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• Significant developments within Dynamics, PowerApps and Flow
• The driving force of change
• Opportunities for developing on the Power Platform
• Challenges within the coming years
• Keeping up to date with changes and enhancements
• Working with the Business Applications community
• How to get involved

RESOURCES

• Stone Cold – Steve Austin Podcast – https://www.podcastone.com/Steve-Austin-Show?showAllEpisodes=true
• Have a Nice Day by Mick Foley – https://amzn.to/2SvUgOm
• Microsoft Business Applications, James Phillips – https://www.nz365guy.com/microsoft-business-applications-james-phillips/
• Power Apps Blog, Brian Dang – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/author/brdang/
• XRMToolBox – https://www.xrmtoolbox.com/
• James Phillips – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmalcolmphillips/
• Microsoft Flow – https://flow.microsoft.com/
• Microsoft Teams – https://products.office.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software
• Microsoft Flow Community – https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Flow-Community/ct-p/FlowCommunity
• Power Apps Community – https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/PowerApps-Community/ct-p/PowerApps1
• Power BI Community – https://community.powerbi.com/
• Dynamics 365 Community – https://community.dynamics.com/
• Release Notes – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/business-applications-release-notes/index
• Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Flow – with Jerry Weinstock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1tk3cnSkHM

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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• Being a 7-time MVP and moving to London from Spain to try a different professional experience
• Living in London 10 years later
• Learning to speak English and overcoming challenges in public speaking
  Food and wine to try in Alicante, Spain
  Finding interest in .net way back in college
• Becoming a Microsoft Student Partner
• Transitioning from .net to Dynamics developer
• Realizing the important things in implementation beyond just development
• Best practices

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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• Journey into Dynamics CRM
• Stories from Ascentium
• The operating model of Zero2Ten
• Most interesting projects to consult on
• Championing the customers’ needs
• Identifying and building a customer’s vision
• Ensuring a satisfied customer
• Most successful way of connecting with your customers
• Selling ‘digital transformation’

Books Mentioned

CRM Chart Guy – https://crmchartguy.com/

Resources

• Cellar Tracker for Wine – https://www.cellartracker.com/
• Dynamics 365 App for Outlook – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-engagement/outlook-app/deploy-dynamics-365-app-for-outlook
• 2013 Wine – https://top100.winespectator.com/2013/

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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• Career breakdown and following a non-traditional path
• Cats
• Meeting & Making Goals
• Pronunciations & Brain-storming
• User Experience
• Artistic Skills
• Blogging, reading and writing
• Outdoor pursuits, detox and scary bears
• Automation and AI
• Prioritization
• UG – UK

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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• Journey to becoming an MVP
• Insights on becoming one of the few MVPs from Switzerland
• Growing your company and working with clients around the globe
• AI applications in the organization
• Effect of AI in an organisation
• Dataset and training AI
• Dynamics 365 and AI integration

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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https://podcast.nz365guy.com/43

• Career Journeys and working with Microsoft & ISVs
• Opportunities for ISVs to build on the Power platform & Dynamics 365
• Gaps in the market for ISVs
• Getting involved as an ISV as a Microsoft Partner
• Options available to ISVs wanting to partner with Microsoft
• Different levels available with Partnership
• Where does AppSource sit
• Getting on AppSource
• How to achieve ISV competency
• licencing models that fit best for ISVs
• Resources are available for ISV's to access
• SIs transitioning to ISV and can they co-exist
• Advice for ISVs looking to partner with Microsoft
• Recommendations for ISV's to take their product to market
• New programs aimed at ISVs

Books Mentioned

• Mark Stuyt – https://neuralimpact.ca/about/
• Steve Mordue CRM Tip of the Day – https://crmtipoftheday.com/

Resources

• AppSource – https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps
• Silver & Gold Microsoft Competency – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-center/learn-about-competencies
• LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com
• LinkedIn elevate – https://www.linkedin.com/elevate/register
• Portable HotSpot – https://www.skyroam.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

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FULL SHOW NOTES
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• Career start, retraining and becoming a Microsoft partner
• CRM beginnings and database fascination
• The speed of change
• Essex – the Guide
• Journey to becoming an MVP
• Styles of learning

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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FULL SHOW NOTES
https://podcast.nz365guy.com/41

• Life outside of being an MVP
• Passions and Hobbies
• How to be a pro
• Kansas Culture
• Journey to being an MVP
• How being an MVP can affect your career
• Pivoting in Power Apps
• Keeping up and picking your battles
• Self-education
• Advice on becoming an MVP

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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FULL SHOW NOTES
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• Explaining the term ‘Global Black Belt’
• Differences between ‘Global Black Belt' GBB, Solution Sales Professional SSP and a Technical Sales Professional TSP at Microsoft when it relates to Dynamics 365
• Roles and Responsibilities within the Global Black Belt Role
• Microsoft Partner engagement in the Global Black Belt Role
• Challenging Sales
• Managing the client to move forward
• The future for Dynamics and the Microsoft Power platform

Resources

• 8ft Extension Power Cord – https://www.monoprice.com/category?c_id=122&cp_id=12214&fq=is_parent:True
• Velcro Cord Wraps – https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=6457
• Donations to Free Tools
  XRM Tool Box – https://www.xrmtoolbox.com/donators/

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

FULL SHOW NOTES
https://podcast.nz365guy.com/39

• Happenings in Phoenix
• Living at Heights
• Best Bits of being an MVP
• Hospitality Colorado style
• Other Hobbies
• WINE – Women's international Networking event
• MVP Motivations
• Giving Back
• Purpose of MVP's
• Virtual user groups
• Benefits of attending community events
• Work shopping Alaskan adventures

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