About this episode

Brian McGough discusses the evolution and operational complexities of the Microsoft 365 Message Center.

Brian McGough, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, gives a behind-the-scenes look at how change communications work across the Microsoft 365 ecosystem and what's coming next. • How Message Center has grown from 50 posts a month to over 225, and the operational complexity behind keeping hundreds of live posts up to date • The targeting system behind Message Center, from licensing-based filtering to tenant-specific notifications across multiple clouds including GCC, GCC High, and DoD • M...

People in this episode

Host: Tom Arbuthnot

Guest: Brian McGough

Topics covered

• Microsoft 365
• Message Center
• change communications
• operational complexity
• targeting system
• tenant-specific notifications

Keywords

• Microsoft 365
• Message Center
• change communications
• notifications
• operational complexity
• tenant-specific
• GCC
• GCC High
• DoD

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft, Microsoft 365, GCC, GCC High, DoD

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