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Tim Shields posted thisI said something at a vendor conference recently that raised a few eyebrows. I have AI fatigue. There, I said it again. Every vendor suddenly has an “AI-powered” product. But here’s the thing… I still use AI every single day. And I’m guessing you do too. Used properly, it genuinely helps. (And yes, ChatGPT did help me check this post for spelling mistakes.) The real difference is when organisations roll AI out at scale. Spoiler alert: AI is going to expose your messy data. Fast. Because AI doesn’t just help you work faster. It exposes how messy your data really is. Tools like Copilot rely on your Microsoft 365 data. Files, emails, Teams messages, SharePoint sites. If that data isn’t organised with the right permissions, things can get out of hand very quickly. Old project sites nobody cleaned up. Guest access that was never reviewed. That forgotten SharePoint folder that still contains last year’s “confidential” planning docs. AI didn’t create those problems. But it will surface them a lot faster. So while the conversation is often about what AI can do, the more practical question might be: Before rolling out Copilot, when was the last time you reviewed your Teams, sites, and permissions?
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Tim Shields reposted thisTim Shields reposted thisWe are hiring a Product & Growth Data Scientist at Syskit! As Syskit scales, we are deepening our investment in understanding the customer journey - from initial contact in Marketing & Sales to long-term adoption and expansion within the product. We seek a Product & Growth Data Scientist to help unify these perspectives, establish a robust foundation in customer analytics and telemetry, and provide insights that will directly influence product strategy and go-to-market execution. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/d3ik5_aJ #DataScience #ProductAnalytics #Growth #B2BSaaS #SyskitTeam
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Tim Shields posted thisJust finished a customer call who found over 2,000 'anyone with the link' shares inside a confidential SharePoint site - the team had no idea! This is the hidden risk of M365 sprawl that keeps IT leaders up at night. The fix? Regular, consistent workspace reviews. #M365Admin #DataSecurity #workspacereviews #comingsoon
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Tim Shields shared thisSyskit are #hiring! We're on the hunt for a Sales Administrator to support our sales team. Based in Zagreb with a hybrid work setup, this full-time role offers an exciting opportunity to grow within a supportive and innovative environment. If you think this role could be for you, apply below or message me directly! Please note: We will only accept direct applications from candidates able to work from Zagreb.
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Tim Shields shared thisSyskit are #hiring! We're looking to grow our channel team and have an exciting opportunity for a channel representative, reporting to Jason May! If you're looking to start your career in channel sales, whilst working for a fast growing, remote first vendor, please get in touch! https://lnkd.in/gFuc-Zkf
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Tim Shields shared thisSyskit is #hiring! We’re looking for a dynamic, results-driven Account Executive to join our growing team. Based remotely in the UK, this role offers the chance to own a huge, untapped territory with an significant addressable market. If you're interested, or know someone who is, let's talk! Send me a message or click the link below to apply now.
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Tim Shields shared thisFantastic opportunity to join our fast growing team! Contact Amy Darlow or myself if you're interestedTim Shields shared this🧡Passionate about all things People and Talent?🧡 I am looking for a People Advisor to help support our growing, global Seldon team! 🌱Exciting opportunity for a developing advisor or budding coordinator 🚀Ability to have an impact from day one and help #shapethefuture 📚 Coaching, support and £1000pa to continue growing and developing 🚵🏽♀️ Hybrid working, 28 days annual leave and many more benefits! 👀 Get an insight into Seldon and our awesome team > https://lnkd.in/eTEUXhCH 👋 Reach out for an initial chat or apply here > https://lnkd.in/ew7h4S6R
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Congrats mate - you earned it, and I know you'll smash it in the new role!
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Tim Shields liked thisTim Shields liked thisMicrosoft 365 File-Level Archive just hit Public Preview. Our data shows 65%+ of content in the average tenant is inactive. Without visibility into what's truly stale, you're still guessing, and guessing doesn't cut costs. Here's the math on what you could be leaving on the table: 🟣Archive storage costs 75% less than active ($0.05/GB/month) 🟣Version cleanup before archival can cut costs by up to 90% 🟣10TB of stale content = thousands saved monthly The savings are real. The hard part is knowing where to look. Sneak peek of the solution that closes that gap.👇 In the meantime, the full breakdown on file-level archiving is here: https://lnkd.in/dyXtkfCv
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Tim Shields liked thisTim Shields liked thisAI adoption is moving fast. Governance... not so much. Frane Borozan, Syskit co-founder and Microsoft MVP, explained why this matters for Microsoft 365 in a conversation with Expert Insights' Joel Witts. AI inherits the permissions already in place, which means overshared content, forgotten links, and year-old access nobody revisited can quickly become much more visible. 👉 Read the full interview: https://lnkd.in/eHZBcGR4
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Tim Shields liked thisHappy to share that I’ve earned the Microsoft 365: Endpoint Administrator Associate certification! 🎉 This journey deepened my expertise in device management, security, and modern workplace solutions using Microsoft 365. From configuring policies to securing endpoints at scale, it’s been a valuable step forward in strengthening my skill set. Grateful for the learning process and excited to apply this knowledge. #Microsoft365 #EndpointManagement #Intune #IT #Certification #ContinuousLearningMicrosoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator AssociateMicrosoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate
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Tim Shields liked thisTim Shields liked thisHow can you quickly get an idea if you have any data governance issues? Microsoft Purview audit logs. They require virtually no setup, and you probably already have 180 days of history ready to query. I used them to build a governance solution in a recent hackathon. After a long while, I joined one again, I switched energy drinks for snacks, and instead of a team, I had my AI Agents, but the fun of it remained. The idea was to try and create something that will show users why data governance matters. If you had a security breach or information got out that should not have, the cost and importance of governance is quite clear to you. But if you are somewhat following the commonsense practices, and have not had any issues so far, spending time and resources on implementing governance policies is hard to justify. Everything (or most everything) you and your users are doing is tracked in Purview, and as I was building my prototype, I identified some of the worst stuff you can find in your audit logs: 1. Anonymous Link being created – anonymous links are dangerous. Anyone in possession of one can see the content, and a lot of these can make your minor governance issue into a major one. 2. Anonymous Link being used – there are still some actively being used inside your organization, hunt them down and delete them. 3. Content being shared with everyone groups – while the easiest way to share something across organization, when you see this, it speaks of gaps inside of your information and governance strategy. I urge you to go to your Purview, and search for these events, and see what comes up. Hopefully you are not surprised. As for my hackathon, I managed to build a working prototype. It still needs a bit of polish, but I am hopeful it will see the light of release!
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Tim Shields liked thisTim Shields liked thisStale Microsoft 365 files finally have somewhere cheaper to go. 🙌 File-level archive is expected to enter public preview by the end of March 2026. It gives teams a way to move old files to storage that costs 75% less, without deleting them or archiving entire sites. A 100 TB tenant (like the one from our example) could save $90K/year with this. The hard part is knowing what's safe to archive, what's still in use, and how much version sprawl is driving up your bill. Our Product Manager Matija Hanzic breaks it down in our latest blog. 👉 Read it here: https://lnkd.in/dTfini8u
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Tim Shields liked thisTim Shields liked thisSyskit remains SOC 2 Type 2 compliant 🙌 Our customers use Syskit Point to manage access, reduce oversharing, and enforce governance across their Microsoft 365 environments. Because Syskit is part of how they keep their tenant secure and under control, they need confidence in the controls behind Syskit, too. Thank you to Prescient Security for guiding us through the attestation process, and to our team for the work that goes into keeping Syskit secure and reliable every day. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dxX4HjtC
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Tim Shields liked thisLast year, Dr Paul Redmond’s brilliant Gartner keynote stuck with me as a reminder that the evolution of technology hasn’t and will not stop moving from generation to generation. We are still finding ways to understand and harness the technology of today in the same way we were 20, 30, 40+ years ago. For kids of today, AI isn’t or won’t be exciting. It’s just the latest.. thing. With 5 weeks until our first Gartner Conference of the year, Syskit remains central to the ‘Governing the Digital Workplace’ track. Whilst this is only my third Gartner Conference, it’s so valuable to listen to our customers, competitors and sense the vibe of the industry we work in. What’s the hot topic? What’s the most common challenges? How long before someone mentions AI.. ? Industry experts and thought leaders gathering in the same room is a great way to spark the discussion of what we do next. 👀 Also.. Syskit have two passes to give away to the event. 📅 27th & 28th April 📍 InterContinental @ the O2. If you’re interested, drop me a message! If you’re there already, let’s grab a beverage?
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Tim Shields liked thisTim Shields liked thisMillions wasted. 65% of SharePoint data is inactive. Everyone recognises that content sprawl and associated storage waste are problems, but many organisations don't have a clear way to address them. At ESPC 2024, we presented our early findings: 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝟰𝟬% 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲. That single optimisation is already saving Syskit Point customers close to $6M yearly. But the inactive content problem? There wasn't a clean way to deal with it. Microsoft has M365 Archive, but it forces you to archive entire sites. While that helps with sprawl, the real storage mess was never in abandoned sites. It was buried inside the active ones. So adoption was slow. Our data shows that only 10% of organisations have M365 Archive enabled. That changed recently, and I feel it's going under the radar. Microsoft announced file-level archiving, rolling out to public preview this month. You can now move specific files to cold storage at $0.05/GB/month. That's a 75% cost cut. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝟲𝟱% 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀, collecting dust at $0.20/GB, the math alone is hard to ignore. This is not just a savings exercise. If you're rolling out #Copilot, minimising the amount of irrelevant content it can process is key to better adoption! Kudos to Matija, who has been leading this research. The findings speak for themselves. https://lnkd.in/d_k-wMYK #SharePoint #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftCopilot
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Tim Shields liked thisTim Shields liked this"Stop writing like an idiot." — Kagi's version of my unposted rant icymi, the trendy LinkedIn translator runs both ways. The text on the left about some ideas needing more than 3 words spent a week in drafts. Meanwhile, I overthought the tone and whether it's *still* too LinkedIn speak-y. With Kagi, I'm now ✨proud to announce✨ that my post is genuine, authentic, real, and all the other words. 🥴 (this caption i wrote myself. i think)
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