Connector Bonanza with Heidi Neuhauser

Heidi Neuhauser

Episode 104: Markus Erlandsson talks to Heidi Neuhauser from Reenhanced about Power Automate Connector Bonanza, about the fact that we have now passed 500 connectors and what a milestone that is. Heidi starts by explaining that she has reviewed, tagged and rated all of them. Then she continues with explaining the Dataverse connector and how to use that (or those). Reenhanced has made two Microsoft Certified connectors so Heidi explains the process and just how much testing is done, she continues to talk about how open source could be beneficial and what Independent connectors are how cool they can become. The show ends with some teasers about how good Desktop flows are.

Bio

Heidi Neuhauser is Director of CRM Projects at Reenhanced, a software company specializing in rescue projects. With more than ten years of experience in Microsoft CRM, she has a wide variety of industry and product knowledge working with organizations of all sizes (from small non-profit organizations to Fortune 100 companies) to implement CRM and train end users.

Heidi has a notable passion for Microsoft Dynamics and it shows in every project she works on. She volunteers regularly in the CRMUG community. She serves as Chair for the CRMUG Philadelphia Chapter, speaks at CRM industry events about best practices and provides webinar trainings for others in the CRM community.

Heidi has experience with CRM across multiple industries, including education, oil and gas, distribution, manufacturing, travel, insurance, construction, not-for-profit, software, manufacturing, government and transportation. Some of the integrations Heidi has managed and trained end users around include ClickDimensions, ActOn, Hubspot, Exact Target, call center integrations and a number of ERP integrations. Additionally, she has assisted multiple organizations to roll out Sales, Marketing and Service for the first time, helping them to leverage technology to gain user adoption of the system.

Links

https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/

https://www.connectorreview.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeEG6XU1K1kD1Ccnm1B_qg

https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidineuhauser/

https://twitter.com/CRMHeidi

https://www.crmheidi.com/

Dynamics Marketing, Social Media & Power Automate with Amey Holden

Amey Holden

Episode 91: Markus Erlandsson talks to Amey Holden from DXC Technology about and her solution to use Power Automate to get Social media information back into Dynamics Marketing. Amey begins with describing what exists in Marketing app today and what existed in Social Engagement before that was discontinues, then she continues to describe how you can use her solution in all kinds a ways and how she has used it with Twitter and Instagram.

Bio

A newly fledged Business Applications Microsoft MVP and a dedicated ABC (Anything But Code) consultant who is passionate about extending and improving Dynamics Customer Engagement & Marketing with the mighty Power Platform. The end goal of which is to create enjoyable user experiences. Living the Dynamis 365 consultant life since my first day on the IBM graduate scheme and never looked back. Originally from the UK but relocated to Australia a year and a half ago for and change of scene and to avoid becoming a grown-up – I don’t plan on leaving anytime soon.

Links

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/market-marketing-dynamics-365-part-one-amey-holden/

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bringing-instagram-dynamics-marketing-powered-flow-powerapps-holden/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amey-holden

https://twitter.com/ameyholden

https://www.ameyholden.com/

Becoming a Power Platform Solution Builder with Rory Neary

Episode 77: Markus Erlandsson talks to Rory Neary from DataSpinners about how to become a Power Platform Solution Builder. Rory explains his view on what a Power Platform Solution Builder or a Citizen Developer is and how more people are becoming developers in the Power Platform. He then continues to talk about what is needed to get going and how he started his journey into the platform.

Bio:

Rory Neary is a Chartered Accountant turned Power Platform consultant based in London / South Buckinghamshire, UK.

Rory has spent the early part of his career in finance audit and reporting roles and now specialises in PowerApps, Flow and the Microsoft BI stack. He is active in the Microsoft community posting related videos through the youtube channel, and he is a PowerApps community blogger on at https://powerusers.microsoft.com in addition to representing Microsoft across Europe as a Microsoft Power Platform trainer. Rory is also a community leader for https://dynamics365society.uk/ and you can freely download some of his stranger creations from the site.

He is passionate about the potential for using the new technologies on offer to bring order and simplicity to the things that are important to us both at home and at work.

Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/roryneary/
https://twitter.com/azurerory
https://www.youtube.com/dataspinners
https://dynamics365society.uk/
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23poweraddicts
https://www.edx.org/course/analyzing-and-visualizing-data-with-power-bi-2
https://www.edx.org/course/developing-business-applications-with-microsoft-powerapps-cds-and-flow

Dynamics 365 Spring Release 2018 with Jukka Niiranen

Jukka Niiranen Episode 63: Markus Erlandsson talks to Jukka Niiranen from Elisa about Dynamics 365 Spring Release 2018. Jukka explains what the new Business Application Platform is all about and how it is based on Common Data Service and how that is the 2.0 of XRM. We speculate if there ever will be a next version of on-premise and how the new licensing works for Marketing as well as what is new for GDPR and compliance.

Bio:
Jukka works as a Dynamics 365 Tech Lead at Elisa, and is a Microsoft MVP for Business Solutions. He has 10+ years of experience from Microsoft Dynamics CRM and has been writing his Surviving CRM blog ever since the days of CRM v3.0.

Link:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/crm/2018/03/21/business-applications-spring-18-release-notes/
Release event
http://survivingcrm.com/

https://twitter.com/jukkan

Flow vs Workflow with Britta Rekstad

Britta Rekstad Episode 62: Markus Erlandsson talks to Britta Rekstad from MacGyverCRM. Britta explains the pros and cons with both Flow and Workflow, where each can fit and where you might not use them and in the end, it might not be a “vs” after all.

 

Bio:
Britta is a 3 time Microsoft MVP as well as an independent consultant and trainer on Microsoft Dynamics 365 and earlier versions of CRM. In her spare time she hosts a class for people looking for make the leap into careers into Dynamics.

Links:
http://www.macgyvercrm.com/
Jon Levesque as pnwadventureguy on Twitter
https://flow.microsoft.com

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