Ståle Hansen

Ståle Hansen is the Founder and Principal Cloud Architect at CloudWay. He is awarded as Microsoft Regional Director and Office Apps and Services MVP with over a decade of experience with Skype for Business and now focused on hybrid Microsoft 365 and Teams. In 2018 he received an honorary award from Microsoft Norway for his longtime commitment to knowledge-sharing. He was recognized as top 100 UC influencers by Mio in 2020.

“My core competence is to explain complex scenarios and make them understandable by combining technical insight and business value” -Ståle Hansen

As a popular public speaker he is regularly invited to share his experience at international conferences such as Lync Conference, TechEd, Microsoft Ignite, Experts Live, CommsvNext and Techmentor. He is a co-author of the book “Office 365 for IT Pros” and you can follow his YouTube channel on Microsoft 365 productivity. He loves to share his understanding as a blogger since 2009 and as a highly rated trainer.

Learn More
Blog: http://msunified.net/
LinkedIn: http://no.linkedin.com/in/stalehansen/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StaleHansen
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/stalehansen
Book: https://cloudway.com/office365foritpros/
Usergroup: https://www.meetup.com/NSC-Oslo/events/

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Current events

Commsverse 2021
at Mercedes Benz WorldSep 15 - Sep 16
Join our MVPs, Alexander Holmeset, Merethe Stave and Ståle Hansen, in what may be the first in-person Teams conference in 2021! There you will find g...
Microsoft Discover Workshop: Teams
at OnlineSep 9 @ 09:00 - 11:00 CEST
This workshop is hosted by Microsoft and lead by CloudWay MVPs, Ståle Hansen and Merethe Stave. They will focus on the 8 most important techniques fo...
Webinar hosted by EPOS
at OnlineSep 1 @ 09:00 - 10:00 CEST
Our MVP, Ståle Hansen, is invited to talk about hybrid work at a webinar hosted by Microsoft Certified device partner, EPOS. The webinar is in Norweg...
MJFChat
at OnlineAug 19
In her role as Petri’s Community Magnate and ZDNet Microsoft journalist, Mary Jo Foley is interviewing a variety of IT-savvy technology folks. Some ...
Bergen Microsoft Community
at OnlineJun 2
Our MVP, Ståle Hansen will return to the Bergen Microsoft Community and share how the Productivity Score in Microsoft 365 is a great tool to drive ad...
Teams Nation 2021
at OnlineMay 12
Join our MVPs, Alexander Holmeset, Merethe Stave and Ståle Hansen at the free online conference, Teams Nation. This is an international virtual event...
Collabdays Nordics 2021
at OnlineMay 11
Join our MVP Ståle Hansen, as he shares how to use the Compliance and Secure scores to build your own roadmap of what to implement in Microsoft 365. ...
Webinar: Learn about Operator Connect and Calling Plans for Microsoft Teams
at OnlineMay 11
Telephony in Microsoft is evolving. Calling Plans launched in May for Norway and are now available in all of Nordics. At the same time, Microsoft is l...
Webinar: Using Sensitivity Labels
at OnlineApr 28 @ 09:00 - 09:30 CEST
As your team collaborates with others both inside and outside the organization, your data and documents are shared and accessed everywhere opening roo...
MTRAMA
at OnlineApr 19 @ 18:00 - 19:30 CEST
Our MVP, Ståle Hansen is invited to the next version of the Microsoft Teams Room Ask Me Anything user group meetup. If you work with Teams Rooms for ...
Teamsdagen
at OnlineMar 18
Teamsdagen Our MVP, Mårten Hellebro is organizing and hosting yet another Teamsdagen event this March in Sweden. Joining him is MVPs Jan Ketil Skanke...
Oslo GTD Gathering
at OnlineMar 17 @ 19:00 - 21:00 CET
Nordic Infrastructure Conference Join our MVP, Ståle Hansen, as he shares his thoughts on tasks in Microsoft 365. A big part of the Getting Things Do...
Dynamics User Group Norge
at OnlineMar 9
Dynamics User Group Norge Our MVP, Ståle Hansen is invited back to the next installment of DYNug Power Platform day. He was rated as the best speaker...
Microsoft Ignite 2021
at OnlineMar 2 - Mar 4
Microsoft Ignite 2021 Microsoft is organizing Microsoft Ignite this spring as a digital event. There will be live streams of sessions, Ask the Expert ...
Global Power Platform Bootcamp Bulgaria
at OnlineFeb 20
Global Power Platform Bootcamp Bulgaria Our MVP, Ståle Hansen is a Power Automate enthusiast. He is using it both for personal productivity and as a ...
Commsverse Virtual Event
at OnlineFeb 10
Commsverse Virtual Event Our MVP, Ståle Hansen will join MVP Steve Goodman as they talk about Working Effectively Remotely in Microsoft Teams context...
Nordic Virtual Summit
at OnlineFeb 10 - Feb 11
Nordic Virtual Summit Our MVPs Maurice Daly, Jan Ketil Skanke and Ståle Hansen will talk about Intune, Log Analytics and the Secure score at this two...
Bergen Microsoft Community
at OnlineFeb 4
Bergen Microsoft Community Our MVPs, Merethe Stave and Ståle Hansen is invited to Bergen Microsoft Community! Merethe will talk about structure and c...
Ready set SCALE by Microsoft for Startups
at Online30/11/2020 - 03/12/2020
Ready set SCALE by Microsoft for Startups Our Microsoft Regional Director (RD) Ståle Hansen is onboarded as one of the mentors for the startups atten...
Dynamics User Group Norge
at Online24/11/2020 @ 09:00 - 13:00 CET
Dynamics User Group Norge Our MVP Ståle Hansen will share why he has fallen in love with Power Automate at Dynamics User Group Norway November 24. He...
Cloud 8 Virtual Summit Part II
at Online13/11/2020
Cloud 8 Virtual Summit Part II Our MVPs Jan Ketil Skanke and Ståle Hansen are sharing their thoughts and experience on MEM and Teams at the Cloud 8 V...
Teamsdagen Studio Online
at Studio14/10/2020
Teamsdagen returns, this time in an online studio format. This will be a high production value event which you do not want to miss. You get sessions f...
MVP Dagen 2020
at Online08/10/2020
Our MVPs Ståle Hansen, Jan Ketil Skanke and Alexander Holmeset will share their knowledge and experience at MVP dagen 2020. This is a day held by N...
TeamsFest
at Online07/10/2020
Join our MVP, Ståle Hansen as he shares how he troubleshoots Teams users when moving to Teams only mode. This session is based on his popular blogpos...
Microsoft Ignite 2020
at Digital Event22/09/2020 - 24/09/2020
Microsoft Ignite 2020 Our MVPs, Ståle Hansen, Alexander Holmeset and Jan Ketil Skanke will lead two community table talks and are part of ask the exp...
Norwegian Microsoft 365 Community
at Online16/09/2020 @ 17:00 - 18:00 CEST
Our MVP, Ståle Hansen, and our CCO, Merethe Stave, will go through the new Modern Collaboration Architecture (MOCA). Learn “which tool whenR...
GET – IT: Teams Day
at Online12/08/2020
GET – IT: Teams Day Our MVP, Ståle Hansen is joining Microsoft Teams industry experts Tony Redmond, Tom Arbuthnot, Tom Morgan and Steve Goodman...
Commsverse Online
at Online06/07/2020 - 09/07/2020
Our MVPs Ståle Hansen and Josh Blalock will speak at the free 24 hour event, Commsverse Online! They will also produce sessions, join and host panels...
The cloud journey webinar
at Online30/06/2020 @ 10:00 - 11:00 CEST
In 2019, the Norwegian Government decided to merge Difi (direktoratet for forvaltning og IKT) with Altinn. By shedding digital legacy, the new system ...
Microsoft Teams Voice webinars
at Online17/06/2020 - 19/06/2020
Microsoft Teams Voice webinars Join our MVP, Ståle Hansen in these three free webinars on Microsoft Voice in the Norwegian market. Finally we can del...

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Ståle’s content

Is PSTN Connectivity for Teams Relevant in 2021?
by Ståle Hansen on 27/08/2021 at 10:19
Teams has more than 250 million monthly active users, but many fewer than this use Teams Phone. As we return to work from the pandemic, Ståle Hansen asks if it’s time to enable PSTN connectivity for Teams. This is a follow-up to an recent interview between Ståle Hansen, author of the chapter on […]
Find available phone numbers with...
by Ståle Hansen on 18/08/2021 at 06:43
I believe assigning phone numbers in Microsoft Teams can waste hours for an organization with multiple ranges and locations. What if you could run a PowerShell routine to find the next available number in a number range and at the same time know how many numbers you have left?😱 Now you can, with […]
Goodbye Skype for Business Online, you wont be...
by Ståle Hansen on 31/07/2021 at 15:21
July 31st 2021 is the date when Skype for Business Online (SfBO) was decommissioned. It was a good run, but we wont be missing the service. Why? Because Microsoft Teams is a more modern, cloud native service which has proven itself during difficult times with over 250 Million Monthly active users. […]