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- Personal background – living in Issaquah, hobbies, family
- Career highlights being part of the Microsoft Business Applications team
- Thoughts on the idea of Microsoft’s shift in focus from apps to the platform
- The “measuring stick” that Microsoft uses to define a top ISV
- Patterns that successful ISVs do effectively to become a top ISV
- Creating a business model around being an ISV
- Various tools that Microsoft have available to enable ISVs in their journey to the Power Platform
- Unpacking the different categories of ISVs: Build ISV, Extend ISV, Connect ISV
- Examples of companies that are under the three categories of ISVs
- Splits between the different types of ISVs
- Difference between vertical and horizontal solutions
- Understanding the Power Platform and app separation, pivoting towards starting with CDS and building dedicated applications at their layer
- Thoughts on possible changes in how recognition works in the future for an example use case
- Size of the potential market opportunity for ISVs in the business application market
- Opportunity for SIs to spin up new business units that specifically focus on creating IP
- Dev Centres – what they are, their purpose, and who can access them
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