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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

Mary Angiela Cerbolles on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/332 Mary Angiela Cerbolles chats about her experience about moving to Singapore from Manila, Philippines A conversation with Mary Angiela about how her technology journey started Talks about Mary Angeila’s SharePoint and Power Platform journey The impact of COVID 19 on Mary Angiela How Mary Angeila’s journey into becoming an MVP started The impact of becoming part of the MVP program on Mary Angeila’s career and to her personal life How to get involved...

Nov 03, 202121 minEp. 332

Creating a Center of Excellence using Power Platform with Ryan Maclean

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/331 An introduction about Ryan Maclean A conversation about Ryan’s Dynamics CRM journey Ryan talks about his experiences and what led him to his current role Discussion about how Ryan funds his projects and licensing with Microsoft Ryan’s thoughts about creating a Center of Excellence within his business that focuses on using Power Platform The tools that Ryan use that helps support him Ryan shares his relationship with Microsoft In line with his expe...

Nov 01, 202150 minEp. 331

Mark Carrington on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/330 A brief introduction about Mark Carrington’s life Mark’s view regarding the post COVID world and the concept of the way he works. The Pros and Cons of Working from Home Discussion about Mark’s thoughts about employees returning to work A conversation with Mark about his journey and passion for technology. Talks about Mark's educational and career background. A story about how Mark landed his first job. Find out more about the interesting proj...

Oct 27, 202131 minEp. 330

The Power Platform at scale with Ryan Cunningham

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/329 A short introduction about Ryan Cunningham A conversation about the growth of the Power Platform Ryan talks about his vision on organization-wide adoption Discussion about the journey as the company goes on from a single app to a company-wide The pattern, the company maturity, and the staffing of the company What are the trends that Ryan is seeing when it comes to the Digital Transformation How is Azure playing a more creative role with the Power ...

Oct 25, 202134 minEp. 329

Richard Wilson on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/328 Talks about Richard Wilson’s family, life and hobbies Career background of Richard A discussion about what led Richard into technology? What is Microsoft’s Government Community Cloud (GCC)? Switching from Dynamics 365 to Power Platform environment What can Microsoft Government Cloud do for you? The type of solutions you can build with Microsoft’s Government Community Cloud Talks about Richard's journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP Richard’s ...

Oct 20, 202123 minEp. 328

Matt Beard on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/327 A conversation about Matt Beard’s life – origin, family and hobbies Matt’s view about the ISV in the modern world of Microsoft Matts interest in the modern ISV What is Data8 – what do they do in Microsoft Business Applications Common industries they work with? How do they handle international customers? How did Matt get into technology and get involved in the community? User group in London Matt enjoyed working with Introduction to connected.galle...

Oct 13, 202126 minEp. 327

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Journey Orchestration with Lori Lamkin

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/326 A brief introduction about Lori Lamkin’s life and her hobbies Check out Lori’s journey with Microsoft and how she landed on her current role as a Vice President Dynamics 365 Marketing and how Marketing is evolving to systems of engagement A discussion about Dynamics 365 Marketing customer journey orchestration How does it work? What are the big features? What’s the expected impact? Who are the most common users of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Marketing?...

Oct 11, 202130 minEp. 326

Thomas Sandsor on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/325 Talks 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...

Oct 06, 202128 minEp. 325

Dynamics 365 Finance Ecosystem with Kaila Bloomfield

FULL 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 ha...

Oct 04, 202147 minEp. 324

Ryan Maclean on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/323 A conversation about Ryan Maclean's life and family Talks 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 ...

Sep 29, 202129 minEp. 323

Faisal Fareed on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/322 Talks 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 ...

Sep 22, 202121 minEp. 322

Citizen Can - 365 Training with Amey Holden and George Doubinski

FULL 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...

Sep 20, 202146 minEp. 321

Kamal Kolar Radhakrishnaiah on The MVP Show

FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/320 Discussions 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 i...

Sep 15, 202131 minEp. 320

Raphael Pothin on The MVP Show

FULL 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 Mi...

Sep 08, 202124 minEp. 319

Power Apps Interface Design with Barry Ferguson

FULL 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 ...

Sep 06, 202142 minEp. 318

Arpit Shrivastava on The MVP Show

FULL 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...

Sep 01, 202119 minEp. 317

Building Apps in Power Platform for your Business with Rebecca Sackett

FULL 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 d...

Aug 30, 202125 minEp. 316

Summit Bajracharya on The MVP Show

FULL 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...

Aug 25, 202124 minEp. 315

What’s Unique about Dynamics 365 Marketing with Mo Faheem

FULL 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 p...

Aug 23, 202136 minEp. 314

Kamil Sacek on The MVP Show

FULL 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 beco...

Aug 18, 202127 minEp. 313

Building for Offline in Canvas Power Apps with Joy Kirkwood

FULL 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 ...

Aug 16, 202143 minEp. 312

Ritika Agarwal on The MVP Show

FULL 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? T...

Aug 11, 202122 minEp. 311

Where is Microsoft Customer Insights and Dynamics 365 Marketing coming together with John Wheat

FULL 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 te...

Aug 09, 202137 minEp. 310

Yash Agarwal on The MVP Show

FULL 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 favouri...

Aug 04, 202121 minEp. 309

Identifying and developing top talent in a Power Platform practice with Jim Stout

FULL 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 ski...

Aug 02, 202153 minEp. 308

Fatih Demirci on The MVP Show

FULL 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 u...

Jul 28, 202126 minEp. 307

How Fusion Development will change the world of App Creation with April Dunnam

FULL 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 rece...

Jul 26, 202142 minEp. 306

Oleksandr Olashyn on The MVP Show

FULL 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 ...

Jul 21, 202122 minEp. 305

One Company - 20,000 Apps on the Power Platform with Alan Chai

FULL 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 journey How 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? Categ...

Jul 19, 202149 minEp. 304

Christian Paul Abata Quinchuqui on The MVP Show

FULL 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...

Jul 14, 202123 minEp. 303