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Helping people build practical AI skill in the Intelligence Age

Principal AI Strategist at Cloverbase. Microsoft MVP since 2012. Co-author of Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption. Host of The Intelligence Age Podcast with 837+ episodes.

Mark Smith · Principal AI Strategist14 years as Microsoft MVP837+ podcast episodes

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AI skills plan for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform consultants

Dynamics 365 and Power Platform consultants need AI skills they can prove, not just tool familiarity. This 365-day plan shows how to build them.

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29 June 202628 min read

What Dynamics 365 partners should do when project work dries up

Dynamics 365 and Power Platform partner practices seeing slower demand need a reset towards workflow accountability, governed agents, adoption and measurable...

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23 June 202615 min read

Building a DevOps team from AI agents on OpenCLAW

Ten AI agents, each owning a phase of the DevOps infinity loop, coordinated by an engineering-manager agent. How I built a development team that plans, builds...

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23 June 20268 min read

Building an org directory for AI agents on OpenCLAW

AI agents in multi-agent systems do not know who each other are. Here is how to build an org directory that gives every agent persistent awareness of the full...

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23 June 202613 min read

Hardening OpenCLAW on Azure after a live audit

A live audit of my OpenCLAW Azure VM found two critical gaps: no Azure-native VM backup and no Azure Monitor Agent. Here is what I fixed, what it cost, and what is...

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