FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/122 A brief introduction about Andrew’s life – family background, how often he travels and his favourite destination What he does when he’s not working Introduction to Wine30flight Andrew’s struggles in writing a book. The video he loves to watch How big organizations view PowerApps as an app. Introduction to Power Platform Adoption Framework His view on how big organizations can adopt the Power Platform at scale Background in AIS and its primary focu...
Aug 19, 2019•52 min•Ep. 122
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/121 A brief introduction about Daryl’s life – family background, what’s great about Indianapolis and as an independent MVP Daryl’s skills and experience in business applications The tools or plugins Daryl created On how Daryl monitors which tools are most popular in the community Understanding the Architect and Data model What lead Daryl to decide to go independent MVP The best thing about being an MVP One thing people don’t know about Daryl LaBar Dar...
Aug 14, 2019•34 min•Ep. 121
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/120 A brief introduction about Cecilia’s life – grew up in Argentina, currently living in Seattle, Washington, her background and career as MVP Cecilia’s favourite thing about London Interesting story on Cecilia’s journey into Microsoft – her current role Introduction to One Commercial Partner (OCP) – what constructs around it and how Business Application Partners engaged with it. Discusses what Cecilia sees as the key things that a Microsoft Business...
Aug 12, 2019•54 min•Ep. 120
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/119 A brief introduction about Gustaf’s life, including his family background, as a company founder and his career as MVP. Introduction about Gustaf’s company – CRM-Konsulterna Company achievements – having 3 MVP’s from his own company Gustaf’s thoughts on the Microsoft MVP Program. Challenges he has seen with SID, CDS and CDM The support they offer to help their customers Implementation of CDM The voice of Customers The important role of CDS How MVP’...
Aug 07, 2019•30 min•Ep. 119
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/118 A brief introduction about Leah’s life – family background, her career and personal experiences History, culture, economy and facts about New Orleans What she does when she is not working The value of the Microsoft stack Advice to consumers who wants to adopt new technologies Leah’s view on the Insurance and Health care industry The best practice tips she can give for pre-sales implementation Introduction to the Microsoft Health care accelerator W...
Aug 05, 2019•49 min•Ep. 118
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/117 A brief introduction about Andrew’s life; his family background, what he loves in Adelaide, Australia. His learning experiences as MVP; when and how his journey started. As part of the MVP community in Australia; how active he is and his roles and responsibilities within the organization PCF as a replacement for web resources The future of PCF How realistic it is to design and create on the PCF Where does react JS leading us Andrew's thoughts...
Jul 31, 2019•36 min•Ep. 117
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/116 A brief introduction about Sameer’s life – Current City in Seattle, Washington, Hometown in Mumbai, Maharashtra What he does when he’s not working Sameer’s passion for writing poems and storytelling Introduction to Simple Intentions His involvement with Pathwise Leadership program Sameer’s story on his exciting journey and his experiences in Microsoft Introduction to French National Railway , SNCF Functions and best practices to establish a Centre...
Jul 29, 2019•57 min•Ep. 116
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/115 A brief introduction of Neil’s family and background Neil's journey to how his career as an MVP started What Neil kids think about his career as MVP Lessons he teaches his kids, so they learn the value of work. The best lesson he learnt as a parent, family member, mentor, and someone who works with business His life experiences – may it be good or terrible Neil’s story on how he started in Dynamics Things he loves the most being an MVP Introd...
Jul 24, 2019•26 min•Ep. 115
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/114 A Brief Introduction about Dan’s life – where he lives, his hobbies, what he does when he’s not working or surfing His involvement with the Not for Profit Space What made him decide to join the Microsoft world Erik Arnold’s role as a Global CTO Understanding Threshold.world The Importance and goal of Threshold.world Where the company name Threshold.world came from Dan’s role, focus and vision of the business Things that can help non-profit organiz...
Jul 22, 2019•52 min•Ep. 114
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/113 A brief introduction about Mariano Gomez’s life –his family and personal background How his career as an MVP started Mariano’s thoughts about the global economic recession that happened in 2008 and how it affected his life Result of the evaluation of ERP solutions As the author of Microsoft Dynamic GP Improvements happening around Microsoft Knowing about GP customers Customer’s reaction on ERP and its contribution Solutions implemented to help Mic...
Jul 17, 2019•34 min•Ep. 113
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/112 A brief introduction about Steve’s life – his family, sports they love playing and how they spend time together as a family Steve’s experiences and his involvement with the ISV program What Steve wants to achieve with the new ISV program for Business Applications The definition of a healthy and successful ISV How the new program differs from the old one Discussion about Practical IAI and what it means to him Microsoft’s goals for ISV to be success...
Jul 15, 2019•43 min•Ep. 112
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/111 A brief introduction about Julien's life – born in Paris, grew up in Luxembourg, his favourite food and how he ended up living in Montreal, Canada. How his journey of becoming an MVP in Business Application started Experiences living in another country Lessons learnt after participating in the MVP Global Summit event Julien's thoughts about English as the second language The importance of understanding and protecting culture and language...
Jul 10, 2019•27 min•Ep. 111
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/110 A brief introduction of Moacyr’s life and where he comes from A breakdown of his professional background Why Portugal is an exciting proposition Where new technologies are leading us in the next 3 to 10 years Understanding the importance and the future of new technologies Maturity of understanding business with regards to AI and how to get started Impact of new technologies on people and organization Microsoft partner opportunities How to better u...
Jul 08, 2019•51 min•Ep. 110
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/109 A short introduction about Daniel Christian who grew up in Bombay, India, moved to Dallas, Texas at the age of 17 and is presently residing in Concord, North Carolina. Being a Microsoft Business Solutions MVP and when his journey started Power Platform User Group Daniel's experiences and cope during difficult times Discussion about his ultimate ambition, passion and goals for the future Encouraging words for success His favourite apps Canvas ...
Jul 03, 2019•32 min•Ep. 109
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/108 A brief introduction about Manuela life who originally came from Vienna, Austria now presently residing in Horsham, West Sussex with her husband What made Manuela decide to start using PowerApps How to be more productive in doing business and how to increase customer satisfaction in using PowerApps governance The importance of creating a community within the organization around building apps How PowerApps governance can help everyone to be more pr...
Jul 01, 2019•44 min•Ep. 108
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/107 Personal and professional background – what led to his move to Melbourne, being a regional director and an MVP, starting in SharePoint and falling in love with Dynamics 365, being passionate about AI, working for Salesforce Countries he has lived and worked – being a global traveller, getting involved in international Dynamics communities, and being multilingual Experience in a blockchain – what it is and how it is applied today Working with block...
Jun 26, 2019•30 min•Ep. 107
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/106 Personal and professional background – growing up in Detroit, taking up computer science, working at Siebel, etc. Upcoming speaking engagement at a conference on digital inclusion Journey to working with Microsoft Career highlights in the past 14 years Being a woman in tech: changes she has seen, her thoughts on the topic How she encourages open-mindedness when people don’t come from a highly diverse background in a corporate team About #DotheThin...
Jun 24, 2019•48 min•Ep. 106
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/105 Background – being a Microsoft MVP for 13 years, living in York, UK, interests outside of work, home life How David started in Dynamics CRM – IT training on Microsoft technologies, etc. then moving to Dynamics CRM Running his old company, Excitation, and being purchased by Core Technology Systems Knowledge and experience with Dynamics CRM 1.0 Running the sales side of his business How much the XRM story play into the projects that they’re doing ea...
Jun 19, 2019•30 min•Ep. 105
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/104 Personal background – living in Kirkland, WA, interests, being fanatical about wine Professional background – current role at InsideView, responsibilities About InsideView – what they do and their services Industries that commonly use or geographies where there’s a greater demand for InsideView’s technology Current trends in the B2B businesses and how they adapt to technology Recent changes that Microsoft implemented in relation to InsideView and ...
Jun 17, 2019•53 min•Ep. 104
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/103 Personal and professional background – family, working in London, 12 years working with Dynamics Living in England and growing up in Devon, popular places to go and dishes in Devon How he started working in Dynamics Perception on Microsoft partner ecosystem, especially in the UK Pivoting to a different role – from a developer to solution architect to a “translator” role How upskilling to prosci has impacted the way he worked or engaged in projects...
Jun 12, 2019•31 min•Ep. 103
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/102 Journey across the Dynamics ecosystem over the years Being the author of Dynamics CRM Unleashed series, thoughts on authoring books Being a Microsoft MVP Interests outside of work Experience starting a Dynamics practice – building a company (Webfortis) and going through the acquisition process Thoughts on consolidation in the market and does it create white space for new players Is Microsoft supporting the ability to really push deeply into the SM...
Jun 10, 2019•49 min•Ep. 102
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/101 Personal background – living in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the local food scene April's focus on the Microsoft Business Applications arena – PowerApps and Flow Has Flow replaced the former workflow tools that were in SharePoint? Professional background – working on InfoPath Thoughts on PowerApps and Flow replacing old InfoPath form How PowerApps compares to InfoPath around the native functionality to print a document, and thoughts on Microsoft addressi...
Jun 05, 2019•30 min•Ep. 101
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/100 The Microsoft Business Applications Summit will be happening in a few days. In this special podcast episode, I am joined by none other than Steve Mordue to talk about what to look forward to and share our thoughts on some of the key things around the Summit. We're all excited, so here are some of the things we discussed about this upcoming two-day event: Looking back to the first Business Applications Summit in 2018 What’s exciting about Busi...
Jun 04, 2019•50 min•Ep. 100
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/99 Personal and professional background – growing up in Australia, hobbies outside of work Career journey, joining Microsoft product team, working on PowerApps and working with the original team at Canvas Apps, starting as a Microsoft Partner before joining Microsoft Key pillars/various moving parts of the Power Platform team Owning the UI, holding the constraints of the upper-level nav and the left-hand nav of the system and what the maker has contro...
Jun 03, 2019•59 min•Ep. 99
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/98 Personal background – living in Finland, family A bit of Finland and Nordic geography, length of winter in Finland, local delicacies Organizing Dynamics 365 events in Finland – Finland Dynamics User Group and Dynamics 365 Saturday Favourite part of the Power Platform Being one of three Microsoft MVPs in Finland Is Project Service Automation dead? What's happening with PSA, PSA's capabilities becoming a core part of Dynamics 365 for Sales ...
May 29, 2019•31 min•Ep. 98
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/97 Purvin’s role in Microsoft when it comes to the Microsoft MVP Program What the MVP Program is from Microsoft’s perspective What is “MVP for life”, and is there such a thing? How one can become an “MVP for life.” MVP Award vs Inner Circle Award – what is the difference between individual and company awards Purvin’s passion and motivation for the Business Apps MVP program, what turns his wheels What Microsoft MVP aspirants need to start doing to be n...
May 27, 2019•54 min•Ep. 97
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/96 Personal background – living in Uruguay, being bilingual (Spanish and English), the popular food in Uruguay, family Becoming a Microsoft MVP – being a 10-year MVP, how different the Microsoft MVP program was since he first got nominated About Communidad 365 – starting the Spanish speaking community Becoming officially part of the Dynamics User Group community Membership in the Spanish speaking Dynamics and Power Platform community Area of specialis...
May 22, 2019•29 min•Ep. 96
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/95 Personal background – living in Issaquah, hobbies, family Career highlights being part of the Microsoft Business Applications team Thoughts on the idea of Microsoft’s shift in focus from apps to the platform The “measuring stick” that Microsoft uses to define a top ISV Patterns that successful ISVs do effectively to become a top ISV Creating a business model around being an ISV Various tools that Microsoft have available to enable ISVs in their jou...
May 20, 2019•53 min•Ep. 95
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/94 Personal background Recommendations for visiting Jordan – destinations, food (mansaf, falafel) Moving from Jordan to live in Norway as a career move – interviews abroad, deciding to stay within Europe Journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP – what's unique in Ahmad’s journey as a Microsoft MVP, getting married and bringing family 2 years after moving to Norway PowerApps and Flow community, co-organising SharePoint Saturday Being a SharePoint and M...
May 15, 2019•31 min•Ep. 94
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/93 Personal and professional background – living in Perth, hobbies, working as Solution Director at DXC-Eclipse How to assess whether an opportunity is worth pursuing Weeding out the concept of “column fodder” Importance of getting to the face-to-face phase of the bid process Essential elements of a bid proposal to get you into the next phase of the bid process Handling lighthouse customers when you don’t have the industry experience Tender response (...
May 13, 2019•52 min•Ep. 93
