Power Platform – Architecting 101
The Power Platform is on fire! Lot’s of partners, developers and citizens are all creating all kinds of things at a rapid pace, it all seems so easy. Unfortunately many of them will get...
Category: Dynamics 365
Dynamics 365 – Buried Skeletons
Recently, our contact on a large multi-year customization effort for a customer left. The new person who came in seemed to be of a mind to change things up. What was a highly effective...
Steve has a Chat with Mona Baset
Typically I am catching Microsoft leaders on my “Steve has a Chat” podcast, this time I thought I would try and pounce on an Enterprise Customer to get some candid feedback on PowerApps. Mona...
PowerApps vs. PowerApps
It seems clear to me from listening to people on social media, comments on my posts, and generally having an ear to the ground, that too many people, including many who should not be,...
Reduce your Dynamics 365 License costs by 92%?
I hinted in my last post about possibly being able to reduce your Dynamics 365 license costs by up to 92%. I may have been a little too coy, so I titled this post...
Updating to Unified Interface? PowerApp it!
The Dynamics 365 Web Client is going to be deprecated soon. If you have not transitioned to the Unified Interface, time is running out to be in control of that process for yourself. Maybe...
The ISV Revenue Sharing Addendum Review
The ground is shifting under Microsoft Business Applications ISVs. Only time will tell if it is shifting forward or backward. Regardless, to continue existing, you will need to sign a new document, so let’s...
Steve chats with Muhammad Alam
In this episode of “Steve has a Chat“, I was able to catch Muhammad Alam before he headed out for Inspire. Muhammad is the General Manager of the Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (F&O)...
Microsoft’s Partner Network needs an Enema
I recently tweeted a link to an obscure Microsoft post I found about eliminating IUR. I thought at the time, “this is going to get messy“. I followed up with a post on it...
Microsoft to Partners, “The Free Rides are Over!”
The news media and investor market is certainly embracing the “Softer” side of Microsoft introduced since the appointment of Satya Nadela as CEO. While the company’s stock is at an all-time high, it seems...
Live from Microsoft Business Applications Summit!
Mark Smith (aka @nz365guy) and I came up with the idea to live stream to YouTube from the Microsoft Business Applications Summit which recently concluded. Microsoft gave us a spot in the middle of...
Steve has a Chat with Hayden Stafford
In this episode of “Steve has a Chat“, I tried to sneak up on Hayden Stafford, but he sniffed me out immediately once he answered the phone. He caught me, but he didn’t hang...
Steve has a Chat with Jeff York
In this episode of “Steve has a Chat“, I nabbed Jeff York, who happened to be sitting at his “dusty” desk. One of my favorite podcasts so far!
Power Platform and the Definition of Done
One of the sessions at D365 Saturday Philadelphia this past weekend was “Managing a D365 CE Project” by Jennyfer Hogeland, it was a great session. On one of her slides she described “Definition of...
PowerApps – Why Spreadsheets Suck
What a wonderful invention spreadsheets were. For many things, I don’t know how we even managed before them. Okay, I do know, because I am that old… we managed things poorly. Spreadsheets solved so...
Common Data Service – Strategies and Silos
So the buzz about the Common Data Service (CDS) has reached a deafening stage. It is the most exciting thing that has come out of the Microsoft Business Applications group in a decade. The...
Dynamics 365 Business Central – Is it a SMB Solution?
It seems that many people are confused about where Dynamics 365 Business Central fits into the landscape. Is it an ERP… a CRM… is it for SMB… Midsized…Enterprise? Is it part of the Power...
Dynamics 365 – The Upsides to the new ISV Program
I recently wrote a post about the coming Revenue Sharing model for Microsoft Business Applications ISV’s. As expected, there is some screaming going on about forking over some of your revenue to Microsoft. But...
PowerApps Component Framework – Frosting on the Cake
I usually wait a week or two to weigh in on new announcements from Microsoft. I like to let the noise die down a little, and see how others are responding to the news....
Microsoft steps up to Salesforce’s AppExchange
Let’s be real… the Business Applications ISV motion from Microsoft to date, has been a shit show. Many budding ISVs struggled to navigate the program(s) only to reach the conclusion that there was not...
