Microsoft Innovation Podcast

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/302 A Brief Introduction about Bryony Wolf’s life, origin and family background. Bryony’s role and responsibilities as Senior Product Marketing Manager for Power Apps at Microsoft. Bryony's views on the growth of Microsoft Business Applications, Power Platform and Dynamics. Apps and old software that can be migrated into the Power Platform. A conversation about Power FX The Feedback they get now that Power FX is out in the market? Learn about the adoption and growth of Dataverse. Describes the Icon that represents the Dataverse What is GPT-3? Unpack Fusion Teams What is Enterprise Trust, and what it does? The big things happening in Power Platform Fusion Teams Enterprise Trust AI Everywhere GPT-3 RESOURCES:Power Platform Blog: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/powerplatform/ Power FX Blog: https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/category/power-fx/ 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

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/301 A conversation about life and career background of Emma D’Arcy The benefits and the changes happened to Emma since becoming a Microsoft MVP. How it feels working with MVPs in Hitachi Hitachi’s culture in attracting top skilled personnel. Emma’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP. How Emma learned about the MVP Program. Find out more about Emma’s podcast! Emma’s involvement with the Dynamics 365 community events. Introduction to Pre-salesWhat is Emma seeing in the next 6 to 12 months? Recommendations to people considering becoming a Microsoft MVP. 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

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/300 Find out more about Lucy Bourne, Andrew Welch and Lee Baker’s life and career background.  Learn about what PowerApps Adoption Framework is. What are the moving parts of PowerApps Adoption Framework? The relationship of Center of Excellence Starter Kit and PowerApps adoption Framework How does governance fit with the center of excellence that Microsoft had released? What is enterprise risk and how does it impact the business? What are the key factors that contribute to an effective risk management program? Why does this solution address enterprise risk? How does Power Platform fit into an enterprise ecosystem based on what's in the market? Lee and Andrew’s views on the Microsoft Three Clouds story. What does that mean in an enterprise ecosystem? Resources Mentioned  Power Platform Adoption Framework: https://aka.ms/ppaf Field Blends: https://www.andrewdwelch.com/fieldblends Power Platform in a Modern Data Platform Architecture: https://www.andrewdwelch.com/blog/power-platform-data-platform-architecture  One Thousand Workloads: How your Roadmap maximizes Power Platform investment: https://www.andrewdwelch.com/blog/roadmap 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

FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/299Ana Inés Urrutia de Souza talks about what she does during her free time.  How does COVID 19 impact Ana's life?  Talks about Ana's Pilot License – what made her decide to get this license.  A conversation about Ana's career background   Interesting career switching story of Ana.  Projects Ana is working on, and what's her involvement?   The challenges Ana is facing working in a different time zone.  Ana's recommendations or tips to people working in different time zones.  A discussion about Ana's journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP.  How Ana's nomination happened  Dynamics 365 Human Resources integration with LinkedIn Talent Hub  The changes happened in Dynamics 365 HR functionality  Recommendations to people wanting to become Microsoft MVP.   Talks about the Business Applications community in Uruguay. 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

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/298 Oli Ward’s life, educational and career background.  Discussions about Oli’s journey within Microsoft and with Customer Insights?  What does Oli’s current role involve?  What skills do people need to succeed in Pre-Sales?  What is a Customer Data Platform (CDP)?  The benefits of using a CDP app, and what makes a CDP different?  What is the difference between a CDP and CRM?  What is Customer Insights, and what is its purpose?  How do you enable AI in Dynamics 365 customer insights?  What Is Master Data Management, and how is it related to CDP?  How MDM and CDP work together?  The importance of MDM?  What MDM does?  What level of expertise should people have before engaging in customer Insights?  Has Covid19 affected the demand for CI?  An overview of what Microsoft Synapse is.  Talks about Microsoft Synapse and how does it work with Customer Insights?  The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on your customers and in business? CREDITS Music by: StockSounds Title: Energetic Upbeat Pop Summer Licensee: Cloverbase Limited 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

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/297 A brief talk about Roma Gupta’s life, family, country of origin. Covid19 situation in India and how is that affecting her and her family members. How Roma’s IT journey started A conversation about Roma’s career background. The projects she’s working on in Africa. Romas focus and area of specialization when it comes to technology. Roma’s experience in Dynamics 365 marketing and Click Dimensions. Describes the differences between the products and which is popular with customers. What excites Roma the most about the future of Power Platform. Power Automate as the best Integration platform for moving data. Roma’s story and her journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP and her involvement with the MVP community. Roma’s thoughts about Microsoft's user group platform. What was the biggest surprise and impact to Roma since becoming a Microsoft MVP? Roma’s recommendations to people considering becoming a Microsoft MVP. Roma’s future plans, and she is looking forward to attending the MVP summit. Music CreditsI dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: J Lang, MorusqueThis 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

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/296 Find out more about Chris Huntingford’s origin, family and career background. A conversation with Chris about his career journey from Microsoft to Avanade As the Director for Global Power Apps Lead and a Power Platform COE,  what led Chris into this field? What’s Chris’ role and responsibilities? Talks about Chris’ involvement with the Power Platform Community in the UK. The relationship of Accenture and Avanade The goal, history and how Avanade come about? What is a Power Platform and Platform? A discussion about what an App is? Platform and building Apps stories. How are companies using it in building multiple solutions? What is a Strategic Platform, and why does it matter? Discussions on Chris’ thoughts about the Power Platform Centre of Excellence kit Chris’ thoughts about building Apps that solve business solutions. What is Offline Canvas Apps? 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

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/295 Kasun Rajapaksha Pathirana country of origin and his story of moving to New Zealand. Best places, food recommendations and good things about Sri Lanka The impact of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka Kasun talks about his involvement with the Singapore community – Dynamics and Power Platform Community. A conversation about Kasun’s area of specialization and skills when it comes to Microsoft tools. Talks about Kasun’s interest in Dynamics – how did it start? Learning and training experience - how did Karun learn more about Dynamics? How Kasun managed to move from one job to another. The steps involved in Kasun’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP. Discussion about Kasun’s first MVP Summit as a first time MVP. Recommendations to people considering becoming a Microsoft MVP. 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

FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/294Find out more about Frank Weigel’s life and family background. What Frank does when not working. A conversation about Frank’s educational and career background. Frank Weigel’s journey within Microsoft. Talks about Frank’s role and what’s involved. Understanding Customer Insights. A discussion about the two elements of Customer Insights. What is a Customer Data Platform (CDP)? Tell me about Microsoft's CDP product? Why do originations want to achieve a 360-degree view of their customers? How does Master Data Management system differ from CDP? An overview of Microsoft orchestration. How has Covid impacted the way customers look at CDP? What Frank is seeing from Partners when it comes to CDP? With most products licensed by those who can access the software, how does this work with Dynamics 365 Customer Insights? 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

FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/293A brief introduction about Julian Sharp’s life.  How Julian spends his time when not working before and during the COVID19 pandemic.  Talks about Julian’s involvement with Dynamics since CRM v1.0. Julian shares his thoughts about the training and product certifications in the past two years.  Julian’s involvement in preparing for written exams.  A conversation about different ways and other sources of learning  The process and requirements involved on how to become MCT.  Listen to Julian’s story and his journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP.  Talks about Julian’s involvement in the MVP community and user group.  Learn more about Julian’s role and contributions to the community.  Speaking experience of Julian at an event.  Julian’s advice to people wanting to join and become a Microsoft MVP! 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