Microsoft Innovation Podcast

FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/130Sug Sahadevan’s life – originally from India, born in Singapore and lives in London – what is so special about his place – things he enjoys doing during his free time  Founder of the company Testhouse Ltd Discusses the processes involved in Software Quality Assurance for Dynamics 365 projectsWhat makes up the Quality Assurance Process Discusses defying product acceptance criteria using a quality guide  Talks about the functional testing and business requirements Presents on the business impact – how efficient it is and how user-friendly it is Explained what ISTQB certification and how it is implemented  Discusses automated testing and how he sees that process working on a Dynamics 365 projects  The benefits of hiring an Independent Quality Assurance provider for Dynamics 365 projects  Understanding the importance of business requirements  Biggest challenges he is currently facing working in this industry Discusses on the risk-based approach when it comes to testing  Shares his ideas on how he prepares Power Platform when it comes to QA 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/129Abraham Saldana background – about his family, lives in Dallas, the US in 2000, born and grew up in Mexico – left in 1998 and moved to the US and what made him decide to move to Texas.  Is he working on a Customer project or Microsoft Partner?  What made him decide to work with Dynamics?  Moving from Dynamics to PowerApps  What does he love about his job?  The top three benefits he gets from becoming an MVP   What are the difficulties he had encountered during his involvement with Dynamics and CRM?  Discussed his journey to becoming an MVP  Advices Pablo Peralta gave him to become a successful MVP  About the changes that had happened to him since he became an MVP what enjoys him the most.  Advice he can give people in SharePoint who wants to learn CDS  What can he recommend for people who wish to become an MVP?  What are his contributions to the MVP Community?  About which season fits his personality and why 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/128A Brief Introduction about Jon’s life – Canadian by blood, lives in Washington, where his interesting family name came from, family background and educational background. What he does when he’s not working Jon’s biggest life goals How he started working with Microsoft and his main area of responsibility His thoughts on the recent changes to the Microsoft Business Applications MVP Program in respect to Flow How Microsoft flow started and its relationship to Dynamics Describes what Microsoft Flow is and its importance in relation to workflow Resources and training available for the community Discusses the most significant changes that have happened within Microsoft Business Applications in the last two years Jon’s recommendation to people who want to get involved with Microsoft Flow Shares his view on the origin of the story of Flow 2.5years ago Discusses the beauty of Flow How he manages his Blog, YouTube channel and his Flow Videos On what social media he uses regularly Discusses the tools he uses on Twitter Importance of YouTube in the community Talks about what he does on LinkedIn 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/127Keith Whatling’s background – where he lives, career background and how long he's been an MVP Charles Lamanna’s tweet about Keith Whatling What he does with PowerApps and how he started with PowerApps His thoughts on becoming an MVP Value of being an MVP to their career Passion for the community and focus around the technology area Explains what a PowerApps Champion Program is – what the App for the community Criteria on becoming a Consultant How special the PowerApps Champion Program is to Keith Whatling Requirements in becoming an MVP Discusses how PowerApps Champion program is also about Adoption & GovernanceHow he feels being part of the MVP Group The key person for him to join the Microsoft side and Keith’s view on the Champion Program Keith’s view on what he thinks needs to happen for the MVP Program to be modernized His struggles in finding meaning in the world of MVP Celebrities he follows on the news Resources:Interesting article Keith Whatling wrote: Templates for Humanity 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/126A brief introduction about Dani Kahil – living in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, his family background – what he loves to do the most with his family. The key things, techniques he uses and the importance of understanding Dynamics 365 Project Requirements Gathering to become successful  Dani’s thoughts on how a business process flow looks like by the use case diagrams – business plans, issues or challenges the company want to solve & key success factors  The software, tools and diagrams used for simple and complex actions Discusses Shadowing Users as a great technique Dani’s top 5 Templates and what it does Explains what acceptance criteria is Learn about usability as a key part of acceptance criteria How project requirements are being documented to elaborate their ideas to key users further, how he does it and where is it stored What is solution governance? Discusses key things in running effective workshops Formal training and what tools he can recommend to those who are new in the role to speed up gathering requirements effectively  On how Model-Driven, Flow and Power BI, Canvas Apps affects his process  Discusses the industry qualification to become a business analystTalks about his surprising self-realization 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/125Demian’s background – his family & moving from Argentina to Madrid, Spain   Spain as a great place to live  Becoming an MVP for seven years  Demian’s area of specialization, skills and technical background AXAZURE – how it started and the hardest point in starting his own Business  Upcoming events happening in the CRM community  Demian’s plan; Community wise and Business-wise Discusses creating a workflow in GitHub  Introduction to his CRM Spanish blogs and forums  Demian’s thoughts on Microsoft’s Power Platform; Flow PowerApps and Power BIResources Mentioned  Demian Adolfo Raschkovan  – Microsoft Dynamics CRM MVPDemian Adolfo Raschkovan's Company – AXAZURE 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/124 Arun’s background – moving from Chennai, India to the US in 1995 and where he currently resides How he spends his time when not working Arun’s journey into IT Software – how he developed an interest in Software Introduction to Power BI  – history, rise and market growth Arun’s story on how he became a Microsoft MVP The core pillars of Power BI Creation of a unified experience for customers  How does customer drive a data culture Thoughts on Power BI as one of the core pillars of  the Power Platform The common principles between Power BI, PowerApps and Microsoft Flow Discussion about Power BI when it comes to unstructured data Outstanding customer stories in Power BI RESOURCESPower BI Power BI BlogPower BI Community  Blog User Groups Ignite conferenceMicrosoft Business Applications Summit 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/123A brief introduction about James – where he lives and his career Discusses his struggles and learning experiences James’ journey as MVP Thoughts on Power Portal Background in custom development  James’ engagement to PowerApps Learn how to create long-lasting positive change in life James’ recommendations and advice to people aiming to be an MVP The best application he uses on his phone Learn about the big challenge of the Power Portal. Introduction to the upcoming User Group Summit in Orlando Resources365 Power UPMicrosoft 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/122A brief introduction about Andrew’s life – family background, how often he travels and his favourite destination What he does when he’s not working  Introduction to Wine30flight Andrew’s struggles in writing a book. The video he loves to watch How big organizations view PowerApps as an app. Introduction to  Power Platform Adoption Framework His view on how big organizations can adopt the Power Platform at scale Background in AIS and its primary focus Best practice within the framework What people should know about Dynamics Power Platform Adoption Framework summary, target audiences and who it is for The role of community in the development of the framework Andrew’s advice to young Andrew Guiding principles of power platform adoption framework How do large enterprise businesses adopt this type of framework at scaleDifference between adoption and implementation methodology  Azure as part of the community world Illustrates the three simultaneous tracks Key tenancy of the framework Andrew has developed Andrew’s question about citizen developerResourcePowerPlatformAFMicrosoft 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/121A brief introduction about Daryl’s life – family background, what’s great about Indianapolis and as an independent MVP Daryl’s skills and experience in business applications The tools or plugins Daryl created On how Daryl monitors which tools are most popular in the community Understanding the Architect and Data model What lead Daryl to decide to go independent MVP The best thing about being an MVP One thing people don’t know about Daryl LaBar Daryl’s advice to developers who wants to become an MVP Discussed his concerns on how hard it is for developers to keep their MVP title Other Resources and Tools Attribute ManagerEarlyBound Entity BuilderVisual Studio Solution AcceleratorXrmUnitTestDLaB.XrmMicrosoft 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