Microsoft Innovation Podcast

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

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