Microsoft Innovation Podcast

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

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/ 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/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 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/381 Learn what is an ecological transition Emmanuel GALLIS shares his story about how he got into technology. Talks about how Emmanuel got into the Microsoft Power Platform A conversation about Emmanuel’s SAP background What is SAP and Emmanuel’s experience working on SAP Working from SAP to SharePoint or Microsoft tools Discussion about the possibility of creating a PowerApps or Power Automate using SAP Extending SAP to Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate and Power Virtual Agents Find out more about Emmanuel’s journey and experience in becoming a Microsoft MVP Talks about Emmanuel’s involvement in the community Emmanuel’s advice and recommendations to people wanting to become 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/380 A brief introduction about Holger Bruchelt’s life and what he does for fun Unpacking Holger’s career journey to where he is right now at Microsoft Holger shares the history of the Microsoft SAP relationship  What does SAP mean to Microsoft and why is it important? How do SAP and Microsoft work together? Holger talks about SAP Fiori What are the mix of use cases that Holder are seeing with SAP, Power Apps, Power Automate and the Power Platform? Holger shares some of his resources available for the community to access 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/379A brief introduction about Damien Bird’s life – family, work and interests. Find out about Damien’s journey for the last eighteen months Talks about the work Damien has been doing and how things started – MVP community, forum, blogging and YouTubing. What's Damien’s number one tool that he uses in his job these days Damien’s thoughts about the best engagement when it comes to Microsoft forums – Twitter, YouTube or Blogging? Talks about Damien’s career background – from working for a council or local government to where he is right now. Learning experiences in using new technologies and other tools Damien’s advice to people considering becoming a Microsoft MVP that is right for them their 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/378A short introduction about Jeremy Vyska’s background and what he does when not working Life and moving to Sweden Find out more about Sweden’s medical system Learn more about Jeremy’s NAV and Business Central journey Talks about the career and educational background of Jeremy NAV product and Business Central in Europe – on-premise and cloud How did Jemery become a Microsoft MVP? Talks about Jeremy’s MVP nomination and speaking events Check out Jeremy’s first book about Your First 20 Hours with Business Central - https://sparebrained.com/your-first-20-hours-with-microsoft-dynamics-365-business-central/#story Jeremy’s advice to people wanting to become a Microsoft MVP 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/377Clavin Fernandes talks about his life background – country of origin, favourite food, interests and what he does when not working. A conversation about how Clavin got into technology. Talks about the educational and career background of Clavin A discussion about Clavin’s SharePoint, Info Path and Cloud background Find out more about Clavin’s power Platform journey Clavin’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP – how did it come about and how did it start? What area does Clavin focus on now in Microsoft? Talks about Clavin’s involvement in the community Learn how Clavin searches for solutions to resolve an issue An overview of fusion development The impact and Clavin’s discoveries since becoming a Microsoft MVP Clavin’s recommendations to people wanting to achieve something in their careerOTHER 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/376A conversation about Alexio Tonderai Chandiwana’s family and life. Alexio talks about his journey and how he got into technology. A discussion about Alexio’s career background. Talks about how helpful and important the Community is to Alexio. How did Alexio’s journey to becoming a Business Applications MVP start? Alexio’s involvement in the community and speaking events Discussions about Alexio’s learning experiences in this journey Alexio’s advice to people wanting to become 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/375 An introduction about Abed and Olga and what they are passionate about  Abed and Olga talks about their journey into Microsoft and how they ended up working for it What is Azure Data Explorer? A discussion with Abed and Olga about Dynamics 365 Conversation Intelligence; what is it and where does it light up in the software? What are the features, languages supported, license requirements and the security of Dynamics 365 Conversation Intelligence?  Abed and Olga shares how Dynamics 365 Conversation Intelligence help A conversation about Abed and Olga’s recommendations when it comes to using Dynamics 365 Conversation Intelligence Find out more about the benefits of using Dynamics 365 Conversation Intelligence. Learn how to set up  Dynamics 365 Conversation Intelligence and the specific steps involved. 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