

Microsoft Innovation Podcast
Mark Smith [nz365guy]
If you want to get your ideas or questions featured on an episode, please leave us a voicemail: https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/voicemail/Dive into the future of work with the "Microsoft Innovation Podcast," exploring the intersection of People, Business, Technology, and AI. Engage with expert guests—including thought leaders from Microsoft, industry innovators, and community specialists—who are redefining the world with advancements in AI, Cloud technologies, the Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and beyond.Every episode delivers a blend of in-depth discussions, practical insights, and actionable strategies tailored for professionals driving enablement and innovation. Join us across our five shows:The Power Platform ShowThe MVP ShowThe Copilot ShowThe Ecosystems ShowThe AI Advantage (coming soon)
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Jun 22, 2020 • 51min
Personal Branding and Technology with Dux Raymond Sy
FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/210Life and family background of Dux Raymond Sy Hobbies and what his family enjoy doing when not working Dux’s thoughts about what is going to happen after the COVID19 crisis The impact of the COVID19 Crisis on the upcoming events and gatherings Talks about Dux’s journey into technology A conversation about Dux’s personal brand and its importance Steps people should take to develop their Personal Brand How does an introvert develop their Personal Brand? Shares Dux’s presentation techniques Technology and tool Dux use for presentation Talks about Dux’s journey to his recent Podcast – How did it start? The type of community that play in Dux’s career journey What is AvePoint and what does it do? Dux’s role and responsibilities at AvePoint as a CMO A discussion about Dux’s experience with AppSource A conversation about Dux’s ISV journey Dux’s recommendation to people who are wanting to become an ISV Discusses Dux’s journey Lessons learnt from getting IP Cost program 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

Jun 17, 2020 • 22min
Jeevarajan Kumar on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/209A brief introduction about Jeevarajan Kumar’s origin, life and family Shares his thoughts about the effect of COVID19 Jeevarajan’s day to day working life and what he does Talks about Jeevarajan’s role for the company he works for Shares story and Jeevarajan’s involvement with the MVP community in Singapore A conversation about what’s new with PowerApps Component Framework (PCF) Changes that happened to Jeevarajan’s career since becoming a Microsoft MVP Discussions on the best thing about being a Microsoft MVP Jeevarajan’s journey to becoming an MVP Activities MVP community group in Singapore is working on staying connected during this COVID19 crisis Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Jun 15, 2020 • 31min
Dynamics 365 Sales and Operations Application with Muhammad Alam
FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/208Muhammad Alam’s educational background story Career background and Microsoft journey Role and responsibilities of Muhammad in Microsoft Talks about the first major virtual MBAS event for Microsoft A discussion about Muhammad’s operations application portfolio Shares his thoughts about where sales and operations coming together Integration story of sales and operations 12 months ago and how Muhammad see it evolving Where Dynamics 365 Sales fit Why Dynamics 365 Sales is important in where Muhammad’s portfolio connects A conversation about Dynamics 365 Commerce Apps Shares what Muhammad thinks about Dynamics 365 Commerce Apps strategically Discussions about Partner Adoption The key fundamental integration in E-Commerce solutions Introduction to Dynamics 365 Fraud Protection How Dynamics 365 Fraud Protection helps the customers? How Dynamics 365 Fraud Protection protect your customer's data? Connection of Dynamics 365 Fraud Protection to Connected store What is Project Operations Applications? 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

Jun 10, 2020 • 23min
Tatiana Pupko on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/207Tatiana Pupko lives in Saint Petersburg, Russia What Tatiana enjoys the most about living in Saint Petersburg Describes Tatiana's maternity life – her experience being a mother How COVID19 affects Tatiana's life A conversation about Tatiana's journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP Tatiana as part of the MVP community What Tatiana normally does before becoming an MVP Rules or work involved for the implementation of business for a new customer when it comes to Russian localization Alternative product used in Russia if not Business Central Tatiana's thoughts about using “Translations” What Tatiana does during her spare time – social life and hobbies A discussion about what Tatiana expected since becoming an MVP Discusses the changes that happened since becoming an MVPThe best thing about being part of the MVP Summit Dynamics Community:https://community.dynamics.com/nav/b/navfunctionality Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Jun 8, 2020 • 49min
Membership and The Ongoing Transaction with Robbie Baxter
FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/206Robbie Baxter’s life, family, educational and career background The effect of COVID-19 globally – changes happening all over the world As the writer of the book and the benefit of the book she published – The Membership Economy Areas where she sees “The Membership Economy” is for How the book she wrote applies to the different projects each company has The type of organizations adopting this What strategies have Robbie come up with to build the kind of engagement in loyalty membership subscription? The importance of knowing who your customer is How much does NETFLIX contribute to Robbie’s thoughts around “The Membership Economy.” Customer’s feedback from Robbie’s book – The Membership Economy How Robbie see this applying to Microsoft Partners Lesson Robbie have learned since the release of her book that made her decide to write another one Looking at the Subscription model, for those organizations who are struggling due to the CORONA crisis, what should they do? A discussion about the launch of Robbie’s second book – “Forever Transaction.” A conversation with Robbie on how important it is to find out what people are willing to pay for What Robbie means by “Forever Product.” Books MentionedThe Forever Transaction: https://robbiekellmanbaxter.com/the-forever-transaction-chapter-8/The Membership Economy: https://robbiekellmanbaxter.com/the-membership-economy/ 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

Jun 3, 2020 • 28min
Stefan Strube on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/205A brief introduction about Stefan’s family background and where he lives What he does during his free and his hobbies Became a Microsoft MVP on December 1, 2019 Explains what Stefan found different from being an MVP, and what he expected? Stefan’s journey to becoming a Microsoft Business Applications MVP A discussion about Stefan’s involvement with Dynamics CRM How Stefan started working for the User group community – Dutch PowerApps & Flow User Group and CEProNLShares his thoughts about the POWER of COMMUNITY A discussion about what area Stefan spends more of his time, his focus and his role Challenges that came across during Stefan’s journey Stefan’s recommendations and advice to people who are wanting to shift from a Functional to Architectural role Stefan’s method or system to keep his knowledge and skills up to date Stefan shares his thoughts around running a community during COVID19 Discusses how they maintain the community connection Shares his opinion about the state of Business Applications in the MarketMicrosoft 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

Jun 1, 2020 • 46min
Power Automate as a Platform with Sunay Vaishnav
FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/204A Brief Introduction about Sunay Vaishnav’s life – the current city where he lives and his home city’s famous for How Sunay spends his time outside of work Share Sunay’s story about the changes and how COVID19 affected his life Talks about MBAS event – the first major virtual event for Microsoft The positive impact of working from home Sunay’s career journey and what he is currently working on at Microsoft How Sunay got started and what lead him to his current position within the community What is Power Automate and Sunay’s vision for it The level of engagement Sunay sees for Power Automate Discusses the short term and long-term roadmap of Power Automate Who is their target customer for Power Automate? Explains their plans and his thoughts when it comes to Flow Designer or Maker Experience, as well as the validation Test Flows on Power Automate Power Automate features: API Flows / UI Flows Adaptative Cards Approval Attachment Teams 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

May 27, 2020 • 26min
Tomasz Poszytek on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/203Meet Tomasz Poszytek from Warsaw, Poland Tomasz talks about his family and describes his hometown How Tomasz handles working from home during lockdown due to the COVID19 crisis With the COVID19 crisis, what Tomasz sees in the next few months when it comes to community events Lessons learnt from running a productive event using virtual events A discussion about how they manage these events How Tomasz facilitates these events making it sure that they have answered all the questions Any problems have encountered during a presentation and how they handled it Tomasz area of expertise when it comes to Power Platform Became a Microsoft MVP in November 2019 The value and the best thing about being a Microsoft MVP 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

May 25, 2020 • 52min
Marketing – Community and Tattoos with Emma D’Arcy
FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/202A Brief Introduction about Emma D'Arcy's personal, educational and career Background How Emma spends her time during her free time and her hobbies Talks about how Emma started working with technology Emma's community involvement and her contributions An introduction about Emma's brand as TatooedCRMGirl Tips and advice Emma can give people who want to build their name brand A conversation about how much does create content play into Emma's brandDiscussion about how Emma started working in ClickDimensions Why culture is the most important for Emma Shares about her involvement in Marketing The best qualities of a great event in marketing Learn about “The Dunder Mifflin Project” live streaming How Emma able to pull up massive events from start to handle attendees Learn more about the different community – Scottish Summit, PowerApps Philly and PowerApps Boston Discussion about the best thing about community Shares her ideas about running a user group How Emma coach and encourage new and existing speakers in a user groupTalks about how Emma encourages speakers to get involved in a community event Emma talks about the MB200 and MB600 exam 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

May 20, 2020 • 24min
Sukrut Parab on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/201Life introduction about Sukrut Parab – lives in Los Angeles with his family Talks Sukrut’s journey from India to Los Angeles Career background of Sukrut, how he started working with Dynamics Advice to people wanting to work away from their hometown A conversation about Sukrut’s journey inside AX to Finance and Operations of Dynamics 365 The key lessons Sukrut’s has learnt on his journey that helps in his career growth Discussion about the importance of industry knowledge when it comes to product implementation How Sukrut focus from one area while maintaining his skills and knowledge Sukrut’s thoughts about people migrating On-Prem to Cloud Talks about Sukrut’s journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP – how he got awarded Sukrut’s MVP contributions to the communityMicrosoft 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


