Podcasts by Steve reads his Blog

Welcome to the ”Steve reads his posts podcast”. For those of you who are too busy, or too lazy, to actually read my posts, I have taken on the huge effort of reading them to you. Enjoy.

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Steve has a Fifth Annual Chat with Charles Lamanna from 2023-11-29T16:02:59

I caught Charles the other day for my fifth annual Chat. We talked about many things fresh off of Ignite—copilots, of course, but also Project Sophia and his thoughts about AGI.

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Are You Straddling Outbound and Real-Time Marketing? from 2023-10-21T13:58:54

Are You Straddling Outbound and Real-Time Marketing? Listen to this.

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How AI Could Kill Us All - Part 8 from 2023-10-20T10:53:59

The final episode in my series, How AI Could Kill Us All

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How AI Could Kill Us All - Part 7 from 2023-10-19T06:24:05

Part 7 of my series, How AI Could Kill Us All

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How AI Could Kill Us All - Part 6 from 2023-10-18T07:01:29

Part 6 in my series, How AI Could Kill Us All

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How AI Could Kill Us All - Part 5 from 2023-10-17T07:27:20

Part 5 in my series, How AI Could Kill Us All

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How AI Could Kill Us All - Part 4 from 2023-10-16T16:28:29

Part 4 in my series, How AI Could Kill Us All

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How AI Could Kill Us All - Part 3 from 2023-10-16T08:35:42

Part 3 in my series, How AI Could Kill Us All

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How AI Could Kill Us All - Part 2 from 2023-10-13T16:33

Part 2 in my series on How AI Could Kill Us All

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How AI Could Kill Us All - Part 1 from 2023-10-13T11:15

Part 1 of a series on How AI Could Kill Us All

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Sally in HR has a Business Problem - Part 7 from 2023-09-26T09:20:51

Part 7, the last in my series of Sally and Power Platform

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Sally in HR has a Business Problem - Part 6 from 2023-09-25T06:45:09

Part 6 in my series of Sally and Power Platform

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Sally in HR has a Business Problem - Part 5 from 2023-09-24T15:38:54

Part 5 in my series of Sally and Power Platform

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Sally in HR has a Business Problem - Part 4 from 2023-09-19T13:36:43

Part 4 in my series of Sally and Power Platform

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Sally in HR has a Business Problem - Part 3 from 2023-09-19T11:37:09

Part 3 in my series of Sally and Power Platform

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Sally in HR has a Business Problem - Part 2 from 2023-09-18T09:54:28

Part 2 in my series of Sally and Power Platform

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Sally in HR has a Business Problem - Part 1 from 2023-09-15T13:47:41

In this mini-series, we will follow Sally from HR as she uses the Microsoft Power Platform to solve business problems.

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Finding The Limits of Low-Code from 2023-06-19T09:37:56

For as long as I have been in this business, about 25 years now, costs for clients have always been a wild card.

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Here’s why customers should pay for more for customizations! from 2023-06-19T09:33:06

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How to Write a Modern RFP for CRM Implementation from 2023-06-19T09:31:09

How do you write an RFP for Dynamics 365 or Power Platform Services? You don't.

You can search for "How to write a CRM RFP?" or "Template for CRM RFP", or "RFP for Dynamics 365", or simil...

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How to ”Do More With Less” with Microsoft from 2023-06-19T09:26:51

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The Myth of the ”Full Stack Developer” from 2023-06-19T09:19:28

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Update on ”Service as a Subscription” Model from 2023-06-19T09:17:16

It has been exactly one year since we signed our first customer up for “The Works from Forceworks”

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A Mountain of Shitty Little Apps from 2023-06-19T07:36

When Microsoft introduced the Power Platform as a "Citizen-Friendly" set of tools for non-technical business users to create apps to solve business challenges, it seemed a worthy endeavor. Well,...

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Microsoft is Infected with AI as Copilots Consume all of the Oxygen from 2023-06-19T07:19

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Steve has a 5th chat with charles from 2022-09-13T08:09

This was my fifth chat with Charles Lamanna.

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Steve has a Chat with Vahe Torossian from 2022-09-13T08:04

I had a chance to sneak up on Vahe Torossian, a Microsoft Corporate Vice President and the man in charge of Sales for Microsoft...

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Steve has a Chat with Jukka from 2022-08-25T12:32

I had the pleasure of having a chat with a Power Platform industry leader, Jukka Niiranen. Listen or Watch below. Enjoy!

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The Works Services-as-a-Subscription Model Update from 2022-08-04T14:54

Back in May, I wrote a post describing a completely new Services model we call "...

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Power Platform Blind Spots from 2022-07-21T13:07

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Power Platform Outside the Bubble from 2022-07-14T12:08

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Let’s Talk About Funnels from 2022-05-18T10:22

In my 20-plus years in this CRM business, I have seen my share of "Funnels". Lead Funnels, Sales Funnels, Delivery Funnels, every kind of business-related funnel you can think of, I have probabl...

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It’s Time for a New Services Model for Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform from 2022-05-17T09:18

About seven years ago we pioneered the "Support by Blocks" model, and it has served our Forceworks clients and us well. But thanks to Microsoft, it is time for a whole new model for Dynamics 365...

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Are you over-paying for Dynamics 365? from 2022-02-02T20:29:28

Microsoft Dynamics 365 business applications are fantastic products. Unrivaled power and features and priced accordingly. Are they over-priced? No! Are you over-paying? Maybe. So, let's unpack t...

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The Myth of Single Version of the Truth from 2022-02-02T14:55:16

I've heard this term bandied about for many years now, "Single Version of the Truth". As Jack Nicholson once said, "You can't handle the Truth!" I would paraphrase that as, "You can't afford a S...

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Pay as you Go, Go, Go from 2021-11-04T19:24:59

Microsoft just announced, and released in the next breath, a new Pay as You Go model for Power Apps. This has huge implications for all organizations and also for users of our f...

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Hit 50K Users? Get ready for the knock-offs. from 2021-09-03T20:45:13

Shortly after we launched RapidStartCRM back in 2015, a couple of competitors followed us into the emerging space we identified. They are gone now, but new ones occasionally pop...

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Your organization (tenant) is over capacity from 2021-08-30T12:15:44

It seems like a couple of times a week I get a panicked message from a customer who saw the dreaded alert: "Your organization (tenant) is over capacity" in the Power Platform Admin Center. Somet...

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"Even after everything, we still have adoption problems" from 2021-08-27T15:07:52

One of the smartest things I have done in a while was to introduce a monthly Principals call with our customers. Our customers are all very happy with our team, so why rock the boat by injecting...

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We Upgraded from Dynamics 365 to RapidStartCRM from 2021-08-24T15:09:27

I have had my head down for a while working on the next version of RapidStartCRM. We also recently deployed RapidStartCRM for our own support operations. In the...

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Steve has another Chat with Toby Bowers from 2021-08-02T15:40:51

I have had my head down working on some big things, and it has been a while since you heard from me. Well, I'm getting back to it with a follow-up chat with Toby Bowers, the Leader of the Micros...

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Steve has a Chat with Ryan Cunningham from 2021-01-07T14:10:40

So I noticed Ryan Cunningham, Product Lead for the Power Apps side of the Power Platform for Microsoft, suddenly come available in Teams. So of co...

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$10 bills for $3 each, for a limited time! from 2020-12-01T12:00:25

Today, Microsoft business Applications group is announcing a special offer for Power Apps Per App Passes. It felt pretty significant, so I thought I would write a short post on it.

Microsoft marching masses to peak of Mt. Stupid from 2020-11-23T20:15:38

I recently became aware of an interesting concept in psychology called the Dunning-Kruger Effect, and Citizen Developers came to my mind. What the hell am I talking about now? Read on to find ou...

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The beatings will continue until morale improves from 2020-11-19T19:20:36

James Phillips, the head of engineering for Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform, that we all either use, or make a living on, recently tweeted "The name changes will continue until morale improv...

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Microsoft taking away Direct CSP from Small Partners from 2020-11-05T16:07:16

When I moved from Salesforce to become a Microsoft partner about ten years ago, they were just launching the "Advisor" model for cloud license sales. The road got rocky after that. Listen

Steve Reads Jukka's Post from 2020-09-22T12:42:15

In one of our private MVP channels, another MVP “joked” that Jukka Niiranen should consider reading his blog like I do, so I “joked” that I would do it f...

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I recommended Zoho! from 2020-09-18T19:31:05

In this past week, I had two potential customers who were deciding between our RapidStartCRM Power Apps or Listen

The Evolution of an ISV from 2020-09-16T17:49:46

I get that it is mostly partners and Microsoft employees that read my blog, I have not really targeted my content toward customers, which was probably a mistake, but that is a topic for another ...

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ISV Connect ED!, also our Apps are now Free from 2020-09-10T19:58:35

I had planned on making this two posts, but frankly I have too much on my plate at the moment, so its a twofer. The first part is about something new I launched, and the second part is about a b...

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Steve has a Chat with Toby Bowers from 2020-09-07T15:00:52

I recently wrote a post with suggestions for Toby Bowers, the new Leader of the Microsoft ISV Program. I assum...

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Suggestions for Toby Bowers on ISV Connect from 2020-08-06T19:28:12

I guess it is fairly obvious from my post yesterday, that I am pretty pissed off at Microsoft. I have always be...

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Microsoft continues inching into ISV Turf from 2020-08-04T16:09:46

"Microsoft has always been a partner-led company, and we are committed to creating more opportunity for our partners across our businesses." and "This ethos of being partner-led wil...

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CRM is not just about Sales from 2020-07-07T12:17:55

"We're not looking for a Sales solution", said the person on the other end of the phone call. I have heard this many times. While those of us in the Power Platform arena know that Sales...
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Power Apps - The truth about $10 from 2020-06-18T15:55:50

When Model-Driven Power Apps first appeared on the scene, it brought with it a $40 per user license called Power Apps P2. Earlier this year Microsoft launched a $10 per App "Pass". Clearly $10 i...
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Walking the Talk from 2020-06-12T19:09:21

I usually avoid discussing my products or services on the blog, people seem to get annoyed. But I was having a chat with an ISV the other day, who said he had found me via this blog. He asked me...
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Steve has another chat with Alysa Taylor from 2020-06-04T12:54:38

In this episode of "Steve has a Chat", I catch up again with Alysa Taylor, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft,
to get the latest from the Queen of Marketing for Microsoft Business Appl...
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Steve has a third chat with Guggs from 2020-04-11T20:50:33

In this episode of "Steve has a Chat", I catch up again with Steven Guggenheimer "Guggs" to get the latest on the ISV Connect program. It seems that the word is out at Microsoft about calls from...
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Tried Dynamics 365? Take another look at Power Apps. from 2020-04-06T15:38:58

As I think back to past customers of Dynamics 365, not all of them were successful. The challenges that brought them to Dynamics 365 were real enough, but at the time we only had one solution to...
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Steve has a third chat with Charles Lamanna from 2020-03-30T12:15:11

I try and sneak up on Charles Lamanna a third time, but he was ready for it, "fool me once". Recently promoted to CVP, Citizen Application Platform I wanted to ...
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The Cost of Hemorrhaging Money from 2020-03-25T18:17:39

Most people I am talking to today are starting to think about their businesses in these odd times. Many are naturally concerned about a reduction in revenue. But the counter-part to revenue is c...
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The Last Nail in the On-Premise Coffin from 2020-03-24T19:07:04

The Conona Virus is having many different effects on the world, most are negative, but there are some that may actually be positive. For example, with workers being asked to work from home at an...
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Dynamics 365 Team Member gets Locked from 2020-02-26T19:06:47

You were warned, you panicked, then realized nothing was happening immediately. So the trusty Team Member licenses kept chugging along, continuing to perform well beyond their boundaries. I Listen

Power Apps Potholes from 2020-02-12T18:47:20

There are a couple of different ways to approach building a Power App... and I am not referring to Canvas vs. Model-Driven here, but rather, the environment type. Today, you can build a Power Ap...
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Power Platform - ISV Ready from 2020-02-05T14:54:18

As an ISV I want to be able to take full advantage of everything that Microsoft's Power Platform can offer. Like SI's and customers, I get excited when I see the roadmap of features that are com...
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Business Models Continued from 2020-02-04T17:40:31

I know had previously written about Partner business models, but I can't find that post. I recall discussing our "Blocks of Hours" model, and how it was working well for both us and our customer...
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Shining a Light on Shadow IT from 2020-02-04T14:40:14

The IT organization, inside of most enterprise customers, is primarily focused on Security, Governance and Compliance these days. One of the biggest tools in their arsenal is the word "No". Tha...
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Steve Reviews a Solution from 2019-12-19T15:49

I know... this is out of left field right? Me doing a review of a Power Platform solution. But I know the team behind it, and I thought hmm... maybe this could be an angle for some new blog cont...
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Dynamics 365 - ISV Protection? from 2019-11-27T13:23:33

As an ISV, with solutions for both Dynamics 365 and Power Apps, I was encouraged about the attention that Business Applications ISVs are getting recently. Unfortunately, I.P. protection is not o...
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Power Apps - Licenses vs. Passes from 2019-11-25T17:39:27

Many of you have probably heard me talk about the new Power Apps Per App Plans. At $10ea, I know a lot of people are inquiring about it from my Listen

Power begets Power from 2019-11-08T17:26:50

Okay, I know it has been a while since I wrote a post. It's been a very busy time, and since Mark Smith and I started do a Listen

Steve has another chat with Guggs from 2019-10-31T15:21:33

In this episode of "Steve has a Chat", I catch up again with Steven Guggenheimer "Guggs" to get the latest on the ISV Connect program. I also had a few surprises for him. Enjoy!

BTW, don...
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Steve has another chat with Charles Lamanna from 2019-09-16T16:52:42

In this episode of "Steve has a Chat", I try and sneak up on Charles Lamanna again, but no dice. Recently promoted to CVP, Citizen Application Platform I wanted...
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Power Platform - Architecting 101 from 2019-08-29T20:35:46

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 down the...
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Dynamics 365 - Buried Skeletons from 2019-08-29T14:27:07

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 Listen

Steve has a Chat with Mona Baset from 2019-08-12T17:29:05

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<...
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PowerApps vs. PowerApps from 2019-08-06T18:28:17

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, are still ...
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Reduce your Dynamics 365 License costs by 92%? from 2019-08-05T17:46:01

I hinted in my last post about possibly being able to reduce your Dynamics 365 license costs by up to 92%. I ma...
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Updating to Unified Interface? PowerApp it! from 2019-08-01T18:44:30

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 there ...
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The ISV Revenue Sharing Addendum Review from 2019-07-25T14:34:25

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 docume...
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Steve chats with Muhammad Alam from 2019-07-11T20:57:21

In this episode of "Steve has a Chat", I was able to catch Muhammad Alam bef...
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Microsoft's Partner Network needs an Enema from 2019-07-09T21:00:35

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 Listen

Microsoft to Partners, "The Free Rides are Over!" from 2019-07-07T18:22:10

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...
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Steve has a Chat with Jeff York from 2019-06-06T14:37:23

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Steve Chats with Hayden Stafford from 2019-06-06T14:15:40

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Data, Data everywhere, but not a drop to drink. from 2019-05-27T15:43:01

Originally posted on March 7, 2012

Some of you younger whippersnappers may not remember the days when data was stored in file cabinets. That's not a metaphor, I mean actual metal file cab...
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Power Platform and the Definition of Done from 2019-05-20T20:45:01

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Are you brave enough to ask your customers how you are doing? from 2019-05-14T20:25:41

I am currently in the software consulting business supporting Microsoft's Power Platform. As you may know, I write about it a lot, but for this post I wanted to veer off a little bit from my typ...
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PowerApps - Why Spreadsheets Suck from 2019-05-13T19:11:21

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 solv...
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Common Data Service - Strategies and Silos from 2019-05-10T19:44:54

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 possi...
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Dynamics 365 Business Central - Is it a SMB Solution? from 2019-05-09T17:56:33

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 ...
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Dynamics 365 - The Upsides to the new ISV Program from 2019-05-02T19:25:21

I recently wrote a post about the coming Revenue Sharing model for Microsoft Business Applications ISV's. As...
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PowerApps Component Framework - Frosting on the Cake from 2019-04-24T20:17:40

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. But I am way too excited a...
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Microsoft steps up to Salesforce's AppExchange from 2019-04-18T16:25:49

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...
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Power Platform - CDS Explained for Normal People from 2019-03-25T05:47:15

There is quite a bit of information in the wild for technically savvy people, around the Power Platform and it's underlying Common Data Service. I want to see if I can make that understandable t...
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Dynamics 365 - Dead is a Strong Word from 2019-03-24T19:19:13

My fellow MVP, good friend and co-collaborator on PowerISV, Mark Smith (aka @nz365guy) is on a "Shock and ...
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Power Platform - The Uncommon Data Service from 2019-03-24T01:40:13

Fresh from a week of "drinking from the firehose" at the Microsoft MVP Summit, several things became quite apparent to me. MVPs like to drink, and the Common Data Service, is anything but "Commo...
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Power Platform - The Developer's Dilemma from 2019-03-15T15:38:40

As I have been exploring the Power Platform, I continue to make new discoveries every day. I am not a developer, but I have developers on my team. Lately, I am noticing that we are pulling them ...
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Steve Chats with Steven (Guggs) Guggenheimer from 2019-01-30T21:18:37

In this episode of “Steve has a Chat“, I called Steven (Guggs) Guggenheimer, who was not surprised that I had the Record Button ...
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Steve Chats with Alysa Taylor from 2019-01-10T22:45:54

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Steve Chats with Gavriella Schuster from 2019-01-03T14:20:52

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Microsoft Business Applications - Breaking Down the Landscape from 2018-12-18T20:43:19

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Dynamics 365 vs. Salesforce - The Debate Rages on from 2018-12-17T16:41:09

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Power Platform - Ryan's Five Things from 2018-12-14T17:34

I was recently at Extreme365 in Austin, I even had a role in Keynote! One of the sessions was a "Fireside Chat" with the Bizapps product team. Aside from t...
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Dynamics 365 - A Single ERP Solution? from 2018-12-12T15:47:55

Let me caveat this post with a couple of things; first, I am not an ERP partner, so I don't actually have a dog in this fight at the moment. Also, none of the following came from anybody at Micr...
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Dynamics 365 - How about some Solution Quality? from 2018-11-24T22:16:59

Solutions for either Model-driven PowerApps, or for extensions to First-party Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement apps share a lot in common. In fact, almost everything in common. What they do not ...
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AppSource - 19th time's the Charm from 2018-11-18T18:06:07

I am fresh back from the Microsoft Dynamics Partner Advisory Council meetings last week. AppSource, and the whole ISV strategy was a central topic. Unfortunately I cannot share too much because ...
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Dynamics 365 - Consumption vs. Licensing from 2018-11-17T21:24:39

I was listening to Gus Gonzales' recent podcast on Ten Features that should be removed from D...
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Dynamics 365 - The Price of Currentcy from 2018-10-25T14:12:51

Yes, I know, I made up a new term, "Currentcy". I am sure there is a better word for what I am thinking, but I have already typed this one, and changing it at this stage of the game, would simpl...
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Power Platform ISV - Inception to Disruption from 2018-10-21T18:59:16

Some of you may know, that one of several things I am involved with, is an ISV Consulting Collaborative called Power ISV. Together with four other ISV-focused...
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Steve chats with Charles Lamanna from 2018-10-11T14:00:12

In this episode of "Steve has a Chat", I sneak up on Charles Lamanna, General Manager of the Application Platform at Microsoft. I called him "out of the blue" at the end of his day, and we chatt...
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Microsoft&Salesforce.com - The 800-Pound Gorilla vs. the Elephant in the Room from 2018-10-01T18:07:18

The photo with this post was from a short-lived marriage that I called the "Can't we all just get along" phase in the Microsoft/Salesforce relationship. This love fest came to an abrupt end when...
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How I.T. can create value exceeding their expense from 2018-09-14T15:04:42

In a recent post, I referenced this post that I wrote 6 years ago. I thought I would go back...
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The Changing Role of the Microsoft Business Applications Partner from 2018-09-10T19:58:50

Six years ago, I wrote a post that was directed at IT Directors/Managers, about the need for them to re-imagi...
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Dynamics 365 for Marketing - Steve chats with Thomas from 2018-09-07T20:39:25

So I have actually been having a little fun with the "Steve Reads his Post Podcast", and decided to see if I might take it further. But I didn't want it to be "just another podcast". I thought i...
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Dynamics Developers - Time to Get your Head out of your Ass from 2018-09-06T18:40:18

As I was writing my last post on Re-Thinking, I got an email from some off-shore developer, offering to ass...
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Business Applications - It's Time to Re-Think Things from 2018-09-06T13:55:26

Recently, I found myself looking in the Google Play Store for a mobile app to solve some issue. I found several options that were close, but none met my need perfectly. My choices were: a) continue...
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Dynamics 365 for Marketing - The Giant Stands Back Up from 2018-09-04T11:31:05

Dynamics 365 for Marketing - The Giant Stands Back Up Back in April, I wrote a post called "Dynamics 365 for M...
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Dynamics 365 - Unpacking a recent post from 2018-09-03T20:31:56

As an experiment, back in February, I thought I would try using the LinkedIn "Create an Article" feature, to see how it compared to just posting to LinkedIn from my own blog. I can confidently repo...
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Microsoft Business Applications - Freelancers vs. Partners from 2018-08-30T19:23:56

Sometimes people ask me where I come up with post ideas, here's one way. I saw a LinkedIn post today from a recruiter, suggesting the use of "freelancers" for Dynamics 365, and presumably other Mic...
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Dynamics 365&PowerApps - Let's build a Home from 2018-08-15T13:59:41

There seems to be quite a bit of confusion lately about Dynamics 365 and PowerApps, particularly now with Model-Driven PowerApps. Microsoft's #FreightTrain, seems to have become a #BulletTrain of i...
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Dynamics 365 - The Battle for Simple from 2018-08-08T17:10:35

Mobile phone apps ruined everything. As a result of minimal processing power and small screen size, mobile app developers had little choice but to keep things basic. Given that mobile devices are u...
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Dynamics 365 - CDS Changes Everything You Know from 2018-08-04T18:14:56

Dynamics 365 Customers and Partners have had a few changes pushed to them in recent years. Dynamics 365 was evolving at a pretty rapid pace since it hit the cloud, and when James Phillips took over...
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Dynamics 365 - The Transition to Unified Interface from 2018-07-27T13:00:28

There is no need to panic...yet. Procrastinators can freely ignore this post, for now. But if you are one of those people who hates scrambling at the last minute, then maybe this will interest you....
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Dynamics 365 - Making Work for Partners from 2018-07-05T21:32:07

I was chatting with another Dynamics 365 partner the other day. He was talking about his existing customers, and how once deployed, configured and tweaked etc., he did not do much follow-on work wi...
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Dynamics 365 - Sales Professional License? from 2018-07-03T16:20:40

Part of the huge April wave of feature releases for Dynamics 365, were some license tweaks and a some new license types. I already discussed the new Dynamics 365 for Marketing license Listen

Dynamics 365 - Our Big Leap into CDS from 2018-07-02T22:08:15

Microsoft recently announced the availability of the Common Data Service (CDS), as a platform, accessible with a PowerApps P2 license. A few folks got kind of excited, many others said "So what?", ...
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Dynamics 365 for Marketing - A Giant Tripped by a Grain of Sand from 2018-07-02T19:58:04

Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Marketing has finally launched! It has been available for purchase since the first of this week. An awesome platform of modern technology, able to do things not even poss...
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Dynamics 365 - Business Central vs. Customer Engagement from 2018-07-02T19:30:24

Microsoft recently announced Dynamics 365 Business Central, the official name for the product that was code-named "Tenerife". This is the long anticipated, fully "SaaSified" versio...
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Dynamics 365 for Marketing - ABM Redux from 2018-07-02T17:48:08

I recently wrote a couple of posts about Dynamics 365 for Marketing, that some may have deemed negative. I, like many other partners and customers, had a few issues with it. But make no mistake, I ...
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Dynamics 365 and the Citizen Developer from 2018-07-02T17:19:28

There has been quite a bit of chatter in the channel lately about this new "Citizen Developer" role that Microsoft is attempting to better support. Not surprisingly, many "real" developers have bee...
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Dynamics 365 - Strategy Simulator from 2018-07-02T14:11:16

There are a lot of opinions floating around the Dynamics 365 channel today. Talk to any partner and they will say things like "If it were up to me, I would do this or that... but don't tell ...
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Dynamics 365 - Paper is Rock and Scissors from 2018-07-01T17:03:27

It should be news to no one that Microsoft's Business Solutions are exploding with new capabilities by the minute. An enormous amount of money and effort is being brought to bear to push the env...
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Dynamics 365 goes PaaS with PowerApps from 2018-07-01T16:37:43

It was less than a year ago... I was asking Dynamics 365 leaders about the possibility of Dynamics 365 being offered as a "Naked" platform. The strategy, that has been successfully employed by S...
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Dynamics 365 - CDS for Non-Techies from 2018-07-01T14:25:15

Steve wrote about CDS for Non-Techies recently, in this podcast, he reads that post to you.
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