Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/425 Prashant G Bhoyar shares his background and experience in the IT industry and how he enjoys spending time with his family and participating in outdoor activities. Talks about Prashant’s outstanding service in Antarctica - Antarctic Service Medal for the United States of America. A conversation about Prashant’s expertise in using SharePoint and Power Automate to streamline workflows and improve efficiency.   The various ways in which SharePoint and Power Automate can be used together, including creating custom triggers and actions for Power Automate flows.   Explore the benefits of using the Power Platform, including its low-code-no-code approach and the ability to build and customize business solutions easily.   Tips and best practices for using SharePoint and Power Automate effectively in an organization.   Discussions about working with ISVs  Find out more about K2 and Index in Power Platform Prashant’s advice to people planning to switch careers to get into this space Talks about Prashant’s journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP – the impact and involvement in the community. OTHER RESOURCES  Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Prashant’s Personal Blog: https://about.me/pgbhoyar Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/424 Discussions about Matt's background – what he enjoys spending his free time, the benefits of working from home and closeness to family A conversation about Dataverse Connector: an essential tool that allows businesses to integrate data from various sources and use it to make informed decisions and improve processes. The versatility of the Dataverse connector The importance of data connectors in the world of business and organizations. Matt shared his expertise and experience with the Dataverse connector and discussed the latest updates and developments in the field. What is Microsoft Dataverse connector and what is it commonly used for? Matt shares his views about the usage of legacy connectors today. What does Matt think about moving Dataverse from Pro code to low code? Matt shares his thoughts about optimizing Microsoft Dataverse usage.Questions Matt sees the most from the community around Data Connector.  OTHER RESOURCES  XrmToolBox - https://www.xrmtoolbox.com/plugins/Cinteros.Xrm.FetchXmlBuilder/ Level up for Dynamics 365/Power Apps - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/level-up-for-dynamics-365/bjnkkhimoaclnddigpphpgkfgeggokam?hl=en Power Automate – Dataverse Cheatsheet - https://danikahil.com/2022/04/power-automate-dataverse-cheatsheet.html Create and use Custom APIs - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/developer/data-platform/custom-api Microsoft Dataverse business events - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/developer/data-platform/business-events Matt’s GitHub - https://github.com/radioblazer 90 Day Mentoring Challenge  10% off code use MBAP at checkout https://ako.nz365guy.comSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/423 A short introduction about Shadrack Inusah’s life – Family background, hobbies and interests. Hear Shadrack’s story about how he got involved in the Power Platform. Shadrack’s involvement in the community and other group events What App did Shadrack create for the Power pap African challenge Shadrack talked about the importance of mentorship in the tech industry Talks about Shadrack’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP How many Business Applications MVPs are there in Ghana? What excites Shadrack the most about the Power PlatformThe biggest decision Shadrack ever made in his life The benefits of becoming part of the MVP community OTHER RESOURCES  Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Gretchen Opferkew - https://podcast.nz365guy.com/dynamics-365-adoption-with-gretchen-opferkew/ Shadrack Inusah’s GitHub: https://github.com/KojoShaddy/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES:  https://podcast.nz365guy.com/422 An introduction to Andrew Gaskins’ life and background. Andrew’s story and his journey to the Power Platform. How has Andrew scaled an internal team using the Power Platform? Should the team that develops the power platform and its leader be a part of the company or be adjacent to it? Andrew talks about what exactly is supportability and how does it work? How does Andrew create CoE within his organization that creates Power Platform? Andrew’s view about ongoing management and supportability. How did Andrew respond when a company hopes to add a new product to its line but lacks the resources to do so? How does Andrew handle connectors and components? 90 Day Mentoring Challenge  10% off code use MBAP at checkout https://ako.nz365guy.comSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/421 A brief introduction about Ralph Rivas – life, family and what he does for fun. Ralph talks about his podcast, the Cloud Talk Show podcast - how it started, what his inspiration is and what keeps him going! The main tool set Ralph is using with his clients How did Ralph get his MVP? Supporting tools Ralph uses that helped him do his job  Talks about Ralph's journey into becoming MVP A conversation about Ralph’s involvement in the community Ralph shares his thoughts about what the MVP program is Discussions about Ralph's technology background – Power Platform and SharePoint OTHER RESOURCES: Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP  90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Chicago Virtual Event -  M365 Chicago Virtual Event  Ralph’s Podcast -  Cloud Talk Show podcast 90 Day Mentoring Challenge  10% off code use MBAP at checkout https://ako.nz365guy.comSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/420 An introduction about Emma Cooper and what she does as a Principal PM Manager Emma shares her journey on her career at Microsoft Emma talks about the area of technology within the Power Platform team that she is responsible for How did design get involved with Power Apps, and how did fusion teams become more involved in the whole app lifecycle creation? How co-authoring is going to be key to accelerating app development for app developers Emma discusses the app convergence specifically the two sides of the camp How does Emma see the convergence of these apps and the developer and maker experiences coming together? What’s going to be the core of the future of power apps? What Emma has to say on the roadmap for how that integration is going to work and will be added  OTHER RESOURCES: Power Community: https://www.powercommunity.com/introducing-the-modern-app-designer-preview/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/419 Life and family background of AJ Ansari – country of origin, favourite food and what he does when not working. Talks about AJ’s journey into technology and how did it come about. AJ talks about his Dynamics 365 Business Central and Power Platform background How AJ got involved in ERP software Find out how AJ started his career as a marketing intern and as a consultant A conversation about how AJ ended up becoming a Microsoft MVP. AJ chats about his interest in Power BI and Power wraps Introduction to Microsoft Project Madeira The modern development techniques for Dynamics 365 Business Central What’s AJ’s passion project he is working on these days?    OTHER RESOURCES  Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ AJ’s GitHub: https://github.com/ajansari Power Community: https://events.powercommunity.com/speaker/aj_ansari/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/418 An introduction to the life, hobbies and family background of Eric (Waldo) Wauters. Where Eric’s name WALDO came from? A conversation about Waldo’s designing and 3D printing journey A discussion about Waldo’s NAV journey Talks about Waldo’s NAV to Business Central product journey Waldo shares his thoughts on the Power Platform Waldo’s experience in using PowerShell and PowerShell tools – how it started. Discover the importance of PowerShell and PowerShell tools The value of being a Microsoft MVP  The importance of being a Microsoft MVP on Waldo’s career in the past 15 yearsRESOURCES MENTIONEDMicrosoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Waldo's GitHub: https://github.com/waldo1001/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/417 An introduction about AJ Ezzour as a product manager in Dynamics 365 sales  What is AJ’s role in Microsoft? what he does and his responsibilities AJ talks about how predictive scoring and forecasting have an AI element How much scoring is based on AJ’s knowledge of the sales team's behaviour and how that knowledge influences AJ’s choice? AJ’s opinion about what we could enhance more to enable real-time coaching and allow sales managers to coach crucial areas. AJ shares all things about Forecasting and the latest on its sales Feedback AJ is getting from the customers when it comes to Dynamics 365 with all the apps Dynamics has? The opportunities on how Microsoft can provide value to sellers Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/416 An introduction about the family and life of Geoff Ables, what they do for fun and hobbies. Geoff’s learning experiences as MVP; when and how his journey started.  Find out more about c5insight and the company’s history. Geoff’s story and journey into writing the books Dynamics CRM 2011 Administrator Bible and The LUCK Principle. The process of writing the books and how did it come about? Geoff’s observations when it comes to Microsoft’s technology. BOOKS & RESOURCES MENTIONEDC5insight - www.c5insight.com Adoption Survey System: www.adair.app  The LUCK Principle Book: www.gotluck.link/book Revenue Engineering Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0997680326/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_TEZR5Q9430XKFQ11NPN4 Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/415 Deepak Shrivastava talks about Life and living in Houston What Deepak does when he is not working – fun, entertainment and hobbies Find out more about Deepak’s journey into technology Talks about Deepak’s involvement with Microsoft Deepak’s focus right now when it comes to Power Platform and what interests him the most. A conversation about how Deepak started YouTubing and what he learned along the way. What tools Deepak is using in YouTubing? Listen to Deepak’s advice to people wanting to become Microsoft MVP. Deepak’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP OTHER RESOURCES  Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/414 An introduction about Swapnil Agarwwal and what he does when he’s not working with Microsoft. How did Swapnil end up in Microsoft and why he likes it? What is the Dynamics 365 Sales Accelerator? How does Sales Accelerator serve as an engagement and productivity tool? How Sales Accelerator helps sales managers create a sequence of activities around a particular product. What steps is Microsoft taking to ensure that the product is adaptable enough so that what works for one team also works for other stakeholders? How can a sales manager Templatized a Success? A conversation about the main sweet spot for sales accelerators. Swapnil shares his thoughts about Viva Sales and its implementation in sales. OTHER RESOURCES:   Swapnil’s GitHub: https://github.com/swapnilagarwwal Sales Accelerator and Sequences: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2022/10/26/new-sales-sequences-experience-improves-seller-productivity/ 90 Day Mentoring Challenge  10% off code use MBAP at checkout https://ako.nz365guy.comSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/413 A conversation about Tracy Van der Schyff’s life – family, hobbies, what she does for fun when not working. Tracy’s story about getting into IT  How did Tracy get into Microsoft A discussion about Tracy’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP Talks about Tracy’s Blogging, YouTubing and TikTok Tracy’s involvement in strategic consulting and her day-to-day job Talks about Tracy’s SharePoint background Tracy’s experience in writing a book OTHER RESOURCES  Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ 90 Day Mentoring Challenge  10% off code use MBAP at checkout https://ako.nz365guy.comSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/412 Talks about Sheryl Netley’s life and family background. Listen to Sheryl’s story about her Power Platform and Dynamics 365 journey. Discussions about Sheryl's career background.How does Sherly learn all things about Dynamics? Sheryl’s involvement in the community, events and speaking engagements. A conversation about Sheryl’s journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP. What surprises Sheryl after becoming a Microsoft MVP? OTHER RESOURCES  Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/411 An introduction about Zohar Raz as the Group Product Manager of Power Platform Governance at Microsoft  What is Zohar’s background in technology?  What does Power Platform Governance mean to Zohar and Microsoft customers?  What is the concern for enterprises that need to offer a layer of protection as governance as visibility inside the organization?  From Zohar’s perspective, where do these individual components sit within Microsoft's strategic direction moving forward?  Zohar talks about Manage Environment   A discussion about expanding on the terminal landing zone. Zohar's views about sharing limits and data policies and the current elements. What should people consider if they already got the Power Platform deployed? 90 Day Mentoring Challenge  10% off code use MBAP at checkout https://ako.nz365guy.comSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/410 Talks about Carmen Ysewijn’s hobbies, interests and activities  When it comes to technology, where does Carmen spend most of her time working with? Carmen’s Power Platform and Power Automate background Projects and building applications Carmen is working on A conversation about PCF components - what problems did it solve and what they are trying to achieve Carmen’s story about her journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP. Speaking events, projects, blogging and Carmen’s involvement in the community What is ProvisionGenie all about - what does it do and how does it work? Why should I use ProvisionGenie? The best thing about becoming a Microsoft MVP. OTHER RESOURCES  Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ ProvisionGenie (open-source project I'm doing together with Luise Freese): provisiongenie.com Carmen Ysewijn GitHub: https://github.com/CarmenYsewijn Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/409 Django Lohn talks about his family and what he does when not working. Discussions about Django's interest in technology Django’s Power BI, PowerApps and PowerApps Portals background. Talks about Django’s SharePoint and InfoPath journey A conversation about Django’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP and how did it come about. Django talks about being a SharePoint Consultant Talks about Django’s involvement in the MVP communityOTHER RESOURCES  Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Django Lohn’s  GitHub: https://github.com/m3ngi3 Django Lohn’s Power Community: https://events.powercommunity.com/speaker/django_lohn/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/408 A brief introduction about Kavishi Agarwal’s life and what she’s passionate about Talks about Kavishi's career journey at Microsoft.What is Pay as you go? Kavishi talks about the primary use cases for businessesKavishi discusses seasonal apps and occasional apps as one of the top use cases Providing a frictionless way for customers to get started with PowerApps premium capability Kavishi shares her thoughts about how to handle storage  Does Kavishi see health agencies or government agencies being part of power pages formally Power Apps portal in time? How does pay-as-you-go provide the best of both worlds? RESOURCES MENTIONEDPay as you go Overview - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/pay-as-you-go-overview Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/407Ulrikke Akerbæk talks about the things she does for fun and when not working. A discussion about Ulrikke’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP How did Ulrikke’s involvement in Microsoft started? A conversation about Ulrikke’s career background Ulrikke talks about her blog - where she gets her idea for creating her blog content. Talks about Ulrikke’s involvement in the community Find out what Ulrikke’s Portal look like. OTHER RESOURCES  Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ 90 Day Mentoring Challenge  10% off code use MBAP at checkout https://ako.nz365guy.comSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/406 Talks about the life and family background of Peter Charquero Kestenholz. A conversation about Peter’s story and journey to PPM Discussions about Peter’s SharePoint, Project client and Project server background Peter talks about the Agile market in Europe A discussion about Peter’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP. Peter’s blogging and his involvement in the Community OTHER RESOURCES  Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ 90 Day Mentoring Challenge  10% off code use MBAP at checkout https://ako.nz365guy.comSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/405 An introduction about Ilya Fainberg, a senior program manager at Microsoft What’s life like now that he lives in Belgium? What is process mining? How to use process mining to understand the usage patterns of apps Why are companies investing a lot of time in process mining? A conversation all about Process Mining Advisor and how it works Ilya shares his thoughts on different ways process mining can be achieved based on the data.  Where do bottlenecks come from and how do you identify them? A way to make processes more transparent for the team management people How much of a role does AI play in process-advisor? RESOURCES MENTIONED Understanding PowerApps Usage Patterns with Process Mining - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=794sFs-sWF8 90 Day Mentoring Challenge  10% off code use MBAP at checkout https://ako.nz365guy.comSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/404 A brief introduction about Alexander Ermakov's family background, favourite food and interests. How did Alexander get into technology and his journey? Alexander’s story about becoming a Microsoft MVP Alexander’s involvement in the community Alexander shares his thoughts about using Power Platform and Dynamics 365 Finance together Alexander’s recommendations to people wanting to become a Microsoft MVP. What changes in the Microsoft Business Applications is Alexander most excited about OTHER RESOURCES Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/403 A brief introduction about Tomislav Karafilov’s life – family, food and hobbies. Tomislav Karafilov’s involvement in the User Group Community – the Microsoft Cloud & Collaboration Hannover and Power Platform User Group Hannover. Talks about the hosting platform Tomislav Karafilov is using for running their user group. How big is the User Group? A conversation about Tomislav’s company – SoftwareONE What does SoftwareONE do? What types of projects and Apps Tomislav is working and building on around Power Platform? Tomislav’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP? The best thing Tomislav discovered from becoming a Microsoft MVP. OTHER RESOURCES  Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/402 An introduction to Anthony Uitz's life.  What does Anthony do outside Microsoft? Anthony talks about his area of Microsoft: what he owns, what he looks after, what he’s focusing on A conversation all about Mixed Reality Discussions about the use cases and the top industries that uses Mixed Reality Anthony answers about the surface that most customers generally work on within the mixed reality space. What does Mixed Reality offer in real-world apps? Anthony talks about what geospatial capabilities is.What are the key points that people need to be aware of around the geospatial capabilities?OTHER RESOURCES Anthony Uitz’s GitHub: https://github.com/anuitz90 Day Mentoring Challenge  10% off code use MBAP at checkout https://ako.nz365guy.comSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/401 Find out more about Gabor Faludi – family, interests and what he does when not working. The process of setting up and running Gabor’s company. Gabor talks about his career journey. What Gabor sees about the future of Power Platform when it comes to building Apps and Automation. Learn about how Gabor got into technology and NAV. Gabor’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP Find out how big the MVP Community is in Hungary. Advice to people considering becoming a Microsoft MVP. OTHER RESOURCES:  Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/400 Temmy Wahyu Raharjo talks about his life – country of origin, presently residing in Indonesia and the best food in Indonesia. Temmy’s story and his journey into how he got into technology. A conversation about Temmy’s Dynamics background and how did it start?  How did Temmy become a Microsoft MVP? Discussions about Temmy’s involvement in the community Temmy talks about his blogging The benefits of becoming a Microsoft MVP How big is the Power Platform, Power Automate, PowerApps and Dynamics 365 community in Indonesia and Malaysia? What project is Temmy working on at the moment? The best thing about becoming a Microsoft MVP OTHER RESOURCES:  Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/399 An introduction to James Oleinik’s life. James talk about his career journey and where he is right now at Microsoft  A conversation about Microsoft Dataverse - its use, the modern Dataverse, licensing, etc. What is Dataverse in a non-technical term? A discussion about considering security for something that would never likely surface and AI that might be used, but was building a more durable, intelligent system or ecosystem that James developed with this date. James' views when it comes to data structure? What is turnkey insights? James shares his thoughts on industries that are embracing this technology.James explains the limitations of the technology. 90 Day Mentoring Challenge  10% off code use MBAP at checkout https://ako.nz365guy.comSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/398 Shannon Mullins talks about Women in Tech: The Untold Stories podcast! Find out more about Shannon’s life – family, job, interests and what she does for fun. How did Shannon get into technology? A discussion about Shannon’s Business Central journey – how did it start? What does Shannon see in the GP Customer’s moving to Business central when it comes to Marketing? Shannon’s advice to people starting their new careers. Shannon’s recommendations to people considering becoming a Microsoft MVP.  OTHER RESOURCES Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/397 A short introduction about Terho Antila’s life, country of origin and hobbies. Find out about how Terho’s interest in technology started. The first business applications Terho got involved with and started using? Talks about Terho’s journey to PowerApps Component Framework or PCF Learn more about Terho’s Planner Gantt Chart and the features Terho’s involvement and experience in attending the European Power Platform Conference in Berlin  A conversation about the impact of becoming a Microsoft MVP  Terho’s involvement in the MVP Community What is the community like in Finland around the Power Platform?  OTHER RESOURCES Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/Terho Antila’s GitHub: https://github.com/TerhoAntila/  Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/396 An introduction about Greg Lindhorst’s life and what he’s doing outside Microsoft Greg shares his journey into Microsoft  What path did Greg take to where he is right now? What is Power Fx? How powerful is Power Fx?What is wrong with JavaScript and TypeScript? What has Greg learned on the access side? Find out more about Power FX vs Microsoft Excel.Greg talks about the people who are using Power FX.The role of GPT-3 in what Greg is doing? 90 Day Mentoring Challenge  10% off code use MBAP at checkout https://ako.nz365guy.comSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/395 A brief introduction about Uday Adhikari’s life – family, country of origin, favourite food, and what he does when not working. Uday’s story about moving from Nepal to the USA to do his master's degree Uday shares his story about how he got involved in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. Talks about Uday’s journey into the Microsoft Power Platform Discussion about Uday’s SharePoint background With all the tool sets available in Power Platform, where does Uday specializes in? A discussion about Uday’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP Uday talks about his MVP Nomination OTHER RESOURCES Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/  Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/394 A brief introduction with Mary Thompson about WorldMax- what she has done and what is happening. Mary talks about her community engagement What does Mary need and how can people out there help and support her with what she is doing? How can people be like Mary? Mary’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP and what’s involved? What was different after becoming a Microsoft MVP? Mary's involvement in the MVP community – sharing your knowledge and helping people The value of becoming a Microsoft MVP Mary’s experience speaking in an event OTHER RESOURCES       - Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP        - 90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/        - Britta Rekstad - https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/PublicProfile/5001335?fullName=Britta%20Rekstad        - The Dynamics Skill Gap & How to Solve it – Britta Rekstad - https://podcast.nz365guy.com/the-dynamics-skill-gap-how-to-solve-it-britta-rekstad/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/393 An introduction about Hector Tellado’s life and what he does when he’s not doing Microsoft. How did Hector balance the work from home and work from the office type? Hector discusses the Dynamics 365 Field Service. How long has Field Service now been in the business? Where Field Service is at now; its opportunities, position, and how it stands globally  Hector talks about the new features and tools What are the common use cases Hector is seeing with Dynamics 365 Field Service? What are the types of organizations that use the application to manage their field service? Scheduling System - what are the markets or requests that people would like to see happen? RESOURCES MENTIONED:YouTube Channel for field service - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Rd031NCJZekAkNU2bb8Kg/videos Overview of Dynamics 365 Field Service - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/field-service/overview Dynamics 365 Field Service - https://dynamics.microsoft.com/en-us/field-service/overview/ 90 Day Mentoring Challenge  10% off code use MBAP at checkout https://ako.nz365guy.comSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/392 Venkata Subbarao Polisetty's life background, interests and what he does when not working. With Venkata’s choices of careers, how did he end up in Information Technology? Venkata’s first project that got him into Dynamics CRM. The key part of being part of the Microsoft Business Applications. Venkata’s focus or areas where he is working on Microsoft Business Applications MVP journey of Venkata and the nomination process. Blogging and community involvement of Venkata Venkata’s experience as a speaker in an event. If given a chance, what feature Venkata will add to Power Automate? What did Venkata discover about the MVP program that he didn’t know before becoming one? Benefits of becoming a Microsoft MVP. Recommendations to people considering becoming a Microsoft MVP OTHER RESOURCES: Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP  90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/391 Family and life background of Khoa Nguyen – originally from Vietnam. Talks about Khoa’s hobbies and life in Ireland. A great story about Khoa’s career journey and how he got a job in Ireland. A conversation about Khoa’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP   – how did it start   – who nominated him   – how was the process for him? Find out more about Khoa’s involvement in the community and blogging Khoa’s PowerApps Portals journey and how much work he does using PowerApps Portals Learn about the projects that involves PowerApps Portal What types of industries uses Portal and why do they need one? Authentication method they use or set up. OTHER RESOURCES: Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP  90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ 90 Day Mentoring Challenge  10% off code use MBAP at checkout https://ako.nz365guy.comSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/390 A brief introduction about Nathan Helgren’s life and what he does when he’s not working with MicrosoftUnpacking Nathan’s career journey to where he is right now at MicrosoftNathan shares how he got involved with Microsoft Visio AppsNathan talks about Microsoft AccessWhat was Microsoft's motivation that made them think they need an easy migration path from access to Dataverse? Find out more about having a license cost for the connector and if it is part of the connector suite? Have you got any use cases of particular industries or organizations that can solve some problems for their customers?An introduction to MigrationDiscussion about an individual or organization having a database in access that can migrate it to DataverseRESOURCES MENTIONEDMicrosoft Azure - https://www.youtube.com/c/MicrosoftAzure Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/389 Hobbies, interests and life of Vivian Voss. Writing a book – is there a reason why Vivian writes a book? Find out more about Estonia – things you can do Who are Alfa People and what do they do in Microsoft Business Applications? Do Alfa People do other things other than Microsoft Business Applications or non-Microsoft Tech? How did Vivian get into Dynamics? Vivian’s journey into becoming an Architect Advice to people wanting to become a Microsoft MVPOTHER RESOURCES:Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP  90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/388 A brief introduction about Kristen Hosman’s life, family, facts about Denver, Colorado USA and what she does for fun when not working. Talks about the Microsoft MVP Women in Tech: The Untold Stories – what is this all about and where the idea come from? Kristen’s journey coming into technology and her career journey. A conversation about Kristen’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP. Discussion about Kristen’s involvement in the community – blogging and speaking events Kristen’s advice to people considering becoming a Microsoft MVP. OTHER RESOURCES: Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP  90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Kristen Hosman D365 Blog - Kristen Hosman’s Dynamics 365 Business Central BlogMVP Women in Tech - Microsoft MVP Women in Tech: The Untold Stories (Nashville, TN) | Meetup Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/387 A brief introduction about Marcel Ferreira’s life and what he does for fun Marcel shares how was moving during COVID works. How did Marcel’s career journey take him back to Microsoft and specifically in Seattle?  A conversation about Fusion Development - how it works - its importance - its collaboration across platforms Marcel explains why cooperation is essential for Fusion Development and how it benefits the companies.  The other type of roles that Marcel sees that would make up a very robust and scalable fusion team.Marcel talks about Developers  - who they are - their importance in business - benefits of having them - challenges and best practices - the top tools that enable developers Why do we have Low-code-No-code?RESOURCES MENTIONED Transform Business Applications with Fusion Development Microsoft Power Platform developer documentation Marcel's GitHub: https://github.com/marcelbf Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/386 Listen to the story about Haniel Croitoru’s life – family, career and educational background What is a Patent and learn more about the process of getting a Patent? How Haniel got into the Microsoft and got involved into software technology A conversation about Haniel's Power Platform journey How did Haniel get into the MVP Program and his involvement in the community? The main area of technology where Haniel works the most What is RPA and the future of RPA With the projects Haniel had worked on over the years, what are the top three Apps or tools that fit the most with what he does? With the type of organization Haniel worked on, what type of profile does he think can use their service? The impacts of becoming a Microsoft MVP on Haniel’s career.  OTHER RESOURCES: Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP  90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES:  https://podcast.nz365guy.com/385 An introduction to Megan Walker's life and hobbiesA conversation about Megan's Microsoft Dynamics 365 Marketing and community engagement Megan talks about her journey to where she is right now  How did Megan engage in the community over time? What’s the impact of COVID on everything Megan does? Megan shares about doing podcasts in terms of self-learning and content creation What made Megan decide to end her podcast? What excites Megan when it comes to Dynamics 365 marketing? Megan talks about the maturity of Dynamics 365 marketing What Megan is seeing from Microsoft when it comes to putting all the systems together to make one symbiotic type?RESOURCES MENTIONED:Walk for charity - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/meganvwalker-peak-district-challenge-2022 90 Day Mentoring Challenge  10% off code use MBAP at checkout https://ako.nz365guy.comSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/384 A short introduction about María del Mar Llambí Morillas – family, life in Madrid, and hobbies Talks about Mar’s university days and how she got into technology Find out more about Mar’s pathway to Microsoft Business Applications Power Platform Mar’s SharePoint developer, CRM consultant and technical architect background The type of Industries Mar builds projects for and her engineering experience Discussions about Mar’s community engagement and what she does for the community Mar’s thoughts about writing blogs in English and Spanish Mar’s advice to people starting a job in Power Platform OTHER RESOURCES:  Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90 Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/383 Meet Mike Hartley and find out about his world – family and interests Find out more about Mike’s Podcast - HART OF THE MIDLANDS – why should people be going over and listening to it? Dealing with Mental health issues  The challenges Mike has to face when producing the podcast How important is the Microsoft community to Mike? Find out about neurodiversity, complex neuro diversities, diversity and inclusion Learn the importance of the working environment and the value that it can bring to the organization.  Mike shares his experience with the kind of employment world we have now.Learn about creating an environment that supports people and sees different ways of connecting things.  What do we need to learn well and how do we build an inclusive environment? OTHER RESOURCES: Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90 Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ 90 Day Mentoring Challenge  10% off code use MBAP at checkout https://ako.nz365guy.comSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/382 An introduction about Maria Acevedo and the things she does in her personal time A conversation about how Maria got into her career Maria talks about her journey and what did she first touch on Dynamics 365 in her career  What do conversational interfaces mean to Maria? Maria talks about user experience design and her experiences with it What are your thoughts about having a product engineer but not having design engineers at Microsoft? What features or functions would you like to see added to make it more compatible with what design you expect to work with? Maria talks about UI KitRESOURCES MENTIONEDUX Nielsen Norman group - What is User experience. Accessibility guidelines - WCAG Power Platform - Learning resources 90 Day Mentoring Challenge  10% off code use MBAP at checkout https://ako.nz365guy.comSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/381 Learn what is an ecological transition Emmanuel GALLIS shares his story about how he got into technology. Talks about how Emmanuel got into the Microsoft Power Platform A conversation about Emmanuel’s SAP background What is SAP and Emmanuel’s experience working on SAP Working from SAP to SharePoint or Microsoft tools Discussion about the possibility of creating a PowerApps or Power Automate using SAP Extending SAP to Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate and Power Virtual Agents Find out more about Emmanuel’s journey and experience in becoming a Microsoft MVP Talks about Emmanuel’s involvement in the community Emmanuel’s advice and recommendations to people wanting to become a Microsoft MVP OTHER RESOURCES: Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90 Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/380 A brief introduction about Holger Bruchelt’s life and what he does for fun Unpacking Holger’s career journey to where he is right now at Microsoft Holger shares the history of the Microsoft SAP relationship  What does SAP mean to Microsoft and why is it important? How do SAP and Microsoft work together? Holger talks about SAP Fiori What are the mix of use cases that Holder are seeing with SAP, Power Apps, Power Automate and the Power Platform? Holger shares some of his resources available for the community to access 90 Day Mentoring Challenge  10% off code use MBAP at checkout https://ako.nz365guy.comSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/379A brief introduction about Damien Bird’s life – family, work and interests. Find out about Damien’s journey for the last eighteen months Talks about the work Damien has been doing and how things started – MVP community, forum, blogging and YouTubing. What's Damien’s number one tool that he uses in his job these days Damien’s thoughts about the best engagement when it comes to Microsoft forums – Twitter, YouTube or Blogging? Talks about Damien’s career background – from working for a council or local government to where he is right now. Learning experiences in using new technologies and other tools Damien’s advice to people considering becoming a Microsoft MVP that is right for them their career  OTHER RESOURCES: Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90 Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/378A short introduction about Jeremy Vyska’s background and what he does when not working Life and moving to Sweden Find out more about Sweden’s medical system Learn more about Jeremy’s NAV and Business Central journey Talks about the career and educational background of Jeremy NAV product and Business Central in Europe – on-premise and cloud How did Jemery become a Microsoft MVP? Talks about Jeremy’s MVP nomination and speaking events Check out Jeremy’s first book about Your First 20 Hours with Business Central - https://sparebrained.com/your-first-20-hours-with-microsoft-dynamics-365-business-central/#story Jeremy’s advice to people wanting to become a Microsoft MVP OTHER RESOURCES: Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 90 Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ 90 Day Mentoring Challenge  10% off code use MBAP at checkout https://ako.nz365guy.comSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith