Loryan Strant
@loryanstrant.com
Microsoft 365 specialist, MVP, father, Autistic & ADHD.
Passionate about helping people work better together and life/work balance.
Home Assistant nerd.
Passionate about helping people work better together and life/work balance.
Home Assistant nerd.
June 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Today's solution looking for a problem: hooked up Power BI to my #Ubiquiti network. As long as the items have some of naming convention in UniFi I can break things up into more visuals and graphs.
Only works in desktop at this stage as the API isn't available to the web.
#PowerBI #UniFi #BecauseICan
Only works in desktop at this stage as the API isn't available to the web.
#PowerBI #UniFi #BecauseICan
June 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Today's solution looking for a problem: hooked up Power BI to my #Ubiquiti network. As long as the items have some of naming convention in UniFi I can break things up into more visuals and graphs.
Only works in desktop at this stage as the API isn't available to the web.
#PowerBI #UniFi #BecauseICan
Only works in desktop at this stage as the API isn't available to the web.
#PowerBI #UniFi #BecauseICan
Dear Microsoft, when I open up "Microsoft 365 Copilot" (formerly the home screen of #Microsoft365) and press the Create button, images are not the first thing I want to see.
The productivity app content should not be buried under "more".
#Copilot #M365Copilot
The productivity app content should not be buried under "more".
#Copilot #M365Copilot
June 6, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Dear Microsoft, when I open up "Microsoft 365 Copilot" (formerly the home screen of #Microsoft365) and press the Create button, images are not the first thing I want to see.
The productivity app content should not be buried under "more".
#Copilot #M365Copilot
The productivity app content should not be buried under "more".
#Copilot #M365Copilot
June 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I know that meetings in #MicrosoftTeams channels aren't perfect, but isn't it better to keep all the items together in context?
Because realistically, a non-channel meeting is actually a group chat with voice & video.
#PSA
#StopGroupChats
Because realistically, a non-channel meeting is actually a group chat with voice & video.
#PSA
#StopGroupChats
March 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I know that meetings in #MicrosoftTeams channels aren't perfect, but isn't it better to keep all the items together in context?
Because realistically, a non-channel meeting is actually a group chat with voice & video.
#PSA
#StopGroupChats
Because realistically, a non-channel meeting is actually a group chat with voice & video.
#PSA
#StopGroupChats
This moment in Severance!
March 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This moment in Severance!
Ugh, I hope the new one will at least let you just open the damn thing and switch accounts as necessary, instead of prompting you right at the beginning.
When I want to use Copilot that's not in a M365 app/service, I just want Copilot dammit!
When I want to use Copilot that's not in a M365 app/service, I just want Copilot dammit!
March 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Ugh, I hope the new one will at least let you just open the damn thing and switch accounts as necessary, instead of prompting you right at the beginning.
When I want to use Copilot that's not in a M365 app/service, I just want Copilot dammit!
When I want to use Copilot that's not in a M365 app/service, I just want Copilot dammit!
February 22, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Oh, here's one that worked. And sooooooooo helpful!
February 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Oh, here's one that worked. And sooooooooo helpful!
#Copilot for #Microsoft365 admin failing at the things it says I can do, using prompts it suggests I use.
February 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
#Copilot for #Microsoft365 admin failing at the things it says I can do, using prompts it suggests I use.
Now, this experience isn't confusing at all.
Logos are a small detail I hear people say. :-/
Logos are a small detail I hear people say. :-/
January 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Now, this experience isn't confusing at all.
Logos are a small detail I hear people say. :-/
Logos are a small detail I hear people say. :-/
January 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I'm not sure who @ MSFT needs to hear this, but #Copilot interactions and #MicrosoftTeams chats are not the same thing.
Therefore they should not be grouped together like this in #Purview retention policy choices. Especially as Copilot interactions occur elsewhere.
#Microsoft365 #WhoThoughtThisWasOk
Therefore they should not be grouped together like this in #Purview retention policy choices. Especially as Copilot interactions occur elsewhere.
#Microsoft365 #WhoThoughtThisWasOk
January 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I'm not sure who @ MSFT needs to hear this, but #Copilot interactions and #MicrosoftTeams chats are not the same thing.
Therefore they should not be grouped together like this in #Purview retention policy choices. Especially as Copilot interactions occur elsewhere.
#Microsoft365 #WhoThoughtThisWasOk
Therefore they should not be grouped together like this in #Purview retention policy choices. Especially as Copilot interactions occur elsewhere.
#Microsoft365 #WhoThoughtThisWasOk
Oh, so you're the one who this stat relates to!
January 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Oh, so you're the one who this stat relates to!
A fun Saturday morning with @lindsaytshelton.com deploying a test build of my #Microsoft365 #Copilot Usage Reporter solution into her org.
Some kinks to iron out, but will hopefully be sharing it next week.
Stay tuned!
Some kinks to iron out, but will hopefully be sharing it next week.
Stay tuned!
January 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
A fun Saturday morning with @lindsaytshelton.com deploying a test build of my #Microsoft365 #Copilot Usage Reporter solution into her org.
Some kinks to iron out, but will hopefully be sharing it next week.
Stay tuned!
Some kinks to iron out, but will hopefully be sharing it next week.
Stay tuned!
The danger of copying & pasting is evident in the new #Copilot settings in #Microsoft365, specifically in the #Viva sections.
Three of these things are not like the other...
Three of these things are not like the other...
January 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The danger of copying & pasting is evident in the new #Copilot settings in #Microsoft365, specifically in the #Viva sections.
Three of these things are not like the other...
Three of these things are not like the other...
Welcome!
Remember, the outdoor cooking area must be able to consume a good portion of the total outdoor area.
It's a rule, I didn't make it up.
Remember, the outdoor cooking area must be able to consume a good portion of the total outdoor area.
It's a rule, I didn't make it up.
December 31, 2024 at 3:55 AM
Welcome!
Remember, the outdoor cooking area must be able to consume a good portion of the total outdoor area.
It's a rule, I didn't make it up.
Remember, the outdoor cooking area must be able to consume a good portion of the total outdoor area.
It's a rule, I didn't make it up.
Two weeks notice, and over the holiday season???
So, some people will come back to work and find an entire system of managing content has simply vanished.
Who thought this was OK???
So, some people will come back to work and find an entire system of managing content has simply vanished.
Who thought this was OK???
December 19, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Two weeks notice, and over the holiday season???
So, some people will come back to work and find an entire system of managing content has simply vanished.
Who thought this was OK???
So, some people will come back to work and find an entire system of managing content has simply vanished.
Who thought this was OK???
Continuing the trend in deprecating actually useful features in what appears to be a thinly veiled guise to get us to rely on Copilot more.
December 19, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Continuing the trend in deprecating actually useful features in what appears to be a thinly veiled guise to get us to rely on Copilot more.
Lol no...
But if I squint really hard I can see you from here!
And that's beyond punny!
But if I squint really hard I can see you from here!
And that's beyond punny!
December 19, 2024 at 6:34 AM
Lol no...
But if I squint really hard I can see you from here!
And that's beyond punny!
But if I squint really hard I can see you from here!
And that's beyond punny!
Ah, welcome down undah mate!
I'm actually on the opposite side of the coast from you currently, having my own beach holiday. :-)
I'm actually on the opposite side of the coast from you currently, having my own beach holiday. :-)
December 19, 2024 at 3:20 AM
Ah, welcome down undah mate!
I'm actually on the opposite side of the coast from you currently, having my own beach holiday. :-)
I'm actually on the opposite side of the coast from you currently, having my own beach holiday. :-)
That actually exists.
Here it is in Flight Simulator 2024. :-)
Here it is in Flight Simulator 2024. :-)
December 18, 2024 at 8:24 AM
That actually exists.
Here it is in Flight Simulator 2024. :-)
Here it is in Flight Simulator 2024. :-)