Listen "From Dynamics Practice to the Power Platform with Phil Topness"
Episode Synopsis
FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/246Meet Phil Topness and learn more about where he lives and his family background How Phil spends his time does when not working Talks about his travels and career background Phil’s journey into technology Find out more about Phil as a Microsoft business applications MVP What Phil earned being an MVP and his area of specialization Learn with Phil about his role at Microsoft A discussion about Phil’s Dynamics Practice journey Power Platform journey and how did Phil get into the Power Platform Phil’s transition from Dynamics Practice to Power Platform and how it started? How do the CAT team offer help to their customers? Phil talks about the CAT team’s future. Describes Phil’s day-to-day activity as part of the CAT team Microsoft Oakdale Project Phil’s thoughts in the next 18 months about the growth in the technology area Advice to people in a consulting industry having a Dynamics background who haven't pursued on the Canvas Apps, Oakdale, Power Automate and Power Virtual Agents Discover the frivolous Apps Phil has created The role of the CAT team within Microsoft What do they do? What are their responsibilities? Who are their main customers? How do they deliver an outcome to customers?RESOURCESHow to get started: https://learn.microsoft.comPowerCAT's big list of resources: https://aka.ms/powerappsresourcesPower CAT Architect's Series: https://aka.ms/pparchseries 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/CopilotAdoptionSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith
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