FULL SHOW NOTES
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• Personal background – living in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the local food scene 
• April's focus on the Microsoft Business Applications arena – PowerApps and Flow 
• Has Flow replaced the former workflow tools that were in SharePoint? 
• Professional background – working on InfoPath 
• Thoughts on PowerApps and Flow replacing old InfoPath form 
• How PowerApps compares to InfoPath around the native functionality to print a document, and thoughts on Microsoft addressing this issue 
• The main thing that April thinks is necessary for the print functionality within PowerApps 
• Experience attending the MVP Summit for the first time 
• Building apps in Azure SQL and SharePoint 
• Thoughts on Common Data Service playing into the future of what she does  
• Being one of the MVPs that is also a business owner – about ThriveFast 
• Her #1 tip for picking up customers for a consulting business 
• The meaning behind her titles SharePoint Siren, Automation Princess, and Karaoke Queen 
• Being a music fan and interests outside of singing 
• Journey to becoming a Microsoft MVP, being mentored by Melissa Hubbard and other MVPs 
• Where she sees PowerApps and Flow are going in the near future 
• Thoughts on AI and where she thinks it is going and whether it’s going to impact our lives more 
• Thoughts on how AI will affect her job or personal role 5 years from now – building the right code, understand business models, create new ways of looking at them and developing technology 
• Training resources for somebody to get up to speed CDS and the model-driven side of things 
• Advice to people become effective at public speaking and talking about IT-based topics 
• Tips for public speaking – preparation, creating content, presentation/demo 

Books & Other Resources Mentioned  

• ThriveFast.com 
• InfoPath Forms Services 
• Microsoft Docs PowerApps 
• Shane Young YouTube channel

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