Episode 425 – Exploring Collaboration and Governance at the MVP Summit with Joy Apple
From Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast by Ben Stegink, Scott Hoag
April 9, 2026 · 50 min
About this episode
In this episode, Ben Stegink interviews Joy Apple about collaboration and governance in Microsoft 365, highlighting her experiences and insights from the MVP Summit.
Welcome to Episode 425 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this audio and video episode recorded live at Microsoft headquarters during the MVP Summit, Ben welcomes a return guest, Joy Apple, to the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast and discuss her 20-year career in the Microsoft collaboration space, from financial services to SharePoint training, consulting, and her current role at Orchestry Software. Joy explains Orchestry as a Microsoft 365 governance automation layer covering templated provisioning for SharePoint and Teams, archiving policies (including Microsoft 365 Archive), guest management, and OneDrive governance. They emphasize that AI and Copilot amplify existing information architecture, permissions, and data hygiene issues, making governance more critical. They describe the MVP Summit as a “family reunion” where MVPs attend sessions and reconnect with peers. Joy and Ben also spend some time describing paths becoming an MVP and how much they just enjoy the community around the Microsoft 365 ecosystem and connecting with people both at MVP Summit as well as various conferences throughout the year. About Joy Apple Joy is a Microsoft MVP and Director of Success and…
People in this episode
Host: Ben Stegink
Guest: Joy Apple
Topics covered
- collaboration
- governance
- Microsoft 365
- MVP Summit
- AI
- community
Keywords
- Microsoft 365
- governance
- collaboration
- MVP Summit
- Orchestry
- AI
- Copilot
- SharePoint
- Teams
- data hygiene
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Orchestry Software, Microsoft, Microsoft 365
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