Microsoft Innovation Podcast

FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/70Personal background — living in Nantes, studying  masters degree in Quebec, food, travel, etc.Journey to becoming a Business Apps MVP and experiences so farArea of specialisation in Dynamics 365Experience with Dynamics 365 and AIInternship experience in Barcelona SpainLove of travel and travel experiences around the worldWhat Clement is most interested in developing his skills on the Power PlatformUsing Microsoft Flow and Canvas AppsHow becoming MVP has affected his careerBeing a contributor in the xrmToolbox and plugins publishedBooks & Other Resources MentionedClement O. github – https://github.com/carfupDelta Plugin Steps Btween Two Environments xrmToolbox – https://www.xrmtoolbox.com/plugins/Carfup.XTBPlugins.DeltaStepsBetweenEnvironments/Personal Views Migration xrmToolbox – https://www.xrmtoolbox.com/plugins/Carfup.XTBPlugins.PersonalViewsMigration/Delta Plugins: Local Assembly vs CRM – https://www.xrmtoolbox.com/plugins/Carfup.XTBPlugins.DeltaAssemblyvsCrm/NAS (network-attached storage) – https://searchstorage.techtarget.com/definition/network-attached-storageFetchXML Builder xrmToolbox – https://www.xrmtoolbox.com/plugins/Cinteros.Xrm.FetchXmlBuilder/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/69Dave’s professional journey – moving from the UK to Australia and establishing a startup company Overview of the software Maptaskr Creating geospatial information software, Maptaskr Maptaskr data collection and processing, industries that use the app, and use cases How businesses can use data with intelligence to create future business models How artificial intelligence plays a role in developing Maptaskr Practical applications of Maptaskr, combining external data set with customer data How frequently Maptaskr can pull an update from a satellite Data collection from satellites and drones and leveraging data Customers that are currently using Maptaskr What it means to be a software startup ISV Key roles put in place in the team as he established started to ramp up their technology Key things that make up a successful ISV – raising capital, building channels to market, selling the technology Why they chose to partner with Microsoft Addressing customer support across the globe Books Mentioned“Zero to One” by Peter Thiel with Blake Masters – https://amzn.to/2X4ETPQResourcesMaptaskr – https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/dynamics-365/ovass.maptaskr?src=Office&tab=Overview  normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalized_difference_vegetation_index  Geoscape – https://www.geoscape.com.au/  HAPS (high-altitude platform station) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_platform_station  GIS (Geospatial Information Systems) – https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Geospatial_Information_Systems_(GIS) Location Intelligence – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location_intelligence Zephyr (Airbus) – https://www.airbus.com/defence/uav/zephyr.htmlMicrosoft 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/68Moving from South Africa to the UK and balancing work, family and other pursuits Sports interests – hockey, triathlon training Journey to becoming a Dynamics professional Working with Microsoft as P-Seller Being part of TDG (Those Dynamics Guys) South African delicacies and braai  Mixed reality and AI – opportunities, adoption and actual use cases AI intelligence levels and AI becoming mainstream Books & Other Resources Mentioned  Those Dynamics Guys (TDG) – https://dynamics365society.uk/ Box – https://www.box.com/home Extreme365 (formerly ExtremeCRM) – http://extreme365.com/ Braai – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_variations_of_barbecue#South_Africa  Microsoft HoloLens – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens  Neuralink – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuralink 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/67Professional journey into Microsoft, career highlights, living in the UK and missing Australian weather and beachesChanges that has catapulted Dynamics into the next billion-dollar productOpportunities for partners to capitalize on PowerAppsHow to explain the concept of the Power Platform, CDS for Apps, Dynamics 365, Common Data Model and how they relate to each otherVision on the Power Platform interfacePossibility of AI producing its own codeVertical industries that are prime targets for Power platformMixed reality adoption in Microsoft and use casesPartners leading the charge in switching to Power PlatformRESOURCESPower Platform – https://dynamics.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-power-platform/PowerApps – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/CDS for Apps – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/common-data-service/data-platform-introMixed Reality – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/mixed-realityMicrosoft Teams – https://products.office.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/group-chat-softwareMicrosoft 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/66• Moving from Indiana and loving life in Denver• Professional journey and becoming a Microsoft MVP• Experiences after being awarded an MVP• Insights on Dynamics 365 branding and name changes over the years• Thoughts on other finance packages (Dynamics 365 Business Central and Dynamics GP)• Customer confusion on Finance and Operations and CRM• Experience and thoughts on Dynamics 365 for Talent, minimum implementation, stages of implementation to a more enterprise type implementation• Linkedin integration in Dynamics 365 for Talent• Being a Microsoft Certified Trainer• Loving her dogs and wanting to have a Mein CoonMicrosoft 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/65Personal background  Working with Microsoft and travelling around the country for work Health and life sciences business apps customers Conducting trials  Writing/blogging, public speaking, podcasting, game design, mentoringWhat is presales and what’s interesting about it Steps to go through in preparation for a presentation/demo Different role personas an individual has How to handle a meeting with upper management Presales strategies and how to get demos on point Books MentionedEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card – https://amzn.to/2FLxQpL  The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss – https://amzn.to/2MzRxla ResourcesMatt’s Board Games – https://www.thegamecrafter.com/designers/matthew-c.-anderson Implement This Microsoft business apps podcast – http://implementthis.org ProdCast personal productivity podcast – http://prodcast.show  HooToo Trip Mate – https://www.hootoo.com/hootoo-tripmate-ht-tm05-wireless-router.html  Toastmasters – http://toastmasters.org  Podcast Addict – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=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

FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/64• Journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP• Being an old school Millenial and living in different places• Creating a balance between people and technology• Competing in Muay Thai at the same time starting her career in IT• From studying criminology in college to getting into IT• Tips to those who want to pursue IT• Being a globe trotter• Story behind and experience writing Mastering Microsoft Teams• Essence of becoming an MVP and working with Dynamics product team• Producing videos on Microsoft FlowMicrosoft 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/63Professional journey and working at Microsoft — from the marketing department to joining the Azure team Jumping from following a career in music to IT Work as Program Manager and working with other teams in Business Applications Standards in Consumer Data Service for Apps Five fundamentals of CDS for Apps Spending time on availability, the performance of CDS Components of CDS for Apps Switching to the current technology – unified interface Working with Azure SQL and being its largest customer Translating the CDS for Apps technology to a business level to customers and stakeholders Search roadmap within the application Separation of the CDS platform from apps, such as Dynamics for Sales Opportunity for ISVs working with CDS for AppsRESOURCESBook & Podcast “Sons of the Profits: There’s No Business Like Grow Business” by William C. Speidel – https://amzn.to/2CjPRHB  Resources Mentioned  Common Data Service for Apps – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/common-data-service/data-platform-intro  Azure SQL – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/  Dynamics for Sales – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-engagement/sales-enterprise/overviewMicrosoft 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/62Being considered the USD guruNeil’s “origin story” – English names and allLeaving Power Objects and moving to freelancing and being an independent contractorRebalancing life and career goals and preparing for retirementBeing a Dynamics Community mentor and mentoring other Dynamics professionalsDiscussing exam preparationsCommon use cases for USDBeing the first USD MVP and Receiving the All-Star Award in 2018Future speaking engagementsThe value gained from becoming a Microsoft MVPDiscussion about beerMicrosoft 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/61Working with Microsoft and then pivoting to Business Apps Flourishing career in sales and reaching the pinnacle of his career in Microsoft Modern selling and how it’s different before the global financial crisisBackground on the Microsoft Relationship Sales and how it works with the LinkedIn Sales Navigator Best practices for using Sales Navigator and Dynamics 365 for Sales to expand opportunity mix Benefits to having a Sales Navigator account Leveraging Linkedin connections with Sales Navigator vs Premium account What data is synchable between Sales Navigator and Dynamics 365 for Sales Information on PointDrive — what it is, what it can do, and its function  Success stories of companies that used Sales Navigator together with Dynamics 365 for Sales Opportunities for Dynamics partners in implementing Sales Navigator within Dynamics What makes Sales Navigator from other competitors Penetrating Singapore, Hong Kong and Greater China markets What Sales Navigator really offers RESOURCESLinkedin Sales Navigator – https://business.linkedin.com/sales-solutions/sales-navigator Linkedin InMail – https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/1584/inmail-overview?lang=en  Linkedin PointDrive – https://business.linkedin.com/sales-solutions/blog/linkedin-sales-navigator/2017/04/introducing-pointdrive  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