Nikki Chapple is a Principal Cloud Architect at CloudWay and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Office Apps and Services.
Nikki specialises in Microsoft 365 governance, compliance and adoption; balancing the need for both security and productivity. She is a regular speaker who has presented at conferences such as South Coast Summit, Commsverse and M365 Chicago and Teams10X as well as user groups.
She was one of the co-authors of The Microsoft 365 Maturity Model – Governance, Risk, and Compliance Competency is on the organizing committee for Teams 10X and is also 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 PROCSI 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”.
Key areas of expertise
- Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Teams
- Governance & Compliance
- Adoption
- Power Automate automation
Social media profiles
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikkichapple/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chapplenikki
Sessionize speaker profile: https://sessionize.com/nikkichapple/
Certifications
Nikki holds multiple certifications from Microsoft including the Certified Enterprise Administrator Expert, Teams Administrator and Security Administrator and is also a TOGAF qualified Enterprise Architect and PROCSI qualified Organisational Change Manager.
Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert 
Microsoft Certified: Information Protection Administrator Associate 
Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate 
Microsoft 365 Certified Security Administrator 
Microsoft 365 Certified Teams Administrator 
M365 Patterns and Practices Community Contributor 2021 
Microsoft 365 Certified Fundamentals 
Viva Insights Practitioner 
Viva Insights Specialist 
TOGAF Certified Enterprise Architect 
PROSCI Certified Change Manager 
Change Management Practitioner
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Blog purpose
The purpose of this Blog https://nikkichapple.com/ is to share best practice and top tips on Microsoft 365 and Teams governance & compliance. All my posts are based upon my personal options and not of my employer.
The posts are accurate at time of publication. However Microsoft 365 & Teams is changing at a rapid pace. Therefore please check with the official Microsoft documentation to make sure the information is up to date.