Microsoft Innovation Podcast

FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/178Introduction about Vicky Rodgers background – presently residing in Vancouver, BC Canada, originally from Montreal, Quebec Province of Canada Talks about the most beautiful part of Canada and the best spot in Vancouver How Vicky get into the Microsoft space Vicky’s journey to Microsoft certification   What tools Vicky had used to prepare for the Microsoft certification The importance of Microsoft certifications to Microsoft Partners  Tools and resources available for Microsoft Certification – Join events, Microsoft learn website and Community-based resources by three bloggers Neil Parkhurst, Ben Hosking AKA Hosk, Joe Griffith Vicky’s resources and her contributions to help people prepare before taking the exam Sample test Vicky had created in her preparation content forum –Microsoft Dynamics Certified  The type of feedback Vicky is getting from her training material   Vicky’s motivation to design her system and made it public for people to use Changes Microsoft had made to Microsoft Certification Mental awareness in the community Tips for people before taking the Microsoft certification exam  What is Vicky’s role in the Power Platform and Dynamics 365 Certification space? 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/177Andrey Baludin on The MVP show talks about his career background Everything about Petersburg – the best place to visit and good food to eat Talks about Andrey’s journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP – he became a Microsoft MVP a year ago Andrey’s specialization in the Microsoft Business Applications category and Dynamics 365 Business Central  A conversation about Andrey’s involvement with NAV integration and other systems The articles Andrey wrote for Dynamics 365 to help the community Shares the best thing about being an MVP  Talks about the benefits people can get when they become a Microsoft MVP Andrey’s various projects in GitHub  The advantages and benefits of using GitHub Andrey’s advice and recommendation to people especially in Russia if they are considering becoming a Microsoft MVP  Andrey's opinion on how people can be nominated to become an MVP Other Resources Mentioned:Community Blog: https://community.dynamics.com/nav/b/andreysnavblog and https://community.dynamics.com/members/andrey-baludin 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/176Meet Ashvini Sharma, born in India, moved to Dubai, Middle East, at the age of 12.   Ashvini's educational background Talks about Ashvini's interests and hobbies Microsoft journey of Ashvini Sharma – from BI Business group to Microsoft Business Applications team Lessons Ashvini has learnt from his 20years of experience from BI – was he able to apply it to Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in Power Automate A brief introduction to Robotic Process Automation  The type of technologies Robotic Process Automation is using  A discussion about the history and goal of RPA and who's involved  The systems or technologies that RPA does not support  Tools and key building blocks of Microsoft RPA implementation The best practices or patents of RPA Implementation Office 365 and CDS scenarios with Power Automate – Robotic Process Automation area Level of coding knowledge RPA requires The reason why Microsoft decided to go on this journey with RPA How do RPA and AI work together? Resources, tools and materials available for RPA Ashvini's favourite quote – My heart is in the work by Andrew Carnegie 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/175Aaron Back on The MVP Show – find out more about Aaron's lifeA discussion about Aaron's career backgroundLearn about Aaron Back’s journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP GP World, Dynamics and Power Platform – does Aaron see integration happening? Aaron’s focus point when it comes to Microsoft Business applications How he started having an interest in becoming an MVP A discussion about his involvement in the community Talks about the user group summit conference Aaron’s standards when creating blog posts – his foundation in creating blog content.  How Aaron maintains the list of ideas and topics when creating a blog post  What does he consider when writing a blog post?   Aaron’s way of introducing information and tools to customers The best feedback he has ever received in writing a post  The best thing about becoming an MVP 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/174Personal and career background of David Kohar   David Kohar's first interviewThe significant highlights of 2019 in the field of Power Platform and Dynamics 365   What leads to CRM 1.2 release?   During David's time at Ascentium – what's his role and responsibilities   Find out more about the people in a team he worked with at Ascentium   David's thoughts on the XRM story and a short discussion on XRM history   Shares his thoughts on how the technology has evolved from the Ascentium days The most significant changes happened with Microsoft's technology from the period 2010 to 2015     What is David looking forward to this year (2020) when it comes to technology?   Talks about what David thinks will be the breakthrough that will happen this year (2020)?   Have they changed who they are hiring as consultants? Or have they changed their way of going into the market?   How does David see the space in the next 5-10 years for now?   What is it like being a Microsoft Partner for the longest time?   A discussion about the value and opportunities of being a Microsoft partner  Satya's influence in all of this?   Alysa Taylor, Hayden Stafford and James Philips – David's thoughts on these three individuals   How does David see the partnership role evolving?   As a consultant in Microsoft partners, what's David's advice and recommendations to become successful?   How will they drive the SI and ISV partners to the next phase? 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/173An introduction to where Colin lives, work and how he spends his free timeColin’s origin story  Discussion about Colin’s Educational and Career background  Find out about ADOXIO Company   The type of industry where ADOXIO get most of their work from  Talks about KPMG in Canada, as a Microsoft Partner  Why Unicorn is featuring in Colin’s life so much and how it started?  Does KPMG Canada integrate all work a lot with the other KPMG’s around the world?  Colin’s thoughts on becoming a Microsoft MVP   What Colin thinks about what activities he will be doing regarding being a Microsoft MVP in the year 2020?   Colin’s involvement with ALM  Describes the most significant accomplishment Colin is most proud of 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/172A Brief introduction about Satish Thomas' life – Personal, Educational and Career Background – started as an intern in Microsoft  Discussion about his interests, hobbies and the great things about Botswana, Southern Africa  Find out about the book Satish wrote and what he learnt from that experience   Satish's involvement in Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services and how it started  The methodologies involved in Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services (LCS)  Satish's journey to working with Microsoft  An overview of Microsoft Customer Insights  What Satish thinks about Microsoft AppSource   If Satish is going to re-build AppSource today, would he do anything differently?   The portfolio Satish is currently responsible for – what would a partner be working with and what will the customer see in the market now  Learn more about what a customer data platform (CDP) is and how does it help your business  The reasons why Microsoft built Customer Insights and its origin   The type of industries who are using this technology particularly the Microsoft Customer Insights  What kind of data sets people commonly use  Companies and industries that are taking advantage of Microsoft Customer Insights   System wise, where do these data coming from?  ISV Story for Microsoft Customer Insight products  What excites Satish about the Wave 1 announcement  Resources and training materials available for the community to access – Dynamics 365 Customer Insights and Customer Insights in a day workshop   Books and ResourcesBooks – https://www.amazon.com/Satish-Thomas/e/B00AVRC7DU%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Dynamics 365 Customer Insights Blogs – https://community.dynamics.com/365/aicustomerinsights/b?PostSortBy=MostRecent&pifragment-98081=1Support 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/171Steven Weaver talks about his hometown   What Steven does for entertainment outside of work  Steven’s MVP journey  What’s involved with MVP nomination in the past years  Steven’s contributions to the MVP Community  The story behind AdamRoue   Changes Steven has seen in the program over the years  Steven’s thoughts on people in the space moving to the cloud platform or does he still see a lot of on-premise software  Benefits of the Cloud platform over On-premise Software  Being 15 years as a Microsoft MVP in Business Applications, what’s Steven’s opinion, does he still value it? Is he still on it?  How do you become an MVP?  How important is the Microsoft Summit in building a relationship with fellow MVP’s?  What will Steven miss the most if he decides to leave the program finally?  What can he recommend to the MVP program to help the community?  Steven’s advice to people who are wanting to be part of MVP in finance and supply change management Resources:Company Website: https://www.columbusglobal.com/en-gb/Dynamicsuser.net: https://dynamicsuser.net/Microsoft Dynamics Community: https://community.dynamics.com/ Columbus global: https://www.columbusglobal.com/en/ 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/170Eric McKinney’s personal life – where he lives, where he calls home and what he does when he’s not working Eric’s favourite spot in Ohio How Eric get into the Microsoft space and what’s the story Eric’s current role in the organization he is working for What motivates him to take his organization forward from an innovation perspective In the early days, what’s Eric deciding factors in going to Microsoft Techwise How much does the Digital Transformation feature brought Eric’s organization to where they are today? The impact of Digital Transformation feature in their company. The feedback from those people who are now using the Apps rather than the OneNote or paper? Has it changed their perception of their skills, who they are and their role in their company? What Apps their organization is using Power BI – Who are the main roles in their organization that are consuming those dashboards or reports? How Eric incorporate citizen developers in their organization How have these technologies impacted the way people do every day in business? Eric’s tips and advice to people who are in the same role as him, specifically around Power Platform The best advice Eric has ever received  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/169Kunal Tripathy was born in India, grew up in East India and moved to Canada which he now calls his home  Kunal’s Dynamics 365 and Platform JourneyHow he works with other parts of KPMG around the worldHow long he has been an MVP   Kunal’s journey to becoming an MVP  Changes that happened to him since becoming an MVP  Becoming an MVP, did he get more connections with the other MVPs in the Community?Kunal’s big plan for Y2020What he thinks about the outcome of the event coming up to people  Kunal’s recommendation to people who are wanting to become an MVP Kunal’s first speaking engagement Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith