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• An introduction to Andrew Gaskins’ life and background. 
• Andrew’s story and his journey to the Power Platform. 
• How has Andrew scaled an internal team using the Power Platform? 
• Should the team that develops the power platform and its leader be a part of the company or be adjacent to it? 
• Andrew talks about what exactly is supportability and how does it work? 
• How does Andrew create CoE within his organization that creates Power Platform? 
• Andrew’s view about ongoing management and supportability. 
• How did Andrew respond when a company hopes to add a new product to its line but lacks the resources to do so? 
• How does Andrew handle connectors and components? 

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

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• A brief introduction about Ralph Rivas – life, family and what he does for fun. 
• Ralph talks about his podcast, the Cloud Talk Show podcast - how it started, what his inspiration is and what keeps him going! 
• The main tool set Ralph is using with his clients 
• How did Ralph get his MVP? 
• Supporting tools Ralph uses that helped him do his job  
• Talks about Ralph's journey into becoming MVP 
• A conversation about Ralph’s involvement in the community 
• Ralph shares his thoughts about what the MVP program is 
• Discussions about Ralph's technology background – Power Platform and SharePoint 

OTHER RESOURCES:
Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP 
90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/
Chicago Virtual Event -  M365 Chicago Virtual Event 
Ralph’s Podcast -  Cloud Talk Show podcast 

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

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If you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.

Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• An introduction about Emma Cooper and what she does as a Principal PM Manager 
• Emma shares her journey on her career at Microsoft 
• Emma talks about the area of technology within the Power Platform team that she is responsible for 
• How did design get involved with Power Apps, and how did fusion teams become more involved in the whole app lifecycle creation? 
• How co-authoring is going to be key to accelerating app development for app developers 
• Emma discusses the app convergence specifically the two sides of the camp 
• How does Emma see the convergence of these apps and the developer and maker experiences coming together? 
• What’s going to be the core of the future of power apps? 
• What Emma has to say on the roadmap for how that integration is going to work and will be added 

 
OTHER RESOURCES: 
Power Community: https://www.powercommunity.com/introducing-the-modern-app-designer-preview/ 

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• Life and family background of AJ Ansari – country of origin, favourite food and what he does when not working. 
• Talks about AJ’s journey into technology and how did it come about. 
• AJ talks about his Dynamics 365 Business Central and Power Platform background 
• How AJ got involved in ERP software 
• Find out how AJ started his career as a marketing intern and as a consultant 
• A conversation about how AJ ended up becoming a Microsoft MVP. 
• AJ chats about his interest in Power BI and Power wraps 
• Introduction to Microsoft Project Madeira 
• The modern development techniques for Dynamics 365 Business Central 
• What’s AJ’s passion project he is working on these days?   

 
OTHER RESOURCES 
Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP
90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/
AJ’s GitHub: https://github.com/ajansari
Power Community: https://events.powercommunity.com/speaker/aj_ansari/ 

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• An introduction to the life, hobbies and family background of Eric (Waldo) Wauters. 
• Where Eric’s name WALDO came from? 
• A conversation about Waldo’s designing and 3D printing journey 
• A discussion about Waldo’s NAV journey 
• Talks about Waldo’s NAV to Business Central product journey 
• Waldo shares his thoughts on the Power Platform 
• Waldo’s experience in using PowerShell and PowerShell tools – how it started. 
• Discover the importance of PowerShell and PowerShell tools 
• The value of being a Microsoft MVP  
• The importance of being a Microsoft MVP on Waldo’s career in the past 15 years

RESOURCES MENTIONED
Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP
90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/
Waldo's GitHub: https://github.com/waldo1001/ 

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• An introduction about AJ Ezzour as a product manager in Dynamics 365 sales  
• What is AJ’s role in Microsoft? what he does and his responsibilities 
• AJ talks about how predictive scoring and forecasting have an AI element 
• How much scoring is based on AJ’s knowledge of the sales team's behaviour and how that knowledge influences AJ’s choice? 
• AJ’s opinion about what we could enhance more to enable real-time coaching and allow sales managers to coach crucial areas. 
• AJ shares all things about Forecasting and the latest on its sales 
• Feedback AJ is getting from the customers when it comes to Dynamics 365 with all the apps Dynamics has? 
• The opportunities on how Microsoft can provide value to sellers 

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• 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 process of writing the books and how did it come about? 
• Geoff’s observations when it comes to Microsoft’s technology. 

BOOKS & RESOURCES MENTIONED
C5insight - www.c5insight.com
Adoption Survey System: www.adair.app 
The LUCK Principle Book: www.gotluck.link/book
Revenue Engineering Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0997680326/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_TEZR5Q9430XKFQ11NPN4
Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP
90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ 

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• 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 conversation about how Deepak started YouTubing and what he learned along the way. 
• What tools Deepak is using in YouTubing? 
• Listen to Deepak’s advice to people wanting to become Microsoft MVP. 
• Deepak’s journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP 

OTHER RESOURCES 
Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP
90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.com/ 

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• 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 activities around a particular product. 
• What steps is Microsoft taking to ensure that the product is adaptable enough so that what works for one team also works for other stakeholders? 
• How can a sales manager Templatized a Success? 
• A conversation about the main sweet spot for sales accelerators. 
• Swapnil shares his thoughts about Viva Sales and its implementation in sales. 

OTHER RESOURCES:   
Swapnil’s GitHub: https://github.com/swapnilagarwwal
Sales Accelerator and Sequences: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2022/10/26/new-sales-sequences-experience-improves-seller-productivity/ 

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

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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• 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 consulting and her day-to-day job 
• Talks about Tracy’s SharePoint background 
• Tracy’s experience in writing a book 

OTHER RESOURCES 
Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP
90-Day Mentoring Challenge - https://ako.nz365guy.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

If you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.

Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith