Microsoft Innovation Podcast

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/393 An introduction about Hector Tellado’s life and what he does when he’s not doing Microsoft. How did Hector balance the work from home and work from the office type? Hector discusses the Dynamics 365 Field Service. How long has Field Service now been in the business? Where Field Service is at now; its opportunities, position, and how it stands globally  Hector talks about the new features and tools What are the common use cases Hector is seeing with Dynamics 365 Field Service? What are the types of organizations that use the application to manage their field service? Scheduling System - what are the markets or requests that people would like to see happen? RESOURCES MENTIONED:YouTube Channel for field service - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Rd031NCJZekAkNU2bb8Kg/videos Overview of Dynamics 365 Field Service - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/field-service/overview Dynamics 365 Field Service - https://dynamics.microsoft.com/en-us/field-service/overview/ 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/392 Venkata Subbarao Polisetty's life background, interests and what he does when not working. With Venkata’s choices of careers, how did he end up in Information Technology? Venkata’s first project that got him into Dynamics CRM. The key part of being part of the Microsoft Business Applications. Venkata’s focus or areas where he is working on Microsoft Business Applications MVP journey of Venkata and the nomination process. Blogging and community involvement of Venkata Venkata’s experience as a speaker in an event. If given a chance, what feature Venkata will add to Power Automate? What did Venkata discover about the MVP program that he didn’t know before becoming one? Benefits of becoming a Microsoft MVP. Recommendations 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/ 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/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/ 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/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 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/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/ 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/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 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/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 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/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/ 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/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 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/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/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith