Twitter thread request, and we think you'll like this audible response. Click here for this episode's corresponding . Gaia Carini (Principal GPM) | | Katy Erlandson (Senior product manager) | | [co-host] | [co-host] OneDrive | | | | | SharePoint | | | Resources: The @RippedOrange tweet thread that started it all: "" "" (support article) - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at Follow The Intrazone at /episode/index/show/syncup/id/26264598

OneDrive turns 15! 08/09/2022

OneDrive turns 15! It's OneDrive's 15th birthday, and all the presents are for you. On this episode, Ankita Kirti and Mark Kashman chat with Arwa Tyebkhan (Principal GPM | OneDrive) and Steven Bailey (CVP OneDrive and SharePoint engineering) to celebrate both OneDrive’s 15th lap around the sun AND to hear more about the new OneDrive Home experience. We first go into the way-back machine to learn about the evolution from Windows Live Mesh, Grove.exe and SharePoint Workspaces, into SkyDrive and SkyDrive Pro, and land on OneDrive as we know it today. We also discover that it’s not only OneDrive’s birthday… the team has been hard at work redesigning the OneDrive Home experience to help you easily resume your work and catch up on what you missed while you were away – everything at-a-glance and easy to prioritize where to start working. . Steven Bailey (CVP OneDrive and SharePoint engineering lead) | Arwa Tyebkhan (Principal GPM - OneDrive) | | [co-host] | [co-host] OneDrive | | | SharePoint | | | Resources: "" - A brief history and introducing a new OneDrive Home experience | by Ankita Kirti (blog, customer video, podcast) Short "" video + screenshots of new OneDrive home experience - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at Upcoming Events: (Aug. 8-12, 2022; Dallas, TX) (Sept.13-16.2022; Mandalay Bay - Las Vegas, NV) (Sept.20-22.2022; Orlando, FL) (Sept.26-28; Mainz, GE) (Sept.26-30; Chicago, IL) (Oct.12-14; Hybrid) + + follow [On-demand] Follow The Intrazone at /episode/index/show/syncup/id/23974461

New sharing experience across Microsoft 365 06/30/2021

New sharing experience across Microsoft 365 Ankita and Jason talk with Ihcene Cheriet, Product Manager on the OneDrive Sharing and Collab team. They discuss her team's goal and approach to provide the best customer experience around sharing and to make collaboration easier to all customers. The special segment this week is about VUCA, an acronym developed to describe the challenges of navigating an unpredictable environment. And as a bonus, the group shares their favorite summer song. /episode/index/show/syncup/id/19597346

Announcing OneDrive Sync Admin Reports 05/26/2021

Announcing OneDrive Sync Admin Reports Our guest today is Chenying Yang, a senior Program Manager on OneDrive focusing on making OneDrive Sync great across consumer and enterprise. OneDrive Sync Admin Reports empowers IT admins with actionable insights about the adoption and health of the sync client. You'll also learn the team's favorite go-to beverages to wind up or wind down. /episode/index/show/syncup/id/19197044

Staying connected with Yammer 04/28/2021

Staying connected with Yammer In this new world of hybrid work, Yammer offers employees a way to come together socially to share what’s going on in their lives, both inside and outside work. In this episode, we learn more about Yammer and discuss how OneDrive supports tech engagement among your employees. Out guest is Michael Holste, Product Manager on the Microsoft 365 Product Marketing team responsible for employee engagement, including products like Yammer and Viva connections. /episode/index/show/syncup/id/18830042

Migration isn't just for the birds 03/24/2021

Migration isn't just for the birds Ankita and Jason talk with Joshua Badach, Project Manager within the ODSP Customer Engineering Migration Team, and is responsible for creating a bridge between the field, Engineering, and Migration tools and teams such as Mover, FastTrack and Microsoft Consulting Services. We discuss common questions like, "Why should I migrate?" and "How does Microsoft FastTrack help?" and "What are the best practices of running a migration?" /episode/index/show/syncup/id/18429635

Better Together: Teams + OneDrive 02/23/2021

Better Together: Teams + OneDrive Ankita and Jason talk with Cory Kincaid, a Customer Success Manager for Modern Work, who advises customers on how to use technologies like Teams and OneDrive to improve their business. We also talk with Ryan Voelki and Taty Castillo, also customer success managers, who take a #HumansFirst approach to helping customers navigate their digital transformation. You'll also learn about the team's favorite article of "pandemic clothing." /episode/index/show/syncup/id/18023576

Consolidating OneDrive and SharePoint admin centers 01/19/2021

Consolidating OneDrive and SharePoint admin centers We talk with Dave Minasyan, Principal Program Manager, to discuss the increased need for collaboration, which has been driving Microsoft to invest heavily into interconnectivity of tools across the Microsoft 365 suite, and how his team's focus is to evolve the admin experiences to gradually address the increasing management complexity that comes with this interconnectivity ecosystem we are building, along with new rollouts in the ODB and SPO admin centers in 2021. /episode/index/show/syncup/id/17580788

2020 Recap and 2021 Anticipation 12/15/2020

2020 Recap and 2021 Anticipation We look back over 2020, discussing product highlights, our team’s learnings and achievements, and what we are looking forward to in 2021. Today's guest is Randy Wong. Principal PM Manager. OneDrive played a critical role for customers all over the world this year in essential jobs in governments, schools, pharmaceutical companies and more. We also share other important learning lessons from this year, including our focus on empathy, health, gratitude, and Jason's "No Meetings Friday" policy. /episode/index/show/syncup/id/17147042

OneDrive helps SMBs achieve secure productivity 11/24/2020

OneDrive helps SMBs achieve secure productivity Ankita and Jason talk with Paul Diamond, Product Marketing Manager for OneDrive personal as well as small and medium businesses, and Matthew Woodget, founder of Go Narrative. The group discusses tools available for small and medium businesses (SMBs) to assist in the adaptation to remote work, the most useful OneDrive features for SMBs, tips, personal favorites and more. Also, each person shares a fun activity to do over a video call with friends and family. /episode/index/show/syncup/id/16930484

Best practices for external sharing and sharing Halloween candy 10/27/2020

Best practices for external sharing and sharing Halloween candy There are multiple aspects to consider regarding external sharing for your business, including establishing boundaries, industry regulations, information protection, security, shadow IT and more. Ankita and Jason talk with Stephen Rice, Senior Program Manager, and Noorez Khamis of Creospark, and Microsoft MVP, to discuss best practices and policy examples to ensure successful and secure collaboration for your organization. And this month's treat is learning about the team's favorite Halloween candies. /episode/index/show/syncup/id/16531949

Microsoft Ignite 2020 and the big OneDrive reveals 09/22/2020

Microsoft Ignite 2020 and the big OneDrive reveals Microsoft Ignite is in full swing, and the OneDrive team is here to talk the latest and greatest product developments, innovations and celebrate the team's accomplishments. Guest Ryan Hoge recaps some of the big features, including Add to OneDrive, OneDrive Home (iOS), Surface Duo and more. We also highlight that September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, the importance of mental and emotional wellbeing, and resources to learn more. Finally, you'll learn about the team's favorite collectibles. /episode/index/show/syncup/id/16087820

Back to school with OneDrive 08/26/2020

Back to school with OneDrive It's back to school time with OneDrive! Ankita and Jason talk with Erdina Francillon, an M365 Education Specialist, who supports universities and school districts across the Mid-Atlantic with their modern work and learning needs from identity, security, collaboration, automation and of course storage. This month's special topic is the importance of recharging ourselves for work and life outside of work. Also, hear about everyone's most memorable childhood cartoon -- just in time for after-school. /episode/index/show/syncup/id/15755759

Introducing Add to OneDrive 07/22/2020

Introducing Add to OneDrive This month Ankita and Jason talk with Olga Dalecka, Senior Program Manager for OneDrive, who works on making it easier for you to find your files. She loves item keeping, shared controls and debating about breadcrumbs. We talk about the new Add to OneDrive feature, gardening, and how to utilize the powerful Accountability Ladder at work and at home. /episode/index/show/syncup/id/15305930

Data compliance and governance with OneDrive 06/10/2020

Data compliance and governance with OneDrive This month Ankita and Jason talk with Sesha Mani, Group Program Manager at Microsoft, responsible for the core parts of OneDrive and SharePoint around Data Governance, Compliance and Security. He spearheaded the security in Microsoft 365 service from its inception days. We also learn of each person's first memorable music concert. /episode/index/show/syncup/id/14764805

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