Forward Deployed

We love Power Platform and know that it makes a huge impact on our customers, but how can we actually measure that impact? Our good friend, Ricardo Duncan is back on the podcast to talk about the 2024 Total Economic Impact report commissioned by Microsoft with Forrester. The numbers are incredible, and Ricardo explains it all!  Want to check it out yourself? 2024 TEI of Power Platform | Microsoft Read Richard Riley's blog too:  Reduce development times and increase ROI with Microsoft Power Platform  - Microsoft Power Platform Blog

When building solutions, when should you use Microsoft Dataverse? Why would you choose Dataverse over SharePoint or SQL for your solutions? To understand the reason why your organization would benefit by using Dataverse, IT admins and solution developers need to have a better understanding of Dataverse offers. Luckily, Oleg Ovanesyan joins the podcast to give us the low down in what will become a series of demystifying Dataverse.

NOTE: This episode was recorded prior to the September 16th moment when Microsoft rebranded copilots to agents.  Jeremy Thake joins the LCA crew to talk about extensibility in Microsoft Copilot. What does this mean for pro code developers using Visual Studio Code and makers using Microsoft Copilot Studio? What is the difference with Graph connectors and how do they extend knowledge and agents? And with so many options for extensibility with agents, who is the owner of ensuring security of that data? Check out https://adoption.microsoft.com

Microsoft Copilot has some amazing extensibility features and great customizations to take your agents further. Find out from the brains of the operation, Sabin Nair and Nathan Helgren, both from the Microsoft Dataverse team, as they talk to us about what does it mean to connect to third-party sources, how you can customize your agents with connectors, and what is the scope of these connectors! 

Microsoft Power Apps allows makers to rapidly build and deploy applications to help organizations modernize their business processes. But how do makers and admins ensure that their applications run efficiently and provide a great experience? We have Austin Laugesen, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft join us to discuss the ways that the Power Platform Product team is building features to make the low code approach the right approach for your organization with Power Apps. 

Casey Burke, a PM on the Power Apps team, leads the charge on application lifecycle management across the Power Platform. In this engaging discussion, Casey shares exciting new features for ALM, emphasizing collaboration between citizen and professional developers. He dives into recent enhancements in Power Platform Pipelines, including environment routing and integrated source code management. The conversation also covers licensing insights for managed environments and the challenges of multi-tenant support, making it a must-listen for low-code enthusiasts!

Microsoft Build provided a slew of news announcements for product and feature improvements. Some of the coolest features announced were in Microsoft Power Apps Studio. Luckily, we got the man with the plan, Clay Wesener, Partner Group Product Manager, at Microsoft to tell us all about what the features are, why organizations should care, and how to utilize them to the fullest! Listen in while Clay breaks it down for the hosts!

Get ready to elevate your AI game! Your AI experience is only as good as your data, and with Microsoft Dataverse, it gets a whole lot better! What do we mean by ‘a whole lot better’? We’ve got Robert Bruckner, CTO and VP of Microsoft Dataverse, here to break it all down. If you’re eager to supercharge your organization’s success with generative AI, this is the episode you can’t miss!

You may have heard the term 'Project Sophia' before or maybe not yet, but this amazing new business application technology from Microsoft is going to be a game changer for organizations. Julie Strauss, VP of Project Sophia joins the podcast to tell us how Project Sophia is going to take your data and knowledge further and deliver insights to move faster and smarter in your business decisions.  Learn more about Project Sophia here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/project-sophia/overview and here: https://adoption.microsoft.com/en-us/project-sophia/  

In this episode, Derek Kwan joins us as we dive deep into the innovative catalog feature in Power Platform. Join us as we explore how this powerful tool is revolutionizing the way organizations manage and distribute approved artifacts such as apps, flows, and bots. We'll discuss how the catalog enables makers to access reusable components right when they need them, speeding up development cycles and enhancing productivity.   We'll cover key aspects of the catalog, including: How organizations can share and find artifacts that follow best practices and are organization-approved   The role of the Catalog Manager in administering catalogs, managing access and security, and approving catalog items   The benefits of using the catalog with Power Platform CLI, including crowd-sourcing templates and components, and ensuring access to the latest versions. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting with Power Platform, this episode will provide valuable insights into how the catalog feature can help you streamline your development process and improve collaboration within your organization.