Microsoft Innovation Podcast

FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/120A brief introduction about Cecilia’s life – grew up in Argentina, currently living in Seattle, Washington, her background and career as MVP Cecilia’s favourite thing about London Interesting story on Cecilia’s journey into Microsoft – her current role Introduction to One Commercial Partner (OCP) – what constructs around it and how Business Application Partners engaged with it.  Discusses what Cecilia sees as the key things that a Microsoft Business Application Partner at this point in this journey as Microsoft up to in 2019 Understanding what the key elements are ever needed to develop skill in Microsoft Business Application Partner Introduction to how Partners builds IP Which direction Microsoft is going in Great solutions they can offer their customers Cecilia’s observation on what would make Business Application Partners successful Introduction to the building blocks of the Microsoft/Partner relationship Parts of One Commercial Partner (OCP) Cecilia’s activities she enjoys the most, the person who inspires her the most to become a better person, and the first 30 mins of her typical day looks like 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/119A brief introduction about Gustaf’s life, including his family background, as a company founder and his career as MVP. Introduction about Gustaf’s company – CRM-Konsulterna Company achievements – having 3 MVP’s from his own company Gustaf’s thoughts on the Microsoft MVP Program. Challenges he has seen with SID, CDS and CDM  The support they offer to help their customers Implementation of CDM The voice of Customers The important role of CDS How MVP’s are determined Gustaf’s advice to those aiming to become an MVP Thoughts on reshaping CDS Other resources mentionedSara Lagerquist's MVP AwardMicrosoft 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/118A brief introduction about Leah’s life – family background, her career and personal experiences History, culture, economy and facts about New Orleans What she does when she is not working The value of the Microsoft stack Advice to consumers who wants to adopt new technologies Leah’s view on the Insurance and Health care industry The best practice tips she can give for pre-sales implementation Introduction to the Microsoft Health care accelerator What is customer engagement and why it is important Introduction to the Enterprise road map Leah’s engagement with Microsoft and the importance of nurturing a healthy relationship  Advantages and disadvantages of One-point solutions Changes that have occurred in sales in the last ten years Leah’s background and pre-sales experience  Separation of roles of sales and pre-sales How important presentation is in business Leah’s specific role and function in Insurance and Health care The role of the modern solutions team and Dynamics team 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/117A brief introduction about Andrew’s life; his family background, what he loves in Adelaide, Australia. His learning experiences as MVP; when and how his journey started. As part of the MVP community in Australia; how active he is and his roles and responsibilities within the organization PCF as a replacement for web resources The future of PCFHow realistic it is to design and create on the PCF Where does react JS leading us Andrew's thoughts on things he has done on the PowerApps components framework Importance of Visual Application What Influence Matrix means The true meaning of Customer Engagement in the Microsoft world Books & Other Resources Mentioned   Powerapps Component Framework https://aka.ms/PCFforum  https://aka.ms/PCFblog https://aka.ms/PCFDemos https://aka.ms/PCFIdeas  https://aka.ms/PCFDocs 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/116A brief introduction about Sameer’s life – Current City in Seattle, Washington, Hometown in Mumbai, Maharashtra What he does when he’s not working Sameer’s passion for writing poems and storytelling Introduction to Simple Intentions His involvement with Pathwise Leadership program Sameer’s story on his exciting journey and his experiences in Microsoft Introduction to French National Railway, SNCF Functions and best practices to establish a Centre of Excellence Responsibilities of Centre of Excellence that typically falls into four buckets Introduction to PowerApps Admin Connectors The implementation of PowerApps Governance Sameer’s role as part of Customer Advisory Team. Relationship of CAT to PowerApps and CDM Understanding Centre of Excellence and how does it translate to Microsoft Lauren Taylor and Manuela Pichler RESOURCESVirgin Atlantic drives agile wins for its mobile workforce with the Power Platformhttps://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/virgin-atlantic-drives-agile-wins-for-mobile-workforce-with-the-power-platform/Have you ever switched to part-time in the corporate world?https://medium.com/@sameerbhangar/have-you-ever-switched-to-part-time-in-the-corporate-world-b77b38f9e2dbHawkary Pharmaceuticals: Power platform customer success storyhttps://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/hawkary-pharmaceuticals-digitizes-daily-sales-visit-reporting-using-powerapps/Real World Stories: Global energy companies' powerhttps://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Business-Applications/Real-World-Stories-Global-energy-companies-power-digital/td-p/299942Custom Air Products & Services manages HVAC manufacturing process using the Power Platform https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/custom-air-products-services-manages-hvac-manufacturing-process-using-the-power-platform/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/115A brief introduction of Neil’s family and backgroundNeil's journey to how his career as an MVP started What Neil kids think about his career as MVP Lessons he teaches his kids, so they learn the value of work. The best lesson he learnt as a parent, family member, mentor, and someone who works with business His life experiences – may it be good or terrible Neil’s story on how he started in Dynamics  Things he loves the most being an MVP Introduction on Scrum training What frustrates him the most with his work Neil’s plan on releasing more training content What are the qualifications to become and an MVP Advice on getting nominated as an MVP Tangible benefits of becoming an MVP What and how Sonos Play 1 works Other Resources Benjamin Grams – Intelligent Investor 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/114A Brief Introduction about Dan’s life – where he lives, his hobbies, what he does when he’s not working or surfing His involvement with the Not for Profit Space What made him decide to join the Microsoft worldErik Arnold’s role as a Global CTO Understanding Threshold.world The Importance and goal of Threshold.world Where the company name Threshold.world came from Dan’s role, focus and vision of the business  Things that can help non-profit organizations and funders make a better decision for them to invest  The relationship between the common data model and the Not for Profit Space Accelerator  Dan’s relationship with Microsoft Changes happening with the first generation of accelerator  Sustainable development goals Dan’s vision for the accelerator and its future  The importance and goals for the Not for profit space and Microsoft Accelerator   ResourcesErik Arnold – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/author/erik-arnold/ IATI – International Aid Transparency Initiative 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/113A brief introduction about Mariano Gomez’s life –his family and personal backgroundHow his career as an MVP started  Mariano’s thoughts about the global economic recession that happened in 2008 and how it affected his life Result of the evaluation of ERP solutions As the author of Microsoft Dynamic GP Improvements happening around Microsoft Knowing about GP customers Customer’s reaction on ERP and its contribution Solutions implemented to help Microsoft customers Microsoft Dynamics GP vs Business Central Intelligent Cloud Advice he can give to new aspiring MVP’s  Resources Mentioned:Microsoft Project Green – https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-project-green-still-alive-and-kicking/ Microsoft Dynamics NAV and GP MVPs Weigh in On Project “Madeira” – https://msdynamicsworld.com/story/dynamics-nav/microsoft-dynamics-nav-and-gp-mvps-weigh-project-madeira-mix-caution-excitement Legacy vs Cloud ERP, what’s the difference? https://www.erpsoftwareblog.com/2019/06/legacy-versus-cloud-erp-whats-the-difference/ Microsoft Power Platform – https://powerplatform.microsoft.com/en-us/ 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/112A brief introduction about Steve’s life – his family, sports they love playing and how they spend time together as a family Steve’s experiences and his involvement with the ISV programWhat Steve wants to achieve with the new ISV program for Business Applications The definition of a healthy and successful ISV How the new program differs from the old oneDiscussion about Practical IAI and what it means to him Microsoft’s goals for ISV to be successful in market & market strategies What training they are offering Microsoft’s staff to sell ISV solutions History of ISV’s in Microsoft Business Applications How to determine the success of the platform What the community should expect with the arrival of the new program How to deal with unsupported Apps Benefits ISV's can offer like IRR Expectations with the existing large ISV's Cleaning up of sample Apps I.e. search functions What move to take to prove to ISV’s that this is in their interest The future of IAI, ISV program and AppSource Thoughts about reviews and feedback happening around Apps How to make these solutions available 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/111A brief introduction about Julien's life – born in Paris, grew up in Luxembourg, his favourite food and how he ended up living in Montreal, Canada. How his journey of becoming an MVP in Business Application startedExperiences living in another country  Lessons learnt after participating in the MVP Global Summit event Julien's thoughts about English as the second language  The importance of understanding and protecting culture and language in building a community  Lessons learnt from his presentation in Dynamics 365 Saturday on Friday! Toronto 2019 event in  Toronto  and Montreal  Julien's interest in PowerApps and flow The success of publishing his own blog in French to help the community Julien's long–term plans  Solutions that can be created using new technologies Thoughts about getting data publicly accessible 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