Microsoft Innovation Podcast

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/413 A conversation about Tracy Van der Schyff’s life – family, hobbies, what she does for fun when not working. Tracy’s story about getting into IT  How did Tracy get into Microsoft A discussion about Tracy’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP Talks about Tracy’s Blogging, YouTubing and TikTok Tracy’s involvement in strategic consulting and her day-to-day job Talks about Tracy’s SharePoint background Tracy’s experience in writing a book OTHER RESOURCES  Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoptionSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/412 Talks about Sheryl Netley’s life and family background. Listen to Sheryl’s story about her Power Platform and Dynamics 365 journey. Discussions about Sheryl's career background.How does Sherly learn all things about Dynamics? Sheryl’s involvement in the community, events and speaking engagements. A conversation about Sheryl’s journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP. What surprises Sheryl after becoming a Microsoft MVP? OTHER RESOURCES  Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/411 An introduction about Zohar Raz as the Group Product Manager of Power Platform Governance at Microsoft  What is Zohar’s background in technology?  What does Power Platform Governance mean to Zohar and Microsoft customers?  What is the concern for enterprises that need to offer a layer of protection as governance as visibility inside the organization?  From Zohar’s perspective, where do these individual components sit within Microsoft's strategic direction moving forward?  Zohar talks about Manage Environment   A discussion about expanding on the terminal landing zone. Zohar's views about sharing limits and data policies and the current elements. What should people consider if they already got the Power Platform deployed? Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoptionSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/410 Talks about Carmen Ysewijn’s hobbies, interests and activities  When it comes to technology, where does Carmen spend most of her time working with? Carmen’s Power Platform and Power Automate background Projects and building applications Carmen is working on A conversation about PCF components - what problems did it solve and what they are trying to achieve Carmen’s story about her journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP. Speaking events, projects, blogging and Carmen’s involvement in the community What is ProvisionGenie all about - what does it do and how does it work? Why should I use ProvisionGenie? The best thing about becoming a Microsoft MVP. OTHER RESOURCES  Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ ProvisionGenie (open-source project I'm doing together with Luise Freese): provisiongenie.com Carmen Ysewijn GitHub: https://github.com/CarmenYsewijn Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/409 Django Lohn talks about his family and what he does when not working. Discussions about Django's interest in technology Django’s Power BI, PowerApps and PowerApps Portals background. Talks about Django’s SharePoint and InfoPath journey A conversation about Django’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP and how did it come about. Django talks about being a SharePoint Consultant Talks about Django’s involvement in the MVP communityOTHER RESOURCES  Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Django Lohn’s  GitHub: https://github.com/m3ngi3 Django Lohn’s Power Community: https://events.powercommunity.com/speaker/django_lohn/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/408 A brief introduction about Kavishi Agarwal’s life and what she’s passionate about Talks about Kavishi's career journey at Microsoft.What is Pay as you go? Kavishi talks about the primary use cases for businessesKavishi discusses seasonal apps and occasional apps as one of the top use cases Providing a frictionless way for customers to get started with PowerApps premium capability Kavishi shares her thoughts about how to handle storage  Does Kavishi see health agencies or government agencies being part of power pages formally Power Apps portal in time? How does pay-as-you-go provide the best of both worlds? RESOURCES MENTIONEDPay as you go Overview - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/pay-as-you-go-overview Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/407Ulrikke Akerbæk talks about the things she does for fun and when not working. A discussion about Ulrikke’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP How did Ulrikke’s involvement in Microsoft started? A conversation about Ulrikke’s career background Ulrikke talks about her blog - where she gets her idea for creating her blog content. Talks about Ulrikke’s involvement in the community Find out what Ulrikke’s Portal look like. OTHER RESOURCES  Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoptionSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/406 Talks about the life and family background of Peter Charquero Kestenholz. A conversation about Peter’s story and journey to PPM Discussions about Peter’s SharePoint, Project client and Project server background Peter talks about the Agile market in Europe A discussion about Peter’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP. Peter’s blogging and his involvement in the Community OTHER RESOURCES  Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoptionSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/405 An introduction about Ilya Fainberg, a senior program manager at Microsoft What’s life like now that he lives in Belgium? What is process mining? How to use process mining to understand the usage patterns of apps Why are companies investing a lot of time in process mining? A conversation all about Process Mining Advisor and how it works Ilya shares his thoughts on different ways process mining can be achieved based on the data.  Where do bottlenecks come from and how do you identify them? A way to make processes more transparent for the team management people How much of a role does AI play in process-advisor? RESOURCES MENTIONED Understanding PowerApps Usage Patterns with Process Mining - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=794sFs-sWF8 Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoptionSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/404 A brief introduction about Alexander Ermakov's family background, favourite food and interests. How did Alexander get into technology and his journey? Alexander’s story about becoming a Microsoft MVP Alexander’s involvement in the community Alexander shares his thoughts about using Power Platform and Dynamics 365 Finance together Alexander’s recommendations to people wanting to become a Microsoft MVP. What changes in the Microsoft Business Applications is Alexander most excited about OTHER RESOURCES Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith