Send me a Text Message hereFULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/325Talks about Thomas Sandsør’s life - background and origin. As the leader of a team, discover how Thomas grows great talent, making sure that his staff are continuing to learn the technology that is relevant to Power Platform and Dynamics CRM. A conversation about Thomas’ career background Learn more about Thomas’ journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP The opportunities that opened to Thomas since becoming an MVP How did Thomas start blogging? Being a Microsoft MVP and as a former Partner Technical Strategist at Microsoft The impact of becoming a Microsoft MVP on Thomas:            - Life            - Career            - Benefits            - Power Platform and Dynamics CRM 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/324 A brief introduction about Kaila Bloomfield’s background - life and family  Kaila’s story about how she started having an interest in technology  A conversation about Kaila’s journey into becoming a consultant Where is Dynamics 365 Finance today? How big is AZURE in the market? The importance of Dynamics 365 Commerce Talks about ISV ecosystem What Kaila is seeing that successful partners are doing in this space that traditional partners might not have done? Where are the new generation consultants are coming from that works on Dynamics 365 finance products? Discussions about Kaila’s Partner Technical Architect (PTA) role. Talks about the responsibilities of PTA How the PTAs engage with Partners. When it comes to Culture, what is the most important element in the modern partnerTalks about Dynamics 365 finance ecosystem How Microsoft is looking at it The community Partners, End Customers and ISV’s 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/323A conversation about Ryan Maclean's life and familyTalks about the company Ryan works for - Hymans Robertson and what he does. A conversation about career choice - End-user vs Microsoft Partner. The goal and difference between working as a Partners and End-user Customers Talks about Ryan’s Dynamics CRM and CRM background. A brief discussion about Ryan’s career background. How the community forum helped Ryan with what he does. What does Ryan enjoy the most working with customers? The benefits of working with end-users or customers. 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/322Talks about the life and family background of Faisal Fareed A discussion about Faisal’s work-life  Shares Faisal views on working with partners and directly with customers. The advantages and disadvantages of working with partners and directly with customers. The growth of Dynamics 365 CE community group and the drop of Dynamics 365 F&O community user group The things you need to know if you want to be in the Microsoft ecosystem. Why do people need to explore more about customer engagement and understand how applications are built. Connecting Dataverse in Finance & Operations 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/321 A brief introduction about Amey Holden and George Doubinski life, favourite food, what they do for fun and family. Talks about Amey and George’s YouTube video series - how did it come about. Find out more about Citizen Can. How did Amey and George manage each episode and what are the tools they used to edit each show? How did Amey and George put all episodes all together? How did Amey and George decide on what to cover and where do they get those ideas? What feedback did Amey and George get from the audience? Resources Mentioned  Citizen Can 365 Training - https://www.youtube.com/c/365Training 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/320Discussions about Kamal Kolar Radhakrishnaiah’s life and background A conversation about moving from India to the Netherlands   Talks about working with people from different culture and how he managed to work with native English speakers. Kamal’s area of specialization and the Microsoft product he is mainly working with Learn the use of Dataverse in Dynamics Human Resources Integration between Dynamics Human Resources and LinkedIn Talent hub What is LinkedIn Talent hub? Talks about Kamal’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP. What does MVP mean to Kamal and what made him want to be part of the MVP Program? 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/319 A conversion about Raphael Pothin’s family background, country of origin and life in Canada and Sweden What took him to Sweden? Culture differences in Sweden and home Talks about the educational and career background of Raphael What brought Raphael to where he is right now? Raphael’s area of specialization Memorable projects Raphael worked on using sales – Dynamics 365 The things Raphael discovered as a DevOps. Raphael’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP. Raphael’s involvement in MVP virtual events The impact of becoming a Microsoft MVP in Raphael’s career and life 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/318 Find out more about Barry Ferguson – family, life and hobbies Talks about Barry’s career background                 - His journey as a UI designer and Front-end developer                 - What drew him into this field                 - His role and responsibilities Barry's involvement with Power Apps A discussion about App Design                 - Why is design important in App making?                 - Barry’s thoughts about the User Interface and User Experience                 -  Are there different roles?                 -  What should one look for if hiring for these skills? Barry’s design process and the tools they use What does Barry do empathies with the person or people when designing an app for them? How has Barry seen Developers, UI designers and Experience designers working together?  Team development, Data, Code, and Design working with developers Talks about the Power Platform, Canvas, Power Portal and Model-Driven Apps                  - Constraints Barry have come across when designing?                  - Things to be aware of?                  - What excites Barry about App building on the Power Platform? 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/317 Find out about Arpit Shrivastava’s life background Arpit’s story and how he started having an interest in Technology? A discussion about Arpit’s achievements Check out Arpit’s contribution to the Microsoft community Learn about Arpit’s journey into PowerApps Portal Build tool - An Azure DevOps extension to automate PowerApps Portals Deployment.  Find out more about how the PowerApps Portal Build tool works Feedback about PowerApps Portal Build tool from the community Arpit Shrivastava’ journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP? Talks about Arpit’s thoughts about the MVP program 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/316 Rebecca Sackett’s current role and how did she grow her career? How Rebecca gets started in technology and why did she choose Power Platform? How did Rebecca start using the Power Platform? What does Rebecca’s company do? How are they using the Power Platform in their organization? Before Power Platform, what did they use to capture their project information?  What's the impact and benefits of Power Platform to your business? As the only App developer, how do you engage with people in your organization to meet their needs? When it comes to building Apps, what's the process involved? What was the business challenge? The feedback from the business and the individual with the Apps or tools they built What other Apps do they use? Other types of tools Rebecca uses to make up with another platform A conversation about Rebecca’s YouTube channel. 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/315 How active Summit Bajracharya in sharing his experience on the Microsoft Platform - PowerApps, Power Automate and Power BI on his YouTube channel Summit recently got his MVP award. How big is the Power Platform in Nepal? Talks about the company he works for and what they are focus on How Summit’s journey to PowerApps started? The tools Summit used in learning PowerApps. Summit’s journey to Microsoft FastTrack Recognized Solutions Architecture What was involved in his Microsoft FastTrack journey and how did the process take? The impact of becoming a Microsoft FastTrack Recognized Solutions Architecture The best part of becoming a Microsoft MVP Recommendations to people considering becoming a Microsoft FastTrack Architecture and Microsoft MVP  Talks about the Power Platform user group community in Kathmandu. 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/314 Mo Faheem’s life – country of origin and family background. What brought him to Ottawa, Canada and how it looks like for Mo Faheem A conversation about Mo’s journey as a Web Developer Talks about Mo’s career background and his experience with Marketing Mo’s story about how he started with CRM and what led him to his current position. Discussions about Mo’s involvement with Dynamics 365 Marketing. What sets Dynamics 365 Marketing apart from other products in the market The benefits and features of Dynamics 365 Marketing  The profile of customer Mo is seeing using Dynamics 365 Marketing as their primary marketing tool.  What is Real-Time Marketing? Discover the top 5 projects Mo worked on for Dynamics 365 Marketing What’s unique in each project? Why did Mo think that Dynamics 365 Marketing was the right fit? The timeframes for the implementation. 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/313 Kamil Sacek talks about Navertica and the history of the Czech Republic. A conversation about how Kamil learned the English language and Atari 800XE. How did the “Army Technical Picture Monthly journal" helped Kamil in learning basic programming? MVP for over 16 years now – how did Kamil maintain his interest in technology? Kamil’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP. 16 years ago - how were the process and the steps Kamil has taken to become a Microsoft MVP. Talking about the present, how will Kamil share his knowledge with the community and what platform will he focus on.  Kamil Sacek’s biggest achievement that he’s most proud most! 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/312 Meet Joy Kirkwood’s and find out more about her life  Joy’s story about her interest in technology, Dynamics and CRM Talks about Joy’s Dynamics and PowerApps journey What motivates Joy to go beyond Model-Driven experience into the world of Canvas Apps Joy’s experience and the thing she is working on with App development. A discussion about Joy’s post about – An Honest Guide to Canvas Apps Offline part 1 and part 2 The feedback Joy got from people for writing An Honest Guide to Canvas Apps Offline An overview of Offline Canvas Apps  What has Joy learned about offline and what do people need to be aware of? Find out how to address a good design in Canvas Apps. Collaborating with designers to create a good design for Canvas Apps and Portals Learn about Offline Canvas Apps: Use cases Limitations Alternatives 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/311 Ritika Agarwal talks about the growing number of Microsoft Business Applications MVP in India With the Covid19 pandemic, what is happening in India now? Exploring India – the best place to visit and food recommendations. A discussion with Ritika’s educational background and her journey into IT. What led Ritika to work in Microsoft Business Applications? Discover what Ritika had accomplished in 3 years. How did Ritika learn about the MVP Program? The process and steps Ritika went through to become a Microsoft MVP and who nominated her. Ritika’s involvement with the D365 Saturday Event Becoming a Microsoft MVP, what are the changes and impact on Ritika’s career? Recommendations and advice to people wanting to become a Microsoft MVP and start a career in Power Platform. 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/310 A brief introduction about John Wheat’s life and his hobbies Check out John’s journey into Microsoft and what led him to the role he currently has. Where is Microsoft Customer Insights and Dynamics 365 Marketing coming together? What opportunities are present in Microsoft Customer Insights and Dynamics 365 Marketing? Who is entering the channel when it comes to the Partner side?Are they more from a marketing background that is now adopting the technology? A discussion about Dynamics 365 Marketing:How has it changed over the past three years? What is happening in the Marketing space? What's the future of the product? What John is seeing from marketing agencies?  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/309 A brief introduction about Yash Agarwal’s origin and family background. Yash’s career background and what he does when not working. Learn about Yash’s involvement with trading cryptocurrencies. Talks about Yah’s autonomous vehicles and his worries about its security. A conversation about Yash’s Microsoft Power Platform journey What Yash is working on right now using the Microsoft Power Platform How did Yash’s blog – bythedevs start? Yash’s favourite thing when it comes to technology. MVP journey of Yash - the process and how everything started. The impact of the MVP program on Yash’s career? 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/308  A Brief introduction about Jim Stout’s life - life in Europe and the United States  Jim’s life background and hobbies  Educational and Career Background of Jim  How did Jim become interested in Microsoft Business Applications?   Jim’s involvement with Microsoft CRM A story about how Jim got into technology.  Talks about Jim’s career journey.  What are the factors Jim has found in identifying top talent?  The importance of Character and Good Management skills Why is curiosity and service mentality important? How to keep people working with you? Why is humble self-confidence important? How does Jim develop talent once he has it on his team?  Jim’s involvement with grad programs. How do grad programs play in finding and developing talent? How to get newly grads effective as a high-performance consultant  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/307 The number of MVP in Fatih Demirci’s region. What’s famous and the things you can do if you will visit Turkey. Fatih’s educational and career background. How did Fatih start in IT, and what led him to where he is right now? A conversation about Fatih’s story and the reason for changing his job. Project Fatih is involved in. How popular is Power Platform, ERP, CRM and Dynamics in Turkey? The impact of becoming an MVP on Fatih’s career. Building a user group community in Turkey. Fatih’s involvement in the user group community and MVP community in Turkey. How Fatih organizes MVP community events. OTHER RESOURCES: Turkey User group: https://kommunity.com/dynamics-365-user-group-turkiye90 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/306 A Brief introduction about April Dunnam’s life and family background.  April talks about her journey from Microsoft MVP to working with Microsoft.   Discussions about April’s involvement in SharePoint and as the SharePoint Siren.  April’s thoughts about Info Path now.  A conversation about how April started with YouTubing and what does this means to her?  The tools April is using in YouTubing to create a quality and attractive video.Feedback April received from listeners  What is Fusion Development?  A discussion about Fusion Development Teams functions.  The skills and knowledge fusion development allow building better applications.  What does fusion development mean to professional developers?  Talks about April’s role and responsibilities  Career switching  April’s thoughts on the future for Pro Devs on the Power Platform and why they should care as a Code First Developer  What is Microsoft DataVerse for Teams environment? RESOURCES Power Platform Learn: https://powerplatformlearn.com/ Fusion Development Learn: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/transform-business-applications-with-fusion-development/ Thank you Mike Ford for your support! 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/305 Talks about Oleksandr Olashyn’s country of origin and what made him move to Poland. How Oleksandr got involved in Microsoft Business Applications and how it started? Recommendations to people who are considering working in Dynamics 365 developer The changes in Dynamics and the things that Oleksandr did before and now that are different? The resources Oleksandr is using – PCF or Web resources? What Oleksandr thought about what PCF needs to improve from the Microsoft side? Oleksandr journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP How Oleksandr started sharing his knowledge with people in the community The impact of MVP on Oleksandr career What’s Oleksandr advice to people considering becoming a Microsoft MVP 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/304 A discussion with Alan Chai about Schlumberger  A conversation about Alan’s journey with PowerApps - 20K apps 32 flows 2M per day How Alan gets into where he is right now? Alan’s Power Platform journeyHow does Alan use Power Platform in their organization as a tool to create a solution? Learn how Microsoft Power Platform helped Alan create a solution he wants? Find out how to drive big adoption across a company? How did Alan keep in control? Categorizing Business Apps in solving business problems. Tells about Schlumberger internal community of citizen developers and contributors How it was created? How did they create their culture in the community? How did they grow it? In terms of adoption, how did Alan reference the solution he has created to something that is measurable in terms of business KPI? Alan talks about the Microsoft hackathon Talks about the success of Microsoft hackathon With people working remotely, how did this affect them from building Apps or solutions? What are they getting from these investments? How did they avoid the duplication method? How did they measure and track the value of your Power Platform solutions? Talks about their learning process? Alan’s view about the future of Power Platform and its impact on business. 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/303 A brief introduction about Christian Paul Abata Quinchuqui - the only MVP in Ecuador. Talks about Christian’s interest in Robotic Process Automation. A conversation about Christians RPA journey. Discussions about Christian's Power Platform learning experiences Christian’s experience as a Cloud Solution Architect at Cloud 360 Talks about Christian’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP – who nominated Christian How Christian got his first MVP nomination and the process involved. Things Christian shared in the community forum. Christian thoughts about working full time remotely  Christian’s engagement with Clients 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/302 A Brief Introduction about Bryony Wolf’s life, origin and family background. Bryony’s role and responsibilities as Senior Product Marketing Manager for Power Apps at Microsoft. Bryony's views on the growth of Microsoft Business Applications, Power Platform and Dynamics. Apps and old software that can be migrated into the Power Platform. A conversation about Power FX The Feedback they get now that Power FX is out in the market? Learn about the adoption and growth of Dataverse. Describes the Icon that represents the Dataverse What is GPT-3? Unpack Fusion Teams What is Enterprise Trust, and what it does? The big things happening in Power Platform Fusion Teams Enterprise Trust AI Everywhere GPT-3 RESOURCES:Power Platform Blog: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/powerplatform/ Power FX Blog: https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/category/power-fx/ 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/301 A conversation about life and career background of Emma D’Arcy The benefits and the changes happened to Emma since becoming a Microsoft MVP. How it feels working with MVPs in Hitachi Hitachi’s culture in attracting top skilled personnel. Emma’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP. How Emma learned about the MVP Program. Find out more about Emma’s podcast! Emma’s involvement with the Dynamics 365 community events. Introduction to Pre-salesWhat is Emma seeing in the next 6 to 12 months? Recommendations to people considering becoming a Microsoft MVP. 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/300 Find out more about Lucy Bourne, Andrew Welch and Lee Baker’s life and career background.  Learn about what PowerApps Adoption Framework is. What are the moving parts of PowerApps Adoption Framework? The relationship of Center of Excellence Starter Kit and PowerApps adoption Framework How does governance fit with the center of excellence that Microsoft had released? What is enterprise risk and how does it impact the business? What are the key factors that contribute to an effective risk management program? Why does this solution address enterprise risk? How does Power Platform fit into an enterprise ecosystem based on what's in the market? Lee and Andrew’s views on the Microsoft Three Clouds story. What does that mean in an enterprise ecosystem? Resources Mentioned  Power Platform Adoption Framework: https://aka.ms/ppaf Field Blends: https://www.andrewdwelch.com/fieldblends Power Platform in a Modern Data Platform Architecture: https://www.andrewdwelch.com/blog/power-platform-data-platform-architecture  One Thousand Workloads: How your Roadmap maximizes Power Platform investment: https://www.andrewdwelch.com/blog/roadmap 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 NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/299Ana Inés Urrutia de Souza talks about what she does during her free time.  How does COVID 19 impact Ana's life?  Talks about Ana's Pilot License – what made her decide to get this license.  A conversation about Ana's career background   Interesting career switching story of Ana.  Projects Ana is working on, and what's her involvement?   The challenges Ana is facing working in a different time zone.  Ana's recommendations or tips to people working in different time zones.  A discussion about Ana's journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP.  How Ana's nomination happened  Dynamics 365 Human Resources integration with LinkedIn Talent Hub  The changes happened in Dynamics 365 HR functionality  Recommendations to people wanting to become Microsoft MVP.   Talks about the Business Applications community in Uruguay. 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/298 Oli Ward’s life, educational and career background.  Discussions about Oli’s journey within Microsoft and with Customer Insights?  What does Oli’s current role involve?  What skills do people need to succeed in Pre-Sales?  What is a Customer Data Platform (CDP)?  The benefits of using a CDP app, and what makes a CDP different?  What is the difference between a CDP and CRM?  What is Customer Insights, and what is its purpose?  How do you enable AI in Dynamics 365 customer insights?  What Is Master Data Management, and how is it related to CDP?  How MDM and CDP work together?  The importance of MDM?  What MDM does?  What level of expertise should people have before engaging in customer Insights?  Has Covid19 affected the demand for CI?  An overview of what Microsoft Synapse is.  Talks about Microsoft Synapse and how does it work with Customer Insights?  The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on your customers and in business? CREDITS Music by: StockSounds Title: Energetic Upbeat Pop Summer Licensee: Cloverbase Limited 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/297 A brief talk about Roma Gupta’s life, family, country of origin. Covid19 situation in India and how is that affecting her and her family members. How Roma’s IT journey started A conversation about Roma’s career background. The projects she’s working on in Africa. Romas focus and area of specialization when it comes to technology. Roma’s experience in Dynamics 365 marketing and Click Dimensions. Describes the differences between the products and which is popular with customers. What excites Roma the most about the future of Power Platform. Power Automate as the best Integration platform for moving data. Roma’s story and her journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP and her involvement with the MVP community. Roma’s thoughts about Microsoft's user group platform. What was the biggest surprise and impact to Roma since becoming a Microsoft MVP? Roma’s recommendations to people considering becoming a Microsoft MVP. Roma’s future plans, and she is looking forward to attending the MVP summit. Music CreditsI dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: J Lang, MorusqueSupport 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/296 Find out more about Chris Huntingford’s origin, family and career background. A conversation with Chris about his career journey from Microsoft to Avanade As the Director for Global Power Apps Lead and a Power Platform COE,  what led Chris into this field? What’s Chris’ role and responsibilities? Talks about Chris’ involvement with the Power Platform Community in the UK. The relationship of Accenture and Avanade The goal, history and how Avanade come about? What is a Power Platform and Platform? A discussion about what an App is? Platform and building Apps stories. How are companies using it in building multiple solutions? What is a Strategic Platform, and why does it matter? Discussions on Chris’ thoughts about the Power Platform Centre of Excellence kit Chris’ thoughts about building Apps that solve business solutions. What is Offline Canvas Apps? 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/295 Kasun Rajapaksha Pathirana country of origin and his story of moving to New Zealand. Best places, food recommendations and good things about Sri Lanka The impact of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka Kasun talks about his involvement with the Singapore community – Dynamics and Power Platform Community. A conversation about Kasun’s area of specialization and skills when it comes to Microsoft tools. Talks about Kasun’s interest in Dynamics – how did it start? Learning and training experience - how did Karun learn more about Dynamics? How Kasun managed to move from one job to another. The steps involved in Kasun’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP. Discussion about Kasun’s first MVP Summit as a first time MVP. Recommendations to people considering becoming a Microsoft MVP. 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 NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/294Find out more about Frank Weigel’s life and family background. What Frank does when not working. A conversation about Frank’s educational and career background. Frank Weigel’s journey within Microsoft. Talks about Frank’s role and what’s involved. Understanding Customer Insights. A discussion about the two elements of Customer Insights. What is a Customer Data Platform (CDP)? Tell me about Microsoft's CDP product? Why do originations want to achieve a 360-degree view of their customers? How does Master Data Management system differ from CDP? An overview of Microsoft orchestration. How has Covid impacted the way customers look at CDP? What Frank is seeing from Partners when it comes to CDP? With most products licensed by those who can access the software, how does this work with Dynamics 365 Customer Insights? 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 NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/293A brief introduction about Julian Sharp’s life.  How Julian spends his time when not working before and during the COVID19 pandemic.  Talks about Julian’s involvement with Dynamics since CRM v1.0. Julian shares his thoughts about the training and product certifications in the past two years.  Julian’s involvement in preparing for written exams.  A conversation about different ways and other sources of learning  The process and requirements involved on how to become MCT.  Listen to Julian’s story and his journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP.  Talks about Julian’s involvement in the MVP community and user group.  Learn more about Julian’s role and contributions to the community.  Speaking experience of Julian at an event.  Julian’s advice to people wanting to join and become a Microsoft MVP! 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 NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/292Show NotesHardit Bhatia talks about his country origin – originally from Mumbai, India.  The impact of the Covid19 pandemic in India and how does this affect his family?  How did Hardit got involved in technology?  Talks about Hardit's educational and career background.  Discover the culture and the importance of education in India with Hardit.  How did Hardit start working with technology, and how did he get involved with PowerApps, Canvas Apps and Microsoft Dataverse?   A story about Hardit's moving to another company.  What did the first 6months look like for Hardit in learning PowerApps, and what are the things he has done to help him?Talks about the Apps that Hardit built for Microsoft and the things he learnt working on these projects.  Hardit's experience in building these Apps?  What role does UI play in designing apps, and how to make outstanding UI's? Hardit's journey to becoming an App maker.  How to be an App Maker Introduction to UI and UX design  The App Hardit has recently built that he is most proud of.  Hardit's thoughts on Microsoft Dataverse and Microsoft Dataverse in Teams  The difference between Microsoft Dataverse and Microsoft Dataverse in Teams  The advantages, disadvantages and limitations of Microsoft Dataverse and Microsoft Dataverse in Teams 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 NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/291A brief introduction about Diana Birkelbach and her hobbies. Talks about how Diana started in IT. Career and educational background of Diana.  Diana's involvement with Microsoft Dynamics – when did it begin?  The key changes Diana has seen with Dynamics that improve the product.  Talks about Diana's involvement in PCF.   A conversation about Diana's engagement in PCF Community Forums. A discussion about Diana's journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP – who nominated her? What does community mean to Diana's – the Global Power Platform Bootcamp and Scottish SummitDiscussion about the importance of community in developing one's skills and growing one's career as an individual in this Microsoft space.  Diana's advice to people considering becoming a Microsoft MVP. 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 NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/290A brief introduction about Taiki Yoshida’s family and life background.  Educational and career background of Taiki. Explore Japan’s tradition and culture with Taiki. How did Taiki get into technology, and how did he get involved in Business ApplicationsHow did Taiki learn about his Dynamics NAV and ERP skills?  Taiki’s involvement with the implementation of the Dynamics NAV. Learn more about how did Taiki’s journey to Microsoft start?  Taiki’s MVP journey and his involvement with the MVP community start?  The real value of MVP. What was Taiki’s area of expertise?    Taiki’s story and his learning experience as a Microsoft MVP.  How did Taiki build his own community - the PowerApps User group - and what was his goal?  Recommendation to people considering starting a community group.  As a member of the CAT team – how did it start?  Taiki’s role, responsibilities and the projects he is working on at Microsoft.  What led Taiki to his current position?  Introduction to Express Route – what is it and how to use it.Options and benefits in implementing Express Route. The future of Power PlatformA brief talk about Robotic Process Automation – RPA.What are the benefits and the type of industries that can use RPA Solution? 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 NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/289EY Kalman’s area of specialization as a Solutions Architect – the right tool for the right job Talks about EY’s thoughts about Omnichannel – the future and how customers are adopting it. How Omnichannel operates now – things you can and can’t doAn overview of what an Omnichannel is.Talks about the Microsoft Business Applications MVP community in the UK.EY’s thoughts about becoming a Microsoft Business Applications MVP.Talks about the benefits and advantages of becoming a Microsoft MVP.A discussion about EY’s plansWhat excites EY the most when it comes to technology in the next 12months. 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 NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/288Meet Sara Lagerquist, the queen of the Low Code!  Sara talks about her journey into low code development. How does Sara Lagerquist spend her time now? Public Speaking - how did Sara overcome her fear when it comes to speaking at a community event. Sara’s involvement in public speaking and how did it start? How did Sara prepare her presentation at community events?  Sara’s life in the past few months? How did Sara feel when she first received the news about her condition?  Talks about the process Sara went through and her decision to let everybody know about it? Find out more about Sara’s new Instagram account. What's Sara’s experience with the people around her now? - Family and friends, General Public and the people in the community she’s part of. Talks about Sara’s support network – Power community and her CRM-Konsulterna family Sara talks about her good days and bad days - how did she deal with it physically and mentally? How much has Sara’s life or world changed and what was the impact?  Talks about the treatment process - things Sara expected to happen. What’s Sara looking forward to? Sara’s message to the community, especially those people who are in the same situation as her? 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 here FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/287Check out Matt’s RIPT Apparel and find out what you can get from it. Talks about the comic books and games he loves. Matt Collins-Jones journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP. How Matt’s journey started and what he knows about the MVP program A conversation about Matt’s goal  How Matt’s nomination started and who helped him during the process Talks about his YouTube Channel. What made Matt choose YouTube as a form of sharing his knowledge in the MVP community? YouTube as Matt’s mode of sharing his knowledge. Talks about how helpful YouTube is to everyone. 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 NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/286Learn about Jeremiah’s businesses - the Prima Dona and Towards Arcadia  Jeremiah is co-founder and COO of Earning The Negronis. Check out Jeremiah and Dona Sakar’s Model 47: A Startup Storybook How Jeremiah handles banking transactions or funds transfer  Jeremiah’s hobbies, family life and the activities he enjoys the most outside work. Career journey and learning experiences of Jeremiah before joining Microsoft The beginning of Jeremiah’s journey into working at Microsoft Key roles, responsibilities and what lead Jeremiah to where he is right now. The outcome in improving user experience What is UNESCO and what does it do to help and protect the community? Jeremiah’s involvement, discoveries and experience as the previous Director of the Airband Initiative team. The importance and impact of Airband Initiative Find out more about Microsoft AppSource. Jeremiah’s role and responsibilities in his current position in Microsoft AppSource  What are the opportunities available for partners?  Recommendations and advise to people using this Microsoft AppSource platform An overview of what Partner Contribution Indicators (PCI) is? The implementation, how does it work and what are the criteria of PCI How is PCI coming within Microsoft? 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 NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/285Juan Antonio Tomás talks about life in Madrid, Spain A conversation about Juan’s Xpp.dev podcast - how it started How Juan enjoys life when not working Talks about Juan’s hobbies Juan as a Beer collector Professional career and educational background  As a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Technical Lead Juan’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP How Juan’s journey started and who nominated him to become a Microsoft MVP A discussion about Juan’s blog - how he helps the community Talks about Juan’s passion for sharing his knowledge with people Dynamics Saturday community event - Juan as a speaker  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 NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/284Talks about what Brian Hodel does when not working – what’s keeping him busy these days? Brian’s story about how he started having an interest in technology.  Talks about Brian’s career background - before Power Platform. How Brain’s involvement with Power Platform happened? Brian talks about how he discovered Microsoft Licensing. Brian shared his thoughts about Info Path. What lead Brian to his current position? Brian’s journey with Power Platform and Power Apps? How Brian discovers the technology? What are Brian’s future plans with app development? What is ORBIT application - what it does? The impact to customers in using the software?  How they handle the adoption of ORBIT application. What's been the impact of COVID19 with the new software, ORBIT application – what are the new opportunities? The Microsoft products Brian’s is using in building ORBIT Applications. Find out how ORBIT application work? A discussion about the importance of ORBIT application What is Lean Six Sigma? How useful is Lean Six Sigma? Is Lean and Six Sigma the same? How Lean Six sigma come together and how does Lean Six Sigma Work? Is it too late for someone to learn more about Power Platform? The Important skills people will need if they are considering working with Microsoft Power Platform. 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 NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/283Introduction to Power Virtual Agents. A discussion about the use cases Josh had seen with Power Virtual Agents. Josh’s thoughts about why people and organizations should use Power Virtual Agents. Discusses the benefits of using Power Virtual Agents. Talks about the features available in Power Virtual Agents. How and when did Josh start to have an interest in technology? A conversation about Josh’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP. Josh’s involvement and contributions to the MVP community. What did Josh discover after becoming a Microsoft MVP? Where Josh got his social media name FlowAltDelete and how did it come about? 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 NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/282Marc Schweigert’s family life and hobbies.  Hear the story about Marc’s unique Twitter handle.   How did Marc's journey to Microsoft happen?  Working with Microsoft for about 15+ years now - what was Marc’s favourite part of his role.  A discussion about the CAT team What is Microsoft PnP – Patterns and Practices?  Learn How Microsoft PnP – Patterns and Practices work in an organization.  The basic common patterns and practices Marc learnt from their customers. Talks about the importance of using Microsoft PnP – Patterns and Practices in an organization?  Where are PowerApps Patterns used?   What are the new features coming that Marc is excited about?  A discussion about Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence  Talks about Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit is.  Marc’s goal and what he is expecting?  The apps and tools that are available in the Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit.  What are the benefits of the Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit?  The role and responsibilities of the Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit. Limitations in using Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit.  Introduction to Express Route. 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 NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/281Hamish Sheild talks about his family and what he does outside work.  The first podcast Hamish did with Mark Smith, also known as nz365guy.  A conversation about Hamish’s business - growth.  Hamish’s thoughts regarding Business Applications employment in New Zealand.  Discusses the opportunities available in Business Applications - Power Platform and Dynamics 365.  Discussions about how Hamish does business differently.   Talks about Hamish’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP.  A discussion about Hamish’s involvement in the MVP community.  Sprint by Jake Knapp – Hamish's book recommendation and why 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 NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/280A discussion about with Scott as the CEO and co-founder of Customer Effective. Scott’s role and responsibilities Acquisition of Customer Effective by Hitachi in 2014 A conversation about how Scott handled the acquisition. Discussions on how Scott prepared for the acquisition. With new products available in the market, how did they stay focused on what they do as an organization? Key things and lessons learned during the acquisition of Customer Effective The process involved during the acquisition of Customer Effective Discusses how Scott creates an effective culture within a team in an organization Talks about the development of skills leadership and talents within Customer effective. The importance of hiring people in an organization Scott talks about what Scott is working on right now. Talks about how they attract customers  How they make sure their product fits what their customers want or need? Opportunities for ISVs, SI Partners, IV in relationship to Microsoft. How they offer services and engage in big projects. 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 NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/279Meet Adrià Ariste Santacreu and learn more about his life – family background. Talks about what Adrià does when not working. A conversation about the educational and career background of Adrià. Adrià’s thoughts about the changes in Dynamics 365. A discussion about what Adrià thinks on Dynamics 365 Finance running on a Dataverse. Adrià as a co-host on a podcast Where did this idea come from and how did it start? Who are Adrià’s target audience? Talks about Adrià’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP. 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 NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/278John Wiese's hobbies and interests.  Talks about John’s career background.  A brief introduction about John Wiese’s journey within Microsoft to his current role and what's involved.  John’s involvement with Surface Duo, Flutter Dev, Dart and Dynamics 365 Customer Insights  An overview of what Dynamics 365 Customer Insights is  What makes Dynamics 365 Consumer Insights so Powerful  Find out more about Microsoft Partner Training  A conversation about how customers use Customer Insights  Determine if customer Insights is best for your organization?  Explore all about Audience Insights and Engagement Insights  Learn about the Architecture of Customer Insights  Discusses how Machine Learning and AI fit into Dynamics 365 Customer Insights  Talks about Connectors available and the gaps.  Discover what's new in this wave release that John is excited about. Examples of the use cases in the B2B as well as B2C   What does John see in Public Sector and NGO's when it comes to Customer Insights?  Customer Insights vs Azure Synapse Introduction to Azure synapse How do Azure synapse and customer insights work together? Resources Mentioned Customer Insights partner resources (including on-demand training videos/labs): https://aka.ms/CIPartner Customer Insights videos: https://aka.ms/CITV Customer Insights in Under 5: https://aka.ms/CIUnder5 Customer Insights docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/ai/customer-service-insights/overview Customer Insights Roadmap: https://dynamics.microsoft.com/en-cy/roadmap/overview/?group=dynamics-365&subgroup=dynamics-365-customer-insights Azure Synapse overview: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/synapse-analytics/overview-what-is Flutter: https://flutter.dev Surface Duo: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-duo 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