

From Dynamics Practice to the Power Platform with Phil Topness
Nov 2, 2020
39:04
FULL SHOW NOTES
https://podcast.nz365guy.com/246
- Meet Phil Topness and learn more about where he lives and his family background
- How Phil spends his time does when not working
- Talks about his travels and career background
- Phil’s journey into technology
- Find out more about Phil as a Microsoft business applications MVP
- What Phil earned being an MVP and his area of specialization
- Learn with Phil about his role at Microsoft
- A discussion about Phil’s Dynamics Practice journey
- Power Platform journey and how did Phil get into the Power Platform
- Phil’s transition from Dynamics Practice to Power Platform and how it started?
- How do the CAT team offer help to their customers?
- Phil talks about the CAT team’s future.
- Describes Phil’s day-to-day activity as part of the CAT team
- Microsoft Oakdale Project
- Phil’s thoughts in the next 18 months about the growth in the technology area
- Advice to people in a consulting industry having a Dynamics background who haven't pursued on the Canvas Apps, Oakdale, Power Automate and Power Virtual Agents
- Discover the frivolous Apps Phil has created
- The role of the CAT team within Microsoft
- What do they do?
- What are their responsibilities?
- Who are their main customers?
- How do they deliver an outcome to customers?
RESOURCES
How to get started: https://learn.microsoft.com
PowerCAT's big list of resources: https://aka.ms/powerappsresources
Power CAT Architect's Series: https://aka.ms/pparchseries
If you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.
Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith