Microsoft Innovation Podcast

FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/180Janet Robb’s brief introduction about her life, hobbies and her career background  A discussion about Janet’s journey to Microsoft  Janet’s motivation on she does and her role in Change Management  Introduction to Change Management  How to manage the Change management  The benefits of Change Management  How to handle Change Management, and what are the common challenges in change management?  The importance of Sponsorship Channel in a project   A discussion about PROSCI ADKAR model Change Management and the eight pillars  Can a Change Management process rescue your troubled project? What is the role of Change Management in the rescue? How are the eight pillars of change in business transformation used?    Why is communication so important in change management?   What are the fundamental principles of the eight pillars?   How do you create a vision and strategy for the whole overall project?  A short discussion about Microsoft Adoption Practice  Resources available for people to use to explore more when their project is not working as it should be   Janet’s recommendations to people to ensure a successful outcome of a project RESOURCESMicrosoft Website – Adoption ResourcesMicrosoft Website –Driving AdoptionThe Prosci ADKAR ModelMicrosoft 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/179Meet James Crowter – where he was born, the main attraction and the great places to visit in his hometown  Talks about James’ career background The area where James specialises in Microsoft Business Applications   Talks about Small and Mid-sized Business (SMB) A short introduction about being a Business Central MVP An Introduction to James as the founder of Technology Management The difference between Technology Management and Clever Dynamics  A discussion about the key to long-term Profitability James shares his journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP Discusses his engagement to the product team outside of MVP Summit  A discussion about James contribution to the Microsoft community James thought on Microsoft’s strategy when it comes to moving GP to Business Central James experiences being a Microsoft MVPThe 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

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? 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/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 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/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 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/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 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/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? 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/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 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/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=1Microsoft 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/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/ 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