Nikki Chapple
Nikki Chapple is a Principal Cloud Architect at Cloudway who specialises in Microsoft 365 governance and compliance. She is an Office Apps and Services MVP, is a public speaker and has presented at conferences such as South Coast Summit, Teams Day Online and M365 Chicago as well as user groups. Her blog https://nikkichapple.com/ focuses on Microsoft 365 and Teams governance, compliance and adoption best practice and top tips. She was one of the co-authors of The Microsoft 365 Maturity Model – Governance, Risk, and Compliance Competency. She has recently joined the organizing committee for Microsoft Teams Day Online and is an advocate for women in technology.
Nikki has 30 years’ experience covering both IT and business roles and prides herself on delivering a holistic and risk based approach to digital transformations. Nikki holds multiple certifications from Microsoft including the Certified Enterprise Administrator Expert and is also a TOGAF qualified Enterprise Architect and PROSCI qualified Organisational Change Manager.
Her motto is “Microsoft 365 governance and compliance is not a project it is a lifestyle. It needs to be embedded into the culture of the organization”.
Learn More
Blog: https://nikkichapple.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikkichapple/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chapplenikki
Current Events
Commsverse 2025
at Mercedes Benz WorldJune 18 - June 19Join our MVPs, Nikki Chapple and Ståle Hansen at Commsverse, just outside London in June. They will share what is top of mind for them at the moment,...
European Collaboration Summit 2025
at CCD Congress Center DüsseldorfMay 26 - May 28Join our MVPs, Ståle Hansen and Nikki Chapple as they share insights in to how you measure the success of your Copilot initiative. Ståle has been wo...
IRMS Conference 2025
at Hilton Birmingham MetropoleMay 18 - May 20Join our dual MVP, Nikki Chapple, as she delivers the closing keynote at the IRMS Conference in Birmingham in May. She is joined by her podcast collea...
NIC Empower Conference
at Oslo Spektrum13/11/2024 - 15/11/2024Join our MVP & RD, Ståle Hansen, MVP Nikki Chapple and MVP Simon Skotheimsvik in Oslo for NIC Empower Conference. – Measuring Copilot and G...
Collabdays Belgium
at Collabdays Belgium19/10/2024 @ 08:00 - 17:00 CESTJoin our MVP Nikki Chapple at Collabdays where she will be sharing her insights into Dechipering Copilot: Unravelling Data Security and Governance in ...
GRC Community Group: Microsoft 365 Copilot
at Virtual via Teams11/10/2024 @ 13:00 - 14:00 CESTJoin our MVP Nikki Chapple sharing her insights at GRC Community Group: Ready, Set, Secure: Data Governance for Microsoft 365 Copilot This session wil...
CollabDays Bletchley Park 2024
at The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park25/09/2024Join our MVP Nikki Chapple sharing her insights about Deciphering Copilot: Unravelling Data Security and Governance in Microsoft 365 We all know that ...
Do I Really Need To Buy More SharePoint Storage?
at Microsoft Teams11/09/2024 @ 15:00 - 16:00 CESTWebinar: Do I Really Need To Buy More SharePoint Storage? From chaos to control – effective data lifecycle management for your Teams and SharePoin...
Workplace Ninja User Group Denmark
at Online09/08/2024 @ 09:00 - 10:00 CESTJoin our MVP Nikki Chapple speaking at the Workplace Ninjas Denmark. She will share her brilliant insights in Deciphering Copilot: Unravelling Data Se...
Commsverse – The Microsoft Teams Conference 2024
at Commsverse26/06/2024 - 27/06/2024Wow, what an event! Join our MVPs at the Commsverse – The Microsoft Teams conference at the Mercedes-Benz World in UK Alexander Holmeset #HackTh...
Meetup Norwegian Microsoft 365 Community
at Online – Teams webinar Norwegian Microsoft 365 Community24/05/2024 @ 12:00 - 13:00 CESTJoin our MVP Nikki Chapple sharing her insights on how to Unlock the Potential of Copilot for Microsoft 365: Data Security and Governance Copilot for ...
How to boost your productivity with AI with Nikki Chapple
at Radisson Blu Scandinavia – Amager Boulevard 70, 2300 Copenhagen09/04/2024 - 10/04/2024Join our MVP Nikki Chapple sharing her brilliant insights into how to boost your productivity with two sessions at IntraTeam Event in Copenhagen April...
Teams Nation 2024
at Online21/02/2024Join our MVPs Mårten Hellebro, Merethe Stave, Nikki Chapple, Ville Gullstrand and Ståle Hansen at Teams Nation! This is a 100% Free, 100% Community ...
M365ReVival Copilot Edition
at Dronning Eufemias gate 71, 0194 Oslo15/02/2024 @ 09:00 - 16:00 CETJoin us when we are running the M365ReVival Copilot edition! Topic this year is Copilot in the flow of your work powered by Viva to drive change. We w...
AMA session: All things M365 Compliance
at Online11/12/2023 @ 10:00 - 11:00 CETJoin our MVP Nikki Chapple (CloudWay) and Ryan John Murphy (Epiq) in the upcoming Ask Me Anything (AMA) session dedicated to the M365 Compliance Solut...
ESPC23
at RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre27/11/2023 - 30/11/2023Join our MVPs, Merethe Stave, Nikki Chapple and Ståle Hansen at ESPC23 in Amsterdam. Merethe is part of the Programme Team and has helped select the ...
CollabDays Belgium 2023
at BluePoint Brussels21/10/2023Join our MVP, Nikki Chapple as she travels to Brussels Belgium to speak at CollabDays. This free event covers Microsoft 365 with some Power Platform a...
South Coast Summit 2023
at Farnborough International Conference Centre13/10/2023 - 14/10/2023Join our MVPs, Nikki Chapple and Ben Lee for two days of learning with focus on The Microsoft Stack. South Coast Summit is an in-person event with spe...
Collabdays, in-person UK
at Bletchley Park, UK27/09/2023Collabdays is a community-organised learning day offering you the chance to learn from some of the best Microsoft 365 speakers in the industry. With l...
Experts Live Europe, in-person Prague
at Prague Congress Cente18/09/2023 @ 08:00 - 20/09/2023 @ 17:00 CESTExperts Live Europe is the perfect platform for anyone interested in learning more about trending Microsoft products, seeking to gain practical advice...
Commsverse in association with Viva Explorers
at Mercedes Benz World21/06/2023 - 22/06/2023Commsverse was created as the event team was tired of going to mainstream events and being force-fed sales pitches disguised as technical sessions. Th...
European Collaboration Summit, Düsseldorf, Germany
at Congress Center Düsseldorf22/05/2023 - 24/05/2023The European Collaboration Summit is the leading and the largest Microsoft365-focused conference in Europe, with an expected attendance of 2500 people...
Modern Workplace Conference Paris
at Espace St Martin27/03/2023 - 28/03/2023The 5th edition of this international event organized in Paris by French speaking community around Microsoft 365 and Power Platform.
Teams Fireside chat
at Microsoft Teams09/03/2023 @ 16:00 - 17:00 CETTeams Fireside Chat is a relaxed monthly online user group for the community to get together and have an informal chat. Every second Thursday of the m...
M365 ReVival
at Microsoft Norge16/02/2023Learn the best ways of using M365 in Human Resource communication and how Information Technology can be on top of things with best practices.
Festive Tech Calendar
at Digital Event01/12/2022 - 31/12/2022Join Simon Skotheimsvik and our MVPs Nikki Chapple, Merethe Stave, Stale Hansen, and Lesley Crook in the Festive Tech Calendar, an online event from 1...
ESPC22
at Bella Center28/11/2022 - 01/12/2022Join our MVPs, Jan Ketil Skanke, Lesley Crook, Merethe Stave, Nikki Chapple and Ståle Hansen at ESPC22. This is one of the biggest Microsoft conferen...
Microsoft Cloud User Group – London
at Microsoft Reactor – London15/11/2022 @ 18:00 - 21:00 GMTOur MVP, Nikki Chapple and Senior Cloud Architect, Ben Lee are speaking at the Microsoft Cloud User Group hosted at the Microsoft Reactor in London. B...
Viva Explorers Community Day
at University Academy 92 (UA92)12/11/2022Join our MVPs Lesley Crook and Nikki Chapple as they join the rest of the Viva Explorers for this free community day. Learn everything you need to kno...
M365Chicago Virtual Event
at Online11/11/2022Join our MVPs Nikki Chapple and Lesley Crook for this free virtual event. Lesley will be part of the Women in Technology Discussion Panel and Nikki wi...
South Coast Summit
at The Ageas Bowl13/10/2022 - 15/10/2022Join our MVP, Nikki Chapple and our Teams subject matter expert, Ben Lee at the South Coast Summit. Nikki will be part of the Women in Tech Roundtable...
CollabDays Bletchley Park October 2022 edition
at National Museum of Computing in Bletchley Park05/10/2022Our MVPs, Lesley Crook and Nikki Chapple are speaking at the second installment of CollabDays at Bletchley Park for 2022. Lesley will share her Viva R...
Teams 10x
at Online28/09/2022 - 29/09/2022Our MVPs, Nikki Chapple and Lesley Crook is joined by Teams specialist, Ben Lee at the free online event, Teams 10x. Nikki will talk about how to tack...
Nikki's content
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Microsoft Information Protection – In the...by Nikki Chapple (All Things M365 Compliance) on 14/03/2025 at 23:41
In today’s digital landscape, data security is critical, and Microsoft Information Protection sits at the centre of safeguarding sensitive information. By enabling organizations to classify, protect, and govern their data, Microsoft Purview Information Protection (MPIP) empowers businesses to […]
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Microsoft Information Protection - In the centre...by All Things M365 Compliance (All Things M365 Compliance) on 13/03/2025 at 14:00
Title: Microsoft Information Protection - In the Centre of It All! Description: Welcome to the latest episode of Microsoft Information Protection, In the Centre of It All! 🎙️ In this episode: we dive deep into how Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) is the main focus of a comprehensive security strategy. We explore the various components that make up MIP and how they work together to ensure a full and detailed design and deployment that meets a defence-in-depth approach. What You'll Learn: Core Concepts: Understand the fundamental principles of Microsoft Information Protection. Moving Parts: Discover the key elements that make up MIP and how they integrate to provide robust security. Design & Deployment: Learn about best practices for designing and deploying MIP to achieve maximum protection. Defence-in-Depth: Explore how MIP contributes to a layered security strategy, ensuring comprehensive protection. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe to stay updated with our latest episodes. Hit the notification bell so you never miss an update! Read Victor's Blog here: https://victorwingsing.com/in-the-center-of-it-all/ Thank you for tuning in, and we hope you enjoy the show! #MicrosoftInformationProtection #MIP #DataSecurity #InfoSec #CyberSecurity #DataProtection #Compliance #MicrosoftPurview #M365 #Sentinel #KQL #eDiscovery #TechPodcast #SecuritySolutions #DefenceInDepth #Purview #datalossprevention #datasecurity #compliance #podcast #microsoftpurview #microsoft
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Microsoft 365 Offboarding: Secure OneDrive &...by Nikki Chapple (All Things M365 Compliance) on 02/03/2025 at 14:33
When an employee leaves, proper Microsoft 365 offboarding is crucial to protect data. Failure to follow the correct procedure may result in the loss or exposure of OneDrive and mailbox data. This manual outlines the best ways to limit access, enforce retention policies, transfer files, and […]
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