Microsoft Innovation Podcast

FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/80Elaiza's passions, living in Melbourne, becoming vegan Being an MVP for the first time and looking forward to attending her first MVP Summit Journey to becoming an MVP Changes since becoming an MVP Winning women in tech award The story behind her YouTube channel Producing her videos – staging, camera, recording/editing software, equipment, post-production, etc. Audience reaction to show title “WTF” Having a timeline on how many days she has strung together without touching the old workflow tool Books & Other Resources Mentioned  Paul and Ashlee Culmsee YouTube channel MVP Summit 2019 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/79Personal, career and business background Current focus/projects as ISV Thoughts on outsourced vs in-house staff business model, building a business in a remote island and regenerating the Isle of Wight Journey to deciding the position that they’re going to take in the market Thoughts on building what customers want Dealing with struggles that ISVs have no control over Most challenging aspects in the first 3 years of starting an ISV and having a bumpy start Challenges they have had to solve and how the challenges have changed over time in relation to customer base Marketing the benefits of their solution so that it attracted customers from around the world Raising capital and how to go about it when scaling the business Addressing market segmentation Microsoft partnership – what it means, dealing with changes, etc. Software publisher vs ISV Advice to ISVs and how they should engage with Microsoft Using the partner list and engaging with the Partner channel Books The Essential Business Guide to GDPR: A business owner’s perspective to understanding & implementing GDPRThe New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Social Media, Online Video, Mobile Applications, Blogs, Newsjacking, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly – Resources Mentioned  MyCRMPartner Network 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/78Personal and professional background — working in India and now in Singapore for PowerObjects and working in different roles Journey to becoming business applications professional Process and journey in writing a technical book Challenges in writing a technical book, investments in time and ROI, working with publishers and self-publishing Future plans – podcasting, pivoting to Power platform, custom machine learning scenario, etc. Path to becoming a Microsoft MVP, disadvantages, downsides, etc.Books & Other Resources Mentioned  Deepesh’s blog Mastering Dynamics CRM 2016 Dynamics 365 Application DevelopmentMicrosoft 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/77Professional and personal background Living in Fairbanks, Alaska – childhood, the Northern lights, appreciation for nature Travel experiences and favourite destinations Career journey and working in Microsoft What comes with the role of overseeing Business Application Partner Ecosystem, focusing around customer engagement Having a fresh look at how Sales is going within Microsoft Thoughts on how partners/practices that have traditionally done Dynamics based implementation are evolving moving forward Thoughts on Dynamics becoming broader and practices having mastery in different workloads What Microsoft Readiness is looking going forward and create a system of “drinking from the firehose” Changes in the way Microsoft Partner Network type function and what these changes are in the calendar year How Microsoft deals with Partners feeling of being abandoned by Microsoft after the Dynamics group was moved to Enterprise Women in technology, a roundtable discussion with women during Dynamics 365 Saturday in Scotland “All the Voices” — what inspired the piece and her thinking around it Thoughts on equality and inclusion in tech Thoughts on diversity and inclusion coming through STEM Books Mentioned“The Broken Earth Trilogy” by N. K. Jemisen  ResourcesERPMicrosoft Partner Network Microsoft ReadinessMicrosoft 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/76Life outside work and being an MVP — family, fatherhood, hobbies Sri Lankan background and visiting family in Sri Lanka Moving from Sri Lanka to Australia, having NV1 status, and having Australian citizenship Community activities, D365 Saturday, organizing Dynamics activities in Colombo, Sri Lanka Thoughts on Dynamics 365 and Power Platform market in Sri Lanka Observations on the Dynamics community in Sri Lanka Thoughts on the maturity of skillsets in Sri Lanka Top 5 things to visit and eat in Sri Lanka Plans for D365 Saturday in Australia 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/75Professional journey, internship, establishing MetricsHub, etc. Momentum growth in the Microsoft internal community around the Power Platform What to expect in the April ‘19 Release  PowerApps Control Framework How items land in the platform over the release timeframe Line-of-business applications and the way they’re impacting work, the way they’re being created, and why the Power Platform plays a key part in that story Projections around the October release timeframe Clearing the confusion around naming — PowerApps, Canvas Apps, Model-Driven Apps Thoughts on the future direction and the changes in ALM The difference between the classic interface and the unified interface, the lifecycle within the classic interface in Dynamics 365 Next steps for ISVs with regard to a unified interface Offline story for unified interface in the coming 12 months Upskilling from to PowerApps and Flow for Dynamics 365 professionals Opportunities for ISVs around the Power Platform Addressing concerns of ISVS about the lack of protection around IP when building in Dynamics 365 Future plans around AppSource The impact of Microsoft investments in AppChecker, Solution Checker, and Flow checker How soon there won’t be a need to go to the classic UI from an admin perspective How artificial intelligence can impact the future of the Power Platform Democratising Power Platform Resources Mentioned:Microsoft’s acquisition of MetricsHubApril ‘19 Release NotesPowerApps Control Framework (PCF)Line-of-Business ApplicationsMicrosoft 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/74• Living and growing up in Ontario, moving to Toronto• Food, entertainment, curling• Journey to becoming a business apps MVP• Splitting time between business, consulting and coaching• Mashup between where Microsoft is going with the Power platform and where the old xRM story play into helping ISVs• Microsoft for Startups – what's involved, requirements for entry, etc., and benchmarks for developers who want to work on the Power platform• Advice to startups — experience, strategy, engaging with Microsoft, support model, ability to take multi-currencies in the world• Types of business models recommended for ISVs• Playing in the international space as an ISV• Community involvements and advice to MVPsMicrosoft 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/73Background and career journey Background and plans of Paritta Group Getting sales and marketing rhythms in place Defining ideal customer profile Most effective ways for people to find your products and services Targeting customers and focusing within a geography Niching in AI (Augmented Intelligence) The toughest thing about starting a new practice and how capital/cash flow affects decision making Finding and attracting the right talent, contractors vs FTEs and US employment laws Measuring progress and success and setting the vision and culture for the company Top recommendations for revenue generation Key advantages to partnering with Microsoft Competing against Salesforce and another Microsoft partner Major wins  The biggest risk taken in business ResourcesCRMUGMicrosoft IgniteMicrosoft Partner NetworkArc’teryx EquipmentMicrosoft 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/72Living in Bangalore, the “Silicon Valley of India”India’s love of Bollywood and what makes it uniqueGrowing up in Calcutta, exploring its history, being a foodie and enjoying street foodRecommended food for tourists who want to travel to Calcutta and experience the foodie cultureSplitting time between Bangalore and CalcuttaJourney to becoming a Microsoft MVP and working as a Dynamics 365 professionalContributing to the communityMoving codes from Codeplex to GithubLaunching his company, XrmForYouHandling project management in a remote scenarioThoughts on moving to another country and establishing a profession overseas 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/71Personal information and what Ryan does outside of his Microsoft day job Role in Microsoft as a Group Program Manager Working with the core CDS platform team How a massive endorsement translates to business, engineering, design, and vision in the context of the GPM for PowerApps role How he keeps the business very business-focused Questions from customers in this type of engagement, especially around UX Balancing the request coming from the market and what the team can show Managing patents and controlling a limited view of who gets know about what they’re going to patent Routine in preparing to go on stage before a presentation Ryan’s path into the business applications team Thoughts on the switch from CDS 1 to the underlying code base of what is Dynamics Unifying of Canvas Apps and model-driven apps The point at which Office 365 move into the Dynamics suite Thoughts on the admin experience over the maker experience and how it’s playing out  Thoughts on the concern for the ALM story for Canvas Apps Thoughts on PCF (Pivotal Cloud Foundry) Opportunities for ISVS and advice for startups wanting to consider Power Platform RESOURCESCDS (previous version) – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/common-data-service/entity-reference/introduction Upgrade to CDS for Apps – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/common-data-service/upgradecds/introduction-upgrade-cds Improve ALM for Canvas Apps – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/business-applications-release-notes/october18/powerapps/improve-alm-for-canvas-app-with-solutions PCF (Pivotal Cloud Foundry) on Azure – https://pivotal.io/partners/microsoft Enrich your model-driven forms with embedded canvas apps (Public preview) – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/enrich-your-model-driven-forms-with-embedded-canvas-apps-public-preview/  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