Geoff Ables on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/416 An introduction about the family and life of Geoff Ables, what they do for fun and hobbies. Geoff’s learning experiences as MVP; when and how his journey started. Find out more about c5insight and the company’s history. Geoff’s story and journey into writing the books Dynamics CRM 2011 Administrator Bible and The LUCK Principle. The… Continue Reading ‘s Article on their...
The Dark Side of the Moon
Long, long time ago, in the universe far away, Nick Doelman and Colin Vermeer had a dream of making a podcast about ADX Portals, I mean Dynamics 365 Portals, I mean Power Apps portals, I mean Power Pages that would rival the entire Microsoft’s media department. As often is the case, Microsoft decided to put an end to it by buying out hiring the entire population of Canada both. In this episode… Continue Reading...
Show 69: Careers in IT with Will Rowe
No news this week as we had a slightly shorter recording so we have included some links below. However, instead we have a cracker of a show with Will Rowe from MS-Talent, talking about the current job market in Microsoft IT related roles, the impact of hybrid, why people are moving and even blue back hair (yes really). Careering out of control – Will's own podcast with even more adviceTech layoffs –...
Deepak Shrivastava on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/415 Deepak Shrivastava talks about Life and living in Houston What Deepak does when he is not working – fun, entertainment and hobbies Find out more about Deepak’s journey into technology Talks about Deepak’s involvement with Microsoft Deepak’s focus right now when it comes to Power Platform and what interests him the most. A… Continue Reading ‘s Article on their blog...
Dynamics 365 Sales Accelerator with Swapnil Agarwwal
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/414 An introduction about Swapnil Agarwwal and what he does when he’s not working with Microsoft. How did Swapnil end up in Microsoft and why he likes it? What is the Dynamics 365 Sales Accelerator? How does Sales Accelerator serve as an engagement and productivity tool? How Sales Accelerator helps sales managers create a sequence of… Continue Reading ‘s Article on their blog...
Show 68 – part 2: where Yammer excels over Teams
A very brave Emily Mancini tackles the subject of Yammer and when it excels for organisations over Teams. The chat with Luise, Al and Kevin takes in the different use cases around Yammer and Teams, how you can help adoption, why you should consider both and a lot lot more. There were certainly opinions this week! Continue Reading Emily Mancini’s Article on their blog...
Tracy van der Schyff on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/413 A conversation about Tracy Van der Schyff’s life – family, hobbies, what she does for fun when not working. Tracy’s story about getting into IT How did Tracy get into Microsoft A discussion about Tracy’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP Talks about Tracy’s Blogging, YouTubing and TikTok Tracy’s involvement in strategic… Continue Reading ‘s Article on their blog...
Show 68 – part 1: Power Platform updates and end of a Microsoft era
This week, Kevin, Al and Luise were joined by Emily Mancini to talk about the latest news with Power Platform updates, great eBooks about Viva via Mark Rackley, new devices (with live demos!) and the end of an era in Microsoft related journalism as Mary Jo Foley leaves ZDNet after 16 years. This led to a slightly diverted chat about what we were up to 16 years ago – can you guess? Power Platform Oct 2022 Updates –...
Sheryl Netley on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/412 Talks about Sheryl Netley’s life and family background. Listen to Sheryl’s story about her Power Platform and Dynamics 365 journey. Discussions about Sheryl's career background.How does Sherly learn all things about Dynamics? Sheryl’s involvement in the community, events and speaking engagements. A conversation about Sheryl’s… Continue Reading ‘s Article on their blog...
Power Platform Governance with Zohar Raz
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/411 An introduction about Zohar Raz as the Group Product Manager of Power Platform Governance at Microsoft What is Zohar’s background in technology? What does Power Platform Governance mean to Zohar and Microsoft customers? What is the concern for enterprises that need to offer a layer of protection as governance as visibility inside the… Continue Reading ‘s Article on their...
Power Pages Licensing: Show Me The MAU
Daily logins are like daily gym visits: everyone says they do it every day, but reality begs to differ. Nick and George talk about new Power Pages licensing, monthly active users and more in episode 29 (or 2 in “After Nick Doelman” era). https://powerpages.microsoft.com/pricing/ https://alexacrm.com/plugin Get in touch voice@crm.audio Nick Hayduk @Engineered_Code George Doubinski… Continue Reading crm.audio’s...
Show 67 – part 2: Talking Community with Ami Diamond
The SharePoint Wizard Ami Diamond is on the show to talk about community and why it matters to him, especially with his YouTube channel and host of WhatsApp groups he maintains.The SharePoint Wizard ChannelCommunity days – https://communitydays.org/ Continue Reading Kevin McDonnell’s Article on their blog https://www.buzzsprout.com/1455661/11517966-show-67-part-2-talking-community-with-ami-diamond.mp3 Blog Syndicated with...
Sprint 1 is done!
#130. Sprint 1 is a magical, wonderful, beautiful thing. Find out how my messy, unstructured and un-estimated sprint 1 unfurled on a recent project to build a Power Platform app for a mid-size Microsoft customer in financial services.In-person conferences I didn't attend: Power Platform ConferenceNordic SummitSouth Coast Summit Upcoming online conferences I'm presenting at: 2 Nov 2022 at Power… Continue Reading Neil...
Carmen Ysewijn on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/410 Talks about Carmen Ysewijn’s hobbies, interests and activities When it comes to technology, where does Carmen spend most of her time working with? Carmen’s Power Platform and Power Automate background Projects and building applications Carmen is working on A conversation about PCF components – what problems did it solve and what they… Continue Reading ‘s Article on...
Show 67 – part 1: Microsoft Ignite Debrief
Garry and Kevin are joined by Ami Diamond (aka the SharePoint Wizard) to talk about the big news from Microsoft Ignite, including Microsoft Syntex, Teams Premium, Designer, Loop and big exciting news about Planner (no really).Microsoft Ignite 2022 Book of NewsWeekly view in SharePoint calendar – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=SharePoint&searchterms=100504 Microsoft Syntex—Content AI integrated...
Django Lohn on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/409 Django Lohn talks about his family and what he does when not working. Discussions about Django's interest in technology Django’s Power BI, PowerApps and PowerApps Portals background. Talks about Django’s SharePoint and InfoPath journey A conversation about Django’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP and how did it come… Continue Reading ‘s Article on their blog...
Goodbye Portals, Hello Pages
One of the Nicks is back but Doelman variety decided to take a pill and has gone to greener pastures of the mothership. To fill in the void of his large shoes, George “The Enabler” Doubinski has joined the crew and broken all-Canadian camaraderie. Both Nick & George are rusty after a long break, so the only hot topic of the day is “Who moved my cheese and is it still cheese?” aka “Power...
Pay As You Go on the Power Platform with Kavishi Agarwal
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/408 A brief introduction about Kavishi Agarwal’s life and what she’s passionate about Talks about Kavishi's career journey at Microsoft.What is Pay as you go? Kavishi talks about the primary use cases for businessesKavishi discusses seasonal apps and occasional apps as one of the top use cases Providing a frictionless way for customers to… Continue Reading ‘s Article on...
Ulrikke Akerbæk on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/408 Ulrikke Akerbæk talks about the things she does for fun and when not working. A discussion about Ulrikke’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP How did Ulrikke’s involvement in Microsoft started? A conversation about Ulrikke’s career background Ulrikke talks about her blog – where she gets her idea for creating her blog… Continue Reading ‘s Article on their blog...
Episode 66 – The latest news and chat
Kevin, Al and Garry were guest-less so covered the large amount of news and had a chat about Viva, Teams and Power Platform Hybrid Work Is Just Work. Are We Doing It Wrong? (microsoft.com)Microsoft Viva EbookWhat’s New in Microsoft Teams | August and September 2022 – Microsoft Tech Community Microsoft Teams apps coming in preview to Office and Outlook apps on...
Peter Charquero Kestenholz on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/406 Talks about the life and family background of Peter Charquero Kestenholz. A conversation about Peter’s story and journey to PPM Discussions about Peter’s SharePoint, Project client and Project server background Peter talks about the Agile market in Europe A discussion about Peter’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP. Peter’s… Continue Reading ‘s Article on their blog...
Estimating Requirements for Your Microsoft Business App
129. Learn how to use story point estimation to estimate the relative size of your Dynamics 365 or Power Platform application's requirements.You'll also learn: How to slice user stories into the right size for estimation and developmentHow to decide on a standard user story for comparing other stories against when estimatingHow to use affinity estimation or planning poker to estimate the… Continue Reading Neil...
Process Mining with Power Automate with Ilya Fainberg
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/405 An introduction about Ilya Fainberg, a senior program manager at Microsoft What’s life like now that he lives in Belgium? What is process mining? How to use process mining to understand the usage patterns of apps Why are companies investing a lot of time in process mining? A conversation all about Process Mining Advisor and how it… Continue Reading ‘s Article on their blog...
Alexander Ermakov on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/404 A brief introduction about Alexander Ermakov's family background, favourite food and interests. How did Alexander get into technology and his journey? Alexander’s story about becoming a Microsoft MVP Alexander’s involvement in the community Alexander shares his thoughts about using Power Platform and Dynamics 365 Finance… Continue Reading ‘s Article on their blog...
Tomislav Karafilov on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/403 A brief introduction about Tomislav Karafilov’s life – family, food and hobbies. Tomislav Karafilov’s involvement in the User Group Community – the Microsoft Cloud & Collaboration Hannover and Power Platform User Group Hannover. Talks about the hosting platform Tomislav Karafilov is using for running their user group. How big is the… Continue Reading ‘s Article on their...
Using Story Points to Estimate Power Platform and Dynamics 365 Apps
128. My wife, Natascha, is a faster trail runner than I am. Find out why estimating trail runs in units of time leads to misaligned expectations about how long it'll take for us to run the same trail together. You'll also learn: What story points areThree factor's affecting the size of a requirementHow to account for Hick's Law and Weber's Law when choosing an estimation scaleThe two… Continue Reading...
Mixed Reality and Geospatial capabilities of the Power Platform with Anthony Uitz
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/402 An introduction to Anthony Uitz's life. What does Anthony do outside Microsoft? Anthony talks about his area of Microsoft: what he owns, what he looks after, what he’s focusing on A conversation all about Mixed Reality Discussions about the use cases and the top industries that uses Mixed Reality Anthony answers about the surface that… Continue Reading ‘s Article on...
Show 65 – Part 2: Making life easier with SharePoint Syntex
Newly minted MVP Leon Armston joins us to chat about all things SharePoint Syntex, covering what it is, what you need to use it and some real life scenarios that Leon has used.Leon's Blog SharePoint Syntex | Microsoft 365 Automate document generation with SharePoint Syntex and Power Automate (preview) – SharePoint Syntex | Microsoft Docs Licensing for SharePoint Syntex – SharePoint Syntex | Microsoft Docs SharePoint...
Gabor Faludi on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/401 Find out more about Gabor Faludi – family, interests and what he does when not working. The process of setting up and running Gabor’s company. Gabor talks about his career journey. What Gabor sees about the future of Power Platform when it comes to building Apps and Automation. Learn about how Gabor got into technology and… Continue Reading ‘s Article on their blog...
Show 65 – part 1: Teams Room licensing, Adoption Score and B2B Power Apps
This week we are joined by Leon Armston, newly minted Microsoft 365 Apps and Services MVP, who shares his thoughts on the latest news. Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro and Microsoft Teams Rooms Basic, everything you need to know. – Tom TalksDriving adoption of Microsoft Viva at Microsoft – Microsoft Tech CommunityIntroducing Adoption Score – helping customers get the most out of Microsoft 365 – Microsoft Tech...
Show 64 – Part 2: What is productivity and how can it be increased?
Part 2 of our recording with Gavin Jones as we dig into productivity Modern Workplace Accelerator | MeeTime ServicesGavin ? Jones | LinkedInMeeTime (@meetimeapps) / Twitter Photo by Marvin Meyer on Unsplash Continue Reading Gavin Jones’s Article on their blog https://www.buzzsprout.com/1455661/11263818-show-64-part-2-what-is-productivity-and-how-can-it-be-increased.mp3 Blog Syndicated with Gavin Jones’s...
Show 64 – Part 1: OneDrive is 15, Power Platform CLI and some Viva Connections tools
This week, Gavin Jones joins Al and Garry to cover the latest news and views from across the Microsoft 365 space. Continue Reading Gavin Jones’s Article on their blog https://www.buzzsprout.com/1455661/11261539-show-64-part-1-onedrive-is-15-power-platform-cli-and-some-viva-connections-tools.mp3 Blog Syndicated with Gavin Jones’s...
Temmy Wahyu Raharjo on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/400 Temmy Wahyu Raharjo talks about his life – country of origin, presently residing in Indonesia and the best food in Indonesia. Temmy’s story and his journey into how he got into technology. A conversation about Temmy’s Dynamics background and how did it start? How did Temmy become a Microsoft MVP? Discussions about Temmy’s… Continue Reading ‘s Article on their blog...
State of Play with Dataverse with James Oleinik
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/399 An introduction to James Oleinik’s life. James talk about his career journey and where he is right now at Microsoft A conversation about Microsoft Dataverse – its use, the modern Dataverse, licensing, etc. What is Dataverse in a non-technical term? A discussion about considering security for something that would never likely surface and… Continue Reading ‘s Article...
Why Estimate Business Apps At All?
127. Do you really have to estimate the effort of building the Dynamics 365 or Power Platform apps you've been asked to build? If you work for a Microsoft partner, you probably do — unless you work for a customer who doesn't care how much it costs or how long it takes. Find out how I approach estimation: How much and how long?Why estimates are notoriously inaccurateEstimating time doesn't… Continue Reading...
127 Why Estimate Business Apps At All?
127. Do you really have to estimate the effort of building the Dynamics 365 or Power Platform apps you've been asked to build? If you work for a Microsoft partner, you probably do — unless you work for a customer who doesn't care how much it costs or how long it takes. Find out how I approach estimation: How much and how long?Why estimates are notoriously inaccurateEstimating time doesn't… Continue Reading...
Shannon Mullins on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/398 Shannon Mullins talks about Women in Tech: The Untold Stories podcast! Find out more about Shannon’s life – family, job, interests and what she does for fun. How did Shannon get into technology? A discussion about Shannon’s Business Central journey – how did it start? What does Shannon see in the GP Customer’s moving to Business… Continue Reading ‘s Article on their blog...
Terho Antila on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/397 A short introduction about Terho Antila’s life, country of origin and hobbies. Find out about how Terho’s interest in technology started. The first business applications Terho got involved with and started using? Talks about Terho’s journey to PowerApps Component Framework or PCF Learn more about Terho’s Planner Gantt Chart and the… Continue Reading ‘s Article on their blog...
Advanced Estimating Q&A
126. Thanks for all your questions about estimating business applications. In this episode, I tackle four tricky situations when it comes to estimating Dynamics 365 and Power Platform applications. Should we re-estimate items in our backlog after we’re done because they were easier or harder than originally expected? — TanikaIf we don’t complete a story by the end of the sprint, should we… Continue Reading ‘s Article on...
Power Fx parity with Microsoft Excel with Greg Lindhorst
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/396 An introduction about Greg Lindhorst’s life and what he’s doing outside Microsoft Greg shares his journey into Microsoft What path did Greg take to where he is right now? What is Power Fx? How powerful is Power Fx?What is wrong with JavaScript and TypeScript? What has Greg learned on the access side? Find out more about Power FX vs… Continue Reading ‘s Article on their...
EY's PowerPost reduces lead times by 95%
#125. In this episode of Amazing Applications, Emil Hovgaard and Sheelan Bhana of EY Nordic Tech Hub share the story behind EY's PowerPost application and how it has made the General Ledger posting process easier and faster for the EY organization. Emil’s background and his role at the EY organizationSheelan’s background and his role at the EY organizationEmil’s favorite Microsoft… Continue Reading ‘s Article on...
Uday Adhikari on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/395 A brief introduction about Uday Adhikari’s life – family, country of origin, favourite food, and what he does when not working. Uday’s story about moving from Nepal to the USA to do his master's degree Uday shares his story about how he got involved in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. Talks about Uday’s journey into the… Continue Reading ‘s Article on their...
Mary Thompson on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/394 A brief introduction with Mary Thompson about WorldMax- what she has done and what is happening. Mary talks about her community engagement What does Mary need and how can people out there help and support her with what she is doing? How can people be like Mary? Mary’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP and what’s involved? What was… Continue Reading ‘s Article on their...
Dynamics 365 Field Service is Getting Major updates with Hector Garcia Tellado
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/393 An introduction about Hector Tellado’s life and what he does when he’s not doing Microsoft. How did Hector balance the work from home and work from the office type? Hector discusses the Dynamics 365 Field Service. How long has Field Service now been in the business? Where Field Service is at now; its opportunities, position, and how it… Continue Reading ‘s Article on their...
Documenting Your Agile Applications
#124. When you're using an agile approach, like Scrum, how and when should you document your Dynamics 365 or Power Platform applications? After all, the Agile Manifesto says, "We value working software over comprehensive documentation", right?Before projects start, my teams document requirements in a product backlog, visualise the backlog in a user story map, and discuss the project during a… Continue Reading Neil...
Venkata Subbarao Polisetty on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/392 Venkata Subbarao Polisetty's life background, interests and what he does when not working. With Venkata’s choices of careers, how did he end up in Information Technology? Venkata’s first project that got him into Dynamics CRM. The key part of being part of the Microsoft Business Applications. Venkata’s focus or areas where he is… Continue Reading ‘s Article on their...
Show 62: The Big Microsoft Inspire Round-up
Last week was Microsoft Inspire, the main conference for Microsoft Partners, and so we are covering the announcements that were made. The exciting news is that there were new products, new APIs, new release dates and no new renames!Viva Engagehttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-viva-blog/announcing-microsoft-viva-engage/ba-p/3571382 Viva Learning APIUse the employee learning API to integrate with Viva Learning –...
Sprint Goals for Microsoft Business Apps
#123. Learn how to use sprint goals to communicate to your stakeholders what your team has committed to building this sprint. If you can write your sprint goal in the subject line of the sprint review invitation to your stakeholders, and they stampede to accept your invite and beat down the door at sprint review, that's a great sprint goal.This episode includes examples of sprint goals for… Continue Reading Neil...
Khoa Nguyen on The MVP Show
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/391 Family and life background of Khoa Nguyen – originally from Vietnam. Talks about Khoa’s hobbies and life in Ireland. A great story about Khoa’s career journey and how he got a job in Ireland. A conversation about Khoa’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP – how did it start – who nominated him – how was the… Continue Reading ‘s Article on their blog...
Microsoft Access Migration to the Power Platform with Nathan Helgren
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/390 A brief introduction about Nathan Helgren’s life and what he does when he’s not working with MicrosoftUnpacking Nathan’s career journey to where he is right now at MicrosoftNathan shares how he got involved with Microsoft Visio AppsNathan talks about Microsoft AccessWhat was Microsoft's motivation that made them think they need an easy… Continue Reading ‘s Article on...