Microsoft Innovation Podcast

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

FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/110A brief introduction of Moacyr’s life and where he comes from A breakdown of his professional background  Why Portugal is an exciting proposition  Where new technologies are leading us in the next 3 to 10 years  Understanding the importance and the future of new technologies Maturity of understanding business with regards to AI and how to get started Impact of new technologies on people and organization  Microsoft partner opportunities How to better understand productivity tools  AI and the competitive advantage Role of Microsoft Power Platform The most important aspect of AI Importance of collaboration between University, Industry and Government How to get into the world new technologies How to collect and process huge data What it can offer the customer when talking about internal and external dataThe future of AI within an organization Book RecommendationsHow to lie with statistics –https://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Statistics-Darrell-Huff-ebook/ Master of Algorithm – https://www.amazon.com/Master-Algorithm-Ultimate-Learning-Machine-ebook/ On intelligence – https://www.amazon.com/Intelligence-Understanding-Creation-Intelligent-Machines-ebook/ ResourcesSteve Guggenheimer – https://www.linkedin.com/in/sguggenheimer AI and Machine learning – https://www.refinitiv.com/perspectives/ai-digitalization/power-ai-and-machine-learning-in-financial-services/ 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/109A short introduction about Daniel Christian who grew up in Bombay, India, moved to Dallas, Texas at the age of 17 and is presently residing in Concord, North Carolina.   Being a Microsoft Business Solutions MVP and when his journey startedPower Platform User Group  Daniel's experiences and cope during difficult timesDiscussion about his ultimate ambition, passion and goals for the futureEncouraging words for successHis favourite apps Canvas apps and Model-driven appsImportance of new features available Enterprise license, its differences, how it works and its features Changes since becoming a Microsoft MVPProduct tools Daniel uses and ways to stay organizedConcerns whenever new features are releasedKey to better understanding Power BI, SharePoint, and PowerApps 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/108A brief introduction about Manuela life who originally came from Vienna, Austria now presently residing in Horsham, West Sussex with her husband What made Manuela decide to start using PowerAppsHow to be more productive in doing business and how to increase customer satisfaction in using PowerApps governanceThe importance of creating a community within the organization around building appsHow PowerApps governance can help everyone to be more productiveWhat support they can provide to PowerApps governance usersSolutions, learning tools and training they can offerEnsuring the correct way of using PowerApps governance tools What critical communication is and providing training that is requiredConcerns about using PowerApps and its risksHow digital guidelines & creating support infrastructure and governance works for the companyHow to avoid duplication and complications with applicationsImplementation with ongoing PowerApps within the organization Learning point and education hackathons How teams are built up Impact of having a facilitator Plans for PowerApps governance to be successful Understanding the benefits of using PowerApps governanceRecommendations for a success planMicrosoft 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/107Personal and professional background – what led to his move to Melbourne, being a regional director and an MVP, starting in SharePoint and falling in love with Dynamics 365, being passionate about AI, working for Salesforce Countries he has lived and worked – being a global traveller, getting involved in international Dynamics communities, and being multilingual Experience in a blockchain – what it is and how it is applied today Working with blockchain and Microsoft business applications Merging of blockchain and AI – scenarios that either exist now or coming in the future around the merging of blockchain and AI How he stays at the cutting edge of change and how he keeps learning Advice to professionals wanting to stay up to speed with all the changes in Microsoft The public speaking process he follows to go through from the idea to what he presents Other Resources Stefano’s blockchain blog, Blogchain – http://www.blogchain.space/ 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