Microsoft Innovation Podcast

FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/200The origin story of Stuart Ridout and his career background Family background and activities they do together The changes happening to Stuart’s everyday life with the current world situation – COVID19 crisis Stuart’s journey working with Microsoft Talks about Stuart’s role and responsibilities as a Customer Success Manager  What Microsoft Teams is and its importance – Chris Slemp’s Taming TeamsBenefits, effectiveness, and advantage of creating chat channels – Champions Program How Microsoft Teams work with PowerApps and Power Automate The key things Stuart thinks makes his time more efficient and productive using Power Automate The role of a Citizen developer in building/linking Microsoft Teams to Power Platform Explains how Microsoft Teams and Power Platform are being used – examples and experiences Talks about the features and other applications within Microsoft teams The future Stuart sees with the integration of PowerApps and Power Automate with Microsoft Teams What everyone should know about Power Automate The feedback from the community with all these tools 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 NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/199A brief introduction about André Arnaud de Calavon  Talks about how the normal celebration of King's day looks like How the COVID19 affected André’s life and Netherland’s community As a Microsoft MVP for 6years and André’s area of specialization André’s journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP How André started his career Changes André had seen with the Dynamics and his experience with the product A discussion about André’s experience and his role as a Product Manager and in managing ISV solutions Talks about their new product and who can use it The impact of becoming an MVP on André’s career André’s strengths when it comes to his MVP community contributions What André’s likes the most becoming 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

FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/198Interesting facts about Srikumar Nair’s lifeHow Srikumar started working with Microsoft  Srikumar’s involvement with XRM, CRM and CDS  A discussion about Srikumar’s role in Microsoft as Principal Group Program Manager  Introduction to XRM and CDS  Discusses the difference between XRM and CDS  Srikumar’s shares his views on what a low-code no-code is  What Srikumar is seeing when it comes to resource consumption    Discussions on the architecture patterns and the changes happening concerning the CDS environment  A conversation about the sales applications and the changes  CDS licencing when it comes to Platform Capacity – API and Storage  How they work with the AZURE team when it comes to the growth happening on the Power Platform, and how are they integrated into different parts of Microsoft  Srikumar’s journey from Blob storage to Cosmos DB and the lessons learnt   How Srikumar’s team make sure their customer gets the right value of the product when it comes to the new licensing that is coming  An introduction about the Team Member enforcement  Talks about ISV considerations and how they make sure that the Power Platform is the tool where they can build their 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

FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/197Family life and career background of Mohammad Reza Dorrani Talks about Reza’s hobbies outside Power Platform Reza’s hometown and what made Reza move to Houston, Texas Became a Microsoft MVP in December 2019 A discussion about Reza’s area of specialization as a Microsoft Business Applications MVP Talks about Reza’s journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP The changes happened to Reza’s life since becoming part of the Houston User group Final process involved in getting Reza into the MVP Program Reza’s contribution to the Microsoft community Shares his Microsoft Flow All-Star award experience Learning experiences being in a forum  Reza’s motivation on why he wanted to become a Microsoft Business Applications MVP  Advantages and disadvantages of becoming a Microsoft MVP Reza’s goal and what he wants to achieve in the next few years as 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

FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/196Amit Sivan’s origin, current location, family and hobbies   A discussion about Amit’s journey to working with Microsoft   Learn more about Amit’s role and responsibilities as a Dynamics 365 Sales applications  A conversation about Amit’s team’s general focus  Discusses the demand for Dynamics Business Apps within Israel when it comes to consumer perspective  The new features involved in Dynamics 365 Sales applications  Describes what Dynamics 365 Sales Application is and how is it growing  Amit’s thoughts on Digital Selling and its new features  Available tools for the in-sales people  The benefits of Digital Selling    Talks about Sales Acceleration and Sequences   The types of sales scenarios Amit is looking at   A conversation about Sales Insights   What you need to know about Conversation Intelligence   Meaning of Omni Channel and Sales   A discussion about Forecasting and Pipeline Analytics   Amit’s thoughts on Mobility from a Sales Perspective  The future of Dynamics 365 Sales Application  Discussions about the opportunities for ISVs to build on Dynamics 365 for SalesResources available for everyoneMicrosoft 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 NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/195Meet Kelly Kane talk about where she lives and what she does when not working Kelly Kane’s journey to Microsoft MVP – Belinda Allen What she enjoys doing in the Microsoft MVP Community What she does that adds value to the community How she does her study groups – the format How people find out about her study group Shares Kelly's experience about how the first study group session came out Talks about how the COVID-19 affected Kelly’s life – what she is doing differently Lessons Kelly learnt from being a Microsoft MVP Step by step guidelines on how Kelly prepares for events as a speaker Recommendations to people who are wanting to get into Finance and Operations Advice to people who are wanting to become part of the Microsoft MVP Community 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 NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/194A brief introduction about Brad Koontz personal, family and career background Describes what is Atlanta famous for – a good place to visit Talks about how Brad spends his time with his family  An introduction about Pre-sales and how important Pre-sale is in his career How Brad started working with technology and Pre-sales  Brad’s definition of Pre-sales The qualities of an excellent Pre–salesperson  Skills of a good Pre-salesperson  Key things traditional consultants should consider if they plan on moving to Pre-sales The training and resources available for people to focus on when it comes to Presales Talks about the role of the Pre-sales team that works effectively in the engaging life of the sales cycle Difference between Dynamics and Power Platform when it comes to practices To create a robust and healthy pipeline, what sales rhythms a partner needs to engage in to A discussion about Brad’s journey and experiences to Intellectual Property Development Brad’s thoughts on Intellectual Property Management A conversation about Brad’s view on repeatable IP Introduction and the outcome of their 3-day hackathon The common denominators of what makes a lot of consultants successful in Intellectual Property Management 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 NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/193An introduction about Justin Carter’s life – where he lives and his hobbiesDiscussions about Dynamics Microsoft world Justin is on A conversation about the company Justin works for and his role and responsibilities From a knowledge perspective, where Justin sits in Dynamics?  How Justin got involved in Microsoft MVP – how he got awarded  Talks about Justin's Blog Dynamics horseshoe steps Justin uses for his projects A conversation about Justin’s key highlights on the MVP Journey Justin’s thoughts about the MVP summit events he has been to  A discussion about the AX family or group Talks about the changes Justin noticed with the MVP 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

FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/192A brief introduction about life and career background of Greg Hurlman  Working from home due to COVID-19 – What’s Greg’s key working strategyGreg's journey to working with Microsoft   Greg's learning experiences on his journey  How Greg started having an interest in the PowerApps Component Framework (PCF)  An introduction about the journey of PCF The future of PCF Talks about how to get hands-on with the PowerApps Component Framework  Where PCF is going and the new things coming   How a custom component is created using the PowerApps Component Framework  PowerApps Component Framework roadmap  Talks about any standout examples coming through from customers and the community  An introduction about the recent release of the PowerApps Component Framework on Canvas Apps  Great opportunities available for professional developers and citizen developers with the recent release of the PowerApps Component Framework on Canvas Apps  Best practices that need to be done to improve its performance  Steps Professional Developers and Citizen Developers should take to learn more about PCF A discussion about how controls are built-in PCF The role of Citizen Developers and Professional Developers in PCF  How Citizen Developer make use of Professional Developer's components  Learning resources available to use for PowerApps Component Framework Opportunities for customers, partners or community members with PCF 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 NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/191Life and career background of Dr Ludwig Reinhard  Ludwig’s MVP skills and the area of technology he is focused on  The best thing about becoming a Microsoft MVP  Ludwig’s original journey into Dynamics  The comparison between Finance and Operational applications in the market  Discussions on Dynamics 365 finance or operations being connected to SAPLudwig’s Microsoft MVP contributions to the community  Specific tools or technology he uses   How Ludwig handles difficult questions in a forum  Ludwig’s thoughts about the COVID-19 crisis and the effects on the community  What Ludwig thinks will help improve or create a connection for the environment   Things Ludwig does to relax and to get away from the tools or job during this time  What Ludwig does to become productive  Ludwig as the author of the booksBOOKSDynamics AX Project Accounting & Controlling (Part 1) Dynamics 365 Project Accounting & Controlling (Part 2) Special Finance Applications in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and OperationsMicrosoft 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