Sathish Veerapandian - Reimagine Remote Working with Microsoft Teams: A practical guide to increasing your productivity and enhancing collaboration in the remote world

A practical guide to increasing your productivity and enhancing collaboration in the remote world

Sathish Veerapandian Harsharanjeet Kaur Ashok Madhvarayan Sriram Rajamanickam

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To my mother, Baljinder Kaur, and father, Daljeet Singh, who always encouraged me to be the best version of myself, and to my husband and siblings for their unceasing support.

Harsharanjeet Kaur

Sathish Veerapandian is a Certified Microsoft Infrastructure/Cloud Architect with 14 years of International large scale hands-on experience in Planning, Designing, Execution, IT Management of Messaging Platforms such as Microsoft Teams with Telephony, Skype for Business Voice, Microsoft Exchange, Intune Deployment, Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Security Implementations.

His dedication to serve the technical community has earned him the title of Microsoft MVP for the past 7 years, and he shares his technical knowledge and skills through Local Meetups, blogs (https://ezcloudinfo.com), and participates in Microsoft Ignite sessions. He is well known in the community for his contributions in Office 365, Microsoft Teams and Security platforms.

Harsharanjeet Kaur's skill set has allowed her to wear many hats during her career, including being a blogger, a Microsoft Certified Trainer for more than 5 years, a cloud consultant and architect, and a PowerShell automation expert. She has experience in various technologies, such as Azure IaaS, DevOps, Microsoft Teams administration, Identity and Access Management, Microsoft Intune, and perimeter security, and has worked with various government and corporate clients across the US, the UK, Asia-Pacific, and many other regions

Harsharan lives in Central India with her husband and loves to volunteer for social causes. You can reach out to her on Twitter (@harsharanjeet) or Linkedin (linkedin.com/in/harsharanjeet/) and she also has a website at www.harsharanjeet.com.

Ashok Madhvarayan is a Microsoft Certified Professional, blogger, and author at Cloud Exchangers, and makes real-world technical contributions via Microsoft communities (Q&A). Extensive knowledge and experience in messaging (Microsoft Exchange Server), the cloud (Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Enterprise Mobility & Security), and services including infrastructure (Windows Server, Active Directory, ADFS, ADCS, file servers, System CenterConfiguration Manager), unified communication (MS Teams, Skype for Business, video conferencing room systems, Surface Hub), virtualization (Hyper-V), and databases (SQL).

Sriram Rajamanickam is a Microsoft Certified consultant with proven experience in Microsoft cloud technologies specialized in Microsoft 365, Azure, Intune, Azure Information Protection, Windows domains, Microsoft Exchange Server, Windows Server, and Windows virtualization. He is a senior specialist currently working with a government entity responsible for operating government shared services with respect to Microsoft technologies and their successful cloud journey.

Peter Rising is a Microsoft MVP in Office apps and services. He has worked for several IT solutions providers and private organizations in a variety of technical roles focusing on Microsoft technologies. Since 2014, Peter has specialized in the Microsoft 365 platform, more recently shifting his focus to security and compliance. He holds several Microsoft certifications, including MCSE: Productivity, MCSA: Office 365, Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert, Microsoft 365: Security Administrator Associate, and Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate. He is also the author of the Packt Microsoft MS-500 exam guide, and the coauthor of the Microsoft MS-700 exam guide.

Steven Van Houttum is an independent consultant and trainer specialized in Microsoft Unified Communications. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and has been awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) from 2006-2010 for Exchange and since 2011 for Lync (now Office Apps and Services).

He is a frequent speaker on Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business Server, at Microsoft events and at community events.