Lindsay Shelton on The MVP Show | Microsoft Innovation Podcast

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Episode description

Lindsay Shelton talks about her love for taking care of her cat and how she spends her time with family and friends.

Transitioning from Teaching to Tech - Lindsay shares her journey from being a middle school English teacher to transitioning into the tech industry.

Being Open to Opportunity – Lindsay emphasizes the importance of being open to opportunities, even if they are unexpected or not necessarily in your field.

Learning from Experience – Lindsay shares how teaching and using Google Apps for Education led to her interest in technology and eventually pursuing a career in the industry.

Non-traditional Backgrounds – Lindsay's story highlights how having a non-traditional background can be an asset in the tech industry, and how companies can benefit from taking chances on people with different experiences.

Lindsay shares how a chance encounter at a party led to meeting someone who helped her transition into the tech industry, highlighting the role of networking and being open to new connections.

Lindsay talks about governance in Power Automate. She discusses the considerations that are similar to governance around Power Apps and other Power tools.

Lindsay talks about connectors and shares her experience of going through Microsoft's recommended list of connectors and separating out the business connectors for their personal productivity environment.

Talks about implementing governance in Power Automate and how Lindsay set up a system where users can get access to connectors and how she turned on connectors in the makerspace specifically if they were blocked by DLP policies.

Discussions about personal productivity environment in Power Automate. Lindsay shares her experience of changing the default environment into a personal productivity environment and the challenges she faced in keeping everything in that environment.

Talks about the importance of understanding the different types of Power Automate flows.

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