

Microsoft Innovation Podcast
Mark Smith [nz365guy]
If you want to get your ideas or questions featured on an episode, please leave us a voicemail: https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/voicemail/Dive into the future of work with the "Microsoft Innovation Podcast," exploring the intersection of People, Business, Technology, and AI. Engage with expert guests—including thought leaders from Microsoft, industry innovators, and community specialists—who are redefining the world with advancements in AI, Cloud technologies, the Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and beyond.Every episode delivers a blend of in-depth discussions, practical insights, and actionable strategies tailored for professionals driving enablement and innovation. Join us across our five shows:The Power Platform ShowThe MVP ShowThe Copilot ShowThe Ecosystems ShowThe AI Advantage (coming soon)
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Jul 20, 2022 • 25min
Khoa Nguyen on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/391 Family and life background of Khoa Nguyen – originally from Vietnam. Talks about Khoa’s hobbies and life in Ireland. A great story about Khoa’s career journey and how he got a job in Ireland. A conversation about Khoa’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP – how did it start – who nominated him – how was the process for him? Find out more about Khoa’s involvement in the community and blogging Khoa’s PowerApps Portals journey and how much work he does using PowerApps Portals Learn about the projects that involves PowerApps Portal What types of industries uses Portal and why do they need one? Authentication method they use or set up. OTHER RESOURCES: Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ This year we're adding a new show to our line up - The AI Advantage. We'll discuss the skills you need to thrive in an AI-enabled world. Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge We’ve helped 1,300+ people across 70+ countries establish successful careers in the Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 ecosystem.Benefit from expert guidance, a supportive community, and a clear career roadmap. A lot can change in 90 days, get started today!Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Jul 18, 2022 • 24min
Microsoft Access Migration to the Power Platform with Nathan Helgren
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/390 A brief introduction about Nathan Helgren’s life and what he does when he’s not working with MicrosoftUnpacking Nathan’s career journey to where he is right now at MicrosoftNathan shares how he got involved with Microsoft Visio AppsNathan talks about Microsoft AccessWhat was Microsoft's motivation that made them think they need an easy migration path from access to Dataverse? Find out more about having a license cost for the connector and if it is part of the connector suite? Have you got any use cases of particular industries or organizations that can solve some problems for their customers?An introduction to MigrationDiscussion about an individual or organization having a database in access that can migrate it to DataverseRESOURCES MENTIONEDMicrosoft Azure - https://www.youtube.com/c/MicrosoftAzure This year we're adding a new show to our line up - The AI Advantage. We'll discuss the skills you need to thrive in an AI-enabled world. Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge We’ve helped 1,300+ people across 70+ countries establish successful careers in the Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 ecosystem.Benefit from expert guidance, a supportive community, and a clear career roadmap. A lot can change in 90 days, get started today!Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Jul 13, 2022 • 21min
Vivian Voss on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/389 Hobbies, interests and life of Vivian Voss. Writing a book – is there a reason why Vivian writes a book? Find out more about Estonia – things you can do Who are Alfa People and what do they do in Microsoft Business Applications? Do Alfa People do other things other than Microsoft Business Applications or non-Microsoft Tech? How did Vivian get into Dynamics? Vivian’s journey into becoming an Architect Advice to people wanting to become a Microsoft MVPOTHER RESOURCES:Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ This year we're adding a new show to our line up - The AI Advantage. We'll discuss the skills you need to thrive in an AI-enabled world. Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge We’ve helped 1,300+ people across 70+ countries establish successful careers in the Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 ecosystem.Benefit from expert guidance, a supportive community, and a clear career roadmap. A lot can change in 90 days, get started today!Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Jul 6, 2022 • 20min
Kristen Hosman on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/388 A brief introduction about Kristen Hosman’s life, family, facts about Denver, Colorado USA and what she does for fun when not working. Talks about the Microsoft MVP Women in Tech: The Untold Stories – what is this all about and where the idea come from? Kristen’s journey coming into technology and her career journey. A conversation about Kristen’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP. Discussion about Kristen’s involvement in the community – blogging and speaking events Kristen’s advice to people considering becoming a Microsoft MVP. OTHER RESOURCES: Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Kristen Hosman D365 Blog - Kristen Hosman’s Dynamics 365 Business Central BlogMVP Women in Tech - Microsoft MVP Women in Tech: The Untold Stories (Nashville, TN) | Meetup This year we're adding a new show to our line up - The AI Advantage. We'll discuss the skills you need to thrive in an AI-enabled world. Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge We’ve helped 1,300+ people across 70+ countries establish successful careers in the Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 ecosystem.Benefit from expert guidance, a supportive community, and a clear career roadmap. A lot can change in 90 days, get started today!Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Jul 4, 2022 • 19min
Fusion Development with Marcel Ferreira
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/387 A brief introduction about Marcel Ferreira’s life and what he does for fun Marcel shares how was moving during COVID works. How did Marcel’s career journey take him back to Microsoft and specifically in Seattle? A conversation about Fusion Development - how it works - its importance - its collaboration across platforms Marcel explains why cooperation is essential for Fusion Development and how it benefits the companies. The other type of roles that Marcel sees that would make up a very robust and scalable fusion team.Marcel talks about Developers - who they are - their importance in business - benefits of having them - challenges and best practices - the top tools that enable developers Why do we have Low-code-No-code?RESOURCES MENTIONED Transform Business Applications with Fusion Development Microsoft Power Platform developer documentation Marcel's GitHub: https://github.com/marcelbf This year we're adding a new show to our line up - The AI Advantage. We'll discuss the skills you need to thrive in an AI-enabled world. Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge We’ve helped 1,300+ people across 70+ countries establish successful careers in the Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 ecosystem.Benefit from expert guidance, a supportive community, and a clear career roadmap. A lot can change in 90 days, get started today!Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Jun 29, 2022 • 23min
Haniel Croitoru on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/386 Listen to the story about Haniel Croitoru’s life – family, career and educational background What is a Patent and learn more about the process of getting a Patent? How Haniel got into the Microsoft and got involved into software technology A conversation about Haniel's Power Platform journey How did Haniel get into the MVP Program and his involvement in the community? The main area of technology where Haniel works the most What is RPA and the future of RPA With the projects Haniel had worked on over the years, what are the top three Apps or tools that fit the most with what he does? With the type of organization Haniel worked on, what type of profile does he think can use their service? The impacts of becoming a Microsoft MVP on Haniel’s career. OTHER RESOURCES: Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ This year we're adding a new show to our line up - The AI Advantage. We'll discuss the skills you need to thrive in an AI-enabled world. Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge We’ve helped 1,300+ people across 70+ countries establish successful careers in the Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 ecosystem.Benefit from expert guidance, a supportive community, and a clear career roadmap. A lot can change in 90 days, get started today!Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Jun 27, 2022 • 33min
Dynamics 365 Marketing from 1 of the 2 leading gurus with Megan Walker
FULL SHOW NOTES: https://podcast.nz365guy.com/385 An introduction to Megan Walker's life and hobbiesA conversation about Megan's Microsoft Dynamics 365 Marketing and community engagement Megan talks about her journey to where she is right now How did Megan engage in the community over time? What’s the impact of COVID on everything Megan does? Megan shares about doing podcasts in terms of self-learning and content creation What made Megan decide to end her podcast? What excites Megan when it comes to Dynamics 365 marketing? Megan talks about the maturity of Dynamics 365 marketing What Megan is seeing from Microsoft when it comes to putting all the systems together to make one symbiotic type?RESOURCES MENTIONED:Walk for charity - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/meganvwalker-peak-district-challenge-2022 This year we're adding a new show to our line up - The AI Advantage. We'll discuss the skills you need to thrive in an AI-enabled world. Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge We’ve helped 1,300+ people across 70+ countries establish successful careers in the Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 ecosystem.Benefit from expert guidance, a supportive community, and a clear career roadmap. A lot can change in 90 days, get started today!Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Jun 22, 2022 • 20min
María del Mar Llambí Morillas on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/384 A short introduction about María del Mar Llambí Morillas – family, life in Madrid, and hobbies Talks about Mar’s university days and how she got into technology Find out more about Mar’s pathway to Microsoft Business Applications Power Platform Mar’s SharePoint developer, CRM consultant and technical architect background The type of Industries Mar builds projects for and her engineering experience Discussions about Mar’s community engagement and what she does for the community Mar’s thoughts about writing blogs in English and Spanish Mar’s advice to people starting a job in Power Platform OTHER RESOURCES: Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90 Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ This year we're adding a new show to our line up - The AI Advantage. We'll discuss the skills you need to thrive in an AI-enabled world. Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge We’ve helped 1,300+ people across 70+ countries establish successful careers in the Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 ecosystem.Benefit from expert guidance, a supportive community, and a clear career roadmap. A lot can change in 90 days, get started today!Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Jun 15, 2022 • 26min
Mike Hartley on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/383 Meet Mike Hartley and find out about his world – family and interests Find out more about Mike’s Podcast - HART OF THE MIDLANDS – why should people be going over and listening to it? Dealing with Mental health issues The challenges Mike has to face when producing the podcast How important is the Microsoft community to Mike? Find out about neurodiversity, complex neuro diversities, diversity and inclusion Learn the importance of the working environment and the value that it can bring to the organization. Mike shares his experience with the kind of employment world we have now.Learn about creating an environment that supports people and sees different ways of connecting things. What do we need to learn well and how do we build an inclusive environment? OTHER RESOURCES: Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90 Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ This year we're adding a new show to our line up - The AI Advantage. We'll discuss the skills you need to thrive in an AI-enabled world. Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge We’ve helped 1,300+ people across 70+ countries establish successful careers in the Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 ecosystem.Benefit from expert guidance, a supportive community, and a clear career roadmap. A lot can change in 90 days, get started today!Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Jun 13, 2022 • 25min
App design in a modern Power App Practice with María Acevedo
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/382 An introduction about Maria Acevedo and the things she does in her personal time A conversation about how Maria got into her career Maria talks about her journey and what did she first touch on Dynamics 365 in her career What do conversational interfaces mean to Maria? Maria talks about user experience design and her experiences with it What are your thoughts about having a product engineer but not having design engineers at Microsoft? What features or functions would you like to see added to make it more compatible with what design you expect to work with? Maria talks about UI KitRESOURCES MENTIONEDUX Nielsen Norman group - What is User experience. Accessibility guidelines - WCAG Power Platform - Learning resources This year we're adding a new show to our line up - The AI Advantage. We'll discuss the skills you need to thrive in an AI-enabled world. Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge We’ve helped 1,300+ people across 70+ countries establish successful careers in the Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 ecosystem.Benefit from expert guidance, a supportive community, and a clear career roadmap. A lot can change in 90 days, get started today!Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith