FULL SHOW NOTES
https://podcast.nz365guy.com/71

• Personal information and what Ryan does outside of his Microsoft day job 
• Role in Microsoft as a Group Program Manager 
• Working with the core CDS platform team 
• How a massive endorsement translates to business, engineering, design, and vision in the context of the GPM for PowerApps role 
• How he keeps the business very business-focused 
• Questions from customers in this type of engagement, especially around UX 
• Balancing the request coming from the market and what the team can show 
• Managing patents and controlling a limited view of who gets know about what they’re going to patent 
• Routine in preparing to go on stage before a presentation 
• Ryan’s path into the business applications team 
• Thoughts on the switch from CDS 1 to the underlying code base of what is Dynamics 
• Unifying of Canvas Apps and model-driven apps 
• The point at which Office 365 move into the Dynamics suite 
• Thoughts on the admin experience over the maker experience and how it’s playing out  
• Thoughts on the concern for the ALM story for Canvas Apps 
• Thoughts on PCF (Pivotal Cloud Foundry) 
• Opportunities for ISVS and advice for startups wanting to consider Power Platform 

RESOURCES

• CDS (previous version) – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/common-data-service/entity-reference/introduction 
• Upgrade to CDS for Apps – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/common-data-service/upgradecds/introduction-upgrade-cds 
• Improve ALM for Canvas Apps – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/business-applications-release-notes/october18/powerapps/improve-alm-for-canvas-app-with-solutions 
• PCF (Pivotal Cloud Foundry) on Azure – https://pivotal.io/partners/microsoft 
• Enrich your model-driven forms with embedded canvas apps (Public preview) – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/enrich-your-model-driven-forms-with-embedded-canvas-apps-public-preview/  

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