These are two products that I love; Dynamics 365 and LinkedIn. Back in the day, I wrote a step by step guide on how to get them both working together – long before Microsoft started flirting with the idea of owning their own social network.

For years, businesses and organizations have needed custom software applications to carry out day to day business. Applications that are unique to an industry, and sometimes unique to the way a company operates within that industry, are commonly known as Line of Business Applications.

Now that Microsoft has launched the Power Platform with Common Data Service (CDS) at its core, it’s time to evolve how we build line of business applications.

I have just completed another Hack4Good event, my second for the year. My first one was in London in February 2019 and the second in Atlanta June 2019, as part of Microsoft Business Applications Summit. Both events used Microsoft technologies to create digital solutions. Technologies included Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft Azure as well as other third-party solutions.

It’s time to establish who really knows their stuff in the Power Platform community. Do you have what it takes to get a team together and win global bragging rights on the Pub Quiz at the User Group Summit Orlando 2019?

In the past year, I have been getting more involved in Hackathons.

Why choose the Power Platform as an Independent Software Vendor (ISV)?Well, first, let us look at what Microsoft has done with the Power Platform. Over the last 24 months, they have separated Dynamics 365 applications from the underlying platform. De-coupling Dynamics 365 applications like Sales, Customer Service, and Marketing means that the platform now exists as a standalone tool, called the Power Platform.

I recently returned from a business trip to Beijing, China and was blown away by the massive opportunity for Microsoft Partners wanting to grow a Power Platform or Dynamics 365 business in this region.

PowerApps developers are only telling half the story when it comes to building PowerApps on the Platform Platform.

Delving into the topic Artificial Intelligence has raised some interesting questions. In my recent posts, I’ve explored the concepts of Practical AI and Mixed Reality, and the exciting possibilities opened up by evolving AI technology.

I am excited about where Microsoft is moving with Mixed Reality. The Microsoft Business Applications Group has brought Mixed Reality under its umbrella as part of the Dynamics 365 Suite of products. We are moving into a very interesting time where we are able to interact with ideas using technology, as well as overlaying the physical world with digital information.

If you’ve been working in Microsoft Business Applications for more than a couple of years you may be aware that Microsoft moved Microsoft Dynamics 365 to Azure. In the past, this resided in the same data-centres as Azure but did not run on Azure.

“Be passionate and bold. Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don't learn.”

Recently we have seen a lot of change in the Microsoft Business Applications space. Microsoft moved James Phillips into the role of Corporate Vice President of the Microsoft Business Application suite of products and that has created some massive upturn and scaling of the ecosystem we have come to know over the past years.

Create Business Process in Minutes – One Cloud to connect them all.

Mark Margolis from Microsoft talks about Dynamics CRM & FSI.

Carsten Groth - Programmer, Script expert, Modern UI Tiler.

Developer Developer Developer Jason Lattimer.