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I had the pleasure of presenting at the UK’s and possibly Europe’s largest free business applications community event – Scottish Summit 2020! The event had over 1000 attended descend on Glasgow for a fantastic day of networking and learning. I chose to present Power Automate and how to adopt it within your organisation quickly. Enjoy and Happy Automating! https://youtu.be/vt2rzTJ_p1E
Well, we are done once again with another Scottish Summit and this year it was over three times the size of the first one last year. It is incredible to think that a Scottish community event can get over 1000 attendees. I am very proud to have been involved and will be posting my highlights from the event in the coming days. However, for now, here are some of the best photos from this fantastic event! 102 Amazing Speakers 21 Nationalities 44 Microsoft MVP’s 14 Microsoft FTE’s Over 1000 Attendee’s from 400 Starting Locations 4900 Minutes of Learning 2500 Cups…
The agreement between Microsoft and Copenhagen University is a highly focused research partnership. Microsoft employees will work closely with the institute’s researchers to develop and build on the university’s expertise in computer vision, artificial intelligence and machine learning. This translates to creating significant opportunities and pressing forward with research and development in areas such as artificial neural networks, deep learning, and deep neural network analysis. Computers based on quantum technology can solve and perform complex computations faster and more efficiently than existing computers built with conventional bits. Bits based upon quantum numbers, known as qubits, will generate unprecedented performance. Chips,…
It is critical to define the correct solution strategy to support your individual deployment. Generally, the deciding factor is based on how complex the implementation is. If you have a simple implementation, a single solution approach can be adopted for larger more complex implementations, a multi-solution approach is preferred. There is an assortment of approaches to defining your solution strategy and there is no right or wrong answer. What is crucial is that the needs of the organisation are addressed in a way that works today and provides scalability for future developments. Single or Multiple Solutions Single Solution Approach When…
It is vital to have a defined environment management strategy in place to ensure that you have all the required environments to support both your initial project as well as any ongoing business as usual activity. What is described here should be treated as an absolute minimum as you may require additional levels of complexity to support your particular ecosystem. Environment Planning At the start of any project, it is essential to identify what environments you are going to require to deliver the specific business requirements. The environment strategy that is implemented should include the concept of JIT (Just in…
It gives me great excitement to announce that I will now be writing for the Power Automate Community blog. It is a great resource to learn and connect with other Power Automate lovers! The main reason I blog is I love to give back to the community as it has helped me so much over the years, and I want to pay it back in any way I can! You can find the community blog here: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Power-Automate/ct-p/MPACommunity Happy Automating!
Like the Power Platform Power Automate has its own release train. But what does that actually mean and why does it matter? To most users, it is unimportant, but for those of us who have environments in multiple regions, it is a vital aspect to consider. Updates and bug fixes are applied to one region at a time, and there could be up to 6 weeks difference in what version any particular region has. This is important if you are waiting for a bug fix or a new feature. As you can see from the below screenshot, each region is…
It seems that recently I am writing about products being killed off by Microsoft. Many will view this as a negative, but actually, it is a very positive thing. The new products that are replacing the old are a massive jump in evolution in terms of both the technology used and the capability. The latest one being announced is the removal of Project service – albeit not until October 2024 – and is being replaced with Project Operations. Currently, there are very few details of what is coming, but we do know that Project Operations has been built from the…
If you are reading this, you are more than likely on an old version of Dynamics CRM. Shame on you! I joke. I come across lots of organisations that are on dynamics versions as far back as 2011. If you are on an old version, this also means that you are on-premise. The big question you should be asking yourself is, how do I get onto the Power Platform? If you are asking yourself that question, you have come to the right place. As scary as a prospect, it is the transition from the old to the new is a…