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Now displaying: March, 2020
Mar 23, 2020

Microsoft MVP Ed Gonzales (LinkedIn, Twitter)is not a professional developer, but his willingness to dive into new technology has helped him steadily expand his expertise from the Dynamics 365 product line to the Power Platform, Teams, and beyond. He recently told MSDW about his journey to becoming an MVP, with his time spent championing Microsoft tools at his day job while challenging himself with new tech at other times. He documents his latest explorations on his blog, The Flying Polymath, like an increasingly sophisticated bot that pulls in a range of Microsoft technology based on his own exploration and input from others in the community.

 

Show Notes

  • 1:15 - More about Ed's day job, including his efforts around CRM adoption.
  • 4:00 - What it's like being a CRM administrator and advocate, while also promoting Microsoft productivity tools.
  • 7:00 - Creating realistic incentives and assistance from prospective users.
  • 9:30 - On his efforts to gain support from management
  • 12:30 - Ed's thoughts on the D365 product direction and efforts to encourage power users and makers
  • 15:30 - User adoption milestones in the context of digital transformation
  • 18:15 - Exploring and collaborating on the Power Platform as a non-developer through the birthday bot
  • 25:00 - Applying information learned from experiments to real business cases.
  • 26:00 - Where is Teams going in combination with enterprise systems?
  • 32:00 - Other parts of the Microsoft tech stack that Ed is excited about
Mar 18, 2020

This is a special episode of the podcast, sponsored by ClickLearn, the multimedia digital training and documentation software firm.

Joachim Schiermacher, CEO of ClickLearn, joins us to discuss the company's newly announced updates to both their licensing model and partner model.

As Joachim explains, the changes, which include subscription pricing and new partner incentives, are key to the next stage in the company's growth and come at a time when the company aims to expand its reach, both among large enterprises and in the small and mid-sized enterprise sector.

Mar 12, 2020

Directions on Microsoft research vice president Andy Snodgrass joins us to discuss Microsoft licensing, cloud transitions, Power Platform investments, and other complex choices that his firm's clients are weighing today.

Show Notes

  • 1:00 – The Microsoft products Andy covers and how Directions on Microsoft works with clients
  • 3:45 –Microsoft customers challenges with cloud pricing
  • 6:20 – Managing the true cost of cloud solutions
  • 11:00 – How to prioritize the areas to watch in Microsoft's Business APplicatinos group.
  • 17:00 – Thinking about Dynamics 365 aggregate applications, and why it doesn't simplify system management
  • 22:15 – What are the prospects for the new D365 Human Resources application?
  • 26:30 – Progress on the citizen developer trend with the Power Platform and how enterprises have adapted
  • 29:30 – Why some enterprises are going all-in on Power Platform, and what metrics are driving their decisions.
  • 31:00 – POV: Is "citizen developer" still valid if you're making Power Platform part of a larger IT strategy?
  • 35:30 – Evaluating the structure of the biz apps group
  • 39:39 – Has the Biz Apps group come full circle, back to the MBS days under Kirill Tatarinov?
Mar 10, 2020

When your organization has made the decision to move ahead with a Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (D365FO) project, what should you expect from your implementation partner? What should your internal team be ready to provide? On this episode we talk with two D365FO consultants who have been through the deployment project experience multiple times and have some recommendations on what customers need to know upfront. MSDW contributing expert Satish Panwar and Sukrut Parab, both with Hitachi Solutions America, join us for a discussion of some of the key planning criteria for a new project.

Even if you have been through an ERP project before, there are probably going to be many new challenges with D365FO if it is your first enterprise-scale cloud ERP project. That means the expectations at various project stages will be new, like the need for fewer customizations in many cases. But other demands will be greater, like knowledge of cloud tools and systems, from D365 Lifecycle Services to key Microsoft cloud products like Azure DevOps, Azure Service Bus, Teams, and more.

We also touch on Satish and Sukrut's experiences working with the Microsoft FastTrack team, the promise of the Business Events framework, and other considerations when planning a go-live.

Show Notes:

  • 3:30 – 5 of the most important things to look at when approaching an implementation
  • 7:15 – Selecting a project methodology
  • 9:00 – What should D365FO customers expect in the early stages of a project?
  • 12:30 – Why most clients need fewer customizations with D365FO than with past AX releases.
  • 16:00 – Project and environment management strategies that factor in the ongoing release waves
  • 20:15 – What's new in LCS and Azure DevOps for D365FO projects
  • 24:30 – Other tools that customers should expect to be using, especially Teams
  • 30:00 – Data migration for D365FO – overall role and planning in the implementation phase
  • 34:45 – Other key goals that D365FO projects must account for
  • 37:00 – What unexpected need tend to arise on projects – data management, custom services, integration of other Azure technology
  • 39:50 – The importance of business events
  • 42:00 – Planning for go-live, including FastTrack
Mar 9, 2020

Editor's Note: This is a special episode of the MSDW Podcast sponsored by k-eCommerce.

Louis Mousseau, president of k-eCommerce joins us to discuss the company's recently launched Payment Portal and Payment Extension for Dynamics GP. There are a range of reasons why a GP customer should consider adding e-payment capabilities, even if they don't need e-commerce. Mousseau explains some of the differences between the two, like the fact that e-payments provide benefits on top of fundamental GP accounting features arounds sales and invoicing. We also discuss topics including security, customer experience, and streamlining operations.

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