
Alistair Pugin
Microsoft MVP | Speaker | Blogger | Podcaster | CEO@YMD
Cape Town, South Africa
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Alistair has worked in various capacities in multiple verticals from retail – manufacturing to government, spanning 50 to 15000 users utilizing all aspects of pure Enterprise Information Management.
His current position as a Microsoft MVP in South Africa, provides him with a mechanism to assist companies with architecting their SharePoint environment using "best of breed", proven methodologies to foster innovation and growth through an ECM framework while incorporating a Knowledge Management strategy.
It is with this vision that he strives to provide customers with a platform for Business Productivity Enrichment, establishing communities of practice through proper analysis and building a knowledge economy that is both quantifiable and achievable.
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Effective Document Capture for SharePoint
Many organizations’ processes are still driven by paper based documents which provides a plethora of caveat’s for missing and uncontrolled documents. Paper invariably gets misplaces and or discarded which creates and auditing and find ability nightmare. This session covers:
• What products are available for document capture
• How to configure a proper document process
• What options there are for image cleanup, data validation, data extraction
• How OCR assists with recognition and automation
Consultants will be able to articulate the needs of companies’ still utilizing paper based processes more effectively and efficiently through the use of intelligent capture solutions.
How ITPro’s Dev in SharePoint
For years, it’s been a myth that ITPro’s cannot Dev, ergo White Men Can’t Jump. This is however not true. The lesser known, not often spotted ITPro dabbling in Dev does exist. This session provides:
• What ITPro’s need to understand
• How easy it is to approach development
• What not to do (because Dev’s are hardcore)
• How to apply OO and PnP’s as an ITPro
This session will empower the ITPro with the necessary tools they need to approach development with the correct understanding and also provide them with some real world examples of how the two worlds can co-exist.
How to ensure GDPR Compliance with Office 365
With the General Data Protection Regulation from the European Union being enforced in May of 2018, companies across the globe have to ensure that they adhere to the legislation stipulated in the GDPR. Microsoft provides a set of tools as part of Office 365 to ensure that companies adhere to the regulation. In this session we unpack:
• What the Trust Center is
• The Compliance Manager rules and features
• Which reports are available
By adhering to the policy framework within Office 365, companies will be able to conform to the GDPR and in so doing, avoid any possible breaches that would lead to failing GDPR compliance.
How to secure your content with Azure Information Protection
Microsoft has rolled up its Content Security functions into the not so new name: Azure Information Protection. With Azure IP, organisations are able to not only lock down content but also restrict access. In this session we cover:
1. What is Azure Information Protection
2. How Azure IP is used to lock down content in SharePoint, Exchange, OneDrive, etc
3. What is conditional access
4. How Azure IP is extended to device management
By understanding the capabilities of Azure IP, which now includes Rights Management Services, organisations will be able to ensure that their content and access to their content is managed effectively, without risk and seamlessly to the user.
Manage sensitive information with Azure Purview
Security and Compliance solutions have been at the forefront of public cloud since its inception. With customers moving to the cloud, workloads in Azure need to be secured in the traditional way as well as from a compliance perspective.
With the advent of Azure Purview, customers can now secure various workloads by using unified labeling for sensitive information. In this session we cover:
What is Azure Purview
How to enable Azure Purview (Licensing)
What workloads are supported
How to apply labels to workloads in Azure
Customers can now easily create a holistic, up-to-date map of your data landscape with automated data discovery, sensitive data classification, and end-to-end data lineage. Empower data consumers to find valuable, trustworthy data.
Making Teams work without understanding Information Architecture
Microsoft Teams is the latest and greatest tech to come out of Microsoft since well, SharePoint. BUT its a huge departure from how we are used to creating, storing and collaborating around content. In the same vein as SharePoint created content sprawl, so does Teams. When Teams is your new point of entry into your content landscape.
In this session,we take you through:
• Information Architecture 101
• How Teams approaches Information Architecture
• How to build a Teams strategy
• What technical bits you need in the backend
You do not need to have a degree in IA or a cert in PowerShell to successfully deploy, maintain and use Teams. Come along to this session to find out how to do it easily and simply without creating content sprawl.
Managing Mobile Devices and Applications for Office 365 through Azure
With OneDrive, Teams, SharePoint, To-Do, Planner etc all having mobile applications readily available for download, companies are faced with the task of allowing access to corporate data via not only the mobile devices themselves, but also via the application. In this session we cover:
- What the differences between MDM and MAM are
- How to enable conditional access
- What policies are available
- How to discover possible data breaches
With extended corporate data access to mobile devices, companies need to ensure that they not only protect their data but also the data of customers. Being able to securely manage authentication, authorization and access control is paramount for any organisation.
Managing Security, Compliance and Protection with Azure
Azure, the elephant in the room. Office 365 relies on it for Identity Management and a host of other integrated services. So how does Azure help organisations identify possible risks in compliance. Come to this session and we'll teach you how to:
- Discover data with Azure
- Manage Data with Azure
- Protect Data with Azure
- Report Data with Azure
Compliance is an on-going process and a shared responsibility. Microsoft Azure offers a powerful set of tools to make the process easier and extensive documentation on how to use them.
Microsoft Information Protection: Your Security and Compliance Framework
Its one thing encrypting and protecting your data from prying eyes but what use is it, if it is not retained or protected against loss. With Microsoft Information Protection, Microsoft provides organisations the ability to:
• Protection content from deletion
• Adhere to compliance standards (GDPR, HIPAA, etc)
• Discover content for litigation
• Manage access to content based on rules
By implementing the correct rules, organisations are able to mitigate risk and remain compliant and at the same time ensure that content is identified, classified, retained and disposed of accordingly.
Office 365 – Digital Disruption or Transformation
Microsoft has been polishing its Online Service offerings since the early 2000’s through its original Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) which has later become what we now know as Office 365.
It’s been a shaky road since 2010 but finally we are seeing remarkable technology come through Office 365 and into the hands of all users. By unpacking what is possible within the suite, companies are fence sitting as to whether it is Disruption or Transformation.
So, what do you think it is?
Let’s unload and explore the pro’s and con’s of what customers are experiencing and the strategic direction of Microsoft.
Moving from ECM to Content Services
According to Gartner, Enterprise Content Management is dead, and that Content Services is the new paradigm for productivity and collaboration. So, what does this all mean for organizations? In this session we unpack:
• What is Content Services
• How to transition from ECM to Content Services
• What Microsoft products to use to achieve this
• How to still manage unstructured storage
In the multi-repository world, we are no longer required to store content in specific areas, more so, we are encouraged to “work where we are”. By using the correct tools to connect various services together, companies will be able to manage and protect their content, even though its stored across many silo’s.
The benefits of hybrid and why it’s the new Microsoft normal
Moving to the cloud, we hear this daily, no matter what the industry vertical. The cost benefits of using consumption and subscription services great reduce the cost of managing infrastructure on-prem, but for many CIO's and IT managers, this is an arduous task. In this session we cover:
• What is available through Microsoft 365
• What to move to where
• What needs to say on-prem
By understanding what is available from Microsoft through the Microsoft 365 offering, organisations will be equipped to make the correct decisions not only as to why, but also what can be moved, how long it's going to take and what improvements the organisation can hope to achieve when moving to the cloud.
The commoditization of SharePoint
Over the last 5 years, more so in the last 18 months, we have seen a great leap forward in what is now known as the “commoditization” of SharePoint. Even Microsoft has started producing “3rd Party” bolt on products for not only SharePoint but Office 365, at such a rate that it’s difficult to keep up. This session covers:
• What commoditization means in the Microsoft world
• How to approach product vs build
• What is available right now
• Where the industry is moving to
Business users, architects and consultant alike will be able to make informed decisions regarding building composite solutions by not only utilizing the Microsoft stack but also the plethora of 3rd party products from vendors across the globe.
Top 5 tips to ensure a successful migration to SharePoint 2019
Not everyone is moving to the cloud. SharePoint Server is here to stay and customers are wanting to move to SharePoint 2019. With all the "cloud" features now being baked into SharePoint 2019, taking advantage of them is vitally important in preparing to eventually move to the cloud.
In this session we cover:
• How to perform an assessment of what you have
• How to interpret the assessment
• What order to plan your move
• How to transition from classic to modern
By accurately working through the assessment, organisations will be equipped with the necessary planning to move to SharePoint 2019 without the worry of "will things work" and in so doing, be able to successfully move across with consummate ease.
Your GDPR Compliance will fail without Azure Information Protection
The EU GDPR. Arguably the most impactful Information and Communications Technology legislation passed in the last 30 years; We have been talking about it for 18 months and now it has arrived. The question is, what have you put in place to ensure that your content in Office 365 is compliant?
In this session we unpack:
- What is Azure Information Protection, the Security and Compliance Center, and Conditional Access
- How to secure content correctly across SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange and Teams, including Skype for Business
- How to manage applications and devices
- What tool to use when
The protection of the personally identifiable information of all EU citizens is what the GDPR is all about and without being able to implement the correct tools, companies will face stiff fines. So come along to find out how to do this within Office 365.

Alistair Pugin
Microsoft MVP | Speaker | Blogger | Podcaster | CEO@YMD
Cape Town, South Africa
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