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The MSDW PodcastMSDW Podcast: Vibe 2026 Event PreviewMicrosoft partners have a new event experience to consider in early 2026: PartnerIn's Vibe 2026. Note: MSDW is a media partner of Vibe 2026. Register with code FeeltheVibe15 for 15% off your registration. The conference takes place January 28 to 30 on South Padre Island. And while it is new, the founders and event organizers, Molly Fuchsel and Liz Hallen, bring years of work in the Microsoft ecosystem to the iniative. Molly joins us on this episode to share a quick rundown of the new event and how they came to the decision to focus it on building partner relationships and skills. Molly s...
2025-12-2913 minThe MSDW PodcastA Successful Path to Automation in Dynamics ERP, with YoozThis episode is sponsored by Yooz. Dynamics ERP customers take different approaches to evaluating investments in invoice automation technology, but the decision ultimately comes down to a few key decisions around cost, fraud, and productivity. Our guests on this episode, John Parisi of Yooz and Mark Munson of Ace Micro, have helped organizations of all sorts improve their financial management with Dynamics and AP automation, and in this conversation they reflect on some of the challenges of manual processes and how to overcome them, from data entry to approvals to security. John and...
2025-11-1922 minThe MSDW PodcastDirections EMEA 2025 Recap MSDW was a media partner of Directions EMEA 2025, and in addition to covering news and announcements at the event, we also caught up with a few attendees to learn more about their experiences and impressions. In addition to major announcements like reaching 50,000 customers of Dynamics 365 Business Central, Microsoft pushed hard on their AI vision for the ERP solution. For the Microsoft partner audience, that focus is sending strong signals about not just about how they should advise customers but also how they will prioritize their own business initiatives. On this podcast ep...
2025-11-1309 minThe MSDW PodcastA Dynamics 365 F&O security, audit, and compliance update with Alex MeyerThis episode is sponsored by Delinea. Security and compliance concepts related to Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management are constantly evolving, and our guest, Delinea principal software development engineer Alex Meyer, continue to work to help the community make sense of their options. Alex, a Microsoft MVP, recently presented a new webcast to the MSDW audience on native controls in D365 applications, and he joins the podcast to provide more perspective on the gaps that still exist. Auditors have become more familiar with D365 F&O solutions, Alex explains, and that means they know where...
2025-06-1622 minThe MSDW PodcastPreviewing Resco Next 2025 with Sam Bush This episode is sponsored by Resco and their Resco Next 2025 event. Resco's annual event focused on advanced mobility, Resco Next, will be in Valencia on May 20 and 21 this year. The team has a variety of experiences planned, including a live podcast episode of Ambush on Air, the popular marketing-focused podcast series hosted by marketing consultant and NetStock partner marketing lead Sam Bush, our guest on this episode. Sam has established herself in the Microsoft channel as voice for thoughtful marketing and demand generation, with a focus on impactful, people-to-people campaigns and strategies. She also tells u...
2025-03-2515 minThe MSDW PodcastKuldeep Gupta's favorite Copilot features in Dynamics 365 Project Operations Microsoft MVP Kuldeep Gupta returns to the MSDW Podcast to help us understand some of the latest Copilot features coming to Dynamics 365 Project Operations. Kuldeep has a list of favorites and honorable mentions that he dives into, including an extra preview feature (they're all linked below). He also tells us about his newly released digital course for organizations planning a move from D365 Project Service Automation (PSA) to Project Ops and the rapidly approaching deadline set by Microsoft for that transition. Show Notes: 1:00 - About Kuldeep 3:00 - What Copilot in D365 P...
2024-11-2141 min
The MSDW PodcastBiz Apps Classroom, Ep. 19: Tips for tech training in English for non-native speakers with George Doubinski Learning new technology skills requires full concentration, but the task is even more challenging when it is being carried out in a learner's non-native language. Often in the business world, that training language is going to be English, and Microsoft MVP George Doubinski has seen firsthand the struggles that learners can face. George has had recent experiences training non-native speakers in an English language classroom. He explains why this is a common scenario and offers a range of suggested tools and techniques to help overcome typical headaches. We discuss vocabulary, pronunciation socio-political angles, and ways to gain comfort communicating...
2024-10-2241 minThe MSDW PodcastCommunity Summit 2024 Preview with VelosioMSDW is previewing Community Summit North America 2024 with a new series of quick podcast episodes featuring exhibitors. In this episode, we speak with Mike DeGeeter and Sabrina Zimara from Velosio. With the recent end-of-life update for Dynamics GP, the Velosio team has ramped up their planning services and guidance for GP customers and will be offering Summit attendees 15 minute one-on-one consultations with specialists at booth 1452. The team will also be showing off their Sales Velocity framework to provide comprehensive, pre-built integration of Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement apps and Business Central at no cost. Mike an...
2024-10-0821 minThe MSDW PodcastCommunity Summit 2024 Preview with Aqueducts ConsultingMSDW is previewing Community Summit North America 2024 with a new series of quick podcast episodes featuring exhibitors. In this episode, we speak with Joe Christensen, founder of Aqueducts Consulting. The team at Aqueducts thinks a lot about how to help Dynamics 365 F&O and AX customers find success in their reporting and data management efforts, Joe tells us. He has seen plenty of pain and frustration among customers over the years, and there are many good reasons why, from the technology to project planning to user adoption and organizational change. Reporting challenges often come down to a so...
2024-10-0322 minThe MSDW PodcastCommunity Summit 2024 Preview with PayTrace MSDW is previewing Community Summit North America 2024 with a new series of quick podcast episodes featuring exhibitors. In this episode, we speak with returning guests Mary Miller and Sam Johnson of PayTrace. Mary and Sam update us on their preparations for Community Summit, running October 13 to 17 in San Antonio, and the types of conversations and connections the PayTrace team are planning for at the event at booth 1027. One theme they expect to discuss with attendees is the way that payment technology is moving across organizations today. As they explain, PayTrace customers of...
2024-10-0314 minThe MSDW PodcastCommunity Summit 2024 Preview with KingswaySoft MSDW is previewing Community Summit North America 2024 with a new series of quick podcast episodes featuring exhibitors. In this episode, we speak with Daniel Cai, founder and managing director of KingswaySoft. Daniel tell us about KingswaySoft's newest offering, their JDBC Driver Pack for Dynamics 365. It first launched in July 2024 with Dynamics 365 CRM and Dataverse support, which they called JDBC 2024 release wave 1. At Community Summit they will be releasing release wave 2 for this product family to support D365 F&O and Business Central. We discuss some of the most important use cases for t...
2024-10-0107 minThe MSDW PodcastCommunity Summit 2024 Preview with Formpipe MSDW is previewing Community Summit North America 2024 with a new series of quick podcast episodes featuring exhibitors. In this episode, we speak with David Little, leader of business development in North America for Formpipe. As David explains, Formpipe has a big product announcement for Summit, the launch of Lasernet Essentials to the Dynamics market, a no-code solution for documentation embedded into Dynamics 365 environments. Formpipe will also be cohosting a session with customer Steel Warehouse on their use of Lasernet in a self-service digital portal scenario for customer-centric documentation across their purchasing and d...
2024-09-2705 minThe MSDW PodcastCommunity Summit 2024 Preview Podcast with Leapwork MSDW is previewing Community Summit North America 2024 with a new series of quick podcast episodes featuring exhibitors. In this episode, we speak with Nick Morea, manager of sales engineering at Leapwork. Nick will be on site for the company at Community Summit, and he updates us on the new finding that Leapwork will be sharing with the Dynamics community in October. Their new AI report will be available, with new analysis of how to AI-based testing can best be used with in an enterprise software solution and how AI tools can actually be used to t...
2024-09-2508 minThe MSDW PodcastCommunity Summit 2024 Preview Podcast with Nodus Technologies MSDW is previewing Community Summit North America 2024 with a new series of quick podcast episodes featuring exhibitors. In this episode, we speak with Fauwaz Hussain, Senior Director of Strategy at Nodus Technologies. Nodus specializes in payment acceptance and accounts receivable automation solutions that integrate with all Microsoft Dynamics platforms, and Fauwaz tells us how that expertise aligns with some of the key themes that attendees can expect at Summit. AI conversations are increasingly important, he believes. And the future of Dynamics GP will continue to be a key talking point for users. Fauwaz is presenting with other...
2024-09-2321 minThe MSDW PodcastCommunity Summit 2024 Preview Podcast with Integrity Data MSDW is previewing Community Summit North America 2024 with a new series of quick podcast episodes featuring exhibitors. In this episode, we speak with Patrick Doolan, founder and CEO of our sponsor, Integrity Data. Integrity specializes in HR and payrolls solutions for Dynamics 365 Business Central and GP. He shares an update on this team's latest solutions and their plans at Community Summit including the opportunity to have casual face-to-face conversations about solving customer problems. Patrick also shares some observations on how the industry push to embrace AI lines up against customer realities and he offers some a...
2024-09-2309 min
The MSDW PodcastBiz Apps Classroom, Ep. 18: Making events inclusive by design, with Ana Inés Urrutia Running better events means making them accessible to more people, and our guest on this episode, Microsoft MVP and HR expert Ana Inés Urrutia, joins us in the Biz Apps Classroom to discuss how conferences can do more to be inclusive by design. Both Ana Inés and BAC co-host Julie Yack will be participating in Scottish Summit 2024 in October, and they share some of ways that event's organizers have been improving both inclusivity and accessibility. We also discuss what it's like to build a career in enterprise software for someone with a non-conventional pro...
2024-09-0534 min
The MSDW PodcastBiz Apps Classroom, Ep. 17: Power Platform Community Conference 2024 Preview with Lisa Crosbie MSDW is a media sponsor of Power Platform Community Conference 2024. Get $100 off your registration with the code MSDW100. Microsoft MVP Lisa Crosbie has spent plenty of time and effort understanding Microsoft's rapidly expanding set of Copilot offerings for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. While she has documented many of those discoveries and insights on her popular YouTube channel, she has also been developing new in-person presentations and workshops for the upcoming event season. Lisa joins us in the Biz Apps Classroom on this episode to preview the AI-centric session and full-day workshop sh...
2024-08-2231 min
The MSDW PodcastBiz Apps Classroom, Ep. 15: Derik Bormann Derik Bormann is president and director of learning at Myrium Technology Solutions, a founding principal and instructor at 365.training, and a Microsoft MVP. Over the last few years, Derik has been doing a lot of work training and onboarding hundreds of new Microsoft technical specialists who needed the PL-100 and PL-200 skills as well as D365 Customer Service, Field Service, Sales, and Customer Insights. He explained why that particular training had to be tailored to the needs of Microsoft employees as opposed to other styles like classroom training. But while he ha...
2024-06-1726 min
The MSDW PodcastBiz Apps Classroom, Ep. 14: Joe Griffin at DynamicsMinds 2024 After a few years of relatively little change to certifications in the Business Applications space, Microsoft MVP Joe Griffin says he is encouraged by forward movement from Microsoft in new certs and new approaches. In this episode, recorded live at DynamicsMinds 2024, Joe tells us about why he likes the Applied Skills approach through Microsoft Learn. He and Julie also share their experiences with the new incremental assessment capabilities of some certs and their opinion of the new D365 Customer Experience Analyst Associate cert that serves as something of a baseline for other more specialized areas.
2024-06-0517 min
The MSDW PodcastBiz Apps Classroom, Ep. 13: Joe Corigliano at DynamicsMinds 2024 The Biz Apps Classroom travelled to Slovenia last week for DynamicsMinds 2024, the Dynamics and Power Platform community conference in its second year, and we caught up with Microsoft channel expert Joe Corigliano to talk partner training and skills. Joe wears several hats in the Microsoft channel community, helping build connections, plan events like the partner track at DynamicsMinds, and working with firms on their Microsoft strategy via his role at Ciellos. Joe talks with Julie and Jason about his work, his experiences at DynamicsMinds 2024, and his plans for future events and projects. He explained that p...
2024-06-0317 min
The MSDW PodcastBiz Apps Classroom, Episode 12: Nick Doelman at DynamicsCon Live 2024Julie and Jason took the Biz Apps Classroom to Denver to talk training and learning at DynamicsCon Live 2024. Our guest on this live, in-person episode is Nick Doelman, a Microsoft MVP and former Microsoft employee. AI was all over the conference, and we start by taking on the question of Microsoft Copilot's role in developing Microsoft technology training. Nick shares his perspective on the strengths and weaknesses of today's tools for creating learning plans, classroom training, and self-learning activities. His experiences point to Copilot as a tool, not a solution, and he explains why he still has...
2024-05-2022 min
The MSDW PodcastBiz Apps Classroom, Episode 11: Exploring Copilot (with video) What can Copilot do for the average business user? Julie and Jason turn on screen sharing in this video-enabled episode to examine some of the basics of interacting with a Microsoft Copilot. Conference season has begun, and attendees will find a bounty of sessions focused on AI. But organizations will have to consider two key questions as they decide to embrace AI and Copiilot in general: how to identify useful AI-enabled scenarios and how to use them effectively and responsibly. As Julie shows us in this walkthrough, great results are not gu...
2024-05-1027 min
The MSDW PodcastBiz Apps Classroom, Episode 10: Applied skills and hiring with EY Kalman Microsoft MVP and MCT EY Kalman joins us in the Biz Apps Classroom to discuss Microsoft's Applied Skills and Applied Labs, his view on the employment landscape, and some tips on making yourself a more attractive candidate. Topics of the discussion include: Microsoft certifications and their value for landing a new job. Other ways EY's team evaluates candidates based on technology, roles, and other considerations. Why EY believes the PL-200 is a good starter exam for candidates, even if they are new to Microsoft Business Applications. Whether college matters when hiring for Business Applications con...
2024-04-1934 min
The MSDW PodcastBiz Apps Classroom, Episode 8: Liz McGlennen of TechFluent Academy TechFluent Academy is gearing up for a new class of students and the nonprofit expects a major increase in applications (the deadline is May 15) and participation. To learn more, the organization's founder and executive director, Liz McGlennen, spoke with Julie and Jason about their current enrollment, eliminating barriers to entry, and what it takes to prepare a student for a career in the enterprise software space. Liz tells us about the origins of TechFluent, market demand for new hires with biz apps skills, the importance of mentorship and peer support, expanding to more Dynamics 365 solutions, a...
2024-03-2025 min
The MSDW PodcastBiz Apps Classroom, Episode 7: What's Next? How do you decide what's next in your learning journey in the Microsoft Business Applications space? The answer can depend on factors like your career plans, your employer's priorities, or your interests and skills. Co-host Julie Yack has fielded this question many times and she shares some of the questions and concerns that she often hears from learners. We discuss some of the different options people have, from Microsoft's own training materials to conferences to working with trainers, and how to choose the right path forward. And we discuss some of the most interesting opportunities f...
2024-03-0824 min
The MSDW PodcastBiz Apps Classroom, Episode 2: Why Microsoft certifications matter Julie Yack has years of experience with Microsoft certification exams, whether taking them herself, helping others prepare to pass them, and even helping Microsoft develop new ones. On this episode she talks with Biz Apps Classroom co-host Jason Gumpert about her certification experiences over the years, both good and bad, and what Microsoft has done to improve their approach in recent years by transitioning toward a role-based model and taking steps to make exams and exam prep somewhat more accessible. Special offer: Listeners can support the podcast and get a discount on an annual plan f...
2023-12-1425 min
The MSDW PodcastBiz Apps Classroom, Episode 1: Let's talk training and learningWe are kicking off our new podcast series, the Biz Apps Classroom, and our hosts, Julie Yack of 365.training and Jason Gumpert of MSDynamicsWorld.com, discuss how this project arose and where it will be going in future episodes. They chat about some of the training and learning themes influencing the Power Platform and Dynamics 365 landscape today and trade notes on recent conference experiences and Microsoft product announcements. Julie also shares some observations from her most recent classroom training work. Stay tuned for upcoming episodes of the Biz Apps Classroom, where we will examine topics like the...
2023-11-2925 min
CRM RocksState of Dynamics CRM in 2022
Jason Gumpert
Episode 120: Markus Erlandsson and Heidi Neuhauser have a chat with Jason Gumpert from MS Dynamics World about the state of Dynamics CRM and Power Platform in 2022 where the three of us talk about Government, Digital Contact Center Platform, Viva Sales, Release Notes, changes in the partner program and more…
Bio
Jason is the editor and co-founder of MSDynamicsWorld.com, they’re an independent publication focused on the Microsoft Dynamics and Power Platform ecosystem. Before that, he spent ten years working in various consulting, development, and other service roles in the enterprise software world.
2022-12-1458 min
Enterprise Software PodcastEnterprise Software Podcast Episode 157 – Community Summit Recap and Hurricane Redmondhttps://traffic.libsyn.com/enterprisesoftwarepodcast/episode157.mp3
Community Summit NA
John Siefert
Community Summit Legends
Microsoft’s Terry Heley blog post, July 2021
Microsoft’s Mike Morton LinkedIn statement, October 2022
Cavallo’s Mike Biwer blog post, October 2022
David Musgrave’s blog post, October 2022
ERP Software Blog post, October 2022
MSDW report on Summit kerfuffle, October 2022
Tweets from the week that was in Orlando:
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2022-10-2200 min
PsychesoapMSDW (part 48.5 - The Intermission)For those that are not familiar with my guided meditation series, MGTOW is Self-Directed Warfare, here's a brief explanation on what it is.
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2021-08-2607 min
PsychesoapMSDW (part 44 - Heart of Setting)Call it the Summer Special...Cinematography by Double I, a guided meditation for the senses...this is for all men. Thank you gentlemen.
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2020-05-2707 min