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• A discussion about Scott Gaines background – family, life in Georgia and hobbies 
• Educational and career background of Scott 
• Scott’s journey into technology 
• As a Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations 
• The changes happening in Dynamics 365 F&O and what’s new 
• Scott Gaines’ journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP
• How did Scott get into the MVP Program? 
• Who nominated Scott? 
• Talks about Scoot’s YouTube channel:
  • The process involved 
  • Time management 
  • How Scott decides on what to cover for the next episode 
  • Tools Scott uses for creating a video 

Music Credits
The Happiness of Larry by radiotimes (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license.

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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• Mary Angiela Cerbolles chats about her experience about moving to Singapore from Manila, Philippines 
• A conversation with Mary Angiela about how her technology journey started 
• Talks about Mary Angeila’s SharePoint and Power Platform journey  
• The impact of COVID 19 on Mary Angiela 
• How Mary Angeila’s journey into becoming an MVP started 
• The impact of becoming part of the MVP program on Mary Angeila’s career and to her personal life 
• How to get involved in the MVP community 
• Mary Angeila’s plans - speaking events and community engagement 

Music Credit 
The Happiness of Larry by radiotimes (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial  (3.0) license 

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• An introduction about Ryan Maclean 
• A conversation about Ryan’s Dynamics CRM journey 
• Ryan talks about his experiences and what led him to his current role  
• Discussion about how Ryan funds his projects and licensing with Microsoft  
• Ryan’s thoughts about creating a Center of Excellence within his business that focuses on using Power Platform  
• The tools that Ryan use that helps support him  
• Ryan shares his relationship with Microsoft  
• In line with his experience as a customer working with partners, Ryan talks about how partners create a better experience for the customer 

Music Credits
I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: J Lang, Morusque

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 Mark Carrington’s life 
• Mark’s view regarding the post COVID world and the concept of the way he works. 
• The Pros and Cons of Working from Home 
• Discussion about Mark’s thoughts about employees returning to work 
• A conversation with Mark about his journey and passion for technology. 
• Talks about Mark's educational and career background. 
• A story about how Mark landed his first job. 
• Find out more about the interesting projects and reporting Mark worked on 
• Check out Marks journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP 
• Mark’s first contribution tool for the community 
• Check out Mark’s ways to develop his skills. 
• Discover more about the XrmToolBox and SQL 4 with Mark. 

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 short introduction about Ryan Cunningham 
• A conversation about the growth of the Power Platform  
• Ryan talks about his vision on organization-wide adoption 
• Discussion about the journey as the company goes on from a single app to a company-wide 
• The pattern, the company maturity, and the staffing of the company 
• What are the trends that Ryan is seeing when it comes to the Digital Transformation 
• How is Azure playing a more creative role with the Power Platform 
• Ryan’s view on the opportunity now for people who want to become app makers, the companies to scale with apps, and the growth. 

CREDITS
Music by: StockSounds Title: Energetic Upbeat Pop Summer Licensee: Cloverbase Limited

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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• Talks about Richard Wilson’s family, life and hobbies 
• Career background of Richard 
• A discussion about what led Richard into technology? 
• What is Microsoft’s Government Community Cloud (GCC)? 
• Switching from Dynamics 365 to Power Platform environment 
• What can Microsoft Government Cloud do for you? 
• The type of solutions you can build with Microsoft’s Government Community Cloud 
• Talks about Richard's journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP 
• Richard’s involvement with PCF controls and CoE Starter Kit 
• The impact of becoming a Microsoft MVP on Richars’s career 
• Richard’s plans for the next few months when it comes to development 

Music Credits
The Happiness of Larry by radiotimes (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license.

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• A conversation about Matt Beard’s life – origin, family and hobbies 
• Matt’s view about the ISV in the modern world of Microsoft 
• Matts interest in the modern ISV 
• What is Data8 – what do they do in Microsoft Business Applications  
• Common industries they work with? 
• How do they handle international customers? 
• How did Matt get into technology and get involved in the community? 
• User group in London Matt enjoyed working with 
• Introduction to connected.gallery 
• Find out more about WHAT3WORDS 
• Matt’s journey and the process of becoming a Microsoft MVP. 
• What Matt is looking forward to 

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 Lori Lamkin’s life and her hobbies  
• Check out Lori’s journey with Microsoft and how she landed on her current role as a Vice President 
• Dynamics 365 Marketing and how Marketing is evolving to systems of engagement  
• A discussion about Dynamics 365 Marketing customer journey orchestration 
• How does it work? 
• What are the big features? 
• What’s the expected impact? 
• Who are the most common users of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Marketing? 
• How does Microsoft teams work with Dynamics 365? 
• What’s the future of Dynamics 365 Marketing? 
  
  

CREDITS 

Music by: StockSounds Title: Energetic Upbeat Pop Summer Licensee: Cloverbase Limited 

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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• Talks about Thomas Sandsør’s life - background and origin. 
• As the leader of a team, discover how Thomas grows great talent, making sure that his staff are continuing to learn the technology that is relevant to Power Platform and Dynamics CRM. 
• A conversation about Thomas’ career background 
• Learn more about Thomas’ journey into becoming a Microsoft MVP 
• The opportunities that opened to Thomas since becoming an MVP 
• How did Thomas start blogging? 
• Being a Microsoft MVP and as a former Partner Technical Strategist at Microsoft 
• The impact of becoming a Microsoft MVP on Thomas: 
             - Life 
             - Career 
             - Benefits 
             - Power Platform and Dynamics CRM 

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 brief introduction about Kaila Bloomfield’s background - life and family  
• Kaila’s story about how she started having an interest in technology  
• A conversation about Kaila’s journey into becoming a consultant 
• Where is Dynamics 365 Finance today? 
• How big is AZURE in the market? 
• The importance of Dynamics 365 Commerce 
• Talks about ISV ecosystem 
• What Kaila is seeing that successful partners are doing in this space that traditional partners might not have done? 
• Where are the new generation consultants are coming from that works on Dynamics 365 finance products? 
• Discussions about Kaila’s Partner Technical Architect (PTA) role. 
• Talks about the responsibilities of PTA 
• How the PTAs engage with Partners. 
• When it comes to Culture, what is the most important element in the modern partner
• Talks about Dynamics 365 finance ecosystem 
  • How Microsoft is looking at it 
  • The community 
  • Partners, End Customers and ISV’s 

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