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Microsoft Innovation Podcast

Mark Smith [nz365guy]www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com

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Dive into the future of work with the "Microsoft Innovation Podcast," exploring the intersection of People, Business, Technology, and AI. 

Engage with expert guests—including thought leaders from Microsoft, industry innovators, and community specialists—who are redefining the world with advancements in AI, Cloud technologies, the Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and beyond.

Every episode delivers a blend of in-depth discussions, practical insights, and actionable strategies tailored for professionals driving enablement and innovation.

Join us across our five shows:

  1. The Power Platform Show
  2. The MVP Show
  3. The Copilot Show
  4. The Ecosystems Show
  5. The AI Show (coming soon)

Episodes

From SI to ISV at Speed with Kevin Francis

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/182 The origin story of Kevin’s life – where he lives and family background A brief introduction to Kevin’s career background Kevin’s journey from SI to ISV What made Kevin focus on Microsoft technology An introduction to cognitive service With cognitive services, where does machine learning come to it? A discussion about the four projects Kevin have landed The type or areas of industries where it came from Discusses where the word Wildmouse came from...

Mar 16, 202045 minEp. 182

Alex Meyer on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/181 P Show notes Career Background of Alex Meyer Talks about Alex’s impression of MVP who became a Microsoft MVP last November 2019 What is MVP, and was it an inspiration for Alex? The type of industries using older technologies Talks about Alex’s journey to becoming an MV and his thoughts on becoming a Microsoft MVP Alex’s opinion on how to start using Power Platform, PowerApps and Power Automate with Dynamics 365 in Finance and Supply Chain Alex’s r...

Mar 11, 202028 minEp. 181

Change Management and 8 Pillars In Business Transformation with Janet Robb

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/180 Janet Robb’s brief introduction about her life, hobbies and her career background A discussion about Janet’s journey to Microsoft Janet’s motivation on she does and her role in Change Management Introduction to Change Management How to manage the Change management The benefits of Change Management How to handle Change Management, and what are the common challenges in change management? The importance of Sponsorship Channel in a project A discussio...

Mar 09, 202052 minEp. 180

James Crowter on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/179 Meet James Crowter – where he was born, the main attraction and the great places to visit in his hometown Talks about James’ career background The area where James specialises in Microsoft Business Applications Talks about Small and Mid-sized Business (SMB) A short introduction about being a Business Central MVP An Introduction to James as the founder of Technology Management The difference between Technology Management and Clever Dynamics A discu...

Mar 04, 202031 minEp. 179

Microsoft Certification with Vicky Rodgers

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/178 Introduction about Vicky Rodgers background – presently residing in Vancouver, BC Canada, originally from Montreal, Quebec Province of Canada Talks about the most beautiful part of Canada and the best spot in Vancouver How Vicky get into the Microsoft space Vicky’s journey to Microsoft certification What tools Vicky had used to prepare for the Microsoft certification The importance of Microsoft certifications to Microsoft Partners Tools and resour...

Mar 02, 202047 minEp. 178

Andrey Baludin on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/177 Andrey Baludin on The MVP show talks about his career background Everything about Petersburg – the best place to visit and good food to eat Talks about Andrey’s journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP – he became a Microsoft MVP a year ago Andrey’s specialization in the Microsoft Business Applications category and Dynamics 365 Business Central A conversation about Andrey’s involvement with NAV integration and other systems The articles Andrey wrote fo...

Feb 26, 202030 minEp. 177

RPA in Power Automate with Ashvini Sharma

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/176 Meet Ashvini Sharma, born in India, moved to Dubai, Middle East, at the age of 12. Ashvini's educational background Talks about Ashvini's interests and hobbies Microsoft journey of Ashvini Sharma – from BI Business group to Microsoft Business Applications team Lessons Ashvini has learnt from his 20years of experience from BI – was he able to apply it to Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in Power Automate A...

Feb 24, 202056 minEp. 176

Aaron Back on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/175 Aaron Back on The MVP Show – find out more about Aaron's life A discussion about Aaron's career background Learn about Aaron Back’s journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP GP World, Dynamics and Power Platform – does Aaron see integration happening? Aaron’s focus point when it comes to Microsoft Business applications How he started having an interest in becoming an MVP A discussion about his involvement in the community Talks about the user ...

Feb 19, 202033 minEp. 175

Power Platform/Dynamics 365 Past Present Future with David Kohar

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/174 Personal and career background of David Kohar David Kohar's first interview The significant highlights of 2019 in the field of Power Platform and Dynamics 365 What leads to CRM 1.2 release? During David's time at Ascentium – what's his role and responsibilities Find out more about the people in a team he worked with at Ascentium David's thoughts on the XRM story and a short discussion on XRM history Shares his thoughts on how t...

Feb 17, 202046 minEp. 174

Colin Vermander on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/173 An introduction to where Colin lives, work and how he spends his free time Colin’s origin story Discussion about Colin’s Educational and Career background Find out about ADOXIO Company The type of industry where ADOXIO get most of their work from Talks about KPMG in Canada, as a Microsoft Partner Why Unicorn is featuring in Colin’s life so much and how it started? Does KPMG Canada integrate all work a lot with the other KPMG’s around the world? Co...

Feb 12, 202032 minEp. 173

Microsoft’s Customer Insights with Satish Thomas

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/172 A Brief introduction about Satish Thomas' life – Personal, Educational and Career Background – started as an intern in Microsoft Discussion about his interests, hobbies and the great things about Botswana, Southern Africa Find out about the book Satish wrote and what he learnt from that experience Satish's involvement in Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services and how it started The methodologies involved in Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Se...

Feb 10, 202056 minEp. 172

Steven Weaver on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/171 Steven Weaver talks about his hometown What Steven does for entertainment outside of work Steven’s MVP journey What’s involved with MVP nomination in the past years Steven’s contributions to the MVP Community The story behind AdamRoue Changes Steven has seen in the program over the years Steven’s thoughts on people in the space moving to the cloud platform or does he still see a lot of on-premise software Benefits of the Cloud platform over On-pre...

Feb 05, 202030 minEp. 171

Power Platform Digital Transportation at G&J Pepsi with Eric McKinney

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/170 Eric McKinney’s personal life – where he lives, where he calls home and what he does when he’s not working Eric’s favourite spot in Ohio How Eric get into the Microsoft space and what’s the story Eric’s current role in the organization he is working for What motivates him to take his organization forward from an innovation perspective In the early days, what’s Eric deciding factors in going to Microsoft Techwise How much does the Digital Transform...

Feb 03, 202059 minEp. 170

Kunal Tripathy on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/169 Kunal Tripathy was born in India, grew up in East India and moved to Canada which he now calls his home Kunal’s Dynamics 365 and Platform Journey How he works with other parts of KPMG around the world How long he has been an MVP Kunal’s journey to becoming an MVP Changes that happened to him since becoming an MVP Becoming an MVP, did he get more connections with the other MVPs in the Community? Kunal’s big plan for Y2020 What he thinks about the o...

Jan 29, 202023 minEp. 169

CRM and ERP Partner Growth with David Gersten

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/168 Find out more about David Gersten – based in Southern California, lives in Northern Orange County and what he loves to do during his free time How David get into the technology ERP? the tools he had used to have a better understanding David’s area of specialization and his focus area CRM projects, Is David doing it for customers or just for in house use? Talks about the organization he is working for at present and his role The core things about t...

Jan 27, 202051 minEp. 168

Aung Khaing on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/167 A brief introduction about Aung Khaing a.k.a AK, originally from Myanmar and presently residing in New Zealand A discussion about his personal and family life What is so special about Myanmar What is the best thing about living in Wellington and what AK and his family enjoy doing together? Aung Khaing's journey to becoming an MVP Discussion about his involvement with the PowerApps Component Framework (PCF) AK’s recommendations to people who w...

Jan 22, 202028 minEp. 167

Power Virtual Agents with Michael Vakoc

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/166 Getting to know Michael Vakoc – from the Czech Republic, who now lives in the US and how he met his wife Michael’s favourite thing about Prague and what brought him from Prague to the United States Michael’s transition from Microsoft teams to Power Virtual Agents A discussion on how he got started working with Microsoft Michael’s role and his involvement with Power Virtual Agents An Introduction to what a Power Virtual Agent (PVA) The expectations...

Jan 20, 202052 minEp. 166

Nicholas Hayduk on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/165 Personal and career background of Nicholas Hayduk and what makes him busy every day The biggest surprise of becoming a Microsoft MVP Benefits of being part of the MVP Community Talks about his focus, his responsibilities and his area of specialty A discussion about Portal licensing and PowerApps Portals Discussions about the award he got from Orlando Community Summit Talks about Nicholas' speaking events he will be doing in the future – Summi...

Jan 15, 202028 minEp. 165

ISV Journey with Peter Linke

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/164 Peter Linke talks about the place he lives in and how he spends his time when he’s not working. Talks about the Orlando Microsoft Ignite event – how great the event was A discussion about the history of Peter’s company Peter’s journey to becoming an ISV Discussions about the product lineup they have now Peter’s career as an ISV and how did he start from being an ISV to becoming a CEO Explained what a team service is and what they are building in t...

Jan 13, 202049 minEp. 164

Olena Grischenko on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/163 Olena Grischenko was born in Ukraine, lived in Russia and moved to Sidney, Australia ten years ago Became a Microsoft MVP in September 2019 How did Olena get into the MVP Program? Who nominated Olena to become a Microsoft MVP? What was Olena working on before she was nominated to become an MVP? Talks about the benefits and positive things that are coming up on the changes in the community Olena’s skills when it comes to Business Applications What ...

Jan 08, 202027 minEp. 163

Microsoft Business Application Partner with Hayden Stafford

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/162 Family and Career background of Hayden – where he and his family lives and what’s his home city famous for The things he enjoys doing with his family during his spare time Hayden’s role and his responsibilities in Microsoft and its importance Hayden and his team’s mission and goal The opportunity for business to modernise, digitise and create a competitive advantage A discussion on what he sees around customer profile The things he does to make th...

Jan 06, 202056 minEp. 162

Beth Burrell on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/161 Beth Burrell talks about what is it like living in Tampa, Florida – known to be the lightning capital of the world Her journey to becoming an MVP and her award category Discusses the most significant changes that happened since she became an MVP How she handles the constant amount of noise, how she is working out on what to focus on and what not to Beth’s path to becoming an MVP The importance of venue, speakers and social media in an event Beth’s...

Jan 01, 202029 minEp. 161

Creating a PowerApps COE with Simon Owen

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/160 Simon’s brief introduction about his life and what he does when he’s not working Talks about his educational and professional background How Simon started with the Power Platform Talks about his journey to GSK Discussion about what is GSK, who is GSK and his role on GSK Simon’s definition of Digital transformation Talks about the Power Automate and the Flows they built The key Flow they now depend on that builds on what they can consistently use i...

Dec 30, 201955 minEp. 160

Kylie Kiser on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/159 A brief introduction about Kylie’s life – she grew up in Canada, presently residing in Washington, DC. The story of Pink Monkey How she started with Microsoft Business Applications and her area of responsibilities Kylie’s journey towards becoming a Microsoft MVP Kylie’s industry role and to the various companies she works for The different industries she works with Discussions about the CRM User Group Advice for people who are wanting to start a n...

Dec 25, 201930 minEp. 159

Microsoft Product Insights with Judd Salisbury

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/158 Judd Salisbury’s background – where he lives and where he has travelled His interests and how he spends his spare time Judd’s journey working with Microsoft – how he started and what led him to work with Microsoft Current role, responsibilities and projects How Judd got involved with Product Insights What is Product Insights? The available features Product Insights offers A brief introduction to Digital Feedback Loop Background and use cases for P...

Dec 23, 201939 minEp. 158

Paul O’Flaherty on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/157 A brief introduction about Paul’s life – originally from the UK, worked in the middle east where he met his wife and moving to New Zealand with his wife and two young children. What’s so special about his place. What he does when he’s not working and how he spends time with his family Paul’s journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP Who nominated him to become a Microsoft MVP? The area he specialises in: Business Applications – Canvas PowerApps How has ...

Dec 18, 201932 minEp. 157

Power Automate with Audrie Gordon

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/156 Meet Audrie Gordon and hear about where she calls home and what she does when she’s not working Discussion about the Microsoft Ignite event How she got started working with Microsoft and how she got involved with PowerApps, Flow, and Power BI About InfoPath and the difference between presenting using InfoPath and Power Apps How she got involved in the Power Platform team and her goal Audrie’s role and activities in Microsoft as Program Manager How...

Dec 16, 201949 minEp. 156

Joel Lindstrom on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/155 Joel Lindstrom talks about the first CRM Podcast Changes happening with CRM Audio Talks about his contributions to the MVP community Maintaining a healthy work-life balance – how he balances his work being an MVP and his family How reading books helped him Discusses the mentoring program Talks about his journey to becoming an MVP – Twelve years being a Business Applications MVP What Joel is looking for when it comes to becoming an MVP The reason w...

Dec 11, 201941 minEp. 155

Effective Partner Consulting with Beth Burrell

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/154 A brief introduction about Beth’s life – where she lives, her experience being a mother What she does when she’s not working Discusses how she got into technology What is it like working in Tribridge? Talks about the most substantial values she acquired working with Tribridge as an individual What Tribridge proactively did to create an outstanding culture How Tribridge supports its employees in career advancement Shares what type of culture she wo...

Dec 09, 201943 minEp. 154

Antonio Gilabert on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/153 Antonio Gilabert’s family background Talks about his Professional Career Describes his hometown Antonio’s journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP Talks about his professional profile and how he started his own company Discusses the activities and events in their community Introduction to FNO In what way has the MVP Program affected his career How much travel does he do for work? The best place he has visited The most significant value of being an MVP ...

Dec 04, 201932 minEp. 153