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From Apps to AI: Future-Proofing Your Tech Skills – YouTube
From Apps to AI: Future-Proofing Your Tech Skills
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🎙️Full Show Notes
https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/772
A practical conversation with data and AI manager Eickhel Mendoza about evolving from building Power Apps to architecting secure, mixed Power Platform and Azure solutions. He explains why a fast‑changing ecosystem suits a cookbook approach, how he curates real use‑case recipes, and what it takes to keep guidance current as UI and AI features ship rapidly. Clear takeaways on solution design, reviewer rigor, and creating applied examples that help teams ship performant apps.
👉 What you’ll learn
• How to architect Power Platform solutions that integrate Azure and customer APIs securely.
• Ways to infuse AI into existing business processes and automations.
• A repeatable “cookbook” method for producing practical, up‑to‑date guidance.
• Techniques for organising ideas into actionable recipes with real constraints.
• How to maintain performance, quality images, and clear instructions through review.
✅Find Eickhel Online
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eickhel/
• X (Twitter): https://x.com/Eickhel
• GitHub: https://github.com/eickhel
• Personal Blog: https://www.powernimbus.com/
🔴Chapters
• 00:00 A Global Perspective: From Tenerife to Tech Leadership
• 02:00 Architecting for the Future: Beyond Power Apps
• 03:00 AI in Action: Real-World Automation and Intelligence
• 05:00 The Cookbook Approach: Practical Solutions for a Fast-Moving World
• 10:00 Adapting to Change: Updating Content at the Speed of Innovation
• 17:00 From Idea to Implementation: The Creative and Review Process
• 24:34 Empowering Others: Advice for Tech Writers and Learners
✅ Highlights
• “We are improving those solutions with the inflection of AI in their processes.”
• “Customers are focused on having everything secure in their infrastructure.”
• “I didn’t want to replicate Microsoft Learn.”
• “We want to do something like a cookbook.”
• “The book is filled with tips and tricks.”
• “Copilot is still in the early years.”
• “Stop the presses. I need to update the images.”
• “Power Apps Everywhere tries to include Power Apps everywhere.”
• “My best ideas come from the shower.”
• “Rebecca builds every actual recipe to see if it checks out.”
• “Use case scenarios, best practice and stuff like that.”
🧰Mentioned
• Power Apps: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/
• Dataverse: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/maker/data-platform/data-platform-intro
• SharePoint Online: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/sharepoint/collaboration
• Copilot: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot
• Microsoft Power Apps Cookbook: https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Power-Apps-Cookbook-user-friendly-ebook/dp/B0DHDBLCCM?ref_=ast_author_mpb
👉Keywords
power apps, canvas apps, model‑driven apps, power platform, azure, dataverse, sharepoint, power bi, copilot, dataflows, microsoft fabric, teams
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✅ Recommended Playlist: Power 365 Show. Hear the latest from Senior Microsoft Staff – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzf0yupPbVkqyy0tYMOozNcXsEdVn4sqh
✅ All our Microsoft Innovation Podcasts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzf0yupPbVkoEIfkNYZ0dModTR5aLbRh3
✅ Let’s Connect:
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I’m Mark Smith – nz365guy – Helping people reach their full potential
I have been a Microsoft Business Applications MVP for over 13 years. I am passionate about helping people reach their full potential, through training, coaching and mentorship.
This year we’re adding a new show to our line up – The AI Advantage. We’ll discuss the skills you need to thrive in an AI-enabled world.
Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge (https://www.90daymc.com/)
Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption
Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nz365guy)
If you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nz365guy) .
Thanks for listening 🚀 – Mark Smith
Get featured on the show by leaving us a Voice Mail: https://bit.ly/MIPVM
🎙️Full Show Notes
https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/772
A practical conversation with data and AI manager Eickhel Mendoza about evolving from building Power Apps to architecting secure, mixed Power Platform and Azure solutions. He explains why a fast‑changing ecosystem suits a cookbook approach, how he curates real use‑case recipes, and what it takes to keep guidance current as UI and AI features ship rapidly. Clear takeaways on solution design, reviewer rigor, and creating applied examples that help teams ship performant apps.
👉 What you’ll learn
• How to architect Power Platform solutions that integrate Azure and customer APIs securely.
• Ways to infuse AI into existing business processes and automations.
• A repeatable “cookbook” method for producing practical, up‑to‑date guidance.
• Techniques for organising ideas into actionable recipes with real constraints.
• How to maintain performance, quality images, and clear instructions through review.
✅Find Eickhel Online
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eickhel/
• X (Twitter): https://x.com/Eickhel
• GitHub: https://github.com/eickhel
• Personal Blog: https://www.powernimbus.com/
🔴Chapters
• 00:00 A Global Perspective: From Tenerife to Tech Leadership
• 02:00 Architecting for the Future: Beyond Power Apps
• 03:00 AI in Action: Real-World Automation and Intelligence
• 05:00 The Cookbook Approach: Practical Solutions for a Fast-Moving World
• 10:00 Adapting to Change: Updating Content at the Speed of Innovation
• 17:00 From Idea to Implementation: The Creative and Review Process
• 24:34 Empowering Others: Advice for Tech Writers and Learners
✅ Highlights
• “We are improving those solutions with the inflection of AI in their processes.”
• “Customers are focused on having everything secure in their infrastructure.”
• “I didn’t want to replicate Microsoft Learn.”
• “We want to do something like a cookbook.”
• “The book is filled with tips and tricks.”
• “Copilot is still in the early years.”
• “Stop the presses. I need to update the images.”
• “Power Apps Everywhere tries to include Power Apps everywhere.”
• “My best ideas come from the shower.”
• “Rebecca builds every actual recipe to see if it checks out.”
• “Use case scenarios, best practice and stuff like that.”
🧰Mentioned
• Power Apps: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/
• Dataverse: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/maker/data-platform/data-platform-intro
• SharePoint Online: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/sharepoint/collaboration
• Copilot: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot
• Microsoft Power Apps Cookbook: https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Power-Apps-Cookbook-user-friendly-ebook/dp/B0DHDBLCCM?ref_=ast_author_mpb
👉Keywords
power apps, canvas apps, model‑driven apps, power platform, azure, dataverse, sharepoint, power bi, copilot, dataflows, microsoft fabric, teams
🔴 Subscribe for all the latest Microsoft Power Platform News: https://www.youtube.com/nz365guy?sub_confirmation=1
🔴 Share this video with a Youtuber friend: https://youtu.be/QOH4LEvnopE
✅ Recommended Playlist: Power 365 Show. Hear the latest from Senior Microsoft Staff – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzf0yupPbVkqyy0tYMOozNcXsEdVn4sqh
✅ All our Microsoft Innovation Podcasts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzf0yupPbVkoEIfkNYZ0dModTR5aLbRh3
✅ Let’s Connect:
Collaborate with me here – https://cloverbase.com
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/nz365guy
Website: http://www.nz365guy.com/subscribe
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/nz365guy
X – https://twitter.com/nz365guy
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/nz365guy
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/nz365guy
Pinterest – https://www.pinterest.nz/nz365guy
I’m Mark Smith – nz365guy – Helping people reach their full potential
I have been a Microsoft Business Applications MVP for over 13 years. I am passionate about helping people reach their full potential, through training, coaching and mentorship.
This year we’re adding a new show to our line up – The AI Advantage. We’ll discuss the skills you need to thrive in an AI-enabled world.
Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge (https://www.90daymc.com/)
Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption
Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nz365guy)
If you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nz365guy) .
Thanks for listening 🚀 – Mark Smith
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