Microsoft Innovation Podcast

FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/136Saurabh’s brief introduction about his life – originally from India, presently residing in Seattle, WA, his family background and how he spends his time when not working. Career background, how did he start working in Microsoft 18 years ago When and how Saurabh got involved in Microsoft PowerApps How the program PowerApps Champions started, how it works, and how did it come together to what it is at present  Discusses Citizen Developer, Pro Developer, IT, COE, Community and PartnerTalks about the opportunities PowerApps provides to help people in their career How Azure ISV’s consider CDS, the opportunities that are available and the benefits they provide so that they can look at the journey of becoming a Power PlatformTalks about creating business valueHow Lauren Taylor discover PowerApps Link for Sameer’s first episode here.Sammer and Saurabh talk about 30 PowerApps Champion stories in 30mins. Presenter – Sameer Bhangar London Heathrow Airport – Samit Saini Tacoma Public School – PowerApps Youtube – Lauren Taylor  Autoglass – Autoglass (part of Belron group): call centre and field technician apps – Martin Lee – A PowerApps Software developer Hawkary Pharmaceuticals – Mohammad Alkhawaja – Sales and Marketing ManagerPresenter – Saurabh Pant Schlumberger – Hundreds of apps with thousands of monthly users James Matson – Pro Dev Inter Pipeline – Enabling bottom up innovation TransAlta – Hydro monitoring ....More stories are available under customer stories here.ResourcesMicrosoft 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/135Jason’s family background – living on the East Coast of Canada in Saint John, New Brunswick   Talks about FAMILY as the Centre of his world  A brief introduction about his career and his speciality as a developer  Shared his journey as an MVP of four years  Jason’s experience working directly with customers for twelve years in Dynamics   His thoughts on what it is like working remotelyWhat his typical day looks like when working remotely The tools he uses to communicate with his teams  How he handles interviews and things that you need to take into consideration when hiring employees to work remotely  Shares his opinion when a candidate is not a good fit for a remote work  What he can recommend to people considering working remotely or considering building a remote team   Shares his thoughts on how he hires people  What he does to be active in a forum   His contributions across EFASL  What he is doing as a Moderator  Recommendations to people who want to get involved in forums 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/134A brief introduction about Lucy's life – personal background and her favourite place she has ever visited  Career background – from being a Business English Teacher to working in Hitachi based in Europe as a Presales Architect  How she started working with Microsoft Dynamics Lucy's shares her responsibilities and job role as a Pre-sales ArchitectDiscusses what skills someone should develop if they want to move into a Pre-sales Tools she uses to get a better understanding of industries terms or acronymsDiscusses how often she uses the LinkedIn navigator   Training and Certification she has taken around pre-sales   Talks about her technical skills   Discusses other roles that typically a part of a Presales engagement  Lucy's recommendation for those who wanted to be in Presales  Shares her experience during her interview with Hitachi  Shares how to deal with unpleasant people to be successful How Lucy celebrates her wins and how she gets on after her defeats   Lucy's recommendations on third party solutions  An introduction to Introhive 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/133A brief introduction about Sara’s life – lives in Stockholm, Sweden, talked about what’s awesome about her country –having to experience 4 seasons – winter, spring, summer and fall Talked about the events that changed her life Her thoughts about becoming an MVP – benefits – realization – frustrations Who nominated Sara to become an MVP Discusses Sara's seven speaking engagements since November – what changes happened to her career and the most memorable speaking engagement she had Shared her views on Personal Brand – What is No-Code customization   Her journey on NO CODE ADVOCATE  Talks about her personality Sara’s advice to people who are not technical but wants to become an MVP Where Sara sees herself 2 years from now and where she thinks her career would be going based on reflecting from the last 12 months Her recommendation to people wanting or considering becoming an MVP – What she thinks about the Orlando event – The biggest User Group SummitWill Sara change anything about her career? If Sara could write a book what would it be about? The best compliment she has ever received? 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/132James shares his personal life and family background  Professional background – all about the world of ALM Administration and his journey to PowerApps Team  Discusses the area of the Power Platform he is responsible for and his role  PowerApps Team responsibilities and the team’s goal  Shares the PowerApps team’s mission  His thoughts on Admin and ALM   What's involved in managing and nurturing the rolling out of business applications for enterprise when it comes to Governance and Administration?   Discusses the of the Building Centre of Excellence   Share his ideas on the role of Azure DevOps   Explains the functionality and content of Office 365 and his goal  What is most significant to him from the public announcement made  Discusses big challenges his team are going for   How a PowerShell be used and plans to expand on this  A brief introduction on the Microsoft Lifecycle Services, its origin and what is changing Discusses ISV and scripted deployment   RESOURCESPowerShell CommunityPowerShell Documentation 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/131A Brief introduction about Jukka’s life – lives in Finland, got married in July, the company where he is working, his role and his specialties.  Being an MVP for 7 years Shares his views on the MVP Program Jukka’s advice to people considering to be nominated as MVP – what they should do     Part of the MVP he feels he has struggled with                                                                               Talks about what benefits Microsoft gets from providing free MSDX, office 365 credits, covering the cost for the MVP Summit for 3.5-4k people, hosting for the hotel cost, etc. What's the tangible benefits Microsoft gets from the community engaged in responding to support calls? Jukka’s main contribution comes from his BLOG – Surviving CRM                                               Discusses his top referral sources driving traffic to his site  His thoughts on the unified interface and the looming end of the legacy web client. Is the market ready for it? If he could solve ONE world problem what would it be? 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/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