The Intelligence Age

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• Catching up with Tanguy and life outside of Dynamics 
• The story behind the creation of XrmToolBox 
• The growth of XrmToolBox over time 
• Tools development in relation to PowerApps 
• Opportunities for developers who want to build new tools 
• Thoughts on WinForms 
• Helping developers on XrmToolBox 
• Journey to becoming an MVP 
• Experience in being featured in CRMUG magazine 
• Benefits of becoming an MVP 

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• The beginnings of MSCRM Add-Ons and the idea behind the company’s founding 
• Transitioning from building custom software to getting into Dynamics 
• Expanding and introducing MSCRM Add-Ons to a larger market 
• The value of introducing your product to the community 
• Working with Partners and growing the company on a global scale 
• Engaging and creating relationships with partners all over the world
• Managing real-time support for clients from different time zones 
• Designing a staff mix as an ISV company and keeping them passionate about the company
• Challenges when starting out with Dynamics vs now 
• Protecting your IP from unauthorized distribution and keeping up with competitors 
• Customer base change over time
• Working with other ISVs and embedding CRM Add-Ons with other technology 
• What it takes to be successful in creating ISV solutions 
• Product development and deciding which products to develop 
• Solving storage issues in Dynamics 365
• Challenges in the partner program, working with partners and the reseller network 
• Recommendations to an ISV starting in the Dynamics 365 space
• Opportunities for new ISV companies on the Power platform

RESOURCES

Book & Podcast 

• Steve Mordue Podcast – http://stevemordue.libsyn.com/ 
• Jukka Niiranen podcast – https://survivingcrm.com/tag/podcast/ 

Resources Mentioned  

• Dynamics Community – https://community.dynamics.com/ 
• AppSource – https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-US/  
• Feedly – https://feedly.com/

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• Starting his career with Adxstudio and how specialized in Portals 
• Moving to a startup company and then building his company, Engineered Code 
• Working with clients all over the world 
• The importance of focusing on a niche 
• Moving the platform forward and future of Platforms 
• Making Portals accessible via the Power platform 
• Possibility of Microsoft going towards content management with Portals 
• Keeping up with Portals competitors 
• Use cases and opportunities for Dynamics Portals as a product 
• Industry standard in the Helpdesk area  
• Customizing portals for regular admins and making trainings more accessible 
• Limitations of portals and finding ways to get around them 
• Range of portals that Microsoft currently provisioned 

Books & Podcast 

• Refresh the Cache - https://crm.audio/refresh-the-cache-the-dynamics-365-portals-podcast-with-nick-doelman-and-colin-vermander/ 
• CRM MVP Podcast - http://crmmvppodcast.com/  
   

Resources Mentioned  

• Dynamics Portals - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-engagement/portals/administer-manage-portal-dynamics-365 
• Adxstudio Portals - https://community.adxstudio.com/products/adxstudio-portals/ 

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• What it's like living in a transient community
• Explore his love for blue crabs
• Road to becoming an MVP
• Creating tools and bots for Dynamics 365
• Use cases for bots inside of Dynamics 365
• LUIS and bots
• Understanding the value and potential of bots
• Discussing the power of Snapshot as a tool inside Dynamics 365
• Building his own company after 13 years of working for a company
• Enjoying the flexibility and learning since starting his own business

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• How Chris got into Dynamics, moving to the UK, and transitioning to PowerApps 
• The best thing about presales 
• What being a Dynamics 365 evangelist means 
• What it’s like being a new MVP 
• The Power platform, PowerApps and other terminologies 
• What is common data model 
• What is common data service 
• The Microsoft Power Platform rebranding 
• Fully immersive experience in the Power platform 
• The biggest benefit of switching to Power platform 
• The future of Microsoft Flow 
• Can the concept of restricted entity exist when providing a common data model

RESOURCES

Book & Podcast 

• PowerApps Podcast – https://crm.audio/powerapps-podcast-1-bridging-the-last-mile-with-microsoft-flow/ 
• Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis – https://amzn.to/2RgwZTo  

Resources Mentioned  

• Microsoft PowerApps – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/  
• Microsoft Field Service – https://dynamics.microsoft.com/en-us/field-service/overview/ 
• Microsoft Social Engagement – https://dynamics.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-social-engagement/ 
• Common Data Model – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/common-data-model/  
• Common data service – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/common-data-service/data-platform-intro 
• Power BI – https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/ 

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• Tracing Scott’s family roots and ancestry
• Being a wine aficionado – enjoying a bottle of wine and a meal or relaxing, joining classes and clubs  
• Starting journey as an MVP and a former Microsoft employee 
• Enjoying sharing ideas and expertise with the community 
• Trying to make use of the entire Power Platform 
• Building an app on top of utilizing Dynamics data and being able to use it on a mobile device 
• IoT and use cases and Field Service 
• Pitching Dynamics 365 against Salesforce and Oracle CRM 
• Microsoft investing in Dynamics 365 and how far it has gotten 
• Seeing the value in linking projects, cases and work orders all together 
• Having patience at work and in raising children 
• The importance of working hard to reach your goals 

Resources Mentioned: 

Field Service - https://dynamics.microsoft.com/en-us/field-service/overview/ 
PowerApps - https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/ 
Canvas apps - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/getting-started

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• Career Journeys with Microsoft
• What is Microsoft Docs?
• Software Developer Kit (SDK)
• Development of Microsoft Docs
• Docs for Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Using Microsoft Docs and usage
• Updates and changes

Books Mentioned

• History of Rome Podcast – http://thehistoryofrome.com/episodes/
• History of England Podcast –https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/
• The CRM Book – https://crmbook.powerobjects.com/
• The Scot Durow Hour – https://crm.audio/episode-23-the-scott-durow-hour/
• CRM Tip of the Day – https://crmtipoftheday.com/
• Hosk’s Dynamics CRM Blog – https://crmbusiness.wordpress.com/
• CNN Blogs – http://edition.cnn.com/exchange/blogs/
• CRM Community Blogs – https://community.dynamics.com/crm/b
• Neil Parkhurst – https://neilparkhurst.com/

Resources

• Ribbon Workbench – https://www.xrmtoolbox.com/plugins/RibbonWorkbench2016/
• VS Code – https://code.visualstudio.com/
• Google Earth – https://www.google.com/earth/
• Google News – https://news.google.com/?hl=en-AU&gl=AU&ceid=AU:en
• Inbox Zero – https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/inbox-zero
• Monthly Task List
• Google Home Hub – https://store.google.com/product/google_home_hub

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• Life in Australia
• Plane Spotting tips
• The immigration path and career moves
• The path to becoming an MVP and knowledge sharing
• Being nominated and failing
• Accessing Freebies (stuff and people)
• Ninja Skills
• What's in the toolbox
• MVP Activities

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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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

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith

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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

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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith