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Latest podcast episodes about mvp summit

365 Checkpoint
#44 MVP Summit Rückblick - Spezialfolge mit 5 MVPs! MitNicole Wiske, Thorsten Pickhan, Daniel Wessels und René Wasel

365 Checkpoint

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 39:39


In dieser Spezialausgabe von 365 Checkpoint habe ich gleich 4 weitere MVPs eingeladen und wir nehmen wir DICH mit auf eine spannende Reise zum MVP Summit 2025 in Redmond. Themen in dieser Folge: Rückblick: Was ist uns vom MVP Summit bei Microsoft im Kopf geblieben Highlights: Was ist uns im Kopf geblieben? An was denken wir noch? Woran denken wir gerne zurück? Lohnt es sich: So ein Event ist mit viel Aufwand und Kosten verbunden, lohnt sich das? Wünschen für 2026: Falls wir wieder dabei sein dürfen, was würden wir anders machen? Natürlich ist auch Copilot, MIcrosoft 365, Teams und mehr am Start. Eine sehr spannende und lockere Unterhaltung die wirklich einen guten Eindruck über das Event vermittelt. In dieser Folge sind gleich fünf MVPs zu hören, die ihre Eindrücke und Erlebnisse vom MVP Summit 2025 in Redmond, USA, bei Microsoft teilen. Nicole Wiske, Netplans: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolewiske/ Daniel Wessels, HEC GmbH: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielwessels/ Thorsten Pickhan, glueckkanja AG: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorsten-pickhan/ René Wasel, RWZ: https://www.linkedin.com/in/renewasel/ Daniel Rohregger, Host: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drohregger/ Schaut gerne bei allen auf LinkedIn vorbei und lasst uns euer Feedback da!

Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast
Episode 399 – Azure Infrastructure as Code with Greg Suttie

Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 31:04 Transcription Available


Welcome to Episode 399 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, we bring you another interview from the MVP Summit. In this episode, we were able to meet up with long time listener Greg Suttie and talk about his path to becoming an MVP as well as some of what he's been working on in Azure. We cover everything he been doing with Infrastructure as code around Bicep, Azure Verified Modules, Azure Bicep Configuration files and more! Greg Suttie Greg is an Azure MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer. He also a passionate developer with 25 years experience, mainly with Microsoft Technologies and background is a .NET developer since the start of .NET. – He was one of the first 50 people in the world to become an MCSD developer back in the day. Recently awarded the Outstanding contribution to the Microsoft Community UK Winner and then the Outstanding contribution to the Microsoft Community Global Winner both for 2023. Your support makes this show possible! Please consider becoming a premium member for access to live shows and more. Check out our membership options. Show Notes Greg Suttie - MVP Profile Greg Suttie's blog Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) What is IaC What is Bicep? Comparing JSON and Bicep for templates Quickstart: Integrate Bicep with Azure Pipelines Azure Verified Modules Azure Verified Modules What is the Azure Well-Architected Framework? Azure Quick Review Docs Azure Quick Review Github Azure Bicep Parameters Bicep Configuration Files Export a resource from the Azure Portal Visual Studio Code GitHub Copilot About the sponsors Would you like to become the irreplaceable Microsoft 365 resource for your organization? Let us know!

Talk Microsoft 365
MVP Summit Insights, Copilot Reasoning & Security-Updates

Talk Microsoft 365

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 33:45 Transcription Available


(Disclaimer: erstellt mit Chat GPT)Hallo liebe Community! Michael und Thorsten melden sich live vom Microsoft MVP Summit in Redmond! Trotz Dauerregen gibt es viele spannende News rund um Copilot-Agents, Microsoft Viva und neue Sicherheitsfunktionen für Microsoft Teams. Außerdem diskutieren sie, warum manchmal auch kleine Verbesserungen einen großen Unterschied machen.

Talk Microsoft 365
Enterprise Connect Highlights, Copilot in Action & spannende Teams-Updates

Talk Microsoft 365

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 50:49 Transcription Available


(Disclaimer: erstellt mit Chat GPT)Hallo liebe Community! In dieser Episode dreht sich alles um die neuesten Ankündigungen der Enterprise Connect rund um Microsoft Teams, die faszinierenden Möglichkeiten von Copilot und einige spannende Insights zu kommenden Events wie der Infinity 365. Michael berichtet zudem live vom Technical Summit, wo Copilot ihm wortwörtlich die Präsentation gerettet hat.

The Intrazone by Microsoft
SharePoint agents in the wild

The Intrazone by Microsoft

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 76:25


Ground your SharePoint agent curiosities in real-world AI use and insights. We talk with customer success expert, Matt Wolodarsky, who recently worked with 80+ of our early adopter customers to best understand their use of SharePoint agents and how we can craft and shape their future. We also talk with Brent Sanders and Anna Henke-Gunvaldson from the Microsoft Legal team (CELA) who share how they put SharePoint agents to work on our internal legal portal called CELAWeb - to help others navigate the nuance and complexity of legal matters as they engage with customers and partners year-round. Get ready to go beyond what SharePoint agents are, and dive into how they can be used to save time, time and time again.   Read this episode's corresponding blog post. Plus, click here for transcript of this episode. Listen to all of the episodes on our Intrazone YouTube channel here.    04:57 Interview with Matt Wolodarsky 36:49 Interview with Brent Sanders and Anna Henke-Gunvaldson 01:08:09 Upcoming Events   Matt Wolodarsky | LinkedIn  Brent Sanders | LinkedIn  Anna Henke-Gunvaldson | LinkedIn  SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint community blog | Feedback  Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]   Related resources Microsoft Legal | SharePoint agent case study (coming soon from Microsoft) NEW SharePoint agent adoption guide (adoption.microsoft.com) SharePoint agents (adoption.microsoft.com) GA BLOG | “SharePoint agents now in general availability“ by Adam Harmetz (VP - SharePoint, Microsoft); published on day one of Microsoft Ignite 2024. CJ Tan's “One-click AI agents in SharePoint and Teams - focused on files you select” video from the Microsoft Mechanics show “Create and share SharePoint agents in a few clicks” from the Meet the Makers series - Karuana Gatimu interviews CJ Tan. Microsoft Learn - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Microsoft 365 changes   Upcoming events "SharePoint: From Concept to Creation to Impact + Live AMA" webinar with Jeff Teper | Jan. 29, 2025, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST M365 Miami 2025 | Feb.6-7.2025 MVP Summit 2025 | March 24-27.2025 (Redmond, WA & online) Microsoft 365 Community Conference | May 5-8, 2025 (Vegas) SharePoint Intranet Festival (SWOOP Analytics) | May 21, 2025 (Online) European Collaboration Summit | May 26-28, 2025 (Düsseldorf, Germany) + always review and share the CommunityDays.org website   Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

The Azure Security Podcast
Episode 107: Secure by default and Copilot Overshare Blueprints

The Azure Security Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 37:19


Happy New Year!In this episode Michael, Sarah and Mark talk to Maxime Bombardier and Emily Blundo about the Secure by default and Copilot overshare blueprints. We also cover news about Always Encrypted Assessment in SQL Server Management Studio, MVP Summit, mapping Entra to the Open Group standard for Adaptive Access, and various CISO Workshop topics!https://aka.ms/azsecpod

The Intrazone by Microsoft
SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop December 2024

The Intrazone by Microsoft

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 36:40


Happiest of holidays, and welcome to 2025! December 2024 brought some great new offerings: Microsoft Syntex pay-as-you-go: Simple document processing model, Viva Connections: Power Apps card, Viva Pulse now included in Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Search for Bing retirement, Outlook.cloud.microsoft, Add external content links to Viva Learning, Microsoft 365 data residency: New Zealand, the big, upcoming SharePoint Event + AMA (Jan.29.2025 - 9 AM PST), and more. Plus, a little year in review: The top five features of 2024, a quick list of apps we said goodbye to, and a few 2025 predictions.   Read this episode's corresponding blog post.   02:11 Employee engagement SPONSOR | Upcoming SharePoint event 09:36 Top 5 SharePoint features shipped in 2024 20:40 Related technology 26:29 January 2025 teasers 32:22 AI and agents insights from Jeff Teper   SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback  Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals. Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes   Upcoming events ON DEMAND Microsoft Ignite 2024 | Incl. SharePoint "event guide"  ESPC | Dec 2-5, 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden (incl. Jeff Teper's ESPC24 keynote on demand) UPCOMING "SharePoint: From Concept to Creation to Impact + Live AMA" webinar with Jeff Teper | Jan. 29, 2025, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST M365 Miami 2025 | Feb.6-7.2025 MVP Summit 2025 | March 24-27.2025 (Redmond, WA & online) Microsoft 365 Community Conference | May 5-8, 2025 (Vegas) SharePoint Intranet Festival (SWOOP Analytics) | May 21, 2025 (Online) European Collabroation Summit | May 26-28, 2025 (Düsseldorf, Germany) + always review and share the CommunityDays.org website   Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts. Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

The Intrazone by Microsoft
Guide to employee effectiveness with Synozur

The Intrazone by Microsoft

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 54:49


On today's episode, Michelle Caldwell (CEO – Synozur) shares how best to envision and plan for employee effectiveness within the AI era. Michelle puts focus on seeing your company as a comprehensive and integrated framework – a Company Operating System – across people, content, processes, key product use, and more. You'll discover how to take an empathetic approach to modern workplace experiences, to operate more effectively and achieve your strategic goals.   Read this episode's corresponding blog post.   Michelle Caldwell | LinkedIn | Twitter SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host] Chris McNulty |@cmcnulty2000 [co-host]   Synozur (website) + Polaris Pathways (podcast) Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.  Microsoft Tech Community Home Stay on top of Office 365 changes   ON DEMAND Events Microsoft Ignite 2024 | Incl. SharePoint "event guide"  ESPC | Dec 2-5, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden (incl. Jeff Teper's ESPC24 keynote on demand)   UPCOMING Events "SharePoint: From Concept to Creation to Impact + Live AMA" webinar with Jeff Teper | Jan. 29, 2025, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST M365 Miami 2025 | Feb.6-7.2025 MVP Summit 2025 | March 24-27.2025 | Redmond, WA, and online Microsoft 365 Community Conference | May 5-8, 2025 | Las Vegas SharePoint Intranet Festival (SWOOP Analytics) | May 21, 2025 (Online) European Collabroation Summit | May 26-28, 2025 | Düsseldorf, Germany + always review and share the CommunityDays.org website   Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts.   Follow The Intrazone at aka.ms/TheIntrazone.

Teamspodden
#64 - MVP-förenyelser och andra nyheter

Teamspodden

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 35:33


I detta avsnitt av Teams-podden pratar Linus och Mårten om att vara Microsoft MVP och vad det innebär. De förklarar att en MVP är en ambassadör för Microsoft och delar med sig av sin kunskap om Microsofts produkter. De berättar också om fördelarna med att vara MVP, som att få exklusiv information och delta i evenemang som MVP Summit. Linus och Mårten presenterar sig själva som MVP inom Teams och Co-Pilot. De diskuterar även hur man blir MVP och betonar vikten av att ha en passion för att hjälpa andra och dela kunskap. Avsnittet avslutas med att de pratar om nyheter i Teams-världen, som möjligheten att begränsa datum för svar i Co-Pilot-chatten och nya språkstöd i Co-Pilot. I detta avsnitt avsnittet diskuterar Mårten och Linus olika funktioner och uppdateringar i Microsoft Teams. De pratar om möten och town halls, och nämner bland annat möjligheten att använda reactions i town halls för att visa engagemang. De diskuterar också möjligheten att identifiera talare i mötesrum och att ha egna bakgrundsbilder på mötesrumsskärmar. De nämner även att det kommer nya enheter till mötesrummen och att det nu är möjligt att ansluta till Zoom-möten från Teams-rum på Android-enheter. Slutligen pratar de om en ny funktion i Teams Call Queues som gör det möjligt att få callback istället för att vänta i kö med pausmusik.   Takeaways Att vara en Microsoft MVP innebär att vara en ambassadör för Microsoft och dela kunskap om deras produkter. Fördelarna med att vara MVP inkluderar exklusiv information och möjligheten att delta i evenemang som MVP Summit. För att bli MVP behöver man ha en passion för att hjälpa andra och dela kunskap om Microsofts produkter. I Teams-världen finns det nyheter som möjligheten att begränsa datum för svar i Co-Pilot-chatten och nya språkstöd i Co-Pilot. Reactions kan nu användas i town halls för att visa engagemang från deltagarna. Det är möjligt att identifiera talare i mötesrum och ha egna bakgrundsbilder på mötesrumsskärmar. Det kommer nya enheter till mötesrummen och det är nu möjligt att ansluta till Zoom-möten från Teams-rum på Android-enheter. Teams Call Queues har fått en ny funktion som gör det möjligt att få callback istället för att vänta i kö med pausmusik.

RunAs Radio
PowerShell 7.4 with Sydney Smith

RunAs Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 32:31


Have you downloaded the latest version of PowerShell? While at the MVP Summit in Redmond, Washington, Richard sat down with Sydney Smith to discuss some of the features in PowerShell 7.4. Sydney talks about the successful delivery of PSResourceGet and PSReadline, two long-in-development features that have reached their so-called "1.0" state. The conversation also digs into the ongoing challenge of some sysadmins sticking with PowerShell 5.1, the last of the Windows-only versions. Today, PowerShell 7 has feature parity with 5.1 and many new features that improve the quality, security, and capabilities of PowerShell. Try the latest!LinksPowerShell 7.4PowerShell on GitHubPowerShell in Visual Studio CodeGet PowerShellRecorded March 11, 2024

Power Platform Boost Podcast
#MVPbuzz #CPPS24 (#27)

Power Platform Boost Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2024 17:53


Not a lot of news and updates this time, because this week, we have been busy at MVP Summit in Seattle, and then this weekend we traveled to Vancouver for the Canadian Power Platform Summit. That's two summits in a row! Join us from the AV studio at Microsoft's offices in Vancouver as we chat about the #MVPbuzz of the week that we have had and why we think it's valuable to go to the MVP summit. We also recap the Canadian Power Platform Summit and share our experience with the first of many # CPPSs to come. MVP Summit#BOOSTquest from last week: Power Platform BOOST Podcast on LinkedIn: Microsoft Most Valuable ProfessionalMVP Communities #MVPbuzz on socials#mvpbuzz on LinkedIn#mvpbuzz on X Canadian Power Platform SummitCanadian Power Platform Summit#CPPS24 on LinkedIn#CPPS24 on X EventsBALE - Business Applications Launch Event, April 10th, OnlineCOMMUNITY MENTORSHIP — Zero to Hero Academy, March 19th to May 30th, OnlineColorCloud, April 18-19th, HamburgMicrosoft Build - May 21-23, Seattle and online Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss a single episode of Power Platform BOOST!Thank you for buying us a coffee: buymeacoffee.comPodcast home page: https://powerplatformboost.comEmail: hello@powerplatformboost.comFollow us!Twitter: https://twitter.com/powerplatboost Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/powerplatformboost/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/powerplatboost/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090444536122 Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@powerplatboost

The MSDW Podcast
Biz Apps Classroom, Episode 6: Training New Ukrainian Business Applications Professional

The MSDW Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 35:23


The Biz Apps Classroom welcomes its first guest on this episode, Microsoft MVP and partner executive Vlad Sarov joins us to talk about the work he, podcast co-host Julie Yack, and others have been doing on a project to bring Microsoft Business Applications skills to adults in Ukraine through an ongoing series of training cohorts. The program follows Microsoft's prescribed Business Application professional skilling collection, but the team have taken the extra effort to translate the learning materials, adapt the guidance to allow for online interaction, and develop automated translation capabilities to allow trainers who don't speak Ukrainian to still help educate the students.   Vlad and Julie share the program's history, the team effort that was required to launch it and keep it running, the outcomes for graduates, and how they hope to expand the training to more cohorts in Ukraine and perhaps in other parts of the world.   Show Notes: 1:30 - Vlad's impressions of last year's MVP Summit 3:45 - Hatching a plan to create learning cohorts in Ukraine 6:45 - Translation technology that enables a multi-language program 9:30 - Why a program from Microsoft offered a good starting point for translation and adapting to a Ukrainian cohort 12:30 - Stories of some of the students 14:30 - The typical student experience each week 18:15 - Signups available for spring and summery 2024 cohorts - how to get accepted, what is expected of students, and how the trainers adapt to student needs like difficult circumstances 23:00 - Hiring people who complete these training cohorts - what Microsoft partners can do to help 26:30 - Industries that the students are coming from, and why industry knowledge helps 28:00 - How students are learning about the program and gaining the trust to join it 31:00 - What's next for this training approach - reaching more translations and languages   Links & Resources: Ukraine training signup:  https://365l.ink/UkraineSignUp Feedback and testimonials of students:  https://www.bap-ua.sarov.plus/ Contact Vlad: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/vladsarov For more information about learning course, contact Dima Kudin Telegram: @DmytroKudin Mail: dima.kudin@dynamicalabs.com  Linkedin:  https://ua.linkedin.com/in/dmytro-kudin-0abb88239 Support the podcast and get a discount on an annual plan for 365.training by visiting https://365l.ink/MSDW.  

Microsoft Business Applications Podcast
Navigating the Fascinating World of BizApps, AI, and Tech with David Yack

Microsoft Business Applications Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 22:47 Transcription Available


FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/488 Join me as I sit down with the charismatic CTO of Colorado Technology Consultants, David Yack, a Microsoft MVP with two decades of rich experience. Get ready to embark on a fascinating journey with us as we meander through David's career path, his passion for developing on Microsoft platforms, his most cherished memories from Build and the MVP Summit, and his enthusiasm about the matured BizApps and AI.The second half of our conversation catapults you into the exhilarating world of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Together with David, we address the learning curve associated with this technology, and its realistic capabilities, and offer insights on maintaining balanced expectations. We explore its potential benefits for individuals and businesses, share tips on smart investments in AI, and David generously reveals how everyone can access AI functionality through 365.training. This enlightening episode serves as a tech appetizer, whetting your appetite with David's wisdom and zest for technology.OTHER RESOURCES: Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP  90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ White Paper: https://msft.it/60159ZvRl PowerUsers: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2391 GitHub: https://github.com/davidyack Pluralsight: https://www.pluralsight.com/authors/david-yack CRM 4.0 Developer Book: http://www.thecrmbook.com/ 365 Training: https://365.training/Instructors/detail/DavidYack AgileXRM AgileXRm - The integrated BPM for Microsoft Power PlatformSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening

XrmToolCast
Custom Pages for Model-driven Apps with Matthew Devaney

XrmToolCast

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2023 57:37


In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to Matthew Devaney, fellow BizApps MVP, and chat about Power Apps custom pages, AI and various topics. Some of the highlights: MVP Summit newbie stories Matthew's first podcast experience What is a custom page for model-driven apps When you stick with a model-driven app vs creating a custom page. How to make a custom page consistent with a model-drive app. Creator Kit Controls vs Modern Controls Points vs Pixels Chicken Burgers vs Chicken Sandwich When to or when not to use AI Matthew and Scott share their canvas apps/custom page wishlist Matthew's Info and other links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-devaney-6499271b7 @mattbdevaney Blog: https://www.matthewdevaney.com Overview of custom pages for model-driven apps : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/maker/model-driven-apps/model-app-page-overview Got questions? Have your own tool you'd like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at Podchaser. Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin  | @LinnZawWin Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Kentico Rocks Podcast
<p>In this episode of Kontent Rocks, Brian McKeiver talks with the entire global Kontent.ai MVP community all in the same room. The group was able to record the episode while participating in the MVP Summit, an annual event where the Kontent.ai team

Kentico Rocks Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2022 14:16


In this episode of Kontent Rocks, Brian McKeiver talks with the entire global Kontent.ai MVP community all in the same room. The group was able to record the episode while participating in the MVP Summit, an annual event where the Kontent.ai team and MVPs meet in person for a week of intense learning and knowledge sharing. Listen to the episode to hear the behind the scenes scoop on the Summit.

Kentico Rocks Podcast
Kontent Rocks Episode 14

Kentico Rocks Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2022 14:16


In this episode of Kontent Rocks, Brian McKeiver talks with the entire global Kontent.ai MVP community all in the same room. The group was able to record the episode while participating in the MVP Summit, an annual event where the Kontent.ai team and MVPs meet in person for a week of intense learning and knowledge sharing. Listen to the episode to hear the behind the scenes scoop on the Summit.

Hotline League
LCS MVP Summit leaves-- what does it mean? Can TSM come back in summer? feat. Revenge | HLL 220

Hotline League

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2022 140:21 Very Popular


00:00:00 Intro - Revenge returns! Roster changes, Summit's departure 00:25:46 Wizard's take: Winsome wasn't LCS ready and Summit was a poor teammate after LS left 00:43:43 Alienware break! 00:45:38 Oscar's take: despite C9 looking better on paper, TSM will be in a better position as an org by the end of summer 00:58:04 PapaDon's take: TSM's effort to finish top 3 instead of rebuilding feels pathetic and bad for LCS 01:16:41 Squizzomatic's take: 100T needs to replace 2 of these 3: Huhi, Closer, Abbedagge 01:33:22 Rob is frustrated about MSI's lack of transparency around ticket sales, schedule, etc. 01:43:13 CadmusAres says Jack should take responsibility and answer questions about C9 roster changes 02:00:15 Nicole says Travis is WRONG about Summit's leaving being bad for the league 02:15:15 Outro

#gkgab
Was es braucht, um ein MVP zu sein?

#gkgab

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 50:16


Unser Teams-Experte und MVP für Office Apps & Services Thorsten Pickhan nimmt live am MVP Summit 2022 teil, der noch bis heute stattfindet. Eine Gelegenheit, Ihnen einen kleinen Einblick in den Alltag eines MVPs zu geben und über den Award sowie das Programm zu sprechen. Auf dem Event wird es viele Nachrichten und Ankündigungen zur Produktentwicklung geben. Die MVPs unterliegen jedoch einer strengen Geheimhaltungsvereinbarung (NDA), die sie zum Schweigen verpflichtet. Möglicherweise darf aber die eine oder andere Neuigkeit öffentlich bekannt gegeben werden, und Sie werden diese dann live und aus erster Hand in unserem Webcast erfahren. Freuen Sie sich auf einen lebhaften Austausch zwischen Thorsten Pickhan und seinem Teams-Kollegen Ralf Mania mit einem besonderen Augenmerk auf die Innovationen und Ankündigungen rund um das Produkt Microsoft Teams.

Avkodat - En podd för utvecklare
24 - MVP Summit special - MVP -say what?

Avkodat - En podd för utvecklare

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022 33:56


Avkodat får besök av Magnus Timner från Solidify, som tillsammans med Chris Klug, Jakob Ehn, Cecilia Wirén, Peter Örneholm och Robert Folkesson samtalar om Microsoft's MVP-program, vad programmet innebär, vad som krävs för att få utmärkelsen och hur våra företag resonerar kring det och community-arbete. Du som är trogen Avkodat-lyssnare får även möjlighet ta del av en fördelaktig rabatt-kod för anmälan Devsum-konferensen - spetsa öronen mot slutet! Länkar: Mer om vårt arbete inom MVP- och RD-programmen: https://www.activesolution.se/bloggat/microsoft-mvp/ Microsofts MVP-site: https://mvp.microsoft.com/  Devsum 2022: https://www.devsum.se 

Microsoft Business Applications Podcast
Kasun Rajapaksha Pathirana on the MVP Show

Microsoft Business Applications Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 23:13


FULL 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. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nz365guy)

BIFocal - Clarifying Business Intelligence
Episode 186 - Community News

BIFocal - Clarifying Business Intelligence

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 25:37


This is episode 186 recorded on April 5th, 2021 where John & Jason about the news from around the Power BI & Collaboration community, reflecting on MVP Summit, as well as a discussion on Premium per User now being GA. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

The Presentation Podcast
Live from the 2021 Microsoft MVP Summit!

The Presentation Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 58:18


Episode #123 - Microsoft's annual, invite only, MVP Summit was March 29-31, 2021. This episode is a conversation of 10 MVPs for PowerPoint on the final day of the Summit talking about the Summit, Microsoft, the future of presentations, and all things PowerPoint!   Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/e123   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepresentationpodcast.com   Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! http://apple.co/1ROGCUq   New Episodes 1st and 3rd Tuesday Every Month

Steve reads his Blog
Power Apps - The truth about $10

Steve reads his Blog

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2020 9:25


When Model-Driven Power Apps first appeared on the scene, it brought with it a $40 per user license called Power Apps P2. Earlier this year Microsoft launched a $10 per App "Pass". Clearly $10 is going to get some eyeballs, along with a lot of skepticism about it having a place in an organization that may be paying $100 per user plus. So let's talk about it. "Your going to like it" I believe it was at last year's MVP Summit; there was an off-site dinner for the bizapps crew. I saw Charles Lamanna, Corporate VP of the Low Code Application Platform, sitting at a table with an open seat next to him, so I snagged it. Charles is well aware of our RapidStart efforts, and has been a supporter since I first met him when he came on board the bizaaps team. At some point in our conversation, he leaned in a quietly and said they were working on something: "You are going to like it". He was vague on details at the time, but he clearly understands our RapidStart business model, so I got pretty excited. Announcing the $10 Per App Pass! I had a few "pick my brain" calls with the Microsoft team about the upcoming "per app pass" before it became public. I specifically recall asking, more than once, if they were prepared for "unintended consequences". The problem with "unintended consequences" is that they are not always easy to spot in advance, particularly if you have a filtered view. Microsoft is a technology company, and the Business Applications Group is made up of a lot of technology-minded people. A recurring theme seems to be their inability to view things through a business eye. This is how the Team Member licenses ended up being abused. To a technical thinker the Team Member seemed like a perfect solution to a particular challenge. To the business person on the ether end, it seemed like an excellent opportunity for exploitation. The Scorpion and the Frog There is a classic fable that this reminds me of: "A scorpion, which cannot swim, asks a frog to carry it across a river on the frog's back. The frog hesitates, afraid of being stung by the scorpion, but the scorpion argues that if it did that, they would both drown. The frog considers this argument sensible and agrees to transport the scorpion. Midway across the river, the scorpion stings the frog anyway, dooming them both. The dying frog asks the scorpion why it stung the frog despite knowing the consequence, to which the scorpion replied: "I couldn't help it. It's in my nature." Microsoft often finds itself a Frog, dealing with customer Scorpions. What will a Scorpion do with a $10 Pass? They will seek ways to exploit it. In our case we have taken full advantage, rebuilding all of our apps the be able to run on any license, but in particular, the $10 App Pass. I don't feel like we are exploiting, after all Charles did say I was going to like it. This kind of felt like tacit permission, even encouragement to head down this path. It's a two-way street, Charles also needed some ISVs to showcase this approach for other ISVs to consider this path as a great way to join the ecosystem. Wait a Minute! The risk of cannibalization of the first-party applications was obvious, and not lost on the team. In one of my chats with Charles, I asked about this probability, he said: "I would say we are quite confident on the Microsoft side that the value and the intellectual property and the ongoing services and support and SLAs and integrations that come with the proper Dynamics applications can and will continue to command those prices." But just to be safe, they decided to toss a blanket over a few key entities and restrict them to the first-party apps. At the time there was, and still is, a lot of discussion about API limits across the stack, and the Per App Pass was given a pretty low limit of 1,000 per day. I had not liked the "Restricted Entities" idea from the jump. In that same chat Charles alluded to more Restricted Entities coming, but in a later chat with Charles, he conceded: "restricted entities as a concept are largely antithetical to our common data service, common data model and vision. And they were just like the least bad option to go make sure that we appropriately can license Dynamics apps." I had suggested a different approach in another post: "The real value of the first party apps is in the logic layer, not the data model.". While I'm sure my comment was not the trigger, it is the direction they are now heading. Devilish Details So the "replacement" scheme for restricted entities is still being formed, but basically the vertical fences between certain entities, will pivot to a horizontal line between the first-party tables, and their proprietary logic. Where restricted entities was a quick and easy solution, this one will take a lot more work for Microsoft to execute. It seems proprietary logic is all over and pretty deeply wired. Will this be better? It's hard to say at this point. Where before we had some entities that could not be used, the other ones, that were not restricted, were being used... along with their OOB logic in many cases. So it seems like instead of pointlessly replicating entities, we will now instead have to create all of our own logic, and possibly our own forms, dashboards etc.. But, it seems completely fair to me. No one is entitled to get a Prime Steak for the price of a burger. Burgers So what will this mean for your $10 app plans? Well, Microsoft giveth and Microsoft taketh away. Eventually, you can have a "no cliffs" scenario. The cliff I am referring to is starting with vanilla CDS and building some apps, and then realizing that the first-party apps have a lot of features that would like. Today, you cannot get from here to there without a migration. Not a "cliff" exactly, but definitely a hassle. This path will be cleared "in the fullness of time", where a simple license swap will be all that is required. Today, you can install the first-party schema on your vanilla CDS, it is available here on Github. As of now, even with this schema installed, you do not have a direct upgrade path, but the migration should be easier going from an OOB entity to an OOB entity, than mapping your custom one over. When the path is "cleared" will using this approach today just start working for upgrade later? Good question. So, does the $10 Plan make any sense? Depending on your use case, it is completely viable. We have developed many very sophisticated solutions on CDS with the $10 Per App Passes, even without utilizing all that is available to that pass. Mostly starting with one of our RapidStart accelerators, we have built Project Management applications, Field Service applications, Referral Management solutions, each of which has become an accelerator on their own. What will you miss out on? For many customers, they won't miss out on anything, again depending on your needs. Like Charles said, there is a lot of value in the first-party applications for those that need it. Top Down We started with the premise that many customers just want something simple to use at the lowest possible cost. So we built our accelerators with the $10 pass in mind. You can start with a vanilla CDS, and many do. But many customers already have Dynamics 365, and a significant number of their users are making use of those high-value proprietary features. But not necessarily all of their users, particularly in larger organizations. A significant part of the work we are seeing today is taking certain use cases, building a specific app for those users, and dropping them down to $10 passes, sharing the same data as the first-party users. This tends to be an addictive motion. Is this cannibalization of high cost licenses? Yes, but I would argue that if a user can do their job with a $10 license instead of a $95 license, that makes the customer happier and less likely to consider a change in platforms. Unintended consequences are not always a bad thing.    

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Steve reads his Blog
Steve has a third chat with Charles Lamanna

Steve reads his Blog

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I try and sneak up on Charles Lamanna a third time, but he was ready for it, "fool me once". Recently promoted to CVP, Citizen Application Platform I wanted to check in with Charles, who was working from home, about some of the things that are going on.  We covered a lot of topics, including the post-virus workplace, RPA, API Limits, Multiplexing and Restricted Entities. Enjoy! BTW, don't forget, Mark Smith (@nz365guy) and I do PowerUpLive every Tuesday at 5PM EST, click here to be alerted, and here's a link to the replays! Full transcript follows: Charles Lamanna: Hello, it's Charles Lamanna. Steve Mordue: Charles, Steve Mordue. How's it going? Charles Lamanna: Hey Steve. I guess this is being recorded, huh? Steve Mordue: You bet. This is our third time. Have you got some time? Charles Lamanna: I do, always. I have a lot of time locked in my house right now. Steve Mordue: Yeah. It's going to be interesting for people who are listening to this in the future, we are recording this on March 27th 2020. The country is on lockdown and we're still heading upwards, so we don't know where this thing will go or end or what things will look like, but that's where we are now and the whole campus has been basically shut down except for essential people. You're all working from home. Charles Lamanna: Yeah, for a little over three weeks now actually. We did the MVP Summit from home, we did the partner advisory council from home. We even did a virtual offsite where for four days, we all joined a Teams meeting for eight hours each day. Steve Mordue: Oh my God. How are you finding it, compared to going in the office and being with the team. It was massive loss of productivity of your stuff or is it still okay? Charles Lamanna: I'd say there definitely is a slight loss of productivity. It's not as bad as I thought it would be, but I mean, never thought I'd miss my office so much. I really miss just ... you get used to it for a few years, you get everything in place. Steve Mordue: There's a bunch of businesses, I look up my apartment window to downtown Tampa at all these office buildings that are full of law firms and all sorts of people, with bunch of cubicle farms within them with people that could actually be doing their job from anywhere and could have for years and now of course are, and I'm wondering how many of these companies that were reluctant to do remote, that felt like I need to keep eyes on you, by the time we get through this, we'll have figured out how to do it remote. I wonder how many of those remote workers will end up coming back to an office. It could be a huge shift. Charles Lamanna: It definitely will. It's interesting. I was in a talk yesterday and we were talking about how when the original SARS outbreak happened, that actually is what launched eCommerce in APJ, and it's around then this jd.com and Ali basically like mobile ordering took off during that time because people were locked at home and then the rest is history, right? Those are the second largest eCommerce properties out there in the world second only to Amazon. So definitely, I would imagine the way people work and the technology people use will be fundamentally different on the other side of this. Steve Mordue: Well, I'll tell you what, it's almost prescient the way you guys decided to invest deeply in Teams over the past year before any of this was out there. And now looking back, that's looking like really brilliant move. Charles Lamanna: Yeah, there's a lot of impact. A lot of people are in trouble, but it's just, it's so exciting to be able to use something like Teams to do remote learning and tele-health and just video plus chat plus meetings integrated, Teams is really the only one doing that right now and it's just phenomenal for someone working remote or working virtually like us right now. Steve Mordue: You said we did recently go through MVP Summit, which converted into a virtual event at the last minute and it was not horrible for a virtual event first-time scrambled together. But I'm also wondering about events in the future if this may change a lot of events into virtual events even when they don't need to be anymore. But it feels like the technology needs to get one step better on the idea. It wasn't really built for virtual events at scale like that. But it seems like you guys are in a spot to really, you know what, we could figure that out and make a virtual event application actually built specifically for that purpose and potentially get rid of a lot of future ... because I tell you, there's no executive out there that's happy about approving travel expenses for his team to go to some in person event if he could sit at home or sit online, what for? Charles Lamanna: And what's really interesting is, I read Ben Thompson, he has a article called Stratechery and it's one of my favorite things to read and he talks about like is this the end of large conferences? Because when you move to all digital and you realize you get such bigger reach. I mean, you get 100,000 people, no problem. That's almost impossible to do in person and for a fraction of the cost and it can be way more tailored and you don't have to worry about double booking. That's another example where maybe things start to change fundamentally in the future. Steve Mordue: And I think conferences for years have been more about, or at least equally about, the social aspect, seeing people in person going out to the bar after the event, having fun going out to dinner, seeing some town, that sort of thing. And that part of course is probably what causes a lot of people want to go to a conerence and I have guys you and I both know that go to a conference and don't go to any sessions. Guys like myself and Mark Smith, we don't go to any sessions. We just go out there. We do that little things like we had you on and stuff like that just for fun and mainly are out there for the drinking. So we're going to miss it. Charles Lamanna: Yeah. Well I guess, the one thing too is just having a group of 20 ... that's the only thing I've learned for ... like Teams is amazing, like four people, you can have a really good conversation or a big broadcast, but if you want to have a group discussion it's hard. And that's something that works so well because you get all these people together that would never be in the room at the same time in person at these conferences and you can have some really interesting conversations. Steve Mordue: That would be the thing to figure out because in person in like MVP Summit, you guys get up in front of, I don't know, a hundred of us and we're all raising our hand, taking our turns, asking questions until we run you guys off the stage in fear. But now in this virtual, there's no real raise your hand. It's just the loudest person, the one that doesn't stop talking gets to continue until his questions gets out of his mouth and that would be an area that it seems like they could do some improvement. Charles Lamanna: Yeah, and I think [crosstalk 00:06:35] is raise your hand in Teams so you can press the button to raise your hand. I can't wait for that. Steve Mordue: That would be awesome. So you could mute everybody and they'd have to raise their hand and ... well, there you go. That's already heading the direction it would need to because that's what you'd need really for some kind of a virtual conference. Charles Lamanna: Yes. That way also I can just never answer you when you raise your hand. No, I'm just kidding. Steve Mordue: Yeah, exactly. "Oh, it's Steve raising his hand again. We'll just ignore him." Charles Lamanna: Yep. Steve Mordue: A lot of stuff that you guys announced at MVP Summit and of course as everybody knows that's mostly NDA for now so we can't talk about a lot of that stuff, but there's a couple of things that we could talk about. One theme I think I heard, which I wouldn't think is NDA, was this idea of make everything we have work better. And when you guys are building like you've been building at the pace you've been building. It's like somebody threw matches in a box of fireworks at stuff that's coming out. It takes a while for all of those wires to get connected and everything to be singing like you'd want it. And sometimes it's like, you know what, this is working darn good. Let's get this other thing launched and then we get a bunch of stuff that's working darn good but not perfect. So it definitely feels like there's a motion now to let's go back over top of all this awesome stuff we've launched and let's connect those last few wires. Let's get this stuff really working as good as it could work. Is that a fair statement? Charles Lamanna: That's exactly right. And the mantra we keep repeating internally is "end-to-end" because what you'll see is there'll be components that work well individually but they'll just be huge seams or gaps when you try to wire them up together and our whole vision has been that you want to wire these things together. That's why we talk about one Dynamics 365, one power platform. So we have this big focus on making sure scenarios that span applications or expand parts of the platform actually work well end to end and it's going in and wiring those things up and spackling over the creases and putting a new coat of paint on it. It's not fundamental and it's not necessarily something that will pop in a demo or in a keynote, but it'll just make a huge difference for our customers. And we see it already, we track our net promoter score very closely, like what are the makers, end users rate the product as they leverage it, and we just see it as we systematically improve these end-to-end experiences. That net promoter score just keeps going up and up and up and up. Steve Mordue: I know we're a one Microsoft now, which is a nice term, but in reality, these are lots of groups that are focused on their things. You've got the Office group focusing on their things, Biz Apps focusing on theirs, Azure focusing on theirs and you've got within your own group of bag things like VRP and power platform that they're wiring there you're working on and at least that's in your realm. You can make that happen, but then you get Azure AD group go do something out there that messes up something for us, or you talk about a gap, like a gap maybe between something we're doing over here and something's has happened over in the Office side and those are kinds of things that you don't have direct control. You got to try and influence and almost make a case internally to those teams that, hey, this is good or get Sacha to make a case, get somebody to make the case. Charles Lamanna: Yeah, and I think like that is a challenge. As any organization gets bigger you have, like I'd say it's not perfectly well mixed. Kind of like the ocean, right? The ocean is big enough. It's not perfectly well mixed, but I think the fact that it's actually a cultural tenant of Microsoft now to operate in the one Microsoft interest, useful listening and being willing to have the dialogue on is this truly better at the macro level? Is this a global maxima for Microsoft to go do this capability? Even if the things you directly own, it's maybe not a maxima for you and this opens the door to have that dialogue of hey, we need this feature for say the Outlook at [inaudible 00:10:38] so that our Outlook mail app can be better and we can get people off the comm at it. That's an example of a really tight partnership between Outlook and us. Charles Lamanna: And systematically, the Outlook team is completely willing and has shipped feature after feature to go make that Dynamics and Power Apps mail app richer and richer. And just the most recent example is to finally bring delegation to the mail app and that's come over the last three and a half months. So that definitely is a challenge, but it's eminently surmountable and solvable. Steve Mordue: I would imagine there's to some degree of quid pro quo, right? I mean, hey, you guys helped me out with this. I know there's nothing in it for you, but it'll help me. And then when I have an opportunity later to help you guys out. So we're all kind of open arm instead of crossed arms when [inaudible 00:11:27] approaching these other things. So how big is your list of things you owe other people? Charles Lamanna: For Power Apps, I owe a lot. But what's great is a lot of these things aren't like a zero sum in that in order for it to be good for one product or one team at Microsoft has to be bad for the other. The reality is Power Apps inside of Teams, I'll use that as an example. As Power Apps, we're very excited about that because are asking for an integrated experience inside Teams. I want it by my left rail for the app bar or I want it as a tab inside my channel. Those are real customer demands and on the other side, Teams wants to go support as many line of business applications as possible inside Teams. And we all know what's the fastest way to go create a bunch of line of business apps? It's not to go write code is to go use a low-code solution like Power Apps. So you actually can go help accelerate the platform and the line of business awareness and teams and you can go up Power Apps, reach new customers at a broader base just by doing that one feature. Charles Lamanna: So it is a very much win-win situation and adopting that mentality through one Microsoft that really the Microsoft cloud is what customers want and customers want to go trust and transact with Microsoft and not individual product teams. It is just a cultural shift that has really grown under Satya with great success. So I would say, I don't know if a product like Power Apps could have been successful 15 years ago, but it definitely, we have the environment where you can't have something like Power Apps embedded in SharePoint, embedded in Teams, the platform for Dynamics and a standalone business and having that not be dissonance or in conflict. Steve Mordue: It's interesting, I think that the companies that have embraced Teams, and it was frankly a slow go to get people to bite on because it looked a lot different than what they were used to and how they did business. But now the ones that have really gone into it are like, they're maniacal about Teams and Teams is like their new desktop. They're operating in Teams all day long now and like I can't imagine how we ever did anything before Teams. So we're still at that inflection point with Teams where I think there's a huge number of customers yet to discover what a lot of customers have about how transformative that can be. So you had to have Power Apps along for that ride. I think that ride is just getting started. Steve Mordue: It's interesting these times right now, there's an awkwardness about marketing or promoting things that make sense because of a virus. For example, I tactfully tried to write a couple of posts here recently and stood back. I was thinking, does that look opportunistic? But the one was this idea that I'd mentioned earlier, lots of people sending people home to work from home. Well, these companies that have had on-premise systems and still have them been reluctant to move to the cloud, that moved to remote workforce is going to be much more complicated than it would have been for those that had already gone full cloud, people just logging in. They got all the security they need to get. Some of these VPN solutions just were never designed or reinvested enough into to support the entire workforce. What are your thoughts about that? Do you have an opinion on that? Charles Lamanna: Yeah. I think the way we view it is number one, things have changed right now. That's just the reality. People are in different working environments, people are under a different economic pressure. There's very real frontline response necessary to go and combat COVID-19 out in the field. So things have changed. That's number one. And the second thing that we've adopted is because things have changed, we need to be flexible. And if you look across what we've done at Microsoft, even just specifically in the area that I work on, we took the April release or the 2020 wave 1 release. Originally it was going to be mandatory upgrade in April. Talking to a lot of customers, they said, "We can't get the workforce to test it. Please don't do this change, we can't take it." Charles Lamanna: So we extended the opt in window for the wave 1 release to May for an extra month and we'll keep evaluating stuff like that constantly. But we did that and that's a big change for us because we really have trumpeted that clockwork. It's always in April, it's going to come up. But we just felt like that was the right thing to do. Or we've also done a bunch of programs where for six months you can get Power Apps or Dynamics CE free if you're in healthcare, hospitals, life science or government organization because we want to go help. So there's literally dozens and dozens and dozens of state local government, hospitals that we're working with right now inside my team. And we wanted to make sure we could help them in a way where it was clear we were not trying to profiteer off of the crisis. Steve Mordue: It is that fine line though, because obviously there'll be a lot to these folks that'll take you up on those opportunities. And then when all this stuff passes, at some point you guys are going to reach out and say, "Hey, that thing we were giving you for free for so long, we like it back or have you start paying," and it is a fine line about, the super cynics could look at it very cynically I guess. The other thing that is interesting to me, I was talking about how in this time of business, revenue is going to be a challenge for businesses right now. Revenue is going to drop for most businesses that are out there. There'll be certain businesses certainly that will ... in every crisis there's always some businesses that do better than others but most are going to have a little downturn. And their revenue growth is going to be largely out of their control at the moment. And the government could shut down the people that are buying your product or who knows and it's not something you could control like you could before. Steve Mordue: So what you can control though is your costs. That's really all you can control right now. It's the cost side and both those drop to the bottom line the same way, right? Charles Lamanna: Yeah. Steve Mordue: And obviously you laying off people as people are doing that, but it seems like the time for people to really look into their organization for where money is leaking out. Because I look at historically to solve a problem like that, maybe with a business application, we're looking at Dynamics 365 or Salesforce or some big applications, costs a lot of money, a lot of time to get implemented to plug up a leaky ship that's losing some money. Where now with Power Apps, we really had the ability to go, let's identify those leaks. Let's spin up a Power App in a week or two weeks and solve this problem. Steve Mordue: We're doing one right now for a Fortune 500 company that discovered [inaudible 00:18:20] $50,000 a month. And in a big company, you can not notice that. I would notice it, but they didn't notice it until someone suddenly noticed it. We're literally going to plug that hole with a Power App at a total development cost of about 15 grand. And it's just amazing, amazing when you think about how many of those sorts of things and now's a good time for people to really focus on where's money leaking out of your business and there's some lower costs, low-code, quick tools now that could potentially plug those leaks that we didn't even have before. Charles Lamanna: Yeah. And if we look at as a company, we actually view Power Apps and Power Automate together as two products that will be envisioned doing quite well even during an economic downturn for that reason. Because you don't have to hire a very expensive developer to maybe go solve the solution or even if you go work with a services company to implement it, they can implement it much more quickly than they would if they had to go write code. And we're working with I said like a Fortune 100, like very large company just I was talking to this week and they said, well before we were talking about Power Apps all about like transformation. How do we go drive revenue forward and now for the next six months we're going to pivot and we're going to be focused on driving efficiencies in our business process and retiring other IT solutions which overlap and can be replaced with Power Apps. Charles Lamanna: So they're now going to go hunt for like this licensing thing, they pay one million bucks a year. This one, they paid two million bucks a year. Can they just spend a little bit of effort, move that to Power Apps and be able to shut down those licenses once and for all. So that's the benefit of the flexibility of the platform and just the ROI is so clean that we think that there's going to be a lot of opportunity between Power Apps and Power Automate with the new RPA capabilities. Steve Mordue: And talking about RPA in a second, but you did make a point there that it's funny how their original thought was to use it to grow revenue. And because of the situation we're in now, they're looking at another use case, which frankly was just as valid before any virus or anything else was out there. It's interesting that it took something like that to have them say, well what's the other hugely obviously we could solve. Charles Lamanna: Exactly. Steve Mordue: So RPA is an interesting one. There was a lot of talk, a lot of excitement about RPA. And I know that you're probably still somewhat limited on what you can talk about, but whatever you can say, what are you thinking about that? Charles Lamanna: The RPA, we're going to be GA in that with the April wave. So wave 1, just in a week or so. We announced the licensing details for RPA four weeks ago or so I think on March 2nd and what's exciting between the capabilities of it being a true low-code offering like typical power platform offering plus the reasonable licensing options that we have, which are generally like I'd say, the most affordable you're going to find out there for an RPA solution, we think we can actually start to democratize enterprise grade automation. Make it possible to really have business users, IT, pro developers, partners, service companies all use the same platform to go automate and drive efficiencies. So that's the exciting bit, because Power Automate and Flow have been around, Microsoft Flow before that had been around for a while but have really been, I'd say capped to a degree around personal and team and light departmental automation. Charles Lamanna: But now with the RPA functionality, we're starting to see enterprise wide invoice processing, quarterly earnings preparation, accounts, basically resolving receivable accounts, things like that. Very heavy workloads built on top of Power Automate, the same low-code tool has been there for a few years. So we're very excited about it for that reason. And in a world where you want to go trim costs, there's real opportunity to go drive efficiency using Power Automate over time. Steve Mordue: Yep. Definitely. It wouldn't be a talk with me if I didn't bust your balls about some stuff. Charles Lamanna: Let me hear it. What is it about? Steve Mordue: In one of our last calls we talked about the hot topic at the time was about these API limits and you said, this isn't something we want customers to think about. We actually thought of it more as like an asterisk on your cable bill. It shouldn't be a factor. Yet it continues to persist in people's minds. The conversation has not gone away. We've got people claiming that they're running into limits and doing stuff like that. And what are your thoughts around that now that it's actually out there and we're seeing how it's landed in people's organizations. Charles Lamanna: I do still hear a little bit of noise from customers or partners that are running into it. But it is dramatically less because it doesn't impact 99% of customers, it wouldn't impact that 99% of customers. So since it's kind of rolled out, we've heard a lot less noise but there's still does exist some noise. And the thing that we could- Steve Mordue: Would you call it air? Would you just call it a false noise? Because you guys have the analytics in the background, you know what's exactly happening. You know if once you launch this that suddenly half of our customer base is hitting this wall and you know that that's not happening. So is it still the feeling that the ones that are squawking either of that small percentage or just fear mongers? Charles Lamanna: I think there are ... I'd say I'd break down three very valid concerns that we hear. The first is, we don't have enough reporting to make it clear and easy to understand where you stand for the API limits. We have early stage reporting and power platform admin center, but we don't have enough. So there's a lot of improvements coming for that by wave two of this year. So by the end of the next wave, release wave for Dynamics, you'll be able to go in and understand exactly how your API limits are being used and if there's any risk. And that's just going to be exposing telemetry that we ourselves look at today and we think that will help with a lot of the concern that people are facing. So that's one. Charles Lamanna: The second is we have people that are using a lot of the Dynamics products. They're using customer insights, they're using Power Apps, they're using customer engagement, you're using marketing. And their concern is all these application workflows. Like imagine customer insights taking data from CE or marketing doing segmentation on CE are actually generating a lot of API calls. So as they actually keep adding more and more apps, which we like of course, and we think that's the whole special value prop of Dynamics, they are generating a huge amount of API calls. And so this is something we're going back and looking at to see how do we count the application API calls from Microsoft delivered apps and also what API inclusions should come with those other licenses. So that is something we're looking at and we don't have enforcement today so people aren't really feeling the pinch, but people are looking at it and saying, "Hey, I can see that I'm making a lot of API calls because of these other apps." That's the second one. Charles Lamanna: And third thing is we have customers who have a web app or some other service which calls into CPS in the background and that generates a lot of load and that is causing friction. Those are probably the people that we intended to have impact from these changes. And because those are people where maybe they have 10 user licenses but they generate like a billion API calls a day. So that's probably not correct. But we are seeing noise in a few places there. And that last one I think is probably, we're not going to do anything to simplify, whereas the first two are things we're going to go try to simplify and improve over time. Steve Mordue: Couple of other things before I let you go. One is, multiplexing is a concept that's been around for a very, very long time. Back when we had CALS, back when it was a physical app installed on machines and stuff like that. Now we're in this different world with all these cloud apps and services bumping into each other. But multiplexing is still this big gray box for lots of folks. And even in the Microsoft documentation, it's kind of contradictory in some places. What's the story with, we've got Salesforce Connectors, we got SAP Connectors, we've got all these other kinds of connectors that almost seem to be in direct conflict with some of this multiplexing. How do you guys get to figure that out? What does multiplexing going to look like in the future? Charles Lamanna: I would say the spirit of the law when it comes to multiplexing is, if you're doing something to reduce the number of user licenses you'd have to get for users, then you're probably doing multiplexing. And the problem is to convert that to a letter of the law is we create confusion historically to a degree as well as accidentally prevent things that we don't want to prevent based on how the language is written. And I'll give an example. So if I use a connector to say Salesforce or SAP, I still have to be licensed through Power Apps to Salesforce or SAP because you're running with your identity to Salesforce and SAP. So we feel like that's totally aligned with the spirit and those partners feel good with it. Charles Lamanna: One of the places where there was some weirdness was like say I have a Power App connecting to my Dynamics CE data, but I'm not using any of the Dynamics CE logic. Is that multiplexing? Technically four months ago that was multiplexing as the way the licensee guide was written. But that was not the intent and that was not the spirit of the law. So we've gone and changed that actually to say if you're licensed for Power Apps, you're writing a Power App to connect to Dynamics data, but not using the Dynamics app logic or app experience, then that's totally fine and not multiplexing. And that was changed I think in late January, early February because some people pointed out, like this doesn't make sense. And then we said, "You know you're right. That's not where we want to have the impact of that being." So we went and changed it. Charles Lamanna: But at its core, if you're using or doing something to circumvent a user license and you'll know you're doing it because it will feel unnatural because the system's not built to behave that way, that's multiplexing and not allowed. Everything else, the intent is to have it be allowed. Steve Mordue: So if your goal is to game the system, you're multiplexing. Charles Lamanna: Yeah, and you'll know it. If you're like, okay, I'm going to create one system account and people will use a web portal I build in Azure and the system account will then have to fake authorization talking to CDN, you're like in bad territory when you're doing that. Steve Mordue: Yeah. A lot of that comes from customers. Customers are like, "Can't we take a Power App and then have a custom entity that by workflow goes and recreates a record in a restricted entity." I'm like, "No, what are you talking about?" Anything you're doing to try and go around the fence, it's probably going to fall into that funny territory. But- Charles Lamanna: Yeah. And a challenge we always have is, how do we convert these ideas into a digestible licensing guide? And I think it's almost like running a law, like legislating, but there are no judges to actually go interpret the law. Steve Mordue: And we also know that when it's written down in a licensing guide, it almost might as well not be said. If we can't get it technically enforced at various levels, we can point back to the licensing guide. We as partners should be telling customers, "Yep, not allowed to do that." But without technical enforcement, these licensing guides are just something you could beat them over the head with when they misbehave. And speaking of restricted entities, when we last talked, you had mentioned, yep, there may be some more coming. That was a very long time ago and we haven't seen them. Is the thinking still along the lines of that is how we're going to protect some of the first party IP or we maybe have some different thoughts of different ways to protect it in this new world of a common data service, open source, data model, et cetera. Charles Lamanna: We actually do ... we are working on something, I can't quite tip my hand yet, that will better allow you to share data and share schema from the common data model, the common data service in the apps without running into the concept of the restricted entities. So there is something in the works that we're working towards and I would say at a high level, restricted entities as a concept are largely antithetical to our common data service, common data model and vision. And they were just like the least bad option to go make sure that we appropriately can license Dynamics apps. So we are working feverously on many proposals to get out of that restricted entity business, but still have a model which more appropriately captures and protects the value of the Dynamics apps without introducing restricted entities. So there, I'd say stay tuned. There definitely the best minds are working on it and I've seen a very digestible and good proposal that is running up the chain right now and that'll get us in a much better place later this year. Steve Mordue: I had that assumption since you talked about adding some and so much time had gone by and my thinking was, because I never liked the idea of the restricted entities for reasons you just said. It felt like a quick down and dirty temporary solution and I had the assumption that since we hadn't heard any more that you guys were actually coming up with a better idea. So very glad to hear that. I'm sure everybody would be glad to hear that. So I know you got to get back to work. You're a busy guy. Anything else you want to convey to folks out there right now? Charles Lamanna: The biggest go do I'd have for folks right now at this point in time, it would be go play with Power Automate, learn the new RPA functionality. It's a huge addition to dynamic CE. It's a great thing for support and customer service workloads. It's a great thing for finance workloads. Like we have one customer that went from 22 finance ops people down to three just using Power Automate and RPA. Plus if you use Power Apps, it's a great way to go extend it. So I say go give Power Automate and RPA a try. That is the number one thing I think to pay attention to and that's the number one thing we're going to be talking about at the virtual launch event. That would be my call to action. That'd be the one thing I'd say. And the second thing would be, I even wore short thinking Steve would maybe video call me today, but it's too bad you can't see it. Steve Mordue: That's very nice. Charles Lamanna: But maybe I take a picture and send it to you about a merry pigmas. So that's the current state here is I work from home, but I say- Steve Mordue: We're all letting the hair grow and- Charles Lamanna: Yeah, I had a call with our PR and AR folks, our analyst relations folks because I had an interview on Wednesday and they said, "You're going to shave, right? You're going to shave before you get on the camera with him." So yeah. But anyway, exciting times. As always, pleasure. Steve Mordue: Listen, you never have to shave to talk to me. Charles Lamanna: Awesome. Thank you. I appreciate that. Steve Mordue: All right Charles, thanks for the time. Charles Lamanna: Yeah, always good to chat with you, Steve. Have a good weekend. Stay safe.

Teamspodden
#19 - Treårskalas

Teamspodden

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2020 40:28


Teams fyller tre år och vi går igenom de nyheter kring Teams som Microsoft släppte i samband med treårsfirandet. Linus och Mårten går pratar även lite om den stundande #Teamsfest och Mårten bjuder på lite information från MVP Summit och Teams nya Teams-chef.

Ask SQL Family - SQL Player's show
ASF 030: Benni De Jagere interview

Ask SQL Family - SQL Player's show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 41:52


Benni De Jagere is a Senior Data Insights Consultant with a strong focus on the Microsoft (BI) Stack.On a daily basis, he turns (large amounts) of coffee into insights for customers, and references witty British comedy way too often. Overly enthusiastic about anything data related, he’s trying hard to keep up with all things new and shiny.Rumour has it that he's also involved with a ragtag band of data enthusiasts, enjoying themselves whilst organising cool community things. They go by the name of ... dataMinds!This talk has taken place during SQL Saturday 2020 in Mechelen, Belgium on 7 March 2020 (Saturday).Bear in mind that we were in a moment when the corona-virus just started spreading across Europe and 5 days earlier Microsoft made the decision that this year’s MVP Summit will be an online-only / virtual event.Interviewer: Kamil Nowinski.

Ask SQL Family - SQL Player's show
ASF 030: Benni De Jagere interview

Ask SQL Family - SQL Player's show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 41:52


Benni De Jagere is a Senior Data Insights Consultant with a strong focus on the Microsoft (BI) Stack.On a daily basis, he turns (large amounts) of coffee into insights for customers, and references witty British comedy way too often. Overly enthusiastic about anything data related, he’s trying hard to keep up with all things new and shiny.Rumour has it that he's also involved with a ragtag band of data enthusiasts, enjoying themselves whilst organising cool community things. They go by the name of ... dataMinds!This talk has taken place during SQL Saturday 2020 in Mechelen, Belgium on 7 March 2020 (Saturday).Bear in mind that we were in a moment when the corona-virus just started spreading across Europe and 5 days earlier Microsoft made the decision that this year’s MVP Summit will be an online-only / virtual event.Interviewer: Kamil Nowinski.

The Tech Impostors Podcast
Episode 02: The Dukes of Hazard

The Tech Impostors Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2020 32:48


The Tech Impostors come to you from Hazard, KY after visiting a local college to see the technology at their new Advanced Manufacturing facility. They discuss the virtualization of MVP Summit & share thoughts on using Teams for remote work, debate the newly announced Org-Wide Team auto creation for new tenants, talk about soon to be retiring Azure VM types, & learn about sliced mayo...much to the disgust of Jeremy.  Tweet comments/questions to the Impostors @millh0use or @thevarnish!

Loop Matinal
1093 - Quarta-feira, 4/3/2020

Loop Matinal

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2020 10:01


Mario Kart Tour para iOS terá multiplayer, Missile Command será lançado para iOS e Android, Uber Eats lança programa Pro no Brasil, Hyperloop tenta emplacar projeto no Brasil, Google cancela Google I/O e Microsoft cancela MVP Summit, Foxconn voltará ao normal no fim de março, Twitter quer que funcionários trabalhem de casa, Twitter cancela participação na SXSW, Facebook cancela participação na SXSW, WhatsApp libera modo escuro, WhatsApp ficará mais seguro no Android, Google atualiza o Pixel e traz novos recursos, Google Pixel ganha recurso de 3D Touch, bug faz Xiaomi interromper distribuição do Android 10 no Mi A3, Galaxy S20 teve vendas abaixo do esperado, Apple faz acordo em processo por desacaleração de iPhones, Ming Chi-Kuo fala sobre futuros lançamentos da Apple. Sobre o Podcast O Loop Matinal é um podcast do Loop Infinito que traz as notícias mais importantes do mundo da tecnologia para quem não tem tempo de ler sites e blogs de tecnologia. Marcus Mendes apresenta um resumo rápido e conciso das notícias mais importantes, sempre com bom-humor e um toque de acidez. Confira as notícias das últimas 24h, e até amanhã! -------------------------------- Apoie o Loop Matinal! O Loop Matinal está no apoia.se/loopmatinal e no picpay.me/loopmatinal! Se você quiser ajudar a manter o podcast no ar, é só escolher a categoria que você preferir e definir seu apoio mensal. Obrigado em especial aos ouvintes Aline Azevedo, Alisson Rocha, Anderson Barbosa, Anderson Cazarotti, André Carvalho, André Fernandes, Angelo Almiento, Arthur Givigir, Artur Duran, Bruna Almeida, Caio Santos, Christophe Trevisani, Claudio Souza, Cleber Ferrari, Dan Fujita, Daniel Firmino, Daniel Martins, Daniel Ivasse, Daniel Cardoso, Edgard Contente, Edson Pieczarka Jr, Endriw Chaves, Evandro Faria, Fabio Garcia, Fabio Brasileiro, Felipe, Francisco Neto, Frederico Souza, Guilherme Santos, Henrique Orçati, Horacio Monteiro, Igor Antonio, Igor Silva, Ilidio Junhior, Jeadilson Bezerra, João Mendes, Jone Souza, Jorge Fleming, José Limaverde, Juliana Akemi, Louise Potrich, Lucas Santos, Luiz Mota, Magnun Paula, Marcos Amorim, Mario Junior, Mauricio Junior, Nilton Vivacqua, Paulo Sousa, Rafael Santos, Renato Bartolamei, Ricardo Mello, Ricardo Soares, Rickybell, Roberto Chiaratti, Rodrigo La Rosa , Rodrigo Rezende, Rodrigo Oliveira, Téo Bombardelli, Tiago Soares, Vinicius Canto, Vitor Pimentel pelo apoio! -------------------------------- Mario Kart Tour para iOS terá multiplayer: https://twitter.com/mariokarttourEN/status/1234629562308464647 Missile Command será lançado para iOS e Android: https://www.polygon.com/2020/3/3/21162288/atari-missile-command-recharged-android-ios Uber Eats lança programa Pro no Brasil: https://tecnoblog.net/327548/uber-eats-pro-chega-ao-brasil-com-recompensas-para-entregadores/ Hyperloop tenta emplacar projeto no Brasil: https://tecnoblog.net/327454/hyperlooptt-tenta-convencer-brasil-instalar-trem-ultrarrapido/ Google cancela Google I/O e Microsoft cancela MVP Summit: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/3/21163553/google-io-2020-cancelled-coronavirus-tech-developer-conference Foxconn voltará ao normal no fim de março: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-03/iphone-maker-expects-china-plants-back-to-normal-in-coming-weeks Twitter quer que funcionários trabalhem de casa: https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-03-02/twitter-tells-employees-to-work-from-home-amid-coronavirus-fears Twitter cancela participação na SXSW: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/2/21161169/twitter-sxsw-coronavirus-employee-travel-jack-dorsey Facebook cancela participação na SXSW: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/2/21162250/facebook-pulls-out-sxsw-conference-coronavirus-concerns WhatsApp libera modo escuro: https://tecnoblog.net/327559/whatsapp-libera-modo-escuro-para-todos-android-iphone/ WhatsApp ficará mais seguro no Android: https://tecnoblog.net/327471/whatsapp-prepara-backup-protegido-senha-google-drive/ Google atualiza o Pixel e traz novos recursos: https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/02/pixel-phones-updated-with-new-gesture-controls-emoji-ar-effects-more/ Google Pixel ganha recurso de 3D Touch. https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/3/21162272/google-pixel-feature-drop-firm-press-3d-touch-card-boarding-pass Bug faz Xiaomi interromper distribuição do Android 10 no Mi A3: https://tecnoblog.net/327295/xiaomi-suspende-android-10-para-mi-a3-apos-relatos-bugs/ Galaxy S20 teve vendas abaixo do esperado: https://tecnoblog.net/327278/galaxy-s20-vende-menos-que-o-esperado-em-lancamento-na-coreia/ Apple faz acordo em processo por desacaleração de iPhones: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/2/21161271/apple-settlement-500-million-throttling-batterygate-class-action-lawsuit Ming Chi-Kuo fala sobre futuros lançamentos da Apple: https://9to5mac.com/2020/03/03/kuo-imac-pro-14-inch-macbook-pro/ -------------------------------- Site do Loop Matinal: http://www.loopmatinal.com Anuncie no Loop Matinal: comercial@loopinfinito.net Marcus Mendes: https://www.twitter.com/mvcmendes Loop Infinito: https://www.youtube.com/oloopinfinito

The PowerShell News Podcast
Episode 025 - Interview with Jason Helmick of Microsoft

The PowerShell News Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2020 43:30


In this episode, we interview Jason Helmick discussing PowerShell 7, the MVP Summit, the PowerShell and DevOps Global Summit, and much more.   Here are the links to a few of the topics we discuss: PS Script Analyzer PowerShell Documentation How to Install PowerShell 7 Download Visual Studio Code PowerShell in Visual Studio Code The PowerShell Best Practices and Style Guide  

Ask SQL Family - SQL Player's show
ASF 024: Leila Etaati interview

Ask SQL Family - SQL Player's show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2019 38:50


Leila Etatti is an AI MVP, mentor, trainer, speaker and consultant. She spoke in some important conference such as Microsoft USA Ignite, Microsoft Data Insight Summit, SQL PASS, SQL PASS BA, Difinity. She has over 10 years’ experience working with SQL server. She was involved in many large-scale projects for big sized companies as SQL Server and BI consultant. She worked in Industries including banking financial, power and utility, manufacturing. Leila is Ph.D. of Information System department, University of Auckland, New Zealand. She is a lecturer of BI and Machine Learning courses. Leila is an active Technical Microsoft AI blogger for RADACAD.This talk has taken place during MVP Summit 2019 in Redmond, WA (USA) on 22 March 2019 (Friday).Interviewers: Kamil Nowinski, Marek Matuszewski.

Ask SQL Family - SQL Player's show
ASF 024: Leila Etaati interview

Ask SQL Family - SQL Player's show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2019 38:50


Leila Etatti is an AI MVP, mentor, trainer, speaker and consultant. She spoke in some important conference such as Microsoft USA Ignite, Microsoft Data Insight Summit, SQL PASS, SQL PASS BA, Difinity. She has over 10 years’ experience working with SQL server. She was involved in many large-scale projects for big sized companies as SQL Server and BI consultant. She worked in Industries including banking financial, power and utility, manufacturing. Leila is Ph.D. of Information System department, University of Auckland, New Zealand. She is a lecturer of BI and Machine Learning courses. Leila is an active Technical Microsoft AI blogger for RADACAD.This talk has taken place during MVP Summit 2019 in Redmond, WA (USA) on 22 March 2019 (Friday).Interviewers: Kamil Nowinski, Marek Matuszewski.

Kentico Rocks Podcast
Kentico Rocks Episode 22

Kentico Rocks Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2019 17:02


A Special episode of Kentico Rocks. Almost all of the Kentico MVPs gathered in one place at Kentico's headquarters. During the episode you can hear about what the MVP Summit is and what it takes to be an MVP for Kentico. We also get into Kentico EMS 12.0 Service Pack 1 details, new Custom Elements and the new Editorial Calendar in Kentico Cloud, and great resources in Github for Kentico developers out there.A Special episode of Kentico Rocks. Almost all of the Kentico MVPs gathered in one place at Kentico's headquarters. During the episode you can hear about what the MVP Summit is and what it takes to be an MVP for Kentico. We also get into Kentico EMS 12.0 Service Pack 1 details, new Custom Elements and the new Editorial Calendar in Kentico Cloud, and great resources in Github for Kentico developers out there.

Kentico Rocks Podcast
Kentico Rocks Episode 22

Kentico Rocks Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2019 17:02


A Special episode of Kentico Rocks. Almost all of the Kentico MVPs gathered in one place at Kentico's headquarters. During the episode you can hear about what the MVP Summit is and what it takes to be an MVP for Kentico. We also get into Kentico EMS 12.0 Service Pack 1 details, new Custom Elements and the new Editorial Calendar in Kentico Cloud, and great resources in Github for Kentico developers out there.

Kompilator
009 – Vägen till MVP med Cecilia Wirén

Kompilator

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019 27:03


Den här veckan pratar Bartek med Cecilia Wirén som är utvecklare, talare och community person inom .NET. Hon driver även Swenug som är en .NET grupp i Stockholm och utöver detta även Swetugg.Cecilia som även är en MVP för Microsoft berättar om hennes erfarenhet inom detta område. Hur ser Cecilias arbete som .NET utvecklare ut? Vad krävs för att bli nominerad som en MVP?Veckans gästCecilia Wirén har kodat .Net sedan 2004, undervisade sedan i flera år och lärde sig varje hörn av .Net Framework - mer eller mindre utan till. Tagit hand om Sweden .Net UserGroup i Stockholm sedan 2011 som idag har 1600+ medlemmar på meetup.com. Pratar ofta och gärna på konferenser och har till och med varit med och startat och driver en av de tre bästa .net konferenserna i Stockholm; Swetugg. Har fått utmärkelsen Microsoft MVP inom Developer Technologies. Tillbringar dagarna med att hjälpa kunder tillsammans med sina kollegor på Active Solution. Bloggar på https://ceciliasharp.com och twittrar under https://twitter.com/ceciliasharpLänkarMicrosoft MVPJames Ashley blev av med sin MVP-titelCiterbara citat“Det är ungefär 3200 i världen som får den här utmärkelsen, som fick det förra året kanske jag ska säga och i Sverige är vi 56 stycken MVP.”“Det finns ju flera olika grupperingar utanför Microsoft, MVP är ju en gruppering kan man säga. En sak att nämna är att man absolut inte får vara anställd av Microsoft för att vara MVP. Om man blir anställd på Microsoft och man är en MVP så blir man av med sin MVP.”“Varje år så anordnas det då en konferens som heter MVP Summit. Alla MVP och RD blir inbjudna. Den hålls på campus i Redmond.”“Precis nu i dagarna har det faktiskt kommit ut en liten bloggpost och en motbloggpost, och lite saker runt en som faktiskt lyckades att bli utslängd på grund av Code of Conduct under MVP summiten”

Kompilator
009 – Vägen till MVP med Cecilia Wirén

Kompilator

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2019 27:03


Den här veckan pratar Bartek med Cecilia Wirén som är utvecklare, talare och community person inom .NET. Hon driver även Swenug som är en .NET grupp i Stockholm och utöver detta även Swetugg. Cecilia som även är en MVP för Microsoft berättar om hennes erfarenhet inom detta område. Hur ser Cecilias arbete som .NET utvecklare ut? Vad krävs för att bli nominerad som en MVP? Veckans gäst Cecilia Wirén har kodat .Net sedan 2004, undervisade sedan i flera år och lärde sig varje hörn av .Net Framework - mer eller mindre utan till. Tagit hand om Sweden .Net UserGroup i Stockholm sedan 2011 som idag har 1600+ medlemmar på meetup.com. Pratar ofta och gärna på konferenser och har till och med varit med och startat och driver en av de tre bästa .net konferenserna i Stockholm; Swetugg. Har fått utmärkelsen Microsoft MVP inom Developer Technologies. Tillbringar dagarna med att hjälpa kunder tillsammans med sina kollegor på Active Solution. Bloggar på https://ceciliasharp.com och twittrar under @CeciliaSharp Länkar Microsoft MVP James Ashley blev av med sin MVP-titel Citerbara citat “Det är ungefär 3200 i världen som får den här utmärkelsen, som fick det förra året kanske jag ska säga och i Sverige är vi 56 stycken MVP.” “Det finns ju flera olika grupperingar utanför Microsoft, MVP är ju en gruppering kan man säga. En sak att nämna är att man absolut inte får vara anställd av Microsoft för att vara MVP. Om man blir anställd på Microsoft och man är en MVP så blir man av med sin MVP.” “Varje år så anordnas det då en konferens som heter MVP Summit. Alla MVP och RD blir inbjudna. Den hålls på campus i Redmond.” “Precis nu i dagarna har det faktiskt kommit ut en liten bloggpost och en motbloggpost, och lite saker runt en som faktiskt lyckades att bli utslängd på grund av Code of Conduct under MVP summiten”

Mavens Do It Better
Episode 33: Tech Maven Karuana Gatimu

Mavens Do It Better

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2019 35:26


Episode 33 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features Karuana Gatimu. Karuana is Principal PM Manager, Customer Advocacy Group, Microsoft Corp. She is a business architect with a passion for people, technology and communications. Using 25 years of technology and marketing experience Karuana helps drive usage and adoption of Office365 services including Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Planner and PowerBI to land value in the real world. She the executive producer of Coffee in the Cloud on YouTube and uses her studio to help other people own their stories.Karuana and Heather caught up in person in the Mixer/Commons on Microsoft Corporate Campus, Redmond WA during MVP Summit 2019.Listen in as Karuana and Heather talk about:Career development and how to craft your role, career and getting after what you want your life to look like in any industry learning from Karuana’s own journey in technology and with Microsoft.Working together as advocates, colleagues and Karuana being an active myth buster about how powerful women CAN work together to help each other and Heather and Karuana’s partnering together on diversity and inclusion projects, content and events.A look into Karuana’s role as Principal Program Manager and being a member of the Microsoft Teams organization and working to build adoption and custom learning courses, training and support for customers and partners.To Follow Karuana: Instagram | LinkedIn | TwitterMicrosoft Teams Twitter | Coffee in the Cloud You Tube | Microsoft Service Adoption Specialist CourseTranscriptKaruana Gatimu is an experienced service adoption leader who works for the Microsoft Teams Engineering Group leading the customer insights & community outreach teams. She has worked in corporate IT, technology marketing and executive management. As a service manager & business solution architect she has been responsible for the health & adoption of a variety of technology solutions. Karuana is also a community leader for the Office 365 Champions community for business users, IT Professional and aspiring adoption professionals and produces a YouTube channel, Coffee in the Cloud with training content for Office 365.

Azure DevOps Podcast
Party with Palermo at the Microsoft MVP Summit - Episode 31

Azure DevOps Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2019 41:26


This week Jeffrey has a special episode for you all! It is recorded live, from the night before the Microsoft MVP Summit, at Jeffrey’s annual “Party with Palermo!” get-together for MVPs.   Jeffrey gives an introduction to a number of MVPs who are attending the conference and reconnects with friends and colleagues in the software industry — 19 to be exact! You’ll want to stay tuned for this one to learn about what they’re currently up to in the industry and what they’re most looking forward to at this year’s MVP Summit!   So what is the MVP Summit?   The MVP Summit is an exclusive multi-day MVP event that is hosted in Bellevue and at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington. It is an exclusive event for all active MVPs to have in-depth technical discussions and feedback sessions, combined with networking opportunities   Attending this conference are Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professionals. MVPs are technology experts who passionately share their knowledge with the community. They’re always on the bleeding-edge and have an unstoppable urge to get their hands on new, exciting technologies. They have very deep knowledge of Microsoft products and services, while also being able to bring together diverse platforms, products, and solutions to solve real-world problems. MVPs make up a global community of over 4,000 technical experts and community leaders across 90 countries and regions and are driven by their passion, community spirit, and quest for knowledge.   Mentioned in this Episode: Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) MVP Global Summit Julie Yack Microsoft Dynamics 365 David Corbin Dynamics Concepts Development Corporation (David Corbin) Richard Hundhausen Accentient (Richard Hundhausen)   Jeff Fritz Jeff Fritz’s channel on Twitch: CSharpFritz Jeff Fritz’s Twitter: @CSharpFritz Jeff Fritz’s GitHub: @CSharpFritz JeffreyFritz.com (Jeff Fritz) Visual Studio channel on Twitch Microsoft Build Event 2019 Simon Timms The Azure DevOps Podcast episode 23: “Simon Timms on Azure Functions and Processes” Simon Timms Twitter: @STimms Simon Timms Blog: Blog.SimonTimms.com ASP.NET Monsters David Neal David Neal’s Twitter: @ReverentGeek David Neal’s GitHub: @ReverentGeek ReverentGeek.com (David Neal’s website) Philip Japikse SkiMedic.com (Philip Japikse’s Blog) Philip Japikse’s Twitter: @SkiMedic Philip Japikse’s Email: SkiMedic@Outlook.com The Dallas ASP.NET User Group (the user group Toi B. Wright runs) Toi Beveridge Wright Toi Beveridge Wright’s LinkedIn Toi Beveridge Wright’s Twitter: @MissToi Eric Smith CodeSmith Tools (Eric Smith) Exceptionless.com (Eric Smith) Blake Niemyjski Blake Niemyjski’s Twitter: @BlakeN Blake Niemyjski’s GitHub: @Niemyjski Jonathon “J” Tower Trailhead Technology Partners (Jonathon “J” Tower) J Towers’ Twitter: @JTowerMI Stack Overflow LinkedIn Learning Onion Architecture Damien ________’s Twitter: @Damien_BOD DamienBOD.com (Damien  ________’s website) Richard Campbell .NET Rocks! (Richard Campbell’s Podcast) RunAsRadio (Richard Campbell’s Podcast) Mike Benkovich BenkoTips.com (Mike Benkovich) Mike Benkovich’s Twitter: @MBenko Mike Benkovich on LinkedIn Learning Matthew Renze MatthewRenze.com (Matthew Renze) @AzureDevOpsShow on Twitter

Please talk data to me
Episode 011 – For those about to talk – we salute you!

Please talk data to me

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2019 155:47


Hallo Metalheads! In dieser Folge lassen wir es ordentlich krachen! Wir haben Tobias - the Artist formerly known as Metal Ben AKA Dr. Benjamin Kettner (39) zusammen mit seiner Tochter Pia (7) zu Gast. Mit diesen beiden Headbangern unterhalten sich unsere Protagonisten Biml Ben (92), Mr. T (63) und Angry Frank (50) über ein pyrotechnisch hochrangiges Feuerwerk aus Data Platform Themen. Zunächst gibt es mal wieder das Tour-Tagebuch der WeWillNeverStop Welt Tournee mit Berichten von der SQL Bits, dem Global Data Summit, dem SQL Saturday Victoria und dem MVP Summit. Danach stellt Angry Frank die Neuerungen im März Release von Power BI vor.  Was darf in keinem Mosh Pit fehlen? Bier natürlich! Darum geht es dann im Anschluss. Nachdem sich die Band warmgespielt hat wird dann ordentlich mit der Power Query Source in SSIS-IR gerockt bevor es ein heißes Gitarrenriff von Biml Ben zum Thema SQL Notebooks gibt. Um die Trueness der versammelten Mannschaft zu beweisen wird dann aus dem Nähkästchen gerockt und jeder stellt seine liebsten SQL-Server Tools vor. Die versammelte Mannschaft freut sich nach ausgiebiger Tool-Vorstellung auf ein weiteres Highlight im diesjähringen Tour-Plan: Den SQL Saturday Rheinland. Als Special-Guest verstärkt hier Pia, die auch auf dem SQL Saturday Rheinland ein Guest-Act vom Metal Ben sein wird. Nachdem die Nachwuchskünstlerin die Bühne wieder verlassen hat übernimmt noch einmal Metal Ben den Bass und spielt einige progressive Takte zum Thema GraphQL um dann etwas gemäßigtere Töne bei CI/CD (nicht AC/DC - wichtig!) anzuschlagen. Als Zugabe - die Fans skandieren schon "Filme! Filme! Filme! Filme!" stellt Angry Frank dann noch "Bad Times at the El Royale" vor. Insgesamt also ein "Best Of..." das jeder gehört haben sollte. Und auch hier gilt - True Metal will never die, so rock on!

CRM MVP Podcast
Episode 50: Nine new MVPs talk about their 1st MVP summit

CRM MVP Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2019 76:30


My first MVP Summit was in 2012, I had been an MVP for about 4 months and the experience was amazing and overwhelming. I wanted to hear what first timers were thinking after day 1 of the summit. This year's MVP Summit was attended by 12 first timers, so after a few adult beverages I invited/convinced 9 of them to jump on the mics and talk about their experience at their very first MVP Summit. Now, I'll just go ahead and say that recording a podcast episode at around midnight is probably not the best idea, so this is not our most technical episode ever, but it was entertaining - and at some points hilarious - to record. Tune in to listen to some behind the scenes stories from the MVP Summit, best practices, who they want to see at the summit next year, and more from these amazing legends. Microsoft MVPs on this episode: Antti Pajunen: https://twitter.com/anttipajunen Chris Huntingford: https://twitter.com/TattooedCRMGuy Julien Miquel: https://twitter.com/Ju_li3n James Novak: https://twitter.com/crmdevjim Ulrik Carlsson: https://twitter.com/crmchartguy Sarah Jelinek: https://twitter.com/dyn365diva Elaiza Benitez: https://twitter.com/benitezhere Natraj Yegnaraman: https://twitter.com/RajYRaman Clément Olivier: https://twitter.com/Clement0livier  

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Observed Tech PODCAST
Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 306 #OTP

Observed Tech PODCAST

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2019 40:23


This week I am back in the home studio after spending a week in Redmond at the Microsoft campus for the annual MVP Summit. As always, it was a great week with lots of content, friends and learning. It was also a very busy week for Windows Insiders for build releases and progression in the final development stages for the next feature update for Windows 10. We get caught up on all of those details and then talk about plenty of other tech news from this past week. Be sure to listen from start to finish to catch everything!

Steve reads his Blog
Dynamics 365 - Dead is a Strong Word

Steve reads his Blog

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2019 7:16


My fellow MVP, good friend and co-collaborator on PowerISV, Mark Smith (aka @nz365guy) is on a "Shock and Awe" campaign that opens with the phrase: "Dynamics 365 is Dead!". But is it? The House that D365 Built At the recently concluded MVP Summit, Mark had the opportunity to lob his "D365 is Dead" grenade at Charles Lamanna for reaction. Charles seemed legitimately puzzled by the thought, and simply replied that "D365 pays for the entire Business Applications Team and Advanta campus".  So... not dead. Uprising I think we are a long way from knowing if Mark's assertion will prove correct. What sometimes gets missed, is the second part of his proclamation "... long live the Power Platform". Clearly Mark is placing his bet that the fairly new ability for users and developers to build apps directly on the platform, will eclipse the long-standing App offerings from Microsoft, that are built on the same platform. Zero-Sum Game? If anyone should be agreeing with Mark on this one, you would think it would be me. After all, we were one of the first ISVs to shift our applications from above the first-party apps, to under them. Our focus is 100% around building on the platform, avoiding the first-party apps entirely. We went "all-in" on the platform. Do I think this motion will overcome the First-Party apps? I do not. It is also not a goal or desire of mine. I don't see it as a zero sum game at all. A Fair Comparison? There is no possible way that my relatively small team is ever going to build a more sophisticated sales application, or any of the other first-party apps, on the platform. You are talking about a vast repository of development and refinement, created over a very long time, and the hits keep coming with AI and Mixed Reality, etc. I hear some people try and compare on price in a sales conversation, that the platform license is a third of the cost of the plan! As though they discovered a coupon to get the same thing for 66% off. But, they are far from the same thing. Customers? Clearly, sales of Dynamics 365 Apps are growing significantly YoY, and customers are not buffoons. Many have complex needs that can only be practically met by the power of the first-party applications. Is a partner really going to build their own Connected Field Service app on the platform? Force.com did not eliminate Salesforce's Sales, Service or Marketing clouds, in fact, it was the opposite. The Opposite? The real genius of Microsoft releasing a platform license, was to grow the entire pie exponentially. As opposed to taking away from the first-party apps, I think apps built on the platform, by partners, ISVs or Citizens, will actually drive more first-party app sales. This is happening through two movements. Movement One I don't have actual figures, but anecdotally, from my own experience, I think it's fair to say, that well over 50% of all organizations, from SMB through Enterprise, are still using Outlook and Speadsheets. Most organizations have not even made the move to a legitimate Business Process Application of any kind, and instead torture Excel. I worked with one Fortune 40 company that was using Outlook as a CRM for a 15,000 person sales force. Does this company have the need and budget for a sophisticated application like Dynamics 365? Obviously. Would it transform their business? Clearly. Are they eager and ready to jump into an enterprise-grade solution? Often not. Could a simple business application be built on the platform, that would be significantly better than Outlook and Excel? Absolutely. Is that a net new customer for Microsoft that they would not have gained otherwise? No Doubt. Should I continue asking and answering my own questions? I think not. Movement Two The Microsoft Bizapps ISV community is growing, maybe not as fast as they would like, but the momentum is there. Many ISV solutions were built on top of, or depended on items in, the First-Party applications. These would be the ones that fall into Guggs' patterns of "Extend" or "Connect". Many of these offered significant enhancements to the D365 Apps, others built their own end-to-end features on top of the first-party apps because that is what they had. So the second movement I see, is for certain ISVs to decouple their dependencies, and relaunch underneath the First-Party apps. This reduces the license cost to their customers, greatly expanding their addressable market, which again grows the whole pie. If a solution does not need anything from the First-Party apps, there is no need to price limit your market by sitting on top of it, if it is not necessary. Addressable Market Both of the above movements, will significantly expand the total addressable market by a factor of [insert big number here] . Will they siphon off some potential first-party sales? Sure, but they will also introduce a ton of customers to the Microsoft Business Applications Platform. A customer who starts with some departmental need filled by a custom PowerApp, and has a good experience, leads to more investigation by the customer. I have directly witnessed, with our own entry-level solutions, customers who then moved onto to add the full first-party Sales, Marketing and AI applications. This was not going to happen without an easy entry point. In fact, I feel comfortable saying that close to 100% of our customers, would not be using Microsoft Business Applications at all, were it not for the options we made available to them. How can Microsoft Accelerate these Movements? I know that the Bizapps leadership gets it. I know that the PMs who have P&L responsibility for the First-Party apps, do not get it. Right now, there are only two barriers to explosive growth. The first is artificial, first-party protection schemes. The second is prioritization of the tools and programs required for these motions to flourish. I also know that both of these barriers will be coming down very soon.

Office 365 Exposed
Office 365 Exposed, Episode 14

Office 365 Exposed

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2019


It’s MVP Summit week, and you know what that means: another episode! This time, Tony and I were joined by Greg Taylor and Brent Alinger from Microsoft. We discussed a rash of topics, including the impending death end of support … Continue reading →

Voice of the DBA
The Best Ever

Voice of the DBA

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2018 2:31


Every few years, or every year now, we see a new version of SQL Server proclaimed as the best ever. A few weeks ago, I saw a number of people leaving hte MVP Summit, rating it as the best ever summit. At SQL Bits or the PASS Summit every year, there's no shortage of people posting about that event being the best conference. Is this a human view, that the latest one is often the best one ever if we enjoyed it? Perhaps we learn something and we're excited about the latest new SQL thing and so we're excited to proclaim it the best? Read the rest of The Best Ever

BIFocal - Clarifying Business Intelligence
Episode 43 - Chat about the Power BI Community with Chuck Sterling

BIFocal - Clarifying Business Intelligence

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2018 20:26


This is episode 43 recorded on March 8th 2018… where John & Jason talk to Charles Sterling who runs the MVP Program for the PowerApps, Flow, and Power BI about his experience working at Microsoft, his view of the MVP Community in the Power*s world, and non-NDA stuff about MVP Summit. For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show

Xbox One Party Chat
Episode 97 - Cheeze Attends The MVP Summit (Qube 2 Interview)

Xbox One Party Chat

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2018 85:41


Hello Listeners, Rhys, Ross and Carina discuss our ID@Xbox Indie Game of the week 'Nine Parchments' and we hear everything* about Rhy's trip to the MVP summit in Seattle! We also have an amazing interview with Ben Hill - Writer and producer for Toxic Games, the developers of QUBE2 *That he is allowed to talk about

Microsoft 365 Developer Podcast
Microsoft Flow for professional developers with John Liu

Microsoft 365 Developer Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2018 50:37


At the MVP Summit in Redmond, I got time to talk to John Liu about Microsoft Flow, from a professional developer perspective. John did a great job of explaining how it can be useful for those of us that write code for a living. Links https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/logic-apps/logic-apps-workflow-definition-language http://johnliu.net/microsoft-flow/ https://powerusers.microsoft.com/ https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Flow-Ideas/idb-p/FlowIdeas

2GuysAndSharePoint
Episode 54 - Swetha Sankaran - Teams, Hub Sites, Azure Information Protection

2GuysAndSharePoint

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2018 53:52


We are back to regular programming with our first guest, the formidable Swetha Sankaran. AL caught up with her at this years MVP Summit. What a great inspiration she is to all women who want to get into Information Technology. As always, we cover the news, and this week we talk about new Teams updates, Hub sites finally rolling out and a ton of AL's favourite stuff, Azure Information Protection. No Blooper at the end of the show though...

Radio TFS
Getting into the Groove

Radio TFS

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2018 40:15


In this episode Greg, Josh and Paul chat about the MVP Summit, TFS Security Updates, VSTS Timelines, the RTM of TFS 2018.1, echo variables build tips, TFS to VSTS Migration tips and much more.... For feedback contact radiotfs@outlook.com, call +1 425 233-8379 or visit http://www.radiotfs.com

Radio TFS
Getting into the Groove

Radio TFS

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2018 40:15


In this episode Greg, Josh and Paul chat about the MVP Summit, TFS Security Updates, VSTS Timelines, the RTM of TFS 2018.1, echo variables build tips, TFS to VSTS Migration tips and much more.... For feedback contact radiotfs@outlook.com, call +1 425 233-8379 or visit http://www.radiotfs.com

.NET.CZ
.NET.CZ(Episode.23) - Microsoft MVP, MVP Summit

.NET.CZ

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2018 33:13


Vojta se vrátil z MVP Summitu, každoroční události, kvůli které se do Redmondu sjíždějí Most Valuable Professionals z celého světa. Kromě jeho zážitků ze základny Microsoftu jsme probrali i MVP program jako takový. Proč se stát MVP? Co je pro to potřeba udělat? A co za to dostanete? Na tyhle i další otázky společně odpovídáme. Odkazy: - MVP portál: https://mvp.microsoft.com - Visual Studio Release notes: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2017-relnotes - Migrace chatbota ze starého portálu na Azure: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/bot-framework/bot-service-migrate-bot Twittery atd.: - https://twitter.com/deeedx (Martin) - https://twitter.com/madrvojt (Vojta) Děkujeme Worklio a Radkovi za nové logo! Pokud nechcete, aby vám unikla nová epizoda, odebírejte RSS: https://bit.ly/netcz-podcast-rss, sledujte nás na Twitteru: https://twitter.com/dotnetcezet nebo na Apple Podcasts. Hudba pochází od Little Glass Men: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Little_Glass_Men/

CRM MVP Podcast
Episode 22: Ten CRM MVPs answer 22 tough questions, recorded at the MVP Summit 2018

CRM MVP Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2018 73:46


There is one week every year where the largest concentration of CRM MVPs is recorded, and that is the Microsoft MVP Summit. During the MVP Summit 2018, I asked 10 CRM MVPs to answer the 22 tough questions you see below and I recorded their answers for all to enjoy, discuss, and learn from. Questions: Should Microsoft get rid off Dynamics 365 On-Premise? Why or Why not? How do you think the new Dynamics 365 for Marketing App affects stablished Marketing Automation Solutions such as ClickDimensions, Salesfusion, Act-On, and others? Salesforce and Google continue to collaborate and recently announced tighter integrations between the solutions offered by both organizations, how would a Salesforce acquisition by Google disrupt Dynamics 365’s momentum? One of the things Marc Benioff - the CEO of Salesforce – mentioned on their last big conference was that “Microsoft can’t seem to keep their Dynamics 365 leadership in place”, are those comments accurate? And if so, why do you think that’s happening? Salesforce continues to be a leader in the CRM space with around 25% of the market share globally while Microsoft holds a smaller share, what can Microsoft do to catch up to Salesforce? How important is to master tools such as Microsoft Flow and Power Apps for a Dynamics 365 Solution Architect today? Speaking from the point of view of thousands of partners who are based in the US, why should I care about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) approved by the European Union Parliament on April of 2016? As the Dynamics 365 world grows, many developers from other products or platforms are making a jump into Dynamics 365 and other related technologies, what would you recommend to these developers to focus on learning so they can make a big impact in the near future? AppSource continues to grow and new items are added often, how do you keep up with what is being released and do you have any go-to apps? If you were the Dynamics 365 Product Owner for a day, what are some of the changes or improvements you would like to see added to Dynamics 365? If you could go back and re-do something inside Dynamics 365, what would it be and why? What kind of solution or company would you like to see Microsoft acquire and incorporate into their Dynamics 365 roster next? In your opinion, what is the most underrated feature of Dynamics 365? Now that Microsoft eliminated the branding of XRM, how has this impacted your approach to implementations and conversations with the community? There are hundreds of suggestions on the Microsoft Connect or Idea portal for Dynamics 365 enhancements, some of the suggestions date back a few years, if you had to pick one of those ideas to be incorporated into the next version of Dynamics 365, which one would it be? What is your favorite thing about working with Dynamics 365? What is your favorite part of the MVP Summit and why? What is your favorite thing about being a Microsoft MVP? If you could give one advice to aspiring CRM MVPs, what would it be? We are very fortunate to live in the US and have the ability to travel to and speak at conferences and other events, but what would you say to someone who might not be able to do what we do and who’s wondering if they can add value to the Dynamics 365 community? Which non-MVP community leader do you want to see here at the Microsoft MVP Summit next year and why? Lastly and just for fun, if there was a “CRM MVP for Life Award” and only one CRM MVP could be selected, who should the award go to and why? I would like to thank Ulrik Carlsson and Seth Bacon for contributing questions to this list. And of course, here are the CRM MVPs who stood outside a building for an hour in freezing weather to answer these questions: Colin Vermander (https://twitter.com/koolin_) Sheila Shapari (https://twitter.com/SheilaShahpari) Daryl LaBar (https://twitter.com/ddlabar) Neil Benson (https://twitter.com/customery) Gustaf Westerlund (https://twitter.com/crmgustaf) Britta Rekstad (https://twitter.com/MacgyverCRM) Leon Tribe (https://twitter.com/leontribe) Rick McCutcheon (https://twitter.com/rick_mccutcheon) Shawn Tabor (https://twitter.com/CRMhobbit) Joel Lindstrom (https://twitter.com/JoelLindstrom) Follow us/Subscribe:  Twitter: https://twitter.com/CRMMVPPodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAhjoi4W_K7sLNpXr9Kqz8w

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2GuysAndSharePoint
Episode 15 - Live from the MVP Summit in Nov 2016

2GuysAndSharePoint

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2017 34:45


Like Star Wars, we bring you a recording from the MVP Summit in November of 2016. We sit down with the South African MVP's that attended the yearly MVP Summit at Microsoft headquarters in Seattle and chat to them about how they got into the program and what inspires them.

GeekSprech Podcast
#05 – GeekSprech – Microsoft IT Camps und MVP Summit

GeekSprech Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2016 34:52


Alexander, Eric und ich haben uns kurzfristig dazu entschlossen, die fünfte Ausgabe unseres GeekSprech Podcasts aufzunehmen. Wir sprechen über das kürzlich stattgefundene MVP Summit - der jährlich stattfindenden MVP-Konferenz in Redmond - und über die derzeit stattfindenen IT-Camps zu "Windows 10 Cyber Defense & Security" und "Windows 10 Enterprise Deployment". Shownotes: https://geeksprech.de/geeksprech-podcast-folge-05-microsoft-mvp-summit-microsoft-it-camps

Visual Studio Talk Show
0201 - David Catuhe - UWP et le UWP Community Toolkit, BabylonJS et VorlonJS

Visual Studio Talk Show

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2016 56:57


Lors de son passage au MVP Summit 2016, Guy en profite pour discuter avec David Catuhe de Universal Windows Platform et du UWP Community toolkit ainsi que des projets BabylonJS (3D en JavaScript) et VorlonJS (Remote debugging). David Catuhe is a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft focusing on web development.  He is author of the babylon.js framework for building 3D games with HTML5 and WebGL. He also developed Vorlon.js, a plugin based framework to remote debug any web based device. Liens Universal Windows Platform UWP Community Toolkit BabylonJS VorlonJS Série télévisée Babylon 5  

2GuysAndSharePoint
Episode 9 - Teams, Feature Packs and more

2GuysAndSharePoint

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2016 36:11


Alistair is back from the yearly MVP Summit in Seattle (A.K.A. the pilgrimage to the mothership), under NDA though. We discuss Teams, the new on-Prem feature pack for SharePoint 2016 and digital transformation in South Africa.

JorgeCast - Internet das Coisas (IoT), Inovação e Tecnologia
[S4E5] MVP Summit 2016 e Gravação de Vídeo no Channel 9 em Redmond

JorgeCast - Internet das Coisas (IoT), Inovação e Tecnologia

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2016 14:53


Ida ao MVP Summit 2016 e a gravação de um vídeo nos estúdios do Channel 9 em Redmond.

JorgeCast - Internet das Coisas (IoT), Inovação e Tecnologia
[S4E4] Viagem LA para Seattle - Experiências Diferenciadas!!

JorgeCast - Internet das Coisas (IoT), Inovação e Tecnologia

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2016 43:44


Episódio de hoje: Viagem de Carro de LA para Seattle, Rumo ao MVP Summit 2016

Ikkunastudio
#14: MVP-kuulumiset 2015

Ikkunastudio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2015 97:50


Jouni matkailee Redmondissa ja haastattelee suomalaisia MVP:itä. Mitä heille kuuluu ja mitä he ennustavat tulevaisuudesta? Entä mitä Sakke sanoo, kun hän kuulee kaiken tämän?

.NET Rocks!
.NET Foundation with Martin Woodward and Beth Massi

.NET Rocks!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2015 58:18


How does the .NET Foundation change the way you build software? While at the MVP Summit, Carl and Richard met with Martin Woodward and Beth Massi to talk about how the .NET Foundation was created and is evolving to carry .NET open source software forward. As Martin explains, even though key platform tools like the .NET Core, ASP.NET and MVC are all part of the foundation, Microsoft still makes a retail build of the products - so if you don't want to use open source, you don't have to! But if you and your organization are looking at open source, the .NET Foundation provides a certain level of coherence and structure to open source projects so that you can be sure the code will be there when you need it. Check it out!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

.NET Rocks!
.NET Foundation with Martin Woodward and Beth Massi

.NET Rocks!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2015 58:17


How does the .NET Foundation change the way you build software? While at the MVP Summit, Carl and Richard met with Martin Woodward and Beth Massi to talk about how the .NET Foundation was created and is evolving to carry .NET open source software forward. As Martin explains, even though key platform tools like the .NET Core, ASP.NET and MVC are all part of the foundation, Microsoft still makes a retail build of the products - so if you don't want to use open source, you don't have to! But if you and your organization are looking at open source, the .NET Foundation provides a certain level of coherence and structure to open source projects so that you can be sure the code will be there when you need it. Check it out!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

.NET Rocks!
Readying ASP.NET vNext with Damian Edwards

.NET Rocks!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2015 56:08


When will ASP.NET 5 ship? While at the MVP Summit, Carl and Richard talk to Damian Edwards about his work getting ASP.NET 5 out the door. The answer to the question is the first quarter of 2016. Damian talks about the experience of building ASP.NET vNext out in the open, on GitHub, using YouTube to publish all of the standup meetings with the team about the product. It's a new Microsoft building software a different way!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

.NET Rocks!
Readying ASP.NET vNext with Damian Edwards

.NET Rocks!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2015 56:07


When will ASP.NET 5 ship? While at the MVP Summit, Carl and Richard talk to Damian Edwards about his work getting ASP.NET 5 out the door. The answer to the question is the first quarter of 2016. Damian talks about the experience of building ASP.NET vNext out in the open, on GitHub, using YouTube to publish all of the standup meetings with the team about the product. It's a new Microsoft building software a different way!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

.NET Rocks!
Building Visual Studio Code with Sean McBreen

.NET Rocks!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2015 52:31


Have you taken Visual Studio Code out for a spin yet? While at the MVP Summit, Carl and Richard talk to Sean McBreen about his work building Visual Studio Code. VSCode was released back in the Build time frame of April 2015, and has put out a major update almost every month since. Sean hints about some major announcements coming for Visual Studio Code coming at the Microsoft Connect() event in New York November 18 2015. The conversation also digs into the choices you can make in your development platform with a mix of VSCode, Visual Studio Online and all sorts of other tools.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

.NET Rocks!
Building Visual Studio Code with Sean McBreen

.NET Rocks!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2015 52:30


Have you taken Visual Studio Code out for a spin yet? While at the MVP Summit, Carl and Richard talk to Sean McBreen about his work building Visual Studio Code. VSCode was released back in the Build time frame of April 2015, and has put out a major update almost every month since. Sean hints about some major announcements coming for Visual Studio Code coming at the Microsoft Connect() event in New York November 18 2015. The conversation also digs into the choices you can make in your development platform with a mix of VSCode, Visual Studio Online and all sorts of other tools.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

MS Dev Show
Live at the MVP Summit at Microsoft

MS Dev Show

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2015 50:08


Carl goes on location at the MVP summit at the Microsoft campus with a plethora of interviews.

Microsoft 365 Developer Podcast
Episode 070 at the MVP Summit—Office 365 Developer Podcast

Microsoft 365 Developer Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2015 30:06


In this episode, Jeremy Thake talks to Paul Schaeflien, Elio Struyf and Waldek Mastykarz about the MVP Summit. Weekly updates Office Dev Show—Episode 17: Grace Hopper Celebration Office Dev Show—Episode 16: Getting Started with Android Studio Display Events from an Outlook Calendar in SharePoint using Office 365 API’s Office Dev PnP webcast—Introduction to Office Dev PnP Provisioning Engine The new Office—October feature update Got questions or comments about the show? Join the O365 Dev Podcast on the Office 365 Technical Network. The podcast RSS is available iTunes or search for it on “Office 365 Developer Podcast” or add directly with the RSS http://feeds.feedburner.com/Office365DeveloperPodcast. About Paul Schaeflein Paul has worked with Microsoft’s SharePoint technologies since it was called the Digital Dashboard. This work encompasses substantial custom development, implementations and training. Also, Paul was granted the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for his community work – primarily presentations at national conferences, regional events and user groups. Check out Paul’s blog www.schaeflein.net/blog and follow him on @paulschaeflein. About Elio Struyf Elio is an Office 365 consultant working for Ventigrate and a board member of the Belgian Information Worker User Group, (BIWUG ). He focused on search and branding related topics in SharePoint and Office 365. He shares his ideas and experiences on his blog (www.eliostruyf.com) and through various public speaking engagements. About Waldek Mastykarz Waldek is a Microsoft SharePoint Server MVP and works as a SharePoint consultant at Mavention. Waldek shares his enthusiasm about the SharePoint platform through his blog, articles published in both online and offline magazines and on MSDN SharePoint forums. Waldek participates frequently as an “Ask-the-Expert” in community events such as SharePoint Connections, Microsoft TechEd and DevDays. He is also a Virtual Technology Solutions Professional for Microsoft Netherlands. In this role, he helps answer customer questions around SharePoint Web Content Management (WCM). Check out his blog mastykarz.nl and follow him on twitter @waldekm. About the hosts Jeremy is a technical product manager at Microsoft responsible for the Visual Studio Developer story for Office 365 development. Previously he worked at AvePoint Inc., a large ISV, as the chief architect shipping two apps to the Office Store. He has been heavily involved in the SharePoint community since 2006 and was awarded the SharePoint MVP award four years in a row before retiring the title to move to Microsoft. You can find Jeremy blogging at www.jeremythake.com and tweeting at @jthake.   Richard is a software engineer in Microsoft’s Developer Experience (DX) group, where he helps developers and software vendors maximize their use of Microsoft cloud services in Office 365 and Azure. Richard has spent a good portion of the last decade architecting Office-centric solutions, many that span Microsoft’s diverse technology portfolio. He is a passionate technology evangelist and frequent speaker are worldwide conferences, trainings and events. Richard is highly active in the Office 365 community, popular blogger at www.richdizz.com and can be found on twitter at @richdizz. Richard is born, raised and based in Dallas, TX, but works on a worldwide team based in Redmond. Richard is an avid builder of things (BoT), musician and lightning-fast runner.

Radio TFS
The Channel 9 Studio Takeover

Radio TFS

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2015 26:57


While at the MVP Summit, all four of use took over the Channel 9 Studio to record our 100th episode! For feedback contact radiotfs@outlook.com, call +1 425 233-8379 or visit http://www.radiotfs.com

Radio TFS
The Channel 9 Studio Takeover

Radio TFS

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2015 26:57


While at the MVP Summit, all four of use took over the Channel 9 Studio to record our 100th episode! For feedback contact radiotfs@outlook.com, call +1 425 233-8379 or visit http://www.radiotfs.com

.NET Rocks!
Testing Software using PEX

.NET Rocks!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2014 59:03


While at the MVP Summit, Carl and Richard sat down with Pratap Lakshman, Peli de Halleux and Nikolai Tillman to talk about automating unit testing in .NET. Originally a Microsoft Research Project, PEX is now part of Visual Studio 2015, and digs deep into the IL of your application to generate a huge variety of unit tests. The team also talks about some of the other cool projects they've built using the PEX engine, including CodeHunt, a tool using testing to teach you to program. Check out PEX on Microsoft Research, and get ready for Studio 2015!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

.NET Rocks!
Testing Software using PEX

.NET Rocks!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2014 59:02


While at the MVP Summit, Carl and Richard sat down with Pratap Lakshman, Peli de Halleux and Nikolai Tillman to talk about automating unit testing in .NET. Originally a Microsoft Research Project, PEX is now part of Visual Studio 2015, and digs deep into the IL of your application to generate a huge variety of unit tests. The team also talks about some of the other cool projects they've built using the PEX engine, including CodeHunt, a tool using testing to teach you to program. Check out PEX on Microsoft Research, and get ready for Studio 2015!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Todd and Shane's Cloudy Podcast
Netcast 222 - OneDrive for Pleasure

Todd and Shane's Cloudy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2014 43:42


I'm back this week and well rested and well informed from my week at the MVP Summit. In tonight's episode I talk about the MVP Summit, without violating any NDAs, of course. Then I talk about a couple of cool new developments with the Office client. Then I slow things down and tell the sad tale of my Lumia 920. Hearts broke all over the Internet. :( I finish up by telling you all about a couple of videos I recorded with my Toshiba Encore Mini and how to get a cheap tablet for yourself. Oh, and there's PowerShell, too.

CloudFocus Weekly
#178 - Sum It Up - 06/13/2014

CloudFocus Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2014 48:50


A series of banking blog posts, as much as we can talk about the MVP Summit and what we are excited about from Apple's WWDC.

CloudFocus Weekly
#150 - MVP Summit - 08/30/2013

CloudFocus Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2013 38:13


The Power of US Hub, what we can discuss about the MVP Summit and call for help on the Dreamforce session.

Hyper-V-Server Podcast
Microsoft Virtualisierungs Podcast Folge 28: SMB 3.0 Teil 3

Hyper-V-Server Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2013


  Heute geht es ein weiteres Mal um SMB 3.0. Ich möchte das Thema mit den neuen Möglichkeiten des Dateiservers, speziell des Scale-out Dateiservers, danach aber erst einmal abschließen. Daneben werde ich ein klein bisschen über die MVP Summit in Redmond und die CeBIT in Hannover plaudern. Vorweg gibt es wie immer viele nützliche Links […] Der Beitrag Microsoft Virtualisierungs Podcast Folge 28: SMB 3.0 Teil 3 erschien zuerst auf Hyper-V Server Blog.

Himmlische IT - Podcast zu den Microsoft Online Services
Himmlische IT Podcast Folge 26: Office 365 MVP Summit

Himmlische IT - Podcast zu den Microsoft Online Services

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2013


Es war die zweite MVP Summit auf der wir im Februar in Redmond Seattle bei Microsoft waren. Ich weiß nicht was toller ist, all die Menschen zu treffen, die auch MVPs sind, mit Ihnen Essen zu gehen und sich auszutauschen. Oder all die Sessions, die Microsoft Mitarbeiter mit viel Elan für uns vorbereitet haben. Von allem […]

RunAs Radio
Tony Redmond Deploys Exchange 2013

RunAs Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2013 37:26


While at the MVP Summit, Richard chats with Tony Redmond about his experiences with Exchange 2013 so far. Exchange 2013 shipped in October of 2012, but as of mid-February, could only be deployed in greenfield scenarios - to get to co-existence with Exchange 2007 and 2010, you need current service packs as well as a yet-to-be-released cumulative update to Exchange 2013. Tony talks about how the interplay between Exchange 2013, Sharepoint 2013, Office 2013 and Lync offer awesome features, but at the expense of some additional deployment and configuration challenges. And don't forget about the cloud! Exchange 2013 is being rolled out to Office 365 as well, which has an impact on the on-premise features also. Awesome discussion about where Exchange is going!

.NET Rocks!
Steve Smith is a Software Craftsman

.NET Rocks!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2013 62:40


At the MVP Summit, Carl and Richard talk to Steve Smith about the Software Craftmanship calendar. While filled with good messages like Separating Concerns and YAGNI, it also has hilarious images of why you should follow these principles. The conversation digs into each of the topics with different ideas and approaches to being successful. A fun Thursday show!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

.NET Rocks!
Vishwas Lele Builds Apps in Sharepoint 2013

.NET Rocks!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2013 60:35


At the MVP Summit, Carl and Richard sit down with Vishwas Lele to talk about the new app development models available in Sharepoint 2013. Vishwas talks through different scenarios and approaches to building these modern apps, utilizing Javascript libraries to access SharePoint as well as web services, Azure and more. Building SharePoint applications has transformed into SharePoint apps, check it out!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

Radio TFS
Summitastic

Radio TFS

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2013 33:52


Paul returns from the MVP Summit and we catch up on the news from after the ALM Summit. For feedback contact radiotfs@gmail.com, call +1 425 233-8379 or visit http://www.radiotfs.com

Radio TFS
Summitastic

Radio TFS

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2013 33:52


Paul returns from the MVP Summit and we catch up on the news from after the ALM Summit. For feedback contact radiotfs@gmail.com, call +1 425 233-8379 or visit http://www.radiotfs.com

Mondays
Bout Friggin Time!

Mondays

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2011 77:00


Carl shares some unintentionally inappropriate domain names, Karen reads misleading news headlines, Old Naked Guy makes the news, Mark and Karen are... well... you'll see. Chris Castle makes his Mondays debut. Carl has a problem at the MVP Summit. Richard gives practical toys.

friggin mvp summit chris castle
.NET Rocks!
Vishwas Lele Builds Apps in Sharepoint 2013

.NET Rocks!

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 60:34


At the MVP Summit, Carl and Richard sit down with Vishwas Lele to talk about the new app development models available in Sharepoint 2013. Vishwas talks through different scenarios and approaches to building these modern apps, utilizing Javascript libraries to access SharePoint as well as web services, Azure and more. Building SharePoint applications has transformed into SharePoint apps, check it out!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

.NET Rocks!
Steve Smith is a Software Craftsman

.NET Rocks!

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 62:39


At the MVP Summit, Carl and Richard talk to Steve Smith about the Software Craftmanship calendar. While filled with good messages like Separating Concerns and YAGNI, it also has hilarious images of why you should follow these principles. The conversation digs into each of the topics with different ideas and approaches to being successful. A fun Thursday show!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations